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#213: Supply Chain Transformation Blueprint with Duncan Angove of Blue Yonder06 Nov 202500:33:59

*Hosted by Radu Palamariu*

Duncan Angove, CEO of Blue Yonder, joins me to unpack the seismic shifts in supply chain driven by AI, data, and imagination. From powering $25 billion in machine workloads daily to orchestrating global operations for the world’s largest brands, Duncan reveals how Blue Yonder’s platform is reshaping the industry. We explore AI ethics, change management, platformization, and what supply chains might look like in a decade, fueled not just by tech, but by societal transformation.

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#212: Inside IKEA’s End-to-End Supply Chain Overhaul with Susanne Waidzunas19 Sep 202500:24:34

*Hosted by Radu Palamariu*

Susanne Waidzunas has spent over 25 years shaping one of the most intricate global supply chains on the planet at IKEA. From her early days managing suppliers in the Baltics to leading a sweeping digital and sustainability transformation, Susanne offers a rare look inside IKEA’s end-to-end strategy. We explore how her team is decoupling growth from material usage, investing in automation to boost resilience, and building a culture of collaborative leadership to future-proof operations. A masterclass in supply chain leadership and transformation.

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#203: Leading Global Operations in the Semiconductor Industry with Thomas Berden of VAT Group17 Apr 202500:27:59

*Hosted by Fei Yu*

In this episode, I interviewed Thomas Berden, COO of VAT Group where we discussed VAT’s strategy of staying ahead of the curve, investing in capacities and capabilities, and maintaining a flexible cost model with a 25% temporary workforce. Thomas emphasizes the importance of customer focus, technology innovation, and a decentralized quality organization. He also highlights the challenges of managing a global footprint and the need for resilience and speed in the semiconductor industry.

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#113: Emer Cunningham, VP Internal Medicine Global Supply Chain at Pfizer03 May 202100:37:50

Emer has +20 years of experience in the pharma industry across manufacturing, engineering, operational excellence, and supply chain. Her experience in operational excellence saw her gain extensive experience in value stream improvement of global products, project coaching, training delivery, and support for lean transformation. Furthermore, in product portfolio management she was responsible for strategic supply chain design and identified and executed cross-functional, strategic projects.

She has been with Pfizer for over 20 years in various roles. And in her current role for close to 2.5 years as Vice President Internal Medicine Global Supply Chain.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Her own career from a chemical engineer to lean and ops excellence and now to the world of supply chain
  • Examples of how Pfizer manages their Internal Medicine division, with 400 products and 9000 unique SKUs
  • What keeps Emer up at night
  • What skills are most needed
  • Best career advice that she received (it does link to stop the overthinking)

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#112: Building Relationships and Leveraging Social Media | The Logistics Tribe30 Apr 202100:45:10

Radu Palamariu was interviewed by Boris Felgendreher on Logistics Tribe. On the topic of how to leverage social media, build your personal brand and advance your career in logistics and SCM

The Logistics Tribe is a weekly podcast about the world of global logistics and supply chain management.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How COVID-19 affected hiring and executive search in general
  • Bringing more stories to life regarding the supply chain industry and its contribution
  • How to tell your story in a way that people can really understand
  • Leveraging LinkedIn and other social media networks
  • How being active on social media helps in finding the right talent for a role
  • Importance of building relationships and talking to clients


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#111: Pilar Madrigal Director of Investment Advisory Costa Rica Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE)16 Apr 202100:28:07

Pilar Madrigal is the Head of Investment Advisory, at the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE). She joined CINDE in 1998 and during her 20-year career at CINDE, she has been instrumental in leading the organization's international promotion efforts. In her current role, she is responsible for developing strategies, activities and programs to promote foreign direct investment into Costa Rica as well as overseeing the long-term growth of the companies already established in the country.

Prior to joining CINDE, Pilar was appointed as Third Secretary to the United Nations, It was during that period that Costa Rica held both the Presidency of the Group of the 77 (G-77) and of the United Nations Security Council.

Pilar studied marketing at the Universidad Internacional de las Américas.


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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Restoring activities and trends in manufacturing and supply chains
  • Talent and how to develop the right skills to cater to the companies needs
  • Sustainability and how Costa Rica is 99% operating on renewable energy (key point for companies investing)
  • Trade dynamics across USA, Europe. LATAM and Asia

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#110: Bruno Sidler Chief Operating Officer of Lonrho & Board Member at Bertschi, E2Log, Global Airlift 18 Mar 202100:43:20

Across his long career, he worked for many years for Panalpina, where he served as CEO for 8 years. Subsequently, he served across a few executive roles in CEVA Logistics, and then as global COO of DKSH. Currently, he is the COO of Lonhro, as well as sits on the boards of Scan Global Logistics, Bertschi AG, e2log, and Global Airlift Solutions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Will A.P. Moller - Maersk and CMA CGM succeed in the one-stop-shop strategy?
  • Why we live on credit after the lengthy COVID19 situation and impact on staff morale
  • Key mistake most companies make: forget to ask the customer what they want!
  • What makes a great leader? (Bruno answer may surprise you)
  • Digital freight forwarders vs traditional - is it either or/and and
  • Mergers and Acquisitions - where will this lead in the next years?

