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Guest Name: Ramit Maharjan, Head of Customer Service Experience IMEA at Henkel, Language: English, Publication date: March, 11. 2023

Ramit has over two decades of experience in various facets of Supply Chain leadership. He has led SCM operations in country clusters within IMEA/ APAC regions and has also worked in Europe managing global Business Transformation projects. 

He received Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification while working with GE and A3 certification at Henkel. He has exposure to multiple business cycles – growth, maturity and restructuring. Ramit is a published author and sought after speaker at various international forums. He is passionate about the topics of Leadership and Supply Chain.

A highlights questions:

• From the supply chain’s perspective, what is the meaning of customer service? And how do you see the evolution of customer service?
• How can we manage the CSE (Customer service expectation)? What are some key factors to be considered?
• How to use CS (Customer service) to enhance the performance of supply chain management?
• Talking a bit on tools & technology, what would you think about the role of technology in the customer service? 

Connect with Ramit on Linkedin here.

Guest Name: Francisco Cervantes, Recruitment Manager - Supply Chain & Procurement at Volt - International, Language: English, Publication date: Feb, 18. 2022

Francisco is currently a Recruitment Manager - Supply Chain & Procurement at Volt - International, and based in Singapore. His mission is to add-value to both candidates and clients in the Supply Chain & Procurement practices.

Before moving into Recruitment, Francisco worked as a Sourcing Buyer for the world's largest EMS organisation. At this position, he liaised with electronic components’ manufacturers, distributors, prospective and active clients, in competitive bids to serve a variety of prospective clients within the medical device, industrial equipment, and consumer electronics markets.

Volt (an Innova Solutions Company) is a multi award-winning, global workforce solution provider. Volt propels businesses and careers forward with expert momentum. Volt’s 35,000 employees work across 85 offices worldwide to provide workforce management and talent acquisition solutions to businesses and job placement services. Visit the website : https://www.voltinternational.com/

A highlights questions:

• Generally, in SEA regions (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & others….), how do you see current trends & markets for supply chain & procurement roles? 
• Which industry do you believe will continue to perform well in terms of job demand?
• This is a bit technical, but I wanted to know your advice about skills & competencies; What are the most important skills for supply chain professionals?
• For the C-level & executive positions, have you observed any significant changes in the company's or organization's supply chain and procurement roles?
• What advice would you give to supply chain professionals looking to advance their careers? Probably you have some "MAGIC WORDS" here?

Connect with Francisco on Linkedin here

Guest Name: Stephane Morel, The Global Process Owner Strategic Procurement at NOVARTI, Language: English, Publication date: Feb, 04. 2022

Stephane Morel, Procurement & Business Leader. He is currently the GPO - Global process owner strategic procurement, reporting to the Global Procurement Business Lead and part of the Novartis Lean Digital Core (LDC) program. Prior to this role, he spent more than 15+ years in various role at Novartis, such as: Global procurement strategy & transformation manager, Head of procurement capability & change management, Procurement transformation lead (Europe) and Head of procurement - CPO (Spain).

In addition, he is also passionate about personal development, having spent over a decade as a trainer, mentor, blogger, book author, and speaker. One of his missions is to assist procurement & salespeople in developing their skills. Since 2009, Stephane is a regular trainer at IQS, EADA, STARTIFY, CEU, Adolfo Ibañez University (Chile) on Procurement & Business Partnering for Procurement & Sales professionals. In 2014, He published the book "la transformación de compras: una aventura retadora" (spanish language) explaining the 6 workstreams to manage in order to upgrade the Procurement function.

A highlights questions:

• How would you describe the current procurement situation in 2023 ?
• You were just explaining to an evolution, VUCA as well as increased collaboration when we see tougher competition everywhere, can you explain a bit more on that point ?
• How do see the collaboration between procurement and supply chain? As a concept, it looks great. But how do see that ?
• Coud also mentioned about a 3D performance management framework at the beginning, could you explain us a bit more there ?

Connect with Stephane on Linkedin here.

Guest Name: Justin Kyngdon, General Manager, Supply Chain Solutions at Expeditors, Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 01. 2022

Justin Kyngdon is the General Manager of Supply Chain Solutions for Expeditors, where he leads the practice in South Asia and is based in Sydney, Australia. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. 

Before joining Expeditors, Justin has worked  in several roles for LEP Logistics and Agility Logistics. He earned an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales (AGSM). 

A highlights questions:

• How digital twin technology is transforming supply chain? 
• What distinguishes a digital twin from regular supply chain model?
• What are the key elements to form a digital twin?
• Could you please share some success stories about how this model was used in your company to solve a client's supply chain problem?

Connect with Justin on Linkedin here. And to learn more about Expeditors, visit their website: https://www.expeditors.com/

Guest Name: Kimberly Daniels, CEO of Mercantile Logistics & International Trade, Inc, Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 12. 2022

Kimberly Daniels has more than fifteen years of professional experience in international logistics. As CEO of Mercantile Logistics & International Trade, Inc. she assists business owners with the importation and exportation of their goods to various distribution locations, including fulfillment warehouses and foreign trade zones. As a small business owner, she is keenly aware of the needs of other small businesses to operate efficiently and effectively, creating her own program, CargoClear®, which smooths costs for clients in providing required customs services.

Kim holds a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Science in Law, a Customs Broker License, and a Certificate in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) from APICS. Kim has provided International Trade webinars through a variety of channels as a subject matter expert. Mercantile Logistics is a certified Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) since 2018. 

Highlights:

• Could you share some key issues in international trade that could have a significant impact on the global supply chain? People may be thinking about Ukraine's war, but what else?
• From the standpoint of supply chain resilience, what should be our top priorities (let's say our top three priorities) in anticipating the changes and challenges of international trade?
• Let's focus on cross-border trade, which has faced numerous challenges and undergone significant changes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns were everywhere at that time and causing supply disruptions and other problems. What do you think will happen in 2023?
• What are some of the most important skills to be an expert in international trade, for being a specialist of trade?

Guest Name: Pedro Caceres, Leading expert in supply chain, Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 01. 2022

Pedro J. Caceres is an American business executive that has held executive positions in several global corporations, such as Hasbro (Senior VP Operations - Hasbro Games), Newell Rubbermaid (Global VP Operations & Supply Chain - Lenox Division), and Petmate (Chief Operating Officer).As a published author, he released “The Thundering Voice" (2009) a book that introduces a moral approach to Corporate Social Responsibility, and “Operational Success” (2012) to introduce practical operational models to drive Lean Transformation.

He is also the creator of "MyInventory.AI” a System of Intelligence to optimize global supply chains. Pedro is also involved in community activities and has been Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Division of Business Excellence (Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield in Massachusetts), member of the Advisory Board for the National Ergonomic Conference and Exposition (NECE), and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts.  Visit his website www.operationalsuccess.com.

Some of the questions we asked Pedro during our conversation:

• What is the primary distinction between the Homeostatic value chain and other approaches?
• How can we use these value chain models to respond to recent supply chain challenges where there has been a lot of uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in various aspects of SCM?
• How do you see technological advancements like the Internet of Things, Smart factories, Intregated cloud-systems, and others playing a role in improving supply chains?

Guest Name: Albèrt Jourdan, GRC & CSR Adept, Language: English, Publication date: Oct, 19. 2022

Albèrt is a supply chain security and sustainability expert with over 30 years of experience in various logistics corporations including UPS, DHL, DPD and K+N. His specialties include Governance, Risk & Compliance, Business Process Management, QHSE, Sustainable Transport, and Corporate Sustainability. He's the author of a CSR book for SMEs in which he promotes his own 'get started' model for sustainable business and tries to be entertaining about serious topics. Connect with him on Linkedin here.

Some of the questions we asked Albèrt during our conversation:

• What are your thoughts on the future development of last-mile delivery in the next 5 to 10 years?
• What actionable steps would you recommend to a business leader to improve sustainability?
• Albèrt, maybe you could share some stories about how local players particularly what you’ve seen in The Netherlands, How does their sustainable approach works?

Guest Name: Charlie Saffro, Founder & President, CS Recruiting, Language: English, Publication date: Oct, 12. 2022

Charlie has over 14 years of direct recruiting experience within the Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain space and started CS Recruiting from the ground up over a decade ago. Today, she leads a team of over 40 and manages a multi-million dollar organization. As the President and Founder of CS Recruiting, she focuses on making meaningful connections to empower others to discover their full potential. 

Charlie is a dedicated yogi and encourages her clients and team to practice mindfulness in the workplace and beyond. She is also the mother of three boys and active in her community, volunteering with organizations to help women in the workforce. Connect with her on Linkedin here.

Some of the questions we asked Charlie during our conversation:

• How do you see the current supply chain challenges? and will there be any significant differences in the coming years?
• What’s the best way to manage the team in an uncertain situation?
• [Working from home or remotely is now a common phenomenon with Covid. However, we have seen that it is a difficult situation]. Is there going to be any new ways of working or collaboration tools?
• What are your top three supply chain leadership qualities?

Guest Name: Jens Hentschel, Founder & CEO, FIVIS, Language: English, Publication date: Oct, 07. 2022

Jens is the Founder and CEO of FIVIS, a consulting and training company, which is based in London. He is the inventor of the FIVIS™ model, a customer centricity mindset approach that facilitates sustainable B2B relationship development.  Prior to this role, Jens has worked as Director, Senior Manager, Advisor and Consultant for some of the best organizations in that space. 

As a supply chain and procurement professional, he is passionate about customer centricity and considers it as the key enabler to sustainable business growth. Connect with him on Linkedin here.

Some of the questions we asked Jens during our conversation:

• What are the possible gaps that frequently happen in the industry between sales and procurement?
• How can we [as a salesperson], win with this more empowered, organized, and well-trained customer?
• Could you please share some FIVIS success stories about how you helped the client win the procurement relationship?
• What are the essential qualities of a good salesperson?

Guest Name: Richard Martin, Founder & CEO, Thinking Machine, Language: English, Publication date: Oct, 01. 2022

Richard is the founder and CEO at Thinking Machine, it's a new breed of expense management focused on savings and consolidated billing where he created a special system with machine learning and AI technology dedicated to making complex contracts and billing reporting simple and accurate. With close to US$1M in funding by 2021, and experience working with invoices and contracts from 26 countries in 18 languages, Thinking Machine is rapidly becoming a must have solution for telecom companies and enterprises with large annual spend on Telco and IT services. Prior to this role, Richard was a Business Intelligence Lead at Tesla for over a decade. 

Some of the questions we asked Richard during our conversation.

• What are the most common leaks that procurement overlooks when looking for cost savings?
• How can a better CM (Contract management) improve savings?
• If I were a founder of a new SME (Small business-entreprise), Will you still recommend using "the technology" to manage CM (Contract management)
• What is the ideal CM (Contract management) in one sentence?

Connect with Richard on Linkedin by clicking here.

Guest Name: Juli Lassow, Owner & Principal, JHL Solutions, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 24. 2022

Retailers and brands should look to the circular economy to advance their business goals while simultaneously creating products and supply chains that are more economical, sustainable and adaptable for a changing world and a warming planet. Listen to this Podcast to hear Juli, Owner and Principal at JHL Solutions, share her thoughts on this fascinating topic where we asked her a few questions during our conversation.

• When and how should retailers and brands begin the initiative to contribute to the circular economy?
• Despite recent developments in circular economy, it seems that implementation of  circular economy still keep very challenging. What exactly is the problem?
• In a one-sentence; Why should everyone look into CE?

Juli Lassow, owner & principal @ JHL Solutions – committed to elevating private label retail partnerships, working as a consultant, speaker, and aspiring planet-saver. Connect with Juli on Linkedin HERE.

Guest Name: Vasudha Jaiswal, Supply Chain Director, PT Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 31. 2022

Women are uniquely positioned to create tomorrow's supply chain organizations. Female supply chain executives at the helm of large organizations, such as Johnson & Johnson's supply chain organization, have fostered a more balanced perspective by leading with empathy, cooperation, and collaboration.

Questions: How are women "making an impact" in supply chain roles, and how can "business leaders help women" succeed in these roles?

Listen to this Podcast to hear Vasudha Jaiswal, Supply chain director at Johnson & Johnson Indonesia, share her thoughts on this fascinating topic.

Vasudha Jaiswal is an End to End Supply Chain Professional with 15+ years across roles of Demand Planning, Regional Supply Planning, Integration, Inventory Optimization, Customer Service, Warehouse and Distribution, and Digital Tools. She is currently the Supply Chain Director at PT Johnson & Johnson Indonesia. Connect with Vasudha on Linkedin HERE.

Guest Name: John D. Reiser, EVP, Global Supply Chain, The Cannon Group Inc, Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 20. 2022

John is an experienced global supply chain executive with a demonstrated history of creating a best-in-class supply chain department. He works in the e-commerce, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing industries. John has experience at privately owned and private equity backed companies with strong Operations, Sourcing, Negotiation, Import, Logistics, Supplier Development, Supplier Rationalization, Planning, Team Building, M&A, P&L and SIOP skills. In addition, John has lived in Shanghai, established overseas offices and global distribution centers throughout the USA, China and the EU.

John is currently EVP, Global Supply Chain at The Cannon Group Inc,.

Here are some of the highlighted-questions from the podcast:

• I’m curious your thoughts on global supply chains. What are the biggest changes in a post pandemic-world?
• Some expert says that this is a good time to swicth the supply chain sourcing strategy from centralized structure into a decentralized. What is your take on that? Is that a good idea?
• I wonder what you advice would be on how to deals and responds the supply chain disruption? 
• Talk a bit about leadership in supply chain crisis - What have you seen the most sucessful supply chain-leader do? What do they have in common in their approach to maximizing their impact?

