IndustrialSage Episode 124 Transcript

Danny:

All right, so let's jump in today's episode, I have Mr. Scott Luton, Mr. Supply Chain, right, from Supply Chain Now Radio. Scott, thank you so much for coming onto IndustrialSage.

Scott:

You bet, excited to do it, we've been talking for awhile, and it is incredible what you all have been doing, and all the stories you all been featuring, so glad to be here.

DANNY:

Well, we feel the same exact way about you. So for those who aren't familiar, big podcast, Supply Chain Now Radio, tell me for those who aren't familiar, the two who aren't familiar, tell them about who you guys are, what you guys do, a little bit of background there.

Scott:

Sure, so we've been doing digital media, mainly webinars, going back five, six, seven years. Really enjoyed it, really enjoyed the remote, the convenience, the ability to kind of pick and choose what stories needed a big spotlight, right? Whether it's people or companies or best practices. So enjoyed that for awhile and then in May 2017, the world as it turns out, changed a lot for us. We kicked off our first podcast with some partners here in Atlanta, and really, we went from once a month to now we're seven, eight shows a week.

Danny:

That's a lot.

Scott:

Because we enjoy it, right? We're very passionate about it, we love--

Danny:

That's important.

Scott:

Telling the story, right? However, what we have come to find out, the industry, the supply chain industry on a whole has a big perception problem. And number two, a lot of the things that make it happen a lot of the things that make packages delivered on your door two days later, or be able to send back packages that may be wrong sizes, wrong colors, what have you.

And really everything that happens in between, that doesn't get any spotlight, no visibility. Whether it's the people that make it happen, or the emerging technologies, or for that matter, the problems that have to be solved to make global business and global supply chain happen, all of that needs more visibility and that's the basis of our business model.

Danny:

That's awesome, so I'm excited to jump into that and unpack a little bit more. But before we do that, tell me a little about your background, like how did you... Are we doing the whole podcast thing you said, but 2017, so what had happened, what was pre-2017, what's your background?

Scott:

So in a nutshell, I'm born and raised in Aiken, South Carolina, moved to Atlanta in 2005 I believe. Met my wife Amanda, father of three kids, and two dogs, Dexter and Ruby. My wife and kids would make sure they get mentioned. From a professional standpoint, we've been serving the really the end-to-end supply chain community for 15 years. A lot of that time has been spent in the manufacturing industry or serving the manufacturing industry.

At the end of the day, one of the things I really enjoyed the most is facilitating forums or dinner meetings or workshops where folks are interacting and they're exchanging ideas. I think, and whether it's supply chain or in the business world in general, that so many folks and leaders and practitioners are searching for answers and market intel and what have you. And it's been very rewarding whether it's through industry associations or some of the digital media we've produced or some of the other initiatives to help facilitate that. So that in a nutshell is my background. And in 2013 we were pushed out of the tree, so to speak, we became an entrepreneur, had a little bit of a plan. But I think, as you can probably relate, many folks can probably relate, that plan changes dramatically when you've got to put, when the rubber meets road, right?

Danny: