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Talking Supply Chain Podcast: CSCMP’s View of The Future of Supply Chain Management
On this episode, Rick Blasgen, CEO of CSCMP, discuss the supply chain where supply chain management has been, and where it’s going as a discipline. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

It’s all about the platform
A conversation with Michael Farlekas, CEO of E2open

Specialty packaging gets Pfizer vaccine to you
The pharmaceutical supplier uses a specialty shipping box to keep vaccines at -80°F for up to 10 days on their way to vaccination centers. It’s a major supply chain packaging victory.

JSCM Video: Toward A Theory Of Supply Chain Entrepreneurial Embeddedness
COVID-19 has motivated companies to rethink their supply chain designs and practices. Supply chain entrepreneurial embeddedness, a new concept, can show the way.

60 Seconds with Michael Mikitka, CEO of WERC
Modern Material Handling editors sat down with Michael Mikitka, CEO of WERC to discuss Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) and other related topics.

Lift Truck Tips: Data as the key to better maintenance
Being proactive about maintenance sounds great, but to make it work you need solid data and metrics on issues like cost per hour and the reasons why repairs were made. Service providers can help with this as well as other pressing concerns like worker safety.

Hoarding inventory is not the answer to Covid-19
Instead of building up more inventory, retailers at the top of global supply chains need to improve their supply chain resilience and flexibility.

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: The supply chain is dead. Long live the ecosystem
Listen in as Jim Tompkins, chair of Tompkins International, discuss the supply chain as we knew it is morphing into an ecosystem. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

In a World of Digitized Supply Chains, Global Businesses Must be Agile and Optimize Risk
The two defining terms for success in the short and medium-term of the post-pandemic world will be: Risk and Agility.

The Rebound: Is there a subscription in your supply chain future?
Listen in as Ranjan Roy, vice president of strategy for Adore Me, discusses what it takes to roll out a subscription-based supply chain

Risk and resilience
A conversation with Bindiya Vakil, co-founder, Resilinc

The Freshly supply chain
Fresh prepared meals are one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry. Freshly talks about what it takes to get the meals from the farm to your table, especially in a pandemic

JSCM Video: Dancing the Supply Chain: Toward Transformative Supply Chain Management
As recent crises have shown, even the best supply chains can’t escape political, economic and planetary phenomena. It’s time for a new approach

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: Breaking through the concrete ceiling
Listen in as Loyola University Chicago’s Harry Haney and Jeffrey Korzenik, chief investment strategist for Fifth Third Bank, discuss the benefits of hiring from another untapped talent resource, the recently incarcerated. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts

China is back
Despite tariffs, a trade war and a pandemic, the Chinese economy is once again the world’s factory

The Rebound Podcast: Making sense of blockchain
Listen in as Dale Chrystie, a blockchain strategist with FedEx, discusses the opportunities for blockchain in the supply chain

One giant step for a space-based supply chain
NASA chooses SpaceX as its first vendor for the deep space commercial supply chain

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: Let’s create a human-centric supply chain
Listen in as Michigan State professor Sriram Narayanan and Ed Terris, vice president of apparel manufacturing at Goodwill Industries of South Florida, discuss how to integrate people with disabilities into supply chains. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

What we learn distributing the Covid-19 vaccine will change the way everything is delivered
Investments made to rapidly distribute the vaccine will transform supply chains

Bringing on a new line
GE Appliance’s new dishwasher line increased the appliance maker’s capacity by 20%. The twist? Bringing on the line during a pandemic.


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