Connect with John on LInkedin HERE

Guest Name: Bernardo Nugroho Yahya, Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Language: English, Publication date: July, 26. 2022

Bernardo Nugroho Yahya is currently a Full Professor with the Industrial and Management Engineering Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. He has been working on various industry business consulting and engineering projects with Korean companies. His current research includes statistical pattern recognition, machine learning, business process intelligence, and data analytics.

He received the B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Petra Christian University, the M.S. degree in information system engineering from Dongseo University, and the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Pusan National University. Connect with Bernard on Linkedin here.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• Could you please explain a bit what is a process mining and what are the biggest advantages using a process mining?
• In relation to the supply chain, I did a small research on several journals where said that process mining helps to improve visibility and transparancy within a supply chain. How does it work anyway?
• I wonder if you could talk about your experience has been with the process mining, maybe from your own-study & research where you’ve found that process mining adds value for the organization? Could you please ellaborate that?
• Do you believe that the technology will play a significant role for the implementation of process mining? How should we think about it?

Guest Name: Joanne Flinn, Business author and Sustainability advisor, Language: English, Publication date: July, 21. 2022

Joanne Flinn is an award-winning business author and advisor. Her most recent book, Greensight ~ The Sustainability Handbook for Company Directors helps executives, Boards and the C-suite address the twin challenges of growth and ESG. She works with Boards and C-suite teams to align strategy and culture for sustainable results.  You can connect with Joanne over on Linkedin here.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What specifically motivated you to focus on sustainability and then just also released a new book - Greensight: the sustainability guide for company directors?
• I’d love to hear more about sustainability in business. What does it mean?
• As a leader, how should we think to get everyone on board for the sustainability transition? What are actually the essential things in this space?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader on how to ensure that we have the right attitudes, culture, and governance in place to thrive, not just survive, in the world of tomorrow?

Guest Name: Eva Lianne Veldkamp, IMO Policy Coordinator, The Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry, Language: English, Publication date: June, 22. 2022

Presently Ms Eva Lianne Veldkamp serves as an IMO Policy Coordinator representing the Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry at the International Maritime Organization. Ms Veldkamp believes that mariners and seafarers are the real assets of our industry and will always stand tall in support of the human element.

Ms. Veldkamp leads a working group for the Center for Ocean Policy and Economics - COPE° on Psychological Safety and Sexual Assault and Harassment in the Maritime Sector. Translating talk into action addressing the psychological welfare and safety of today’s mariner. 

In addition Ms. Veldkamp is connecting maritime professionals globally, in order for them to benefit from the online learning simulators, training, examination and certification platforms NEMO° and HALO° developed by Northeast Maritime Institute. Serving as dual-licensed maritime officer, Eva Lianne Veldkamp started her career by crossing the many oceans of our globe on large container vessels.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

1. In term of human element aspects of diversity, equality, equity and inclusion; what’s your view on the current situation in maritime sector? What are the most critical issues impacting the seaferers?
2. We learned that IMO (The international maritime organization) is currently working on creating a more safe-working culture by developing a model course which includes the aspect of personal safety and social responsibility. Tell us a bit about the project and how importance is this for supporting the welfare and safety culture in maritime sector?
3. What are the possible actions that businesses / stakeholders can do to empower women in maritime community?

Check out our other podcasts DIRECTORY here. You can connect with Eva over on Linkedin.

Guest Name: José Manuel Velarde, Senior Manager, Procurement at Huntsman Corporation, Language: English, Publication date: June, 08. 2022

Jose Manuel Velarde is an experienced supply chain professional with over twenty years of experience whose passion is to develop the next generation of supply chain leaders. 

His professional experience comes from leading and supporting global supply chain projects, CAPEX projects, and organizational supply chain transformations in the US and other twenty-one countries with global companies like Huntsman Corporation, KBR, Centrica, FMC Corporation, and CEMEX. At Huntsman Corporation, Jose is co-leading the procurement transformation for the Americas region, including the implementation of category management across all countries in the region and the development of Huntsman’s Procurement University. 

Jose is a very active member in the local supply chain associations in Houston, serving various years in the local board of directors of the Association for Supply Chain Management, and participating with other local professional and non-profit associations. Jose is currently an adjunct professor of supply chain at the University of Houston and at North American University where he teaches courses in global supply chain, operations, distribution channels, procurement, capstone projects, and business. He is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), a Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD), a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), and is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• Global sourcing is becoming more and more relevant in today's globalization environment. It represents an enormous opportunity but also a situation that may create significant risks. The question now is how to assess the risks and how to mitigate them. What’s your view on this?
• What are top risk management priorities in global sourcing?
• Are there any tools dealing with supply chain risks including sourcing risks helping companies with improving their decision-making process based on data analytics?
• What can be the key measures to keep up with the latest trends in global sourcing?

Check out our other podcasts DIRECTORY here. You can connect with Jose over on Linkedin.

Guest Name: Mathan Kumar, Founder and CEO at Sealog, Language: English, Publication date: May, 28. 2022

Mathan is the Founder and CEO at Sealog. It is a last-mile delivery platform that provides delivery services by using bicycle and cargo bikes. The main goal is to be the replacement for fossil fuel-based vehicles in Indonesia. So far they have achieved 130,000KM deliveries and saved 1400 KG CO2.

You can connect with Mathan over on Linkedin here and on his website.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• Companies are now taking significant steps to reach a global goal of becoming climate positive by 2030. Particularly in Indonesia & SEA, how do you see the recent days? Have you seen any development by far?
• We observed that you have an exclusive partnership with Decathlon in delivering their eco-design sports product. Tell us, what’s this project?
• In our personal life, what are a few things we can do to reduce our contribution to climate change?

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Guest Name: Fithra Faisal, Executive Director at Next Policy, Language: English, Publication date: May, 21. 2022

Recognized as one of the most prominent economists in Indonesia, Fithra was appointed as the official spokesperson of the MoT (Ministry of trade) of the Republic of Indonesia in 2020. He is widely featured in the regional and global news media coverage as a talented economic pundit.

He's also appointed as the commissioner of Infra Digital Nusantara and the Executive director at Next Policy who is actively giving advice on the nation's economic issues.

Fithra holds a Ph.D in International economics from Waseda University, Japan. You can connect with Fithra over on Linkedin here and on his website.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What's your view on Indonesia’s GDP in the first quarter of 2022?
• In relation to the global supply chains, What could be impacting to Indonesia’s economy?
• Jokowi, President of Republic of Indonesia, met Elon Musk on Saturday last week in Texas US to discuss potential investments and technology. What would you see after that meeting?

