Let's Talk Supply Chain
Episodes
Episode 127 – Women in Supply Chain, Martha Lumatete
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of Women in Supply Chain Series features Martha Lumatete. Inspired by both her grandmother, who began her own construction suppl...
Episode 126 - Why Partner with Titans
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Like his Father and Grandfather before him, Founder and President of Logistics Titans Wes Streubing has supply chain in his blood. And he's on a missi...
EP 125 - Supply Chain "Unchained"
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ram is the founder of SKUteam, a company that provides globalized supply chain with localized supervision. They help companies working in the apparel,...
EP 124 - Powering the Resilient Supply Chain
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ranna is a supply chain professional who works for Resilinc, a supply chain risk management company that offers data analytics and insights on supplie...
EP 123 - Women in Supply Chain, Melody Dickinson
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Melody is a supply chain professional who works for Alloy, a platform that offers in-depth data analytics for consumer good companies. For our Women i...
EP 122 - The first mile is everything
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert and Lee are the founders of Mercado, a platform that aims to bring together every section of the supply chain from sourcing, to legal, to sales...
EP 121 - It all starts with Ethics
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rob is Head of Ethics at Airbnb and author of the book "Intentional Integrity". His role as head of an ethics team is to implement a code of conduct t...
EP 120- Eliminating risk across your supply chain
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason is the CEO of MacGregor Partners, a supply chain solutions provider that uses IT and software to help companies work faster, smarter and more ef...
EP 119 - Super Trend #4, Start up Mentality
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Sarah chats with Scott and Greg from Supply Chain Now about the last in their super trend series: Start up Mentality. The Covid crisis has broug...
EP 118 - Women in Supply Chain, Diane Sullivan
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diane has worked in supply chain for 25 years. Her career has taken her from Ireland, to Australia, China and finally California. She started her work...
EP 117 - Inventory optimization in minutes!
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are finding that a lot of supply chain software takes a lot of time for on boarding and our guest today is here to tell us about their solution tha...
EP 116 - 150 Million Pieces of PPE and Counting
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike works for Apex, the third largest freight forwarder in the world and number one forwarder transporting products from China. In 2019 they flew 500...
EP 115 - Industrial Manufacturing
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest challenge in industrial manufacturing is customer acquisition and retention. When it comes to marketing in the traditional world of Indus...
EP 114 - Women in Supply Chain, Anju Gupta
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anju is the product manager at Coupa Software, an all-in-one business spend management platform. In today's Women in Supply Chain series, Anju tells u...
EP 113 - RFID your way to better inventory
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does replenishment work in your warehouse? It is probably very manual, lots of paperwork and different stakeholders involved making it impossible ...
EP 112 - The Answer? Data Sharing & Collaboration
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alloy was founded 4 years ago when Joel and his co-founders realized there was a huge lag between supply chain and the retail industry. From the very ...
EP 111 - End to End Supply Chain, Dead or Alive?
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's special episode features Scott and Greg from Supply Chain Now! Scott, Greg and Sarah have a lively discussion about whether we are seeing the ...
EP 110 - Women in Supply Chain, Angie Reno
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Angie has worked in supply chain all her life, with her earliest career memories involving a master thesis and meeting Ted Ruhly, the CEO of Maersk. S...
EP 109 - Leave the nuisance expenses to us!
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With procurement departments finding themselves lean and mean these days, where are you spending gaps? Are you leaving money on the table? You might b...
EP 108 - Digital Fit for the Future
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does your digital future look like? That is the question on everybody's mind as tech changes on a daily basis, In Sweetbridge's episode in 2019 S...
EP 107 - Social 2.0: The Dawn of Micro Communities
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Procurement Foundry is an online private community for people working in supply chain. Mike founded this community when he knew he needed a safe place...
EP 106 - Visibility is Here!
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Akshay is the co-founder of Terminal 49, an online platform that helps importers, trucking companies and brokers track all their container movements. ...
EP 105 - WISC, Pioneer of Supply Chain Media
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Supply Chain can change the world Elizabeth got into supply chain after discovering her love for writing so she fell in love with the supply chain ind...
EP 104 - Damages are costing Billions
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The damage and loss of products in supply chain cost the industry billions of dollars every year. That's a huge amount of money and waste in products ...
EP 103 - Standardize, Optimize, Transform
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Catapult, an intuitive digital platform that helps businesses make decisions based on freight rates. The founders were tired of the manual proces...
EP 102 - Behind the Seams
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BEHIND THE SEAMS - Suuchi Ramesh is a software engineer with a background in supply chain, she is also the founder and CEO of a tech company that is b...
