Supply Chain Next

Supply Chain Next

Supply Chain Next is a podcast series focused on the digitization of the enterprise supply chain. This show, hosted by Richard Donaldson, investigates the next steps for supply chain, both for the supply chain organization within enterprises and the supply chain professional. We dive into the tectonic shifts happening today for supply chain organizations, as they begin to embrace technology to optimize, create efficiencies, drive lower costs, and improve margins. We aim to understand what these changes really mean, not only for the organizations and leaders with in them, but also what does takes to be relevant in supply chain over the next 10 years. We are sitting upon one of the biggest economic tsunamis to come online since the internet itself. How will supply chain organizations use this opportunity to dramatically change the landscape? Supply Chain Next is here to better understand just that.

  1. 058 - Dr Marcell Vollmer - Tech in Supply Chain, and the Sustainability Shift

    03/15/2023

    058 - Dr Marcell Vollmer - Tech in Supply Chain, and the Sustainability Shift

    Dr. Marcell Vollmer, a renowned expert in the fields of digitalization, innovation, and sustainability. Marcell is a sought-after speaker and author that has dedicated his career to helping companies and individuals navigate the rapidly changing world of technology and business. He is passionate about helping others achieve success and is also a frequent contributor to industry publications and has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, and other major media outlets. With over 25 years of experience in the corporate world, Marcell has worked with some of the world's most well-known brands, including SAP, Hewlett Packard, and PwC. He has held numerous leadership positions and is widely recognized as a thought leader in the areas of procurement, supply chain management, and sustainability. Before that he was Partner & Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with over 20 years of experience developing and implementing procurement, supply chain, finance, shared services, and digital transformation strategies across industries globally. Prior to joining BCG, Marcell was Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis, the world’s leading process mining software company, where he was supporting customers and partners in developing and executing digital transformation initiatives. Marcell brings more than 15 years of successful digital transformation and procurement optimization experience gained at SAP in various roles as Chief Digital Officer, Chief Operating Officer as well as Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President at SAP. He has also managed various strategy & implementation projects at PA Consulting Group as well as at DHL Express. Marcell is a wanted speaker at conferences and an active social media influencer with more than 100k followers on LinkedIn and 100k on Twitter. Marcell earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Hamburg in Germany. Dr. Marcell Vollmer --- Personal Website: xing.com/profile/Marcell_Vollmer Blog: sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/7757 Twitter: twitter.com/mvollmer1 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcellvollmer

    1 hr
  2. 057 - Catherine Weetman - A Circular Economy Handbook

    01/31/2023

    057 - Catherine Weetman - A Circular Economy Handbook

    International speaker, author and business advisor, Catherine Weetman helps people use circular, regenerative strategies to help their business thrive by creating, capturing and circulating more value for everyone. Catherine Weetman Circular Economy talks, workshops and coaching. Her award-winning A Circular Economy Handbook, published by Kogan Page, is now in its 2nd edition, and she hosts the popular Circular Economy Podcast, with listeners in over 150 countries. Working for great companies like Tesco, Kellogg’s and DHL Supply Chain gave her an inside track on the complex and interconnected challenges of manufacturing, retail and supply chains, encouraging her to develop solutions that overcame the ‘pull of the status quo’. Catherine’s wide-ranging experience, systems-thinking perspective, and willingness to challenge business-as-usual, together with a deep understanding of circular and regenerative practices across industry sectors, means she’s uniquely qualified to help you succeed with circular. Catherine Weetman --- Rethink Global, Circular Economy Podcast https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-weetman-9419107/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LP5HX9L/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 About Rethink Global --- https://www.linkedin.com/company/rethinkglobal/ https://www.rethinkglobal.info/ Rethink Global helps people understand and use circular economy approaches to make a better business, and a better world. They provide tailored support for businesses and start-ups, social enterprises and public sector organizations, including: Workshops and talks; Coaching and advice; Writing and research. Rethink believes in business as a force for good, going beyond the ‘blah blah’. Their broad range of life experiences helps them understand client challenges, and find the right approach to help you create value for all your stakeholders: including customers, suppliers, employees, society and our planet. About Circular Economy Podcast --- Catherine Weetman talks to the inspiring people making the circular economy happen, uncovering lessons learned and top tips on how to create business and social value. https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/circular-economy-podcast/ https://www.rethinkglobal.info/circular-economy-podcast/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/circular-economy-podcast/id1465879853 Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmV0aGlua2dsb2JhbC5pbmZvL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13XS38ZiXa0mDZrDLBtXaq On EP 057 Richard talks with Circular Economy Author, Speaker, Advisor, and Coach - Catherine Weetman - about: --- 00:00:02 : Catherine’s background. 00:03:03 : How did you get into sustainability? 00:07:58 : Why experts are often resistant to new ideas or ideas. 00:14:36 : Circularity in the global supply chain. 00:19:10 : Unintended consequences of circular models. 00:24:31 : Apple’s intention to become a circular company, but can’t do an awful lot more. 00:29:29 : Return on product is the ratio of virgin to non-virgin materials. 00:36:09 : The story of how the automotive industry popularized the concept of circularity. 00:41:12 : Selling refurbished computers and other products. 00:47:26 : Where do you see circularity in the conversation going? 00:52:59 : What’s happening in the world of circular business. 00:59:48 : The importance of open innovation in the industry.