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Guest Name: Sandeep Sreekumar, Founder and COO at IndustryApps, Language: English, Publication date: May, 16. 2022

Sandeep Sreekumar, Founder and COO (Chief Operating Officer) at IndustryApps, the World's first Appstore for Industry 4.0. Prior to this role, he has spent more than 17 years of experience in industrial digitalization driving large-scale Industrial programs across the globe. Former Global Digital Operations head for German DAX company. 

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What makes digital transformation particularly relevant in a VUCA world?
• What do you think is the biggest challenge when driving & acceralating a digital transformation?
• What approach would you suggest for companies looking to accelarate their digital transformation?
• What’s the future of digital transformation?

You can connect with Sandeep over on Linkedin. 

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Guest Name: Ragnar Lorentzen, Chief Commercial Officer at HICX Language: English, Publication date: April, 29. 2022

Ragnar Lorentzen is Chief Commercial Officer of HICX. Ragnar joined in October 2018 and leads the sales, pre-sales, business development and alliances teams and overseas commercial strategy, process and performance. Ragnar chairs the newly formed Supplier Experience Community. This is a forum in which procurement technology leaders can share ideas, interact and learn how to become supplier centric, to aid digital transformation.

Prior to HICX Ragnar was part of the founding management team of Procurement Leaders’ research and advisory business and led the business unit growth to over 500 clients. He holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Norwegian Business School and an MBA from Durham University and is a regular contributor at Procurement and Supply Chain events.

Ragnar lives in London his with wife and 3 young children and loves spending time outdoors, exercising or reading.  

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

1. It’s no secret that supplier data is an ongoing challenge for large multi-national manufacturers. Could you expand on this data challenge?
2. What does bad data look like, and how does it impact organizations and their suppliers?
3. HICX is pioneering the Supplier Experience Management movement. Could you please explain what this entails?
4. How does Supplier Experience Management (SEM) differ from Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) ?

Connect with himr on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ragnar-lorentzen/

Guest Name: Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten, Global Changemaker at Environmental sustainability, Language: English, Publication date: April, 23. 2022

Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten is Global Changemaker in the field of sustainable living. She is part of the UN ECE Task Force on Digitalization in Energy, part of the advisory committee for the UN Environmental Program West Asia Frontiers Report, and member of the advisory board of the International Sustainability Forum.

In her project “Fascinating facts about nature and sustainability” (https://medium.com/@ErlijnG), she makes scientific work available in easy to understand articles. This makes it easier for us to put scientific insights into practice and use them to make a positive difference for our planet.

On Twitter, she shares how living more environmentally friendly makes us happier, healthier and wealthier. In her 365 Sustainable Decisions Challenge, she shares simple ideas on how she makes her daily life more environmentally friendly (https://Twitter.com/@ErlijnG).

Her mottos: “A better world starts with yourself” and “together we can achieve more”.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What is your view on the current trend of sustainability?
• What is the relation between AI development and sustainability goal? 
• How can AI enable a sustainable future?
• What support do we need in order to utilize the implementation of AI in the sustainabillity project?

Connect with her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erlijn-van-genuchten/

Guest Name: Max Kent, VP of Global Procurement at Compleat Software, Language: English, Publication date: March, 12. 2022

Max is Vice President of Compleat Software and is responsible for the Compleat Procure (Digital Procurement) division. He oversees the Strategic, Divisional and Global relationships with clients, partners, the senior leadership team and the wider business. Compleat offers Invoice Automation, Data Capture and Spend Analytics tools.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What does sustainability mean in procurement?
• How digital procurement can help to build sustainability ?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader on how to integrate their digital transformation into sustainability goals?
• How do you see the trends of procurement sustainability in recent days? Is there any major developments in term of technology, market, policy, challenges & opportunity?

Connect with Max on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxjkent/

Guest Name: Aleksandr Sidorec, Advisory Partner @ Cognizant, Industry 4.0 & Digital TwinsLanguage: English, Publication date: March, 01. 2022

As Industry+ Partner @ Cognizant, Aleksandr Sidorec is on a mission of boosting industrial and manufacturing revolution by supporting companies on their value chain transformation journey leveraging technology, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data.

Before shifting to the technology sector, Aleksandr delivered global and regional supply chain turnaround, digitalization, and optimization initiatives for the top Fortune 500 companies: Olam International, Holcim, Johnson & Johnson, Zeppelin / Caterpillar, and Procter & Gamble.

Aleksandr is actively involved into startup ecosystems and blends this with his own PhD work related to design of autonomous supply chain systems and leverage of inventive problem solving in domain of supply chain engineering.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• Industry 4.0 has been a major force framing the society, economic and technological environment after 2010. What industry trends do you see developing over the next five to ten years?
• What are the driving factors of enterprise transformation?
• What are key challenges & opportunities for the industry transformation? Could you please share a few example of stories when you did sucessfully manage the transformation project with the team?
• Do you think that tool/technology play an important role for the transformation? How does it work?

Connect with Aleksandr at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alxsidr/

Guest Name: Izin Akioya, Editor and managing partner at Supply Chain Africa, Language: English, Publication date: Feb, 12. 2022

Izin Akioya is a Multidisciplinary Consultant & Entrepreneur. She is a fellow of the royal society of arts, manufactures and commerce, non-profit vice president marketing and board executive, co-host of the Africa Futures podcast and editor at Supply Chain Africa.

A Nigerian native, maximalist fashion and travel lover, she is obsessed with her life’s mission: change through transformative, empathic and sustainable contributions.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What is your view on Africa's position in the global trade market? Have you seen any major developments in the last few decades?
• In march 2018, African countries signed a landmark trade agreement, the African continental freetrade agreement (AfCTA); What is the objective of AfCTA ? 
• How can the African countries take advantage of the benefits for the trade agreement?
• Are there any opportunities to leverage e-commerce and digital goods for competitiveness?

Connect with Izin at : http://izinakioya.com/

Guest Name: Philip Auinger, Supply chain career coach, Language: English, Publication date: Jan,26th. 2022

Philip Auinger is known as the Career Companion, a coach specialized on supply chainers. He worked in various SCM positions for 8 years and now as solo entrepreneur, he offers online coachings and trainings to supply chain professionals. Here, they learn the soft skills and the mindset which enable them to make their next career step with topics like dealing with choleric sales reps, building your own professional brand, or motivating a team to thrive. 

Philip also supports young SCM talents to get their first job by offering interview coachings. Feel free to connect on https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-auinger/ 

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• How did you exactly fall in love with supply chain?
• What are the key challenges of supply chain management in 2022?
• What is the role of supply chain manager ? How importance this role in the organization for driving the competitiveness of company?
• Tell us a bit about the DNA of a great supply chain manager?

Guest Name: Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor in Transport Geography, Language: English, Publication date: Jan, 18th. 2022

Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at  Hofstra University since 1999, initially at the Department of Economics & Geography and then at the Department of Global Studies & Geography.

Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of Shipping and Trade, the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics,  and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport. Dr. Rodrigue was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing (2011-2016). In 2013, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Dr. Rodrigue to sit on the Advisory Board of the US Merchant Marine Academy, a position he held until 2018. 

Dr. Rodrigue has authored 5 books, 32 book chapters, more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, numerous reports, and delivered more than 150 conferences and seminar presentations, mostly at the international level. Another his new book (With Co-authors: Theo Notteboom, Athanasios Pallis) "Port Economics, Management and Policy" just been released this year. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Learn more here.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• What are the major trends in e-commerce industry for the last five years, particularly in the U.S and worldwide?
• What exciting development of logistics footprint do you see in the future?
• The footprint of retail sector is shifting from commercially-accessible locations toward the transportation-accessible location. Tell me a bit about it?
• What are the key factors that determine the success of Amazon's logistics network?

Connect with him on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-paul-rodrigue-30780511/

Guest Name: Lebogang Letsoalo, Supply chain coach & mentor, Founder at Sincpoint, Language: English, Publication date: Jan, 8th. 2022

Lebogang Letsoalo ("Lebo") is a Supply Chain Coach, thought leader and currently a Chief Executive of Sincpoint, an organisation focusing on sustainable supply chain advisory, logistics and capacity development solutions. She founded the African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA) (the first and only association in Southern Africa focusing on functional mentorship and coaching in supply chain to build skills and capacity in the sector) and has successfully integrated the industry, government institutions and academia to take a unified approach to upskilling. Lebo continues to be selfless & and an avid advocate for transforming Supply Chain in Africa and its global competitivess.

She currently serves in 6 Boards and also continues to be a thought leader advocating on all portfolios of supply chain, from Procurement to Logistics ( various modes of transport), influencing positive change in supply chain within organisations. Her depth of knowledge and wisdom about socio-political issues has seen her give key addresses in different forums, on radio and printed media. Amongst other roles held by Lebo, includes coaching and mentorship for Entrepreneurs, Youth and Women.

Here are some of the highlights from the podcast:

• How do you see the role of women in a global supply chains?
• What is the most important thing organization can do to more effectively advance women to  top leadership levels in the supply chain organization?
• Could you give a word of advice to the young supply chain professional?

To learn more about Lebo, connect with her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lebogang/

Guest Name: Johannes Kern, General Manager at Xiezhi Supply Chain Consulting, Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 21. 2021

Johannes Kern is an Affiliated Professor of Supply Chain Management at Tongji University and General Manager of Xiezhi Consulting, China. His research focuses on Supply Chain Management and International Management, particularly on Digital Transformation and on the impact of cultural influences on Buyer-Supplier relationships. 

He teaches MBA and Master's students from around the world in Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Management, and International Management. His practitioner-oriented research is published with the OECD, Harvard Business School Publishing, and in books from Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley. Johannes supports international companies in China to improve their decision-making and increase their performance along the whole supply chain. Prior to that, he worked in various purchasing and logistics functions at the Bosch Group in Asia-Pacific, where he led teams and managed strategic projects in China, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, and India. Johannes holds a Ph.D. from Technical University Darmstadt in Germany.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• Why are skills in SCM a vital topic now?
• What skills in SCM are most important now and how to build up these skills?
• For a young supply chain professional, what advice you can offer to them to keep staying agile in response to the recent challenges?

Connect with Johannes on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanneskern/

About Xiezhi Supply Chain Consulting - is a boutique consulting firm that helps German companies in China to optimize the whole Supply Chain, including Sourcing, Transportation, Warehousing, and Production. As a spin-off from TU Darmstadt and Tongji University, a systematic and analytical approach, incorporating state-of-the-art research is used. Xiezhi blends German quality with an understanding of the Chinese market and intercultural competency.

Guest Name: Masoud Talebi Amiri, Co-founder at Ponera Group, Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 03. 2021

Masoud co-founded Ponera Group in 2019. They are provider of a modular and digitally enabled industrial packaging solution to replace single-use pallets and crates. Their vision is to transform such consumable packaging material into intelligent assets, orchestrating an effective sharing economy and providing activity-based digital services to users from diverse industries, increasing the efficiency of processes linked to industrial packaging and shipment.

He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Throughout his research, he worked on design, modelling and development of sustainable processes to help industries move towards greener operations. Since 2017 that he started his entrepreneurial journey, he co-founded two startups with the focus on decarbonization of logistics sector.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• What is meant by green logistics and how does it work?
• Why is green logistics matter today?
• What is the possible action that the company can start the initiative of green logistics?  Probably you can share your experience in the past when successfully delivered this project with Ponera Group?
• In a bigger portion, sustainable logistics is no longer optional. It's a necessity and becomes the norm. How do you see this statement?

Connect with Masoud on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masoud-talebi-amiri/

About Ponera Group - Ponera Group was incorporated in Switzerland on April 2019 by two colleagues and friends who believe that eco-friendly solutions are necessary to shape the future of the fast-growing world.  Ponera Group has developed a unique logistic solution based on an innovative design of pallets’ system which decreases packing costs by minimizing the transport inefficiencies. The flexibility of this innovation makes it applicable to wide range of industries.

Guest Name: Joost de Kluijver (Founder and CEO, Closing the Loop), Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 18. 2021

Joost started a company that won the Dutch Circular Award in 2018. He works with companies, municipalities, governments and the technology sector in turning circular ambitions into appealing results. His company is known for its work in emerging markets, for its customer centric approach towards circularity and the fact that it got some of the leading telecom brands on board for the path towards a closed loop industry.

Joost has been an entrepreneur for 10 years and worked for Accenture and the Global Reporting Initiative in the past.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• What is a closed-loop supply chain? And why is it so important nowadays?
• What are the major challenges of electronic-waste management & how do you see the future trends?
• How can businesses handle electronic waste management and turn a challenge into a business advantage?

Connect with Joost on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdekluijver/

About Closing the Loop - Closing the Loop services focus on waste compensation of IT devices organizations use. That means that we collect an equal amount of electronic waste in emerging countries, to compensate for the current use of the devices and turning them waste-free. The one-for-one methodology. Learn more here - https://www.closingtheloop.eu/

Guest Name: Vasilis Karamalegos, CEO & Co-Founder at Smarterchains, Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 13. 2021

Vasilis is a serial digital entrepreneur expert on online platforms. His expertise is on online peer-to-peer professional collaboration platforms & online marketplaces in knowledge verticals from supply chain consulting to impact investing & healthcare.

Before moving to the digital world, Vasilis worked for 8 years in Procter & Gamble in the supply chain and innovation sector. As a new product innovation program leader, he was leading multi-billion dollar brand's new innovations from a concept to a real product on-shelf. As an P & G intrapreneur he led supply chain digital innovation that revolutionized the way P&G plans the operations of its factories and manufactures its products utilizing cutting edge software and hardware solutions ( IIoT).

