This week, we spoke with Mike Venditti. Mike has been in the supply chain world for 30 years dealing with all parts of the business from transportation to warehousing. He is a strong believer that people make supply chains and the best thing you can do to improve delivery times, is to treat workers better. Now, he works at SEKO logistics where he is the VP of supply chain, second only to the company’s CMO or Chief Morale Officer…his dog, Archie!Supply Chain Optimizers is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so 

In optimization, there is often a gap between the discoveries of academia and the real world applications for most systems. That’s what we talked about with Carlos Armando Zetina this week—a PhD who jumped from academia to Amazon SCOT to work on real life implications of optimization research.Supply Chain Optimizers is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so 

Have you ever thought what would happen if you could only turn to the right when driving?

Well, when UPS banned left turns—and implemented an advanced tech system to design routes—, it resulted in one of the biggest optimizations in the company's history.

This week, we spoke with Jack Levis, the man behind this decision. We talked about his early days in UPS straight out of college, to his career implementing technology in one of the biggest logistics players in the world.Supply Chain Optimizers is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so