    1h 5m
  3. 056 - Vivian Tai - Digital Innovation and Supply Chain Standards

    12/21/2022

    056 - Vivian Tai - Digital Innovation and Supply Chain Standards

    Vivian Tai believes that the identification of everything makes anything possible. She says she would have an obsession with the convergence of emerging technology, identity, and sustainability. Vivian is currently working on the future of product identity, data carriers, and the circular economy at GS1 US. She graduated Summa Cum Laude Graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and is an Advertising and Marketing Communications major while being a member of the Presidential Scholars program, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, and was the recipient of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. One of her notable accomplishments from Vivian's post-secondary career was being nominated by FIT to participate in the national Geoffrey Beene Scholarship Competition and selected as one of the winners. Internationally, Vivian was part of a team that represented the United States and FIT in the Future of Retail Competition at the World Retail Congress, held in Dubai in April 2016. Vivian Tai, Director of Innovation - Circular Economy, Sustainability, and Emerging Data Carriers @ GS1 US --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianyuenwingtai/ About GS1 US --- https://www.linkedin.com/company/gs1-us/ https://www.gs1us.org/ GS1 US serves more than 300,000 businesses in 25 industries in the United States by facilitating industry initiatives, administrating the GS1 System of Standards, providing education and support, and connecting communities through events and online forums. On EP 056 Richard talks with Director of Innovation Vivian Tai about: 00:00:02 : Vivian’s introduction. 00:01:15 : How did you get into supply chain? 00:06:15 : Moving from fashion to GS1 Standards. 00:10:18 : What does it mean to be a GS1? 00:15:13 : What is G1’s mission and mission statement? 00:19:56 : What’s on the horizon for innovation in the supply chain. 00:23:32 : How the pandemic exposed the problem of a fragmented and disconnected supply chain? 00:28:38 : The importance of circularity in the supply chain. 00:31:36 : Once you start associating unique attributes to products, you start flushing out the story of the product’s lifecycle. 00:38:37 : The importance of getting other industries involved in the development of standards. 00:41:31 : The importance of digital twins in the healthcare industry. 00:45:29 : The importance of traceability in the supply chain and how it’s becoming more of a narrative.

    51 min
  4. 055 - Tom Raftery - Supply Chain Evangelism

    12/14/2022

    055 - Tom Raftery - Supply Chain Evangelism

    Tom fell in love with computers and set up a software company while studying for a PhD in Plant Science in 1991. He has since worked for a number of companies at Global VP/CTO level. He recently left SAP after having been recruited in there in 2016 at Global VP level, where he worked as a Futurist, and Innovation Evangelist. Prior to that, he completed an almost eight year stint leading GreenMonk, the cleantech, energy and, sustainability practice of industry analyst firm RedMonk. Tom Raftery, Global VP, Futurist, and Innovation Evangelist --- https://tomraftery.com/ https://tomraftery.com/podcasts/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomraftery/ Host @ The Digital Supply Chain podcast --- https://www.digitalsupplychainpodcast.com/ The Digital Supply Chain podcast is a show hosted by Innovation Evangelist Tom Raftery, discussing thought leadership, best practices, and the latest innovations in delivering a resilient, sustainable supply chain. The show publishes a new episode every Monday and Friday, and features interviews with luminaries in the world of supply chain and Industry 4.0. All aspects of supply chains, and how to optimise them are discussed - everything from the design, planning, manufacturing, production, delivery, all the way through to product operation. On EP 055 Richard talks with Global VP, Futurist, and Innovation Evangelist Tom Raftery about: 00:00:33 : Meeting Tom Raftery. 00:09:34 : The power of podcasting in shaping the world narrative. 00:12:56 : Growing up in the 80s and 90s in Ireland. 00:18:31 : What’s coming on the technology horizon. 00:23:29 : How supply chain has changed so much in the last three years. 00:29:21 : The convergence of supply chain and environmental best practices and how it will impact the future. 00:38:14 : How procurement has always been about cost, but as a strategic initiative, now it has to rethink through how am I disassembling this thing? 00:45:15 : What else is on the horizon for 3D printing? 00:51:51 : What’s coming up for Tom in 2023.