Vasilis holds a BA in Business Administration from Birmingham University and a MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain from Cranfield University.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• What is Industry 4.0 and why is it an important part of the transformation process in Industry's revolution perspective?
• How do you see the readiness of industry for the transformation? What are the major obstacles and challenges?
• Where do we start evolving our business and how can we influence different stakeholders?

Connect with Vasilis on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilis-karamalegos/

About Smarterchains - At SmarterChains, we believe in a better, agile and integrated manufacturing ecosystem. An ecosystem where expertise is democratized and knowledge shared among inter-connected partners. Learn more here: https://www.smarterchains.com/

Guest Name: Eugenia Ceballos Hunziker, Group Head of Sustainable Procurement at Holcim, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 27. 2021

Eugenia coordinates the Group’s efforts to deploy responsible sourcing practices across the supply chain, in the 70 markets where Holcim operates. Her main role is to lead the “Supply chain due diligence“ and “CO2 - Scope 3” programs in the Group. In addition to this role, she manages the Holcim’s Integrated Profit & Loss statement and represents the Group in the newly formed non-for-profit “Value Balancing Alliance”: a cross-sector initiative aiming to standardize and scale-up impact measurement and valuation.

Eugenia holds a MBA from ETH Zürich, a master executive in supply chain management from EOI Spain and a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from UTN Argentina. She is also CPSM certified (Certified Professional Supply Management by ISM USA) and she is graduated with an executive diploma in sustainable business from University of St. Gallen and Lausanne Business School.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

1. What is sustainable procurement and why does it matter?
2. As a procurement professional, what does sustainability really MEAN to you?
3. How can we apply sustainability in the procurement process of the business? Can we take a look a little bit from the experience you might have with Holcim?
4. What are key success factors to drive sustainability in procurement?

Connect with Eugenia on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenia-ceballos-hunziker-94261318/

Guest Name: Edmund Zagorin, Founder and CEO of Bid Ops, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 23. 2021

Edmund Zagorin is the founder and CEO of Bid Ops., the first company to use artificial intelligence to fully automate supplier negotiations. As a strategic sourcing consultant, Edmund saw the inefficiency of combing through spreadsheets line item by line item to compare bids based on multiple different criteria, from this experience, Bid Ops was born.

Bid Ops was the winner of the Startup Competition at Digital Procurement World and was named "Best Startup" by the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON).

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• What is predictive sourcing and how could it be different from the traditional approach?
• What is the advantage of predictive sourcing? Can it keep us ahead of the market?
• Can you please share with us some of the success stories around the implementation of predictive sourcing?
• Some other key takeaways

Connect with Edmund on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-zagorin-41291b13/

About Bid Ops :  is the only predictive sourcing software built to keep your business ahead of the market. Your procurement team can leverage Bid Ops predictive AI to drive 2-5x more savings by getting better quotes faster. Learn more at www.bidops.com

Guest Name: Erik Valiquette, Co-founder and President of the Canadian Blockchain Supply Chain Association., Language: English, Publication date: Oct 19. 2021

Erik is the co-founder and president of the Canadian Blockchain Supply Chain Association. Through their core services of Advocacy, Collaboration and Education, they bring together like-minded professionals who want to explore Blockchain in their supply chain. The member-driven association's goal is to accelerate the adoption of Distributed Ledger Technology through dialog, to help shape policy with governmental agencies for improved services, and to help the community's voice to be heard. Learn more about the association here: https://www.cbsca.ca/about

With a 30 year career in logistics, he’s passionate about bridging the gap between technology and business needs and is a firm believer that Blockchain has the potential to bring global supply chain management to the next level by reducing waste. Erik is based in Montreal, Canada.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

• How does blockchain technology improve the way companies do business?
• For the business leaders, what are the key things they really need to know about blockchain technology?
• What are opportunities around blockchain technology particularly in supply chain management (SCM)?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with Erik on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvaliquette/ 

Guest Name: Toni Ann Careccio , Director of Marketing at PortPro, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 15. 2021

Toni Ann Careccio is the Director of Marketing at PortPro - a technology company building a supply chain operating system starting with their first product, a drayage operating system and network - drayOS.

Toni is on the Board of Advisors for two investor-backed companies, Torch (https://torch3pl.com/) and Aloe Attiva (https://aloeattiva.com/). She is also a Co-Organizer of the New York Supply Chain meetup group (meetup.com/The-NewYork-SupplyChain-Meetup/).

Prior to PortPro, Toni was on the investment team at Edison partners, a 34-year-old growth equity firm based out of Princeton, NJ where most of her time was spent developing an investment thesis around Supply Chain and Logistics technology.

Toni started her career on Wall Street, working her way up from a Marketing intern to a VP on the electronic trading desk at Convergex - an institutional brokerage owned by the Bank of New York.  After almost 4 years at the firm, Toni resigned and received angel funding from two of her bosses to start and co-found her first trucking tech startup, Axle.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What is drayage and why is it so important in the supply chain?
• What are the biggest obstacles and challenges facing drayage companies?
• What are your other struggles when handling the industry challenges? Particularly in the U.S, how do you see the development of drayage carriers in the next five years from now?
• Could you please share a little bit more about the possible improvement around drayage management? And what’s your thought on the role of technology in improving the process & efficiency of drayage management?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with Toni on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-ann-careccio-33211b46/

Guest Name: Renard Siew , Sustainability & climate change specialist, Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 06. 2021

Dr Renard Siew is Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS where he is responsible for advancing the organization's work in the field of climate change and sustainability.

He is the Founder of Accelerating Climate Action and has served as Co-Chair of the Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Working Committee and UNEP-FI’s Collective Commitment on Climate Action. In 2020, he was appointed an SDG Champion-Climate Action by the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is a member of the WEF Expert Network Group, serves on the WEF Global Future Council, a Community Champion for Southeast Asia and a Global Lead for the Global Shapers Climate & Environment Steering Committee. He was accepted into the Forbes Fellowship Programme and attended the inaugural UN Climate Action Summit in New York in 2019. Renard is part of the facilitation team at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL). He has also lectured and been appointed Advisor for various universities.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What is difference between sustainability vs. CE (circular economy) and why sustainability now is becoming a trend?
• How to get started with sustainability?
• How to promote sustainability in the workplace? and can you give a few example of ways to be sustainable in every day life?
• Some other key takeaways. 

