Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to to David Ogilvie, Principal at David Ogilvie Consulting in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. In his work with his business clients David works with CEOs and CFOs to transform their business operations helping them to maximise their ERP investments, the Enterprise Resource Planning software systems that many businesses use to organise, coordinate and plan th...

In this episode of the Interlinks podcast I am joined again by my colleagues from the Supply Chain Special Interest Group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) to review some of the events and shocks that have impacted supply chains during 2022 and how these events sit within the context of the overarching long-term trends that are driving supply chain strategies such as demograph...

In this episode of linterlinks we talk to Martin Christopher, Professor Emeritus at Cranfield University in the UK where he has been instrumental in building the renowned Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. After leading the centre for over twenty years Martin now dedicates himself to a wider portfolio of activities including the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the field o...

In this episode of Interlinks we will be chatting with Simon McKeever, CEO of the Irish Exporters Association. The Irish Exporters Association, or IEA as it is more commonly known, plays a significant role in support of the activities of all types of companies exporting from Ireland and Simon and I discussed that in some detail previously on Interlinks in 2019 in an episode that you can find in th...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Evan Bulmer, from Adelaide in South Australia, who is described as Australia’s leading financial concierge and CEO wingman. Evan has 25 years’ experience in business, assisting and advising others, through coaching and consulting services to business owners, management teams, and executives. His focus is on strategic implementation and measurable actio...

Recent years have been very challenging for business leaders and strategists around the world to think about and strategise for their businesses as a succession of events including political upheavals, trade wars, pandemics, natural disasters, shooting wars and inflation spikes have unfolded one after the other without respite or any apparent return to so called normality. In effect there that the...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Alexander Nowroth, partner at the Dusseldorf based Management Consulting company Lebenswerk Consulting Group. Alex has joined twice before on the show to talk about his consultancy business and also to speak about one of his areas of expertise, Ocean Freight, during the acute crisis this time last year in that area. For this episode, I have asked Alex to co...

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to Fred Laluyaux, CEO of Aera Technology, headquartered in Mountain View, California in the heart of Silicon Valley working to transform the future of work through the practical application of Decision Intelligence . Founded in 2017, Aera has a global team that serves customers throughout the world, including the UK and Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North...

In this episode of Interlinks my colleagues from the SAC Supply Chain Special Interest Group and I discuss some inflation busting strategies that businesses can undertake quickly and effectively to work through current challenges while staying on track for the longer-term future. This conversation arose after I was struck recently while listening to the Irish economist, David McWilliams, on his ow...

In this episode of Interlinks, we talk to Prem Kumar, who is the Global Supply Chain and Sustainability Leader at IBM Consulting. Prem is an experienced management and technology consulting leader who advises the executive management teams of client companies through complex business and technology solutions implementation. Prem's professional career stretches back to the late 1990s and he has bee...

In this episode of Interlinks, we talk about the effects of the slowdown that we are seeing in economic growth in America, in China, and also in Europe caused ostensibly by COVID, the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, and inflation. We are going to talk about what companies are experiencing right now and what effects we are seeing out there, some of the tactics and strategies that companies are u...

In this episode of Interlinks, we're going to check in on some of the major global regions, namely Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, to see what is going on and what is topical in supply chain in summer 2022. We're also going to touch on what companies are doing more generally to overcome the challenges posed by inflation and the shortages of human resources that are generalized across the m...

In this episode of Interlinks, we talk to to Trevor Dempsey, who is director of customs and international trade services at BDO Ireland. Trevor is a customs and international trade specialist with over 15 years of experience across multiple industry types, and has represented clients and industries as diverse as medical devices, IT, automotive, locomotive, and FMCG. His areas of specialization inc...

In this episode we talk to Megan Yeates, an inspirational young female professional who has selected supply chain as her career choice and in so doing has become an advocate for the supply chain profession in general and for the role of females within the profession. Megan was the inaugural Gold medal Winner at WorldSkills Competition in Kazan, Russia in August 2019 for freight forwarding on the l...

In this episode we talk to Louis O’Connor, Founder, and Principal of Strategic Metals Invest about the fascinating world of strategic metals. These are the metals and oxides required to keep our modern technology working and that are essential to the green transformation in energy and transport. Strategic metals constitute both a strategic supply chain challenge and an investment opportunity and L...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Andrew Wilson, Director Business Development EMEA at Tosca. Tosca is a company that specialises in the supply and rental of reusable packaging for the food industry. The company has a vision for the future where all one-way packaging is converted to reusables and contribute to the elimination of food and packaging waste to help create a more sustainable wor...

In this episode of Interlinks we will be talking to Eddie O’ Flanagan, who is an independent international logistics specialist who works with a range of clients such as Ports, Maritime and Logistics providers providing business development and asset optimisation advice on projects both in development and scheduled for completion. Specifically this includes: Providing insight and overview of the i...

In this episode of Interlinks, I am joined by my colleagues from the Supply Chain Special Interest Group at the Society for the Advancement of Consulting: Lisa Anderson, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc. in the Los Angeles metro area in California Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks, President and CEO of Transleadership Inc, in Colorado Springs In this discussion we explore some of the challenges and...

Delighted to discuss the opportunities that lie embedded within the turbulence and instability currently impacting supply chains around the world with my colleagues from the Supply Chain Special Interest Group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC). My guests are: David Ogilvie of David Ogilvie & Associates, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Diane Garcia of Lorraine Consulting...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Art Schick, founder of Alpha Sierra Global, a consultancy practice based in Massachusetts in the US. At Alpha Sierra Global, Art specializes in strategy and operational consulting to firms to focus on consumer products, flavor compounding, and ingredients, including startups. Art is a former vice president of purchasing with PepsiCo, and in this interview,...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Nigel Healy Director at estate agents Jones Land Lasalle (JLL) based in Dublin, Ireland and specialising in the industrial property side of the business. JLL is a full service real estate services provider covering industrial, commercial, retail, residential and hotel real estate.   For some years now in Ireland, in common with many other countries, we...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Inigo Camara, Manager of the region encompassing Spain, Portugal and Latin America for the Irish materials handling equipment manufacturer, Combilift.   Combilift, based in Monaghan, Ireland, is one of the most innovative materials handling equipment companies in the world and now has over 60.000 units operational in some 90 countries. The company prid...

In this episode of Interlinks we take a look at how businesses can overcome some of the barriers to growth and to scale in the face of the supply chain challenges that have emerged over the last couple of years and continue to emerge as geopolitical certainty reigns on a global level. Recent years have seen a succession of disruptions to international supply chains resulting from international tra...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Rafael Kessler, Master Dealer in Brazil for the Irish materials handling equipment manufacturer Combilift. Rafael has extensive experience in the fields of engineering, logistics and business management with an long track record in the automotive and materials handling industries.   Rafael has been Master Dealer for Combilift in Brazil since 2009 cover...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Leonardo Marra, a fellow podcast host, and international sales executive who describes himself as Roman at birth, Londoner following graduation and Shanghaiese since 2018.   Now based in Shanghai, Leonardo is the Asia Pacific Manager for the Istituto Marangoni and the Domus Academy both of which are pillars for creative learning in the fashion, art, an...