    1 hr
  5. 054 - Jim Tompkins - The State of Supply Chain in 2022 and Beyond

    12/07/2022

    054 - Jim Tompkins - The State of Supply Chain in 2022 and Beyond

    Jim Tompkins is an international authority on designing and implementing end-to-end supply chains. Jim is currently Chairman of Tompkins Ventures and Tompkins Leadership. He has started 15 businesses that have done over $2 billion in worldwide revenue during his 50-year career while enhancing the profitable growth of numerous companies, giving him an insider's view into what makes great companies even better. In April 2020, he founded Tompkins Ventures, a global hands-on solutions network that helps executive teams turn Capital, Facilities, Leadership, Logistics, and Technology problems and opportunities into competitive advantage. He founded Tompkins Leadership in 2022, focusing on Executive & Board Search, Human Capital Development, Leadership Development, Organizational Transformation, and Strategy & Innovation. He previously built Tompkins International from a backyard startup into an international consulting and implementation firm. Jim received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, all from Purdue University. Jim is a Distinguished Engineering Alum from Purdue University and has been awarded the prestigious Frank and Lillian Gilbreath Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. He has written 32 books, including the most recently released, Insightful Leadership: Surfing the Waves to Organizational Excellence, and has made over 2,000 presentations globally. Jim Tompkins --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtompkins1/ Insightful Leadership: Surfing the Waves to Organizational Excellence (non-affiliate link) https://www.amazon.com/Insightful-Leadership-Surfing-Organizational-Excellence/dp/1956464190/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Tompkins Leadership --- https://www.linkedin.com/company/tompkins-leadership/ https://tompkinsleadership.com/ Tompkins Leadership, LLC brings a combined experience of over 130 years from their co-founders in helping enterprises with Leadership Development, Organizational Transformation, Strategy and Innovation, Human Capital Development, and Executive & Board Search Services. Real-time data connects clients with the reality of how a business operates through Tompkins Leadership’s boots-on-the-ground methodology, experts who help you map the efficiency and effectiveness of what you do all the way to your factory floor, your transportation system or your front lawn. Tompkins Ventures --- https://www.linkedin.com/company/tompkins-ventures/ https://tompkinsventures.com/ Business strategy and supply chain expert Dr. James A. Tompkins founded Tompkins Ventures in 2020. Our network is based in the U.S. but operates on all continents except Antarctica. Tompkins Ventures matches an enterprise’s challenges with their network of 100s of Commercial Partners, Capital Partners, and Consulting Partners. Their toolbox is unlimited, as every Tompkins Ventures Partner has decades of experience helping companies address the five major factors for business success: Leadership, Capital, Technology, Supply Chain and Facilities. In EP 053 Richard talks to Jim Tompkins, Supply Chain Thought Leader & Entrepreneur about: 00:01:15 : Introduction to Jim Tompkins. 00:04:10 : Rich’s background in supply chain consulting and how he got into the field. 00:10:54 : Being at the right time with the right solutions. 00:16:42 : Jim’s thoughts on the current state of the world. 00:24:04 : Is there more Black Swan events? 00:34:33 : How do we apply the principles of collaborative network design and operations to the new way of business? 00:37:50 : What is a digital supply network and why is it different from a global system? 00:43:58 : Circularity is not about environmental practices, it’s about good business practices. 00:49:56 : What are some of the big shocks that are coming in the future? 00:55:01 : The business of learning to ride the business waves.