Connect with Renard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-renard-siew-4515524/

About CENT-GPS: The Centre for Governance and Political Studies (Cent- GPS) is a KL based political science and social behavioral research firm. Cent-GPS was set up on the belief that there is an urgent need for an interdisciplinary research center, bridging the fields of economics, political science, sociology, business and law, which focuses on the problems and challenges raised by the current political developments and economic transformations. Learn more here: https://centgps.com.my/

Guest Name: Steve Shebuski , Vice President of Digital Strategy at Blue Horseshoe, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 02. 2021

Steve Shebuski is the Vice President of Digital Strategy at Blue Horseshoe. Steve has 20+ years of experience as a Program Manager/Design Lead/Project Manager implementing both Microsoft Dynamics AX / Dynamics 365 as well as tier I and tier II warehouse management and transportation software solutions. Steve's deep knowledge within the distribution industry and his innovative approach to solution architecture are the backbone of the solutions being implemented and deployed by Blue Horseshoe.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What does supply chain visibility mean?
• What’s the benefit of supply chain visibility and how does it optimize the ROI (Return on investment)?
• How supply chain visibility works and brings value to the company?

Connect with Steve on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-shebuski-0083886/

About Blue Horseshoe: It was founded in 2001 by a team poised to change the way companies leveraged technology to transform their business and disrupt their industries. With a focus on supply chain, Blue Horseshoe helps companies drive value through greater efficiencies and productivity. In September 2021, Blue Horseshoe announced that it has been acquired by Accenture. Learn more here: https://www.bhsolutions.com/

Guest Name: Valkyn Clive Dmello, Logistics and shipping expert, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 28. 2021

Valkyn Clive Dmello, Indonesian citizen, was born in 1977. Valkyn started his career as a trainee in the Maersk academy (Denmark) with stints in vessel operations, yard and port operations, trade lane pricing and capacity management in India (1998 to 2001), followed by stints in China (2002 to 2004) and Indonesia (2005 to 2008) heading the logistics side of the business. Since then Valkyn has had myriad roles and projects with Accenture (Russia and India), bulk shipping across Indonesia, agency, and logistics (Sinarmas group, Louis Dreyfuss, Inchcape).

Currently, Valkyn is on the Indonesian Advisory board / Commissioner with PSA Singapore, Ezyhaul (digital), Atlantic Shipping India (agency) and Admiral Lines / Indonesian Navy commercial arm  (for their container agency).

In this episode, Valkyn shares his view on macro-perspective of logistics infrastructure development in Indonesia and some other topic around connectivity, port and future of Indonesia's logistics.

Connect with Valkyn on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valkyn/

Guest Name: Richard Markoff, Co-founder and Operating partner at Innovobot, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 25. 2021

Richard is a supply chain researcher and lecturer at IMD, EPFL and ESCP Europe. He holds PhD and MBA degrees in Supply Chain Management. Richard has worked in supply chain for L’Oréal for 22 years, in Canada, the US and France, spanning the entire value chain from manufacturing to customer collaboration. 

He is also the author of The Digital Supply Chain Challenge – Breaking Through book published in 2020, as well as a co-founder and Operating Partner of the Venture Capital firm Innovobot specialised in disruptive technologies. Learn more about Innovobot here: https://www.innovobot.com

In this episode, we cover the topic of globalization & digitization trends especially the development of AI (Artificial intelligence), and how it is changing the future of supply chain work. 

Connect Richard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-markoff-phd-b36b943/

Guest Name: Rachel Lemos, Director, Corporate procurement at Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 21. 2021

Rachel is a strategic and highly results-oriented procurement leader with over 20 years’ experience in international companies in the North and South America. Rachel has a diverse background, experienced in large organizations, well versed in various processes associated with private and public procurement, strategic sourcing and supply chain operations management.

Rachel has worked for Canadian public corporations both in the Provincial and Federal levels, has led staff in complex environments, including unionized settings. Rachel stands out as an inspirational leader, closely coaching and developing her teams, as well as with her ability to engage stakeholders in various levels with her passion, empathy and diplomacy.

She is a problem-solver, passionate for process improvement, automation and an active ESG ambassador advocating for the urgent environmental causes. She is the Co-Chair of the Public Procurement Chapter at the Sustainable Procurement Pledge (SPP). Rachel possesses exceptional academic credentials with an MBA in Purchasing and Logistics, Bachelor in International Relations, a professional designation as a CSPM, Executive Leadership certification and Lean Six Sigma Green & Black Belt certification.

-—— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• How do you see the role of procurement in organizations?
• In view of procurement, how does automation help businesses to be more effective?
• What are some top challenges in implementing a process automation ?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachellemos/

Guest Name: Johann Robette, Customer success manager at VEKIA, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 14. 2021

Johann Robette is Customer Success Manager for key accounts at Vekia, an innovative SaaS software company that he joined in 2009. Vekia provides an APS solution that combines probabilistic demand planning, cost optimization, and automation. With a background in computer science and a deep passion for data analysis and supply chain, he initially took on technical and functional roles in the product development team.

Graduating from the Stanford Center for Professional Development's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program in 2015, Johann then took on different business-oriented roles at Vekia. In addition, Johann supports Supply Chain courses at several French universities and is actively involved as a volunteer in an educational and charitable organization.

-—— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What is the purpose of forecasting?
• How does forecasting contribute to the business and what makes a good forecast?
• I have just read your article about a different approach to forecasting called “Decision Impact”. Could you please tell us a bit about the DI ("Decision Impact")?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johann-robette/

Guest Name: Faried Belbouab, Chief executive officer at Meratus Group, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 11. 2021

Farid is currently the CEO (Chief executive officer) at Meratus Group, an integrated Indonesian shipping company providing point-to-point and network transportation solutions. Established in 1957, Meratus has grown into the following sectors: containers, charter, dry-bulk, terminals, logistics and LNG (JV). Visit the website to learn more about their business - https://www.meratusline.com/en/guest/home

Prior to this role, Farid has spent his professional working experience at CMA CGM where his last appointment was Vice president (Dubai, UAE). He holds a Master degree in International transportation and has joined a leadership executive program at INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

-—— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• How do you see the current trends of shipping in 2021 and the next five to ten years from now? 
• Have you seen major changes that will be changing the landscape of the shipping industry?
• Particularly in Indonesia & SEA's context, what is your view on this (i.e trends and challenges in shipping )?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader & stakeholders to stay on top of trends? 
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farid-belbouab-1696567/

Guest Name: Andreas Wieland, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Copenhagen Business School, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 07. 2021

Andreas Wieland is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Copenhagen Business School, where he is the Program Director of the Graduate Diploma (HD) in Supply Chain Management. His current research is about resilience and transformation.  

His articles have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of International Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. In addition, Andreas is also the European Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics and Co-Chair of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ European Research Seminar. 

Visit his blog: scmresearch.org

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What are your views on conventional supply chain management, especially to how their capability, ability & agility face major disruptions like a pandemic of covid-19?
• We've seen this in your paper where you mentioned “dancing the supply chain”. Can you please describe it a little bit?
• How can a “Transformative supply chain” be different from a conventional supply chain? What is the difference between both of them?
• You probably might have a project or a case on how the business transforms its supply chain successfully. In relation to this topic, could you share this experience with our audiences?
• Some other key takeaways.