EP 101 - Rodeo's, Supply Chain & Google
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia is our Women in Supply Chain Feature for February and is someone who enjoys life to the fullest. Her attitude is: family first, career second ...
EP 100 - Procurement, It's a Group Thing
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony is the president and CEO of UNA, a dynamic group that works with procurement managers, business owners and executives to save money, time and ...
EP 99 - Expand Your Network
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a special treat: Last week I joined Daniel Stanton, Mr Supply Chain on his Linkedin page to do a Live about our 10 ten social media tips...
EP 98 - Unleashing Business Potential
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca is Vice President of customer success at E2open, the largest software and information provider for the shipping industry. They're already conn...
EP 97 - WISC, Holly is All In
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Holly got into logistics like many of us: by accident. After the 2008 financial crash she moved to Texas and was offered a chance to work in supply ch...
SEA 2, EP 96 - Year in Review, A Look back on 2019
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What a year it has been – from the Game of Thrones finale to Fedex being banned by Amazon, 2019 has been a memorable one. And at LTSC, it has been a...
SEA 2, EP 95 - A Family Perspective on Supply and Demand Planning
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's better than one supply chain professional? Two supply chain professionals! Allison and George are a couple who met at a supply chain conference...
SEA 2, EP 94 - SC Professionals UNITE! One voice against Human Trafficking
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Human trafficking is supply chain. As horrendous as that sounds, it's true. There are more slaves today than there have been in the whole of human his...
SEA 2, EP 93 - The CCM Chassis Pool Saves the Day!
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike is the CEO of CCM, a chassis management company that creates fluidity in the supply chain. What makes them special? Their CCM pools work as an 'o...
SEA 2, EP 92 - Women in Supply Chain, Lisa Fenton
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THE WISC SERIES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HULFT It can be daunting to get back into the workforce after years without working. Lisa went back to work in su...
SEA 2, EP 91 - Overwhelmed by Content? Learn to Speed Read
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Want some superpowers? Today Howard Berg - The World's Fastest Reader, shares how he gained his title and his mind-boggling super powers of speed read...
SEA 2, EP 90 - Competing with Amazon
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today you are in for a great discussion! Irina Rosca is here as guest host and she is back to interview an old friend, Graham from BorderBuddy! Graham...
SEA 2, EP 89 - David vs Goliath and they all won!
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you havent heard of Ashcroft Terminal, you will not forget them after today's interview. They are changing the game for inland ports everywhere and...
SEA 2, EP 88 - Women in Supply Chain, Nicole Vernkidt
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
THE WISC SERIES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HULFT Nicole is back! In today's episode Sarah chats with Nicole Vernkidt who was originally on the show back in...
SEA 2, EP 87 - Are you getting the most out of your returns?
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sarah talks with Rob from Inmar, a company that started in the coupon industry and is now fully immersed into helping companies wit...
SEA 2, EP 86 - What sets OOCL Logistics Apart?
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sarah catches up with David Croft from OOCL Logistics, a logistics services company who's success has be defined by their customer ...
SEA 2, EP 85 - Why VC's are excited about RPA
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sarah talks to Matt from RPA Labs, a robot process automation company that automates repetitive manual tasks with bots and software...
SEA 2, EP 84 - Women in Supply Chain, Lori Harner
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sarah talks to Lori, a senior executive at JDA, Lori has worked in supply chain for 8 years in various different roles and her larg...
SEA 2, EP 83 - Cost Efficiency vs Customer Experience
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we chat to Niklas, founder of Centiro Solutions, a cloud based software company that delivers end to end delivery management capabi...
Logtech Exclusive! We ran from Blockchain...
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this second exclusive from Logtech 2019, Chris Co-Founder of Slync.io joins me to tell us why they started on a path to blockchain and then ran the...
SEA 2, EP 82 - A new voice in Supply Chain
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we chat with Kevin, CMO of Symphony RetailAI, a leading AI company that provides tech solutions for FMCG retailers and CPG manufact...
Your first exclusive from Logtech! Your Blockchain questions answered!
22 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago I posed the question to the community "What are your biggest questions about blockchain" and you sent me your questions! Recently at ...
SEA 2, EP 81 - Get your workforce engaged!
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Kelli Paull, Vice President of Success at Shyft joins Sarah to talk about the app that is revolutionizing the supply chain workforc...
SEA 2, EP 80 - Tech Success, Who should be on your team?
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Curt, CEO of Open Sky Group joins Sarah on Lets Talk to share how they help companies implement technology appropriately. With his ...