    57 min
  6. 053 - Scott Downes - Invisible AI-driven Outsourcing

    11/29/2022

    053 - Scott Downes - Invisible AI-driven Outsourcing

    Scott is relentlessly curious and resists being defined too narrowly. He’s a technologist and a businessman, a programmer and a designer, a musician and a writer, a father and a coach. Scott is a veteran CTO who has built and led engineering, product, design, and marketing teams at multiple growth stage startups. He’s also served as a coach and advisor with a particular focus on the challenges faced by leaders in startups. What unites all of the threads of his life is a passion for creating beautiful things, be they songs or apps or stories or teams. Scott Downes, CTO @ Invisible Technologies Inc. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdownes/ About Invisible Technologies --- https://www.invisible.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/invisible-technologies-inc-/ Invisible is an outsourcing and automation alternative that provides custom operations support to scaling SMBs at a revolutionary price point. The company was founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. They manage processes by distributing work between talented global workforce and automation tools using three integrated platforms and can operate a digital assembly line that can perform multiple time-consuming processes at once, enabling clients to focus on creative work that only they can do. In EP 053 Richard talks to Scott Downes, CTO at Invisible Technologies Inc. about: 00:00:47 : Scott’s origin story. 00:05:35 : What was it like to be in Silicon Valley in the 90s and 2000s? 00:10:37 : How did you get to where you are today? 00:14:17 : Scott’s transition from product engineering to product management. 00:19:53 : How the role of a CTO has changed over the last 20 years. 00:29:17 : Measuring the impact of technology on the business. 00:35:02 : We live in a constant state of change. Most people are not very comfortable with that. 00:40:51 : The most painful aspects of the progress of technology is the place where we make humans act more like machines. 00:47:21 : The 800-pound gorilla in the space: ServiceNow. 00:52:15 : How often do you use the platform? How often do they use it? 00:56:59 : What is the enterprise platform strategy going into the next 6,7,8 years?

    1h 1m
  7. 052 - Pawan Gupta & Abhishek Sharma - Revolutionizing Fashion Supply Chain

    11/22/2022

    052 - Pawan Gupta & Abhishek Sharma - Revolutionizing Fashion Supply Chain

    Fashinza is an AI-driven B2B marketplace for global fashion supply chains. They make it exceptionally easy for international brands to access design to delivery in as fast as 4 weeks with very low minimums. Fashinza offers access to a transparent production process that can be monitored 24/7 with 100% control enabled by their revolutionary FactoryOS. Their goal is to create a sustainable (i.e. net positive) supply chain by 2030 and empower SMB manufacturers with Industry 4.0 solutions. Fashinza has a roster of over 250 factories that currently serves 200+ brands across 6 countries, including the United States, Canada, UAE and India. The company was co-founded in 2020 by serial entrepreneurs Pawan Gupta, Abhishek Sharma, and Jamil Ahmad. In May of 2022, they announced Series B funding round totaling $100M USD, after 12 months of 10x business-growth crossing $150 million in annualized GMV run rate. --- https://fashinza.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/fashinza/ Pawan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fashinza, building the future of fashion manufacturing industry using data and cloud that is more sustainable, ethical, inclusive, fast, and efficient. Fashinza is funded by leading VCs, Accel Partners (Facebook, Slack, Flipkart), and SAIF Partners (PayTM, Swiggy). Previously Pawan co-founded Curofy, which is today India’s largest network of Doctors in India with over 50% of Indian doctors discussing patient cases with their peers to provide extremely quick and better diagnoses to their patients. Curofy was VC funded and got acquired by a large US corporate, Edifecs in an all-cash deal in 2017. Pawan is a mission-driven entrepreneur who believes in using technology and entrepreneurship to bring meaningful change in the lives of the most needy. He was part of Forbes India’s 30 under 30 in 2018, Rising Stars by Bloomberg TV, and Young Turks by CNBC. He has also written guest columns in leading publications and has spoken at global events. Pawan Gupta, CEO and Co-Founder at Fashinza --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawaniitd/ Abhishek is the Co-Founder and COO of Fashinza, a global tech-enabled manufacturing company helping Fashion brands source apparel using data and cloud that is more sustainable, ethical, inclusive, fast, and efficient. Fashinza is funded by leading VCs, Accel Partners, Elevation Capital, Prosus Ventures (Naspers), Westbridge, and ADQ UAE. He hasextensive experience in product & technology, building start-ups like Flipkart (India’s leading eCommerce platform acquired by Walmart), LimeRoad, Curofy (acquired by RoundGlass USA) & BharatPe. He is also a writer and guest author for ProductSchool, Hackernoon, Prototypr, and Noteworthy Abhishek Sharma, Co-Founder & COO at Fashinza -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishekksharma/ In Episode 52 Richard talks with Pawan Gupta and Abhishek Sharma, Co-Founders of Fashinza, about: 00:01:05 : Meet Pawan Gupta and Abhishek Sharma 00:03:40 : Pawan and Abhishek’s beginnings in manufacturing. 00:09:13 : What it’s like to be a startup person in India today. 00:14:21 : How India’s entrepreneurial spirit is changing over time. 00:19:49 : Building manufacturing out of India. 00:26:16 : What does Fashions do and how does it work? 00:30:43 : What are some of the biggest challenges you’re seeing in the manufacturing industry? 00:36:18 : What are the three P’s that you’re focused on with supply chain? 00:40:25 : What’s some of the things that shocked people that you’re already seeing that has the opportunity to be fixed? 00:44:05 : How to build a supply chain that adds value to your customers. 00:49:04 : The importance of integrating with other supply chain solutions. 00:52:31 : The importance of being a part of a larger tapestry. 00:57:28 : What are some of the things you can do in terms of circularity? 01:02:08 : What’s coming in India? 01:05:23 : What’s coming up for the company.

