Let's Talk Supply Chain

Welcome to Episode 14 of 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! We are joined today by Caroline Tompkins, President and CEO of Forum for International Trade Training a.k.a FITT.  In this episode we pen out the script for the perfect supply chain movie and it's characters...it's called "The Trade Transaction". Who is involved? What do they do? Why do they do it? Well you'll have to listen to find out! We hope...

Today we talk to Dawn Tiura, CEO and President of SIG, SIG University and Outsource, has over 26 years leadership experience, with the past 22 years focused on the sourcing and outsourcing industry.  For this reason, she is the perfect person to get serious about sourcing with!  We hope you enjoy this episode! Don't forget to follow us on social media: @2babestalksc AND Don't forget to visit our w...

Episode 12 is all about INCOTERMS®! Incoterms® are a funny thing, you either love 'em or hate 'em and luckily our guest is on the positive side! Nick Mauro is the Director of Global Supply at Hampton Products. He is responsible for managing the procurement team, supplier relationships and audits, and managing the logistics and contracts from over 1000 containers a year. Did we mention he likes Inc...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain ! We are so happy to have Ken O'Brien, the COO of Gemini Shippers and the Founder of bigboxSMALLBOX, as a guest for episode 11. This week's episode is about SHIPPING!  As you can tell from the title, shipping is definitely a big topic to cover and we can't talk about shipping without mentioning the unfortunate fallout of Hanjin.  Today we cover the future of sh...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! This episode breaks down the specific roles of both Supply Chain and Logistics Managers. Andrew and Gena are both Managers at EYELEVEL INC. The difference? One is a Supply Chain Manager and the other is a Logistics Manager.   Check out their website !   Have questions for our sponsor? www.icecorp.ca   Reach out to 2 Babes: listener@2babestalksupplychain.com we...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk supply Chain! This episode is EXPLICIT and will make a HUGE impact on your business - We discuss Local vs Offshore Manufacturing    Sheena and Monique from MSH District tell us all about how to make shit happen and answer all your questions about whether go local or offshore manufacturing. These ladies inspire everyone to dream to big and give people a powerful platform to...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain!   This episode has everything you NEED to KNOW about staying compliant and not bankrupting your company!   In this episode we talk to Shayne Cannon, a Senior customs compliance specialist from an International Sporting Goods Company who walks us through the do's and dont's of staying ahead and staying compliant.   Shayne Cannon has worked in all aspects of int...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! You Wont want to miss this episode where we talk to Dan, The Negotiator Guru about investigative interviewing in Supply Chain!   In this episode you will learn the Negotiator Guru top tips and takeaways for both SC Executives interviewing vendors and SC Account Executives interviewing potential customers and have increased beneficial conversations. Dan Kelly s...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! We are very excited to bring you Episode 6 all about how to outsource effectively! We continue to put the sexy into Supply Chain! In this episode we are talking to Julie Thompson of ICECORP USA all about 3PL vs 4PL and how to outsource effectively! Since returning to the US from living in Japan, Julie has seen the explosion of international trade, with all lev...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! We are very excited to bring you Episode 5, as we continue to put the SEXY into SUPPLY CHAIN! In this episode, we had a great conversation with Barry McGeough who is the Group Vice President of Innovation Next at PVH. Barry and his team serves the needs of all brands at PVH, the country's second largest importer of apparel, who's brands include the Calvin Klei...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain! We are very excited to bring you the 4th installment of the podcast, as we continue to put the SEXY into SUPPLY CHAIN! In this episode, we had a great conversation with Alex Fletcher who is the Founder and Managing partner for Fletcher Supply Chain Group, a Boston based consulting firm. Under his leadership, Fletcher Supply Chain group delivers tailored Supply...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain!   We are so excited to bring you this podcast! We put the SEXY into SUPPLY CHAIN! This episode we have a great conversation with Steve Robinson and his views on the Internet of Things (IOT). Steve Robinson has been leading and building world-class global supply chain teams for multi-national fortune 500 companies for over 20 years. Most recently, Steve led Sta...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain!   We are so excited to bring you this podcast! We put the SEXY into SUPPLY CHAIN!   We had the chance to sit down and talk to Andrea Stroud, the Research Program Manager, at APQC about Millennials and their place in supply chain.  In Andrea's role she focuses on uncovering and sharing supply chain management and product development benchmarks and best practice...

Welcome to 2 Babes Talk Supply Chain!  We are so excited to bring you this podcast! We put the sexy into supply chain! In this episode we discuss the difference between Supply Chain and Logistics, and we crack the code on a ton of confusing acronyms.  Stay tuned to our future episodes where we will be interviewing the TOP supply chain professionals in the industry! If you have any comments or requ...