SEA 2, EP 79 - Women in Supply Chain, Maritime Edition
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is extra special as we chat with Ally Cedeno, not only does Holly Qualman join us as guest host but we are also celebrating the Women ...
SEA 2, EP 78 - What is your Personal Impact on Supply Chain?
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we chat with Charles Brewer, all the way from Singapore! Charles is a supply chain expert, leader and since he's worked in the indu...
SEA 2, EP 77 - What is in your branded promotional products?
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lets looks at our promotional products differently.... In this episode Sarah speaks with Tim Brown, executive director of QCA, the association respons...
SEA 2, EP 76 - Emmy Award Winner! From Ice to Shipchain
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sarah talks to Brandon Adams, an Emmy Award Winning TV producer and supply chain advisor who started his career shipping ice in the...
SEA 2, EP 75 - Women in Supply Chain, Pauline Caballero
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we talk to Pauline Caballero, a startup founder who started out in the supply chain industry. Like many others, Pauline stumbled in...
SEA 2, EP 74 - Break through the noise, Audrey meets Graham
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
GET READY!! In this episode Audrey Ross, Co-host on The Trade Squad is our GUEST HOST! Our Resident Industry Expert, Graham Robins of BorderBuddy was...
SEA 2, EP 73 - Why I'm obsessed with Coconuts...
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Michiel, the founder and CTO of Coco Pallet, a company that produces pallets from used coconuts in Asia and Latin America. M...
SEA 2, EP 72 - The Future is bright in Intermodal with IANA
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Tom Williams, Group Vice President, Consumer Products at BNSF Railway and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, COO of the Port of Long Beach,...
SEA 2, EP 71 - Panama, the hidden gem of logistics
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Demo, a Supply Chain Business Strategist at Logistics Services Panama. Demo lives in Panama, a country that has been a logi...
SEA 2, EP 70 - Women in Supply Chain Pt 20 - Kathy Fulton
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WISC Series Sponsored by HULFT Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Providing Disaster Relief Assistance Through Logistics In this episode we talk to Kat...
SEA 2, EP 69 - Supply Chain Performance Simplified
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Pain Points defined: A pain point is a specific problem that prospective customers of your business are experiencing...
EXCLUSIVE! Interiew with Marie Chantal Savoy, VP Logistec
23 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I recently caught up with Marie-Chantal Savoy, VP Strategy and Communications at Logistec at the JOC Canada Trade Conference. Marie is very passionate...
SEA 2, EP 68 - What sets one provider apart from the rest?
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! When I worked for a 3PL selling logistics services (ocean freight, air freight, customs, warehousing, cross dock and...
EXCLUSIVE! with Grace Liang President of OOCL Canada
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I recently caught up with Grace after our panel at the JOC Canada Trade conference in Toronto about diversity and the future of the workforce. Here is...
SEA 2, EP 67 - AI is closer than you think with CEO of Algo
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines t...
EXCLUSIVE! live interview with CEO of Terracycle
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For Subscribers only! I recently caught up with Tom Szaky, CEO of Terracyle at the SCMA National Conference in Montreal! He joined me to talk about ho...
SEA 2, EP 66 - Women in Supply Chain Part 19 - Brenda Santoro
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Everyone's journey is different and as we have seen from this series the path is never straight. Brenda says that be...
SEA 2, EP 65 - Digital Freight Disrupted
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back Listeners! Traditional forwarders will soon have little choice but to go digital and that is what Kontainers is hoping for. They are the ...
SEA 2, EP 64 - Freightwaves, The story behind the brand
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Let's Talk listeners! If you aren't familiar with FreightWaves you should be, Recently listed on CNBC's 2018 upstart 100 list as the brig...
EXCLUSIVE Content for subscribers only!
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Listeners! In this EXCLUSIVE Women in Supply Chain episode, I am live at JDA ICON 2019 and I sit down with CMO, Karen Leavitt of Locus Robotics....
SEA 2, EP 63 - Tariffs, what's the secret?
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Let's Talk listeners! What is a Tariff? A tariff is a tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries tha...
SEA 2, EP 62 - Women in Supply Chain Part 18 - Michelle Devevo
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! "Go with your gut!" is the mantra Michelle is truly living by, from following her gut to Boston to placing hundreds ...
SEA 2, EP 61 - A Journey of optimization, planning & Technology
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Traditionally Supply Chain has been viewed as a cost centre because the majority of a business' cost are associated ...
SEA 2, EP 60 - Listen up, Start ups!
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The industry is bursting with new ideas, new innovation and start ups seem to be popping up everywhere. But, what ex...
SEA 2, EP 59 - The Trade Squad
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Download Episode! Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! What if I told you something BIG was coming to the supply chain community, something that would br...
7 Min Sunday - an EXCLUSIVE interview with Peder Winther of Panalpina
14 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Listeners! This is the last Exclusive from TPM 2019, in this brief episode I am asking Peder Winther, Global Head of OceanFreight at Panalpina y...
SEA 2, EP 58 - Shining light into the dark corners of supply chain
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! There are a lot of new innovations and platforms to help you with various supply chain functions but where do you st...
7 Min Sunday - An EXCLUSIVE with John McCauley, VP of Cargill
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Listeners! You asked and John answered! I recently caught up with John McCauley, VP of Transportation and Logistics at Cargill, a global player ...
SEA 2, EP 57 - Women in Supply Chain Part 17 - Denise MacDonell
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! "What do you mean exactly?" is a very powerful question when you are trying to find your voice and gain the knowledg...
7 min Sunday - An Exclusive with Jeremy Nixon, CEO ONE
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! Remember a while back on listeners corner you commented with questions you have for the CEO of an ocean carrier. Well, I had the chan...
SEA 2, EP 56 - When the rest of the Chain is NOT keeping up
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Only 6 percent of the largest ocean carriers and freight forwarders have end-to-end online booking capabilities. Som...
SEA 2, EP 55 - The cost to ship vs the cost to serve
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The term "'Customer Experience" gets thrown out and tossed around on the daily these days but what does it really me...
SEA 2, EP 54 - Investing Billions into the future of Trade
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods mov...
SEA 2, EP 53 - Women in Supply Chain Part 16 with Nozuko
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! In this Women in Supply Chain episode we are going Global, to South Africa to be exact. A land where not only Supply...
SEA 2, EP 52 - Marketing & Supply Chain for the Business Win
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Back Lets Talk Listeners! Collaboration is the process of two or more people or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a...
SEA 2, EP 51- Transforming your supply chain for the digital economy
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! Digital economy refers to an economy that is based on digital computing technologies, although we increasingly ...
SEA 2, EP 50 - Keeping your Sanity in Supply Chain
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! One U.S. study found that lost productivity from presenteeism was at least 7.5 times greater than productivity loss ...
SEA 2, EP 49 - Women in Supply Chain Part 15 with Priyanka Asera
03 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! How did you end up in Supply Chain? For some of us it was before the term "supply chain" was even coined in the 1980...
SEA 2, EP 48 - What the bleep is a global service SC partner?
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Even I didn't know what a Global Service Supply Chain Partner was until I met Ryan, so what is it anyway? You will h...
SEA 2, EP 47 - Netflix is a good example of Supply Chain visibility
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The fact is that Supply Chain visibility is the No 1 pain point of shippers today, as per the study JOC did in 2018....
SEA 2, EP 46 - A look at 2019, a Supply Chain discussion
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Supply Chain is changing and 2019 will bring both new challenges and technology to the industry. We will need to get...
SEA 2, EP 45 - Women in Supply Chain Pt 14 - Kristy Knichel
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Today you will be inspired by a story of challenge, risk and massive growth. Whether you are the family in a family ...
SEA 2, EP 44 - A look back at 2018, golden nuggets to take into 2019
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! You have learned a lot. This year has inspired you, motivated you, gave you a run for your money and tested you. It'...
SEA 2, EP 43 - Women in Supply Chain Part 13
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Today is part 13 of My Women in Supply Chain series! In this episode you will here from Catherine Cooper who has ded...
SEA 2, EP 42 - Automate, Orchestrate, Accelerate your data
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! In recent discussion on my listener corner posts, data keeps popping up. Data is the future of our businesses and su...
SEA 2, EP 41 - Is the traditional Postal Service the answer to last mile?
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Is our reliance on the postal service our biggest downfall? As we have recently seen with the Canada Post strike, it...
SEA 2, EP 40 - Self Driving, Autonomous Supply Chains
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! How do we get ahead of all the changes happening around us in our business and our supply chain? Kevin Sterneckert f...
SEA 2, EP 39 - Women in Supply Chain, Part 12
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Sheila's journey is full of hard work, passion and giving back to the community that has served her in her supply ch...
SEA 2, EP 38 - Connecting Systems for full visibility
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Unless you have already or are already working with Brian and his team over at Chain.io you might be still be battli...
SEA 2, EP 37 - Competition heats up for last mile delivery
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Competition online and customer expectations are driving up the stakes for retailers to get last mile delivery right...