“Transforming the Physical Supply Chain into a Digital Ecosystem”

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 131

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Episode 131 featured Mary Kate Love and Paul Noble. Mary Kate Love is the Program Director for Georgia-Pacific’s Point A Center for Supply Chain Innovation. Mary Kate is responsible for creating a network of industry partners and solution providers at Point A as well as materializing valuable programming and an optimal innovation process. Mary Kate supports the build-out of the recently announced innovation center and leads on identifying and unraveling new + unique opportunities for co-creation for Point A partners. Prior to joining the Point A team, Mary Kate held a position as the Engagement Manager at MxD (Manufacturing times Digital – formerly the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute - DMDII) where she focused on setting up the Institute, as well as attracting leading manufacturing companies as partners in the public-private R&D initiative. Mary Kate holds a BS in Political Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has a passion in taking complicated ideas and turning them into a reality: she was one of the first team members at both MxD and Point A. Mary Kate is dedicated to all things entrepreneurial and all things supply chain - she is an active member in the Tech Community as well as a board member of the Young Irish Fellowship Club and formerly a founding Board Member at Women Influence Chicago. Mary Kate spends much of her summers playing 16-inch softball and is excited about her recent move to ATL. Learn more about Point A here: https://point-a.com/

Paul Noble is Founder and CEO of Verusen, a technology firm that uses AI to predict inventory and harmonize data organizations in a variety of industries. Verusen automatically integrates to your ERP and disparate data sources — single or multiple systems, one or many locations. Then, the platform’s Artificial Intelligence learns from your own inventory experts and encodes their knowledge to provide seamless inventory harmonization. With Verusen, you get automatic naming and categorization with 99% reliability at scale — a true material master. Paul’s passion for entrepreneurship has always shaped his approach for go-to-market strategies and tools, which was the driving force behind pursuing his dream of launching Verusen to improve the availability of easy-to-use technology for optimizing the supply chain for materials and MRO. Learn more about Verusen here: https://www.verusen.com/

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Connect with Mary Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mklove/

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauljnoble/

Point A Article in Hypepotamus: https://hypepotamus.com/community/georgia-pacific-point-a/

SCNR to Broadcast Live from MODEX 2020: https://www.modexshow.com/

SCNR on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/scnr-youtube

2019 AIAG/SCAC Supply Chain & Quality Conference: https://myscma.com/scac-events/2019-supply-chain-quality/

Georgia Manufacturing Summit on October 9th: https://www.georgiamanufacturingalliance.com/annual-summit

eft Logistics CIO Forum in Austin, TX: https://tinyurl.com/y5po7tvw

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This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For more information, please visit our show page at www.supplychainnowradio.com/episode-131