L.I.N.K‪.‬ Supply & Demand Chain Executive

L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss ways to incorporate a diverse and influential company culture into the industry and why it’s important.

Susan Estes, Senior Supply Chain Consultant, Client Services for Open Sky Group, details how studies show that a more gender-diverse workplace environment produces higher performance and that showing women there’s a place in the industry is a good start to recruiting –and retaining—more women in supply chain.

Tracy Black, Partner at NewRoad Capital Partners and one of this year’s Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks about what it means to be nimble, flexible and a problem solver and how partnering with HR to create leadership development programs paves the way for success.

Supplier diversity is extremely important in today’s supply chain in not only an ethical standpoint but also from a business standpoint. PepsiCo has 40 years of supplier diversity under its belt and managing editor Brielle Jaekel gets an inside look at how that works with an executive from the program as well as the executive director of the National Black Growers Council.

Coca-Cola recently announced a partnership with Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Foundation to drive awareness for a commercial truck driving program and to inspire interest in truck driving careers. Managing editor Brielle Jaekel sits down with vice president & chief people officer of Coca-Cola GianettaJones to talk about the partnership and why it is so important to invest in these jobs right now during the trucking shortage.

On this special bonus episode, David Rink, director of solutions consulting at Slync.io and a winner of our Pros to Know award, gives advice to his younger self, saying that it is important to understand the big picture so you can get to the bottom of the root causes of issues much easier.