Recorded live at the 2023 Spring Supply Chain Forum, our May episode has co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speaking with leaders from Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries and premium SCF partner .

Guests featured in this episode:

• Kelly Britt, Global Supply Chain North America Talent Manager
• Lisa Waters, VP HR Global Supply Chain North America
• Samia Kaci, VP Logistics Global Supply Chain North America

Listen as Ted and Tom discuss the latest news and trends in global supply chain management. They then  speak with Kelly, Lisa, and Samia about talent management and development, including how to make employees feel a part of the team, buying into the company’s larger mission, flexible working environments, managing diverse workforces, and providing tools and resources to help employees succeed.

Related links:

• Watch a live recording of this podcast episode from the 2023 Spring SCF
• Where the trucking and rail recession shows up in logistics data
• With inflation rising, retailers need to prepare for excess inventory
• Office occupancy declines according to recent Collier’s report
• Labor shortage and retention among top supply chain concerns
• Schneider Electric ranked second in Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2022

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In our April 2023 episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Kevin O’Marah, co-founder of Zero100, a membership-based think tank and research company that works with some of the world’s most notable businesses toward a zero carbon, 100% digital supply chain. Kevin has a long and storied career in the industry and is a member of the GSCI Advisory Board and a GSCI Fellow. Before Zero100, he was chief storyteller for Amazon’s Last Mile Logistics organization, chief content officer for SCM World, and a VP at Gartner, where he created its Supply Chain Top 25 rankings.

Listen as Ted, Tom, and Kevin discuss the latest news and trends in supply chain management, including digitalization, the evolution of supply chains, consumer influence, reducing carbon emissions, and more. 

Related links:

• Federal Reserve raises key interest rate 0.25% amid banking turmoil
• Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sows fear over banking system
• Proposed merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads to connect United States, Mexico, and Canada
• Could Mexico replace China as leader in global manufacturing exports?
• Gartner Supply Chain University Top 25 rankings for 2022
• The Seeing, Thinking, Acting decision-making process of supply chain managers, as described by Ted, Tom, and others in their paper, “Toward a Digitally Dominant Paradigm for Twenty-First Century Supply Chain Scholarship”  for the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
• Kevin’s Zero100 article, “Digital Transformation is 80% Strategy and 20% Technology”
• Kevin’s Zero100 article, “Scope 3 Carbon Victory Needs Sector-Level Collaboration”
• Kevin’s Forbes article, “Supply Chain Saves the World”
• Read Zero100’s The Signal newsletter

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In our March 2023 episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel, vice president of procurement for Caterpillar Inc., about leadership. A member of the GSCI Advisory Board and recognized industry leader, Wendi spent 20 years in the automotive industry with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles before moving to Caterpillar, where she oversees a large and dynamic team spread over 26 countries. Tune in as Wendi discusses the value of honesty, learning from experience, growth that leads to innovation, mentorship, and more. 

Related links:

• Chinese spy balloons and supply chains
• Consumer confidence falls for the second straight month
• Major retailers see shifts in consumer spending
• Target and Sam’s Club both announce big investments to speed up online delivery
• US petroleum exports at an all-time high amid war in Ukraine
• After its derailment in Ohio, Norfolk Southern unveils safety plan as bipartisan bill makes its way through Congress
• Learn more about Caterpillar Inc. 
• Wendi discusses learning, leading, and listening on The Caterpillar Podcast.

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In this episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby are joined by a live audience and three UT Knoxville graduating seniors in supply chain management. They discuss their journeys to the university and the major, the value of getting involved in student orgs, attending industry events, and networking, and what they looked for in future employers.

The three guests featured in this episode:

• Lillian Qin, president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) student roundtable. She will start her career with KPMG in procurement and outsourcing consulting in Chicago
• Halie Fairchild, president of NeXus Women in Supply Chain student group. She has accepted a rotational role, starting in internal audit, from HF Sinclair Corporation in Dallas
• Jack Parr, who is heading to Cincinnati to work for P&G’s inventory team in a data analytics position

Related links:

• Do massive layoffs in Big Tech suggestion an incoming recession?
• The Institute of Supply Management’s manufacturing index report for January 2023
• GDP report shows fourth quarter growth of 2.8%
• GSCI Fellow Alan Amling discusses potential UPS workers strike with Supply Chain Drive
• Resources, including internship information, certificate programs, and student groups, for undergraduates at UT
• How companies can recruit UT’s supply chain talent
• Information and registration for students planning to attend the SCM Career Expo, Feb. 20
• Scholars of Distinction, an undergraduate honors program for top-performing SCM majors
• Listen to our previous episode with recent graduates at BP, Denso, and Eastman Chemical Company about transitioning from college to professional career

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In the first episode of 2023, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby discuss the holiday season, how supply chains held up, and offer some predictions for business and the economy in 2023. They are joined by GSCI Fellow Kate Vitasek, a business leader, educator, and speaker who founded Vested, a model for creating highly collaborative business relationships in which both parties are equally committed to each other’s success.

Related links:

• Learn more about the Vested approach
• Tom and GSCI Fellow Alan Amling’s commentary, "A New Year’s Resolution for Stemming Retail’s Returns Tsunami" for Wall Street Journals’ Logistics Report
• China reverses COVID policy, surge could cripple supply chains
• U.S. labor market ends 2022 strong
• Tech sector announces big job cuts
• After supply challenges in 2022, demand is weakening
• Previous episode on future of retail with former Walmart CEO Bill Simon
• Kate’s articles for Forbes
• Kate’s keynote speech for Reuters’ Supply Chain Execution event
• Vested executive education courses through UT

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Listen as co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby discuss the origin and implications of the new University of Tennessee, Knoxville – project44 Fleet Sustainability Index with Alex Scott, assistant professor of supply chain management, and Thomas Deakins, SVP of global partnerships and alliances for project44.

Related Links

• Black Friday: Record high 196.7 million in person shoppers, up from 179 million in 2021
• UPS and FedEx holiday shipping deadlines
• National unemployment rates at 3.5%-3.7%
• Inventory levels are high
• Chinese market and COVID shutdowns
• Apple iPhone Pro shipping delays
• US as world's top foreign direct investment in 2021
• Rail strike update
• West Coast Ports backlog, or lack thereof
• OPEC continuing production 
• Lean more about the University of Tennessee's Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain
• project44 and UT Knoxville Fleet Sustainability Index
• CSCMP Edge article about the Fleet Sustainability Index
• Learn more about the Global Supply Chain Institute's research on agility
• Read more of the Global Supply Chain Institute's research on agile resiliency
• How much are supply chain disruptions costing your organization? GSCI blog article series
• Browse GSCI's research on sustainability
• University of Tennessee Research Foundation

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Join co-hosts Tom Goldsby and Ted Stank as they chat with Jeff DiLullo, head of services and solutions delivery and field operations for Philips North America, about how to build a resilient, agile supply chain. Jeff, who graduated with an MBA in marketing, logistics, and supply chain from UT in 2001, shares sustainability efforts underway at Philips, from reducing the carbon footprint of its healthcare supply chain to creating value through science-based targets for suppliers in order to create a circular economy.

Related Links

• UPS and FedEx raise rates 
• U.S. manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.7 
• Earnings reports coming in 
  • Mixed bag with healthy top lines, challenging bottom lines, and income statements being weighed down by inflation.
• Highway diesel prices rise
• General rate increases for parcel and LTL 
  • FedEx and UPS made headlines, 6.9% on average. Old Dominion in at 4.9%. 
• Freight volumes are down
• Peloton's inventory issues
• Learn more about University of Tennessee's Master's of Science in Supply Chain Management Online degree program
• Learn how to build resilient agile supply chains

Related Links — Philips 

• Philips signs health care sector pledge
• Sustainability at Phillips
• Phillips went carbon neutral in 2020
• Philips' circular economy
• Largest telehelth E-ICU deployment

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Joined by UT supply chain professor and information systems expert Randy Bradley, co-hosts Ted Stank and Thomas Goldsby discuss filling supply chain gaps and creating efficiency with automation, liberating data with insights, and the benefits of digitalization and digitization. Ted and Tom also discuss consumer spending, demand shaping, product shortages, and FedEx's announcement that it would fall short of its income numbers for the quarter.

Related Links:

• CSCMP Edge Conference
  • Meet Mike Burnette and learn about "Winning Supply Chain Leadership Best Practices" with Thomas Goldsby, Daniel Meyers, and Dave Hoyt
• Germany EMBA-GSC RP
  • Learn More about our Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain Residence Periods
• Consumer Spending - WVLT Interview with Co-Host Thomas Goldsby
• Listen the episode with a discussion about a potential recession and current inflation with UT Knoxville Professor Marianne Wanamaker
• Ford blue oval logo shortage information
• Details on the butter shortage 
• FedEx reports first quarter results and cost savings plan
• Randy Bradley’s research on digitization and digitalization
• GSCI Blockchain Research
• Game Changing Trends in Supply Chain
• Demand/Supply Integration Best Practices Research
• Wearables in the Warehouse Article

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Join co-hosts Tom Goldsby and Ted Stank for a supply chain discussion about consumer spending and sentiment, the West Coast labor situation, and a holiday supply chain forecast.

They’re joined on this episode by Pfizer Vice President of Global Clinical Supply Dr. Michael Ku, who explains the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and the mindsets that carried his team to the finish line.

Related Links

• Special Guest Dr. Michael Ku
• Pfizer, a GSCI Supply Chain Forum and Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative partner
• Delivering Hope video by Dr. Michael Ku, required for students taking the Intro to Supply Chain course.
• More information about GSCI's Advisory Board 
• Contextual Intelligence: the ability to understand the limits of our knowledge and to adapt that knowledge to an environment different from the one in which it was developed. 
• Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making
• FDA coronavirus announcement (Aug 31, 2022) 

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We're switching it up in this episode! GSCI's Executive Director Shay Scott joins Tom Goldsby as co-host and guest this week to discuss GSCI initiatives, executive education, SCM rankings and more.

Show Notes and Resources:

• Special guest, Shay Scott - Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Institute; Professor of Practice; Benz Supply Chain Leadership Fellow.
• Shay Scott named one of DC Velocity’s 2022 The Rainmakers
• UT Haslam’s Graduate Supply Chain Programs Climb to No. 1 in Premier Ranking
• UT’s Haslam Undergraduate Supply Chain Program Rises to No. 2 in Distinguished Gartner Ranking
• Message from Shay Scott - We’re proud of our highly ranked programs. Still, we measure ourselves primarily through the practical and relevant impact we have on the hundreds of businesses and the thousands of individuals we interact with through GSCI.
• Compare Graduate Programs - Our classrooms are enriched by GSCI’s network. Students have the opportunity to learn from industry leaders and globally ranked faculty in our No. 1 graduate supply chain programs. 
• Compare Talent Development Programs - A primary focus of GSCI is helping our corporate partners develop supply chain leadership internally. We take great pride in helping our partners foster supply chain knowledge and innovation.
• Supply Chain Forum
• Building Tomorrow’s Supply Chain (The Purchaser, 2022)
• Theodore Stank and Thomas Goldsby, 1998, “Bridging the Gap Between Academic Responsibilities and Practical Application in Logistics,” Journal of Transportation Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-9.

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