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#109: Andreu Marco, Global Supply Chain Executive11 Mar 202100:42:58

 Andreu Marco, Global Supply Chain Executive and Former Global SVP SCM for Burberry. Andreu was one of the pioneers of implementing omnichannel strategies and helped Burberry become the leading luxury brand in omnichannel sales. He has had a long career having also worked for Inditex, one other of the industry giants 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Why the key to any transformation is change management and how Burberry did it to break siloes more than 100 years old
  • Remember, it is always about the CUSTOMER first – the role of supply chain is to minimize friction from the product reaching the customer
  • How to use technology to assist the change
  • Why Inditex years were key for Andreu Marco journey
  • Role of 3PLs and why without a “marriage” approach any relationship will fail
  • Education in supply chain and what is currently missing
  • Sustainability in packaging and last mile

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#108: Hussein Wehbe Chief Executive Officer of fetchr04 Mar 202100:42:32

Hussein is a Public and Private sector leader with more than 20 years of experience in the service and logistics industry. In his experience includes UPS where he served as the Managing Director for the Middle East. Prior to joining UPS, Hussein served as a full-time Advisor to the Federal Government at the UAE's Prime Minister's Office, and before that he used to Lead Aramex International in the Gulf region, where he spent almost 17 years of his career.

Currently, Hussein is the CEO of Fetchr. Fetchr is an international express, mail delivery, and logistics services company. It helps local merchants and global brands build, launch, and grow profitable eCommerce businesses with an easy-to-use proprietary shipping and logistics solution.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Changing roles across private, government, and startups
  • The future of e-commerce, returns, and how to balance sustainability
  • Why he is active on social media and the impact it has on his company and his personal connections
  • How to get unintended celebrity status using LinkedIn

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#107: Startups in Supply Chain from a Venture Capital Perspective25 Feb 202100:51:37

In this episode, we have Sune Stilling and Peter Hove Hildebrandt as our guests.

Sune Stilling is the Co-founder of Project Aviato, an independent investment fund to support companies with ideas in transport and logistics. Prior to joining Project Aviato, Sune led Maersk's investment arm Maersk Growth since 2017 and reporting directly to the Group CEO Søren Skou. Maersk is one of the world’s leading transport and logistics companies. Also, the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world, controlling ~ 20% of seaborne consumer goods — from apparel through autos. 

Peter Hove Hildebrandt is the Co-founder of Project Aviato, an independent investment fund to support companies with ideas in transport and logistics. Prior to Project Aviato, he joined Maersk in 2005, and in 2020 he became the Head of Transportation. Peter is responsible for leading and driving the digital transformation of the Maersk Ocean & Logistics business. Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How to spot a million-dollar startup
  • The key skills that most start-up founders miss (SALES, FINANCIALS, SALES!)
  • How not to screw up investments
  • Where the supply chain and logistics industry is heading in next years
  • Why Rune Sørensen is the best asset any company could hope for
  • How they filter good startups to invest in

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#106: Benjamin Gordon Founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Capital15 Feb 202100:46:43

Benjamin Gordon is the founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Capital, a West Palm Beach-based investor in leading transportation, logistics, and supply chain technology companies.

At Cambridge Capital, Benjamin seeks to invest in high-growth companies in supply chain. Examples include Grand Junction (sold to Target), XPO, Bringg, and others. Cambridge adds value through operating expertise, M&A, and CEO relationships in supply chain.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Benjamin journey in logistics, how he pitched his grandfather, and why he was rejected
  • His first start-up and most expensive mistakes
  • The 4 things he looks at to evaluate startups
  • How to spot a good deal in investment banking
  • How will the 3PL industry look like in 10 years

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#105: Colin Bryar Co-author of Working Backwards Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon08 Feb 202100:43:04

Colin co-authored the book, "Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon," which is a first-person account of how Amazon created and implemented the principles and processes that have made it successful. He takes you in the room and shows how these principles and practices were used to create four key Amazon business: Kindle, Amazon Prime, Prime Video, and Amazon Web Services. We provide practical steps for applying them in your own organization, large or small. He also is the co-founder of Working Backwards where he helps companies learn how to work backward.

Prior roles include 12 years at Amazon, with roles from Vice President at Amazon, two years as Technical Advisor to Jeff Bezos, COO at IMDb, and COO at Singapore-based RedMart.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How did the 14 leadership principles of Amazon come about
  • Amazon’s hiring process - bar raiser process
  • The organization that moves faster will innovate more - Single-threaded leadership principle 
  • The best way to fail at inventing something is to make it someone's part-time job
  • Handling customer experience and fulfillment - Amazon’s backward process

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#104: Webinar: Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in APAC29 Dec 202000:46:33

Alcott Global hosted a webinar entitled, "Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in APAC." Von Vanmolkot, Daniel Chee Chung Wong, Michael Culme-Seymour, and Lim Ching Kiat joined us as panelists.

Some of the main topics discussed in the webinar:

  • How are the key supply chain players preparing for the vaccine distribution
  • Biggest challenges ahead
  • What are the biggest unknowns so far and how can we mitigate them
  • How will the APAC region solve the distribution challenges

Panelist: 

  • Von Vanmolkot - EVP Distribution and Client Services, Zuellig Pharma​
  • Daniel Chee Chung Wong - Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Engineering, SATS
  • Michael Culme-Seymour - Advisor, World Health Organization
  •  Lim Ching Kiat - Managing Director, Air Hub Development Changi Airport Group

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#202: Prioