Supply Chain - Unfiltered

We unravel the frustrations businesses experience in their efforts to decouple from global supply chain business models, and the impacts that tariffs and evolving regulations bear on product availability, cost and the customer experience. Hear Pawan Joshi, e2open Executive Vice President, Product Management & Strategy, share insights on how to pivot from a negative mentality to embracing disru...

Manufacturing and industrial facilities are challenged by job vacancies. Heather Chapman MS, CSP, CHMM, CEAS III - Head of Ergonomics at Soter Analytics breaks down the details of a disinterested emerging workforce, what drives them to consider employment opportunities and how supply chains are getting it wrong. Understand the constructs of GenZ survey findings with recommendations to bridge profe...

Experience a candid conversation with procurement legend, former Johnson & Johnson CPO Len DeCandia as he shares perspectives on the progression of the profession. Find insights on how status quo abundance is edging into the realm of scarcity and why supply chains need to pay attention to the shift. Learn key differentiators of business focus to remain relevant and best mitigate risks.

Global manufacturers and corporations with remote workforces are especially challenged by language barriers impacting efficiency, attrition and workplace health and safety. DeepHow CEO Sam Zheng is changing the language landscape across manufacturing and the factory floor. Discover “Stephanie”, an AI-enabled solution, who bridges generational, language and cultural gaps in the workforce enhancing...

Join ISM and Logility’s Andrew Driscoll, vice president strategic accounts, and Scott Tillman, senior vice president of research & development as we examine the complexities of regulation, data integration, and demand patterns while fueling greater logistics efficiency. Discover cost advantage strategies and how sustainable practices allow small-to-midsize businesses a competitive advantage ag...

Feel left out of the Industry 4.0 conversation? Hear how seasoned supply chain leader and ketteQ CEO Mike Landry overhauled the profession by making AI and ML mainstream through Salesforce and AWS applications. Get details on how new ways of thinking, autonomous planning and greater visibility intuitively drive sales and marketing opportunities to both small and large businesses and their customer...

The adage “content is king” lacks relevancy without the proper sourcing and context — but businesses often rely on unvetted data or opinion to drive decision-making, which can compromise integrity and the bottom-line. Join CAPS Research executive managing director Denis Wolowiecki for essential perspective on how, when and why knowledge-based information can be the missing link between operational...

Leadership, enacted well, is the cornerstone for foundational success whether instilling effective change management or bolstering corporate morale. Hear the tried, tested and true tenets of supply management leadership through Bindiya Vakil, CEO and founder of Resilinc, as she shares career triumphs, challenges and resolve. By championing personal acceptance, gratitude, inclusivity, constructive...

Join a distinguished panel of guests from ISM®’s Talent Management Committee as they discuss workforce challenges that arise when leadership, seasoned executives and emerging professionals differ on job-related perspectives and communication preferences. Learn from their experiences, humor and recommended strategies on building healthy relationships to carry throughout your career. Discover how su...

Ongoing geopolitical stressors provide an unsettling backdrop to uncertainty, increasing risks for supply chain disruption. Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of The Reshoring Institute shares her knowledge about how to assess, ready and manage a manufacturing move to U.S. soil. Hear what she’s seen in the Asia-Pacific region, the activity at the U.S.-Mexico border and what to expect in the futur...

Instability is the precursor to supply management volatility. Insurance company Otonomi provides a way to mitigate weather and climate-related risks through its disruption and delay insurance. Hear from CEO and co-founder Yann Barbarroux on why added protection is a must-have for time-sensitive and critical use product supply chains and learn how their proprietary system works.

Companies have a lot on their “to do” list; often with minimal time, talent and technology assets to achieve their goals. Solution architect Sasha Risner of Flexware Innovations discusses how adding business intelligence into data systems and following a recommended maturity ladder can provide greater time-, cost- and talent-efficiencies from the top floor to the shop floor. Find more insights int...

In the workplace , 88 percent of non-inclusive behaviors experienced by women are “microaggressions”, disrupting self-worth and career growth. Hear from ISM Women’s Committee members Alyssa Grau CPSM, Director Head of Supply Chain Seamen Corporation, and Linsey Vasilenko, Director Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Baylor, Scott & White Health, as they share personal stories and how to recog...

Charlotte de Brabandt, DBA, head of IT partner management and governance U.S. ZF Group provides details on the integration and benefits of blockchain into supply chains. Areas of discussion include the innerworkings of blockchain, how its profession-changing process streamlines procurement and contract negotiations, while bolstering trust and transparency across end-to-end tiers, and more.        ...

Advancements in technology and carbon reduction efforts are driving changes in transportation enterprises and the procurement decision-making of equipment. Hear Brian Antonellis, Fleet Advantage Senior Vice President Fleet Operations (CTP), explain the costs, considerations and strategies in moving it forward efficiently.

Hear from North American logistics expert, Jenny Vander Zanden, Breakthrough COO, as she shares the state of North American logistics. Points of interest include how onshoring is impacting transportation, the benefits of intermodal, and what to consider before drafting contracts with Mexico. Find more information on manufacturing and logistics through Mexico here: https://bit.ly/3ZNAvW5

Get an in-depth understanding of slave trade in supply chains as Jonathan Ball, Exiger’s managing director|government solutions delivery, discusses the challenges that persist across the globe. Discover how vulnerable supply chains are to human trafficking, especially from third-party suppliers, and learn how risk mitigation and humanitarian efforts can remove slave trade. Find more information on...

Join ISM at Kinexions 23 Conference in Nashville, as we take a deeper look into what’s happening in the supply chain technology arena. Catch event clips from Andrew Bell of Kinaxis, Michael Carbo of Kinaxis (formerly of Colgate-Palmolive) and Michael Ciatto of Genpact detailing cautionary and revolutionary expectations and how to stay competitive. Find more insights from Kinaxis’ Polly Mitchell-Gu...

Get industrial warehouse market updates from commercial real estate experts Isy Sonabend and Drew Eisen of global NAI Horizon. They disclose availability of space and changes to demand due to nearshoring and the economy. To compare this episode’s insights with the market conditions of Winter 2023, find an earlier interview with Sonabend here . (please include the hyperlink attached to the word ‘he...

Miscommunication between people, departments and customers can happen from misclassified data. Join guest Susan Walsh, the Classification Guru, and learn how to clean your data before AI integration adds to the mess.

Explore the intricacies of workplace relationships and how current and past experiences affect our ability to be fully present as our “highest and best”. Learn how personal core values impact team success.

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, Kinaxis vice president of industry outreach and thought leadership, brings answers to what many supply chain professionals want to know: Where should businesses invest and why.