Connect with him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaswieland/

Guest Name: Michael van Keulen, Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa Software, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 04. 2021

Passionate and seasoned procurement evangelist with a comprehensive track record of driving value through business transformation at global companies. 

Michael van Keulen ("MVK") is currently the Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa Software, the global leader in cloud-based Business Spend Management software, where he is responsible for driving best-in-class procurement practices across the company, support business development and a source for peers looking to elevate and (digitally) transform procurement. He is Member of Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) Board of Advisors.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What does procurement transformation mean to you?
• What are the elements of a successful transformation in procurement organization?
• How  does digital transformation influence procurement?
• Could you please share with us some stories where the procurement organization succeeded on their transformation journey?

Connect with him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-v-0a31a43/

Guest Name: Sara Iacozza, Chief data officer, UX Researcher and Co-founder R-ladies Italy Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 01. 2021

Sara Iacozza holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and she loves data because it gives her the chance to better understand people's behavior. She enjoys taking the time to explore the possible narratives data fit into and design information for her audiences in a strategic manner. Data is a medium, it's the story hidden behind that matters to her.

Sara works in Digital Attitude (Milan, Italy) as Chief Data Officer and User Experience Researcher, where she helps design digital products that can help people acquiring new professional skills. She is interested in diversity & inclusion, especially gender equality in the data science ecosystem, as such she is co-founder of R-Ladies Italy, a national community that focuses on empowering women and gender minorities pursuing jobs in data science.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What is data storytelling?
• Why is data storytelling so important for the business at a recent date?
• What are the key elements of great data storytelling?
• What advice would you give to the business leader on how to build a data-driven company?
• Could you please share some examples of impactful data storytelling in business?

Connect with her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-iacozza/

Guest Name: Dwiwahyu Haryo Suryo, EVP & Chief supply chain officer at Paragon Technology and Innovation. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 30. 2021

Haryo is currently the EVP (Executive Vice President) and CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer) at Paragon Technology and Innovation (PTI), an Indonesian beauty company with the purpose of creating a greater good for the society through innovation. With more than 10,000 personnel all over Indonesia and an annual production of around 185 million pieces, Paragon has now become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in Indonesia. Learn more about Paragon here - Paragon Technology and Innovation (paragon-innovation.com)

Prior to this role, Haryo was the Vice President of Supply Chain at Danone Waters in Indonesia. He also spent over 19 years at Unilever, where his last position was as the Group Customer Service Excellence - Planning Director, for AAR (Asia-Africa-Russia) region at Unilever Asia Private Ltd., Singapore. 

Haryo holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). He is passionate about people, innovation, and continuous learning.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

• What has the hardest thing been  for you & what do you like about your role at PTI, Indonesia?
• What does leader & leadership mean to you?  
• How does leadership add value to supply chains?  
• How to grow as leader in the space of supply chain? Could you please share some success stories  with us?

Connect with Haryo on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwiwahyu-haryo-suryo-91214220/

Guest Name: Shash Anand, Vice-President of Product Strategy at SOTI. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 27. 2021

As Vice-President of Product Strategy at SOTI, Shash Anand oversees the company’s evolution from a single product centered around Mobile Device Management to an integrated platform that solves many of the challenges around enterprise mobility and IoT management.

Shash holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management. After working for IBM as a Technical Support Engineer and Business Operations Manager, Shash joined SOTI to lead the company’s global expansion.

Throughout his tenure with the company, Shash has worked across both technical and operational teams, overseeing key departments within the business. With diverse experience across the organization, including: Professional Services & Support, Product Management, Product Marketing, Business Development & Sales, and Strategic Alliances, Shash has extensive expertise building global teams from start-up to scale-up success. Shash also sits on the Board of Directors as the Vice Chair of MCIS Language Solutions, a non-profit organization whose mission is to remove language barriers and improve access to critical information and services through high-quality language solutions.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

1. SOTI just recently launched the report “Mobilizing the delivery workforce: state of mobility in T&L 2021”; what is the report telling us about?
2. What are some key findings of the report that are relevant to what happens in the T & L industry?
3. What are your thoughts on the technology development that helps retail and T&L organizations integrate with each other?
4. What advice can you offer to the decision makers in this sector of T&L  on how they understand the trends and then drive the organization to adapt to the major disruption of covid19
5. Some other key takeaways.

Download the report of “Mobilizing the delivery workforce: state of mobility in T&L 2021” by SOTI - here 

Connect with Shash on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashanand/

Guest Name: Pratima Amonkar, Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 24. 2021

As Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy, Pratima spearheads the work Microsoft does to empower customers, partners, governments, and citizens to digitally transform their businesses and lives with the power of Cloud and AI.

In this role, she is focused on supporting countries' s sustainable economic growth through digital transformation. She leads the strategy, planning and programs to collaborate with customers, governments, industries, and communities to leverage the world’s largest and most trusted cloud infrastructure network. Over the past 20 years, Pratima has held leadership and P&L responsibilities at various technology companies like Rational Software, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. She has built and led technical teams that have delivered high growth cloud revenues at emerging and developed global markets.

Pratima an active technology mentor to some promising APAC startups, social entrepreneurships, and women founders. She chairs the APAC Microsoft Diversity and Inclusion Council for Accessibility and Assistive Technology.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

1. Could you please tell us about Microsoft’s commitment to diversity & inclusion?
2. How does diversity & inclusion drive business value? More specifically in the tech industry.
3. What advice can you offer to the business leader on how to make the tech sector more inclusive?
4. Some other key takeaways.

Get a full script of this podcast by accessing this link --- https://www.vcare.international/post/dibdti

Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratima-amonkar-a8a2283/

Guest Name: Terence Lee, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), APAC at Supply Chain Optimization , GEODIS,  Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 21. 2021

Terence is currently with Geodis Supply Chain Optimization as their CPO, Asia Pacific – responsible for Transformational Changes and leadership in pioneering new products and services (e.g. Procurement Advisory Services in GSCO). Known to be Resourceful, Entrepreneurial and Creative subject matter expert in Supply Chain, Sourcing & Procurement and Strategy Development, focusing on leadership in organizational change transformation management, M&A, business start-ups and developed pioneering niched processes (including consortium-buying and LCCS) with light-house successes globally through strong commercial acumen and excellent stakeholders-to-market engagements in the past nearly 30 years.

He is a regular keynote speaker to Global and Regional events such as ProcureCon Asia (CIPS), Procurement Success Summit (PSS), Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON), etc., a Certified Chartered Procurement Professional with CIPS and a leader of Transformational Change in organizations for the last 17 years - driven by Passion and Hunger for Positive Change.

——— Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast including:

1. How the role of procurement leadership is changing in 2021? Especially having an influence on the Pandemic of Covid-19?
2. What are the qualities of a good procurement leader?
3. How does the procurement style impact the performance of the business? Could you please share some examples where we can learn how it works ?
4. Some other key takeaways 

Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terencewllee/