    1h 9m
  8. 051 - Jason Breault - Supply Chain Recruiting

    11/13/2022

    051 - Jason Breault - Supply Chain Recruiting

    Always having the itch to “do his own thing” Jason opened our Westport, MA office in January 2006 after 12 years of working for the man! He has grown our business to be the leading national search firm specializing in supply chain planning across industries such as Consumer Goods, High Tech, Medical Device, Pharma and Biotech. He currently leads the team working with companies – as small as $25 million in size and as large as $20 billion in size – to identify top talent in areas like demand planning, supply planning, operations planning, production planning and sales & operations planning (S&OP) / Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Taking that beyond staffing, Jason helps to run the New England chapter of the Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF), an organization committed to advancing planning practices globally. He has spoken at several ASCM and IBF events on the State of Employment in Demand- and Supply Planning. Jason’s recruiting career is built on a 12-year foundation serving ERP and Supply Chain needs in both domestic and international markets. While at Siemens Business Services, he leveraged his engineering background and German fluency to solidify SAP consulting engagements with multi-national organizations. Jason then spent 5+ years at AMR Research in Boston (now Gartner), a leading research and advisory organization focusing on the supply chain best practices and applications being leveraged to help cut costs and increase revenues. Jason earned a BA in German and a BS in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Rhode Island. Jason Breault --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbreault/ LifeWork Search is a full-service search firm. Founded in 2006, they have grown into the leading national recruiting firm specializing in supply chain planning and procurement across industries including consumer goods, food & beverage, high tech, medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech. LifeWork Search --- https://lifeworksearch.com/ linkedin.com/company/lifework-search/ In Episode 51 Richard talks with Jason Breault from LifeWork Search about: 01:44 - Jason’s origin story and how he got to where he is. 06:21 - Looking back on the early stages of SAP’s value proposition in supply chain. 11:44 - How he got into supply chain recruiting. 16:48 - Why did Jason choose to focus on supply chain? 20:57 - Why did it take so long for supply chain to grow from a blue collar function to a corporate function? 25:29 - What has changed in the company’s DNA when it comes to supply chain? 30:49 - How technology has changed the role of the Chief Supply Chain Officer. 35:04 - What is the future of supply chain leadership? 39:15 - How Jason looks for disruptors? 43:11 - How innovation is a skill set that can be applied to almost any industry. 48:59 - How does Jason see megatrends playing out throughout the next decade? 52:54 - The importance of finding the key ESG circularity metric so everyone can speak commonly around their initiatives.

    59 min
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Supply Chain Next is a podcast series focused on the digitization of the enterprise supply chain. This show, hosted by Richard Donaldson, investigates the next steps for supply chain, both for the supply chain organization within enterprises and the supply chain professional. We dive into the tectonic shifts happening today for supply chain organizations, as they begin to embrace technology to optimize, create efficiencies, drive lower costs, and improve margins. We aim to understand what these changes really mean, not only for the organizations and leaders with in them, but also what does takes to be relevant in supply chain over the next 10 years. We are sitting upon one of the biggest economic tsunamis to come online since the internet itself. How will supply chain organizations use this opportunity to dramatically change the landscape? Supply Chain Next is here to better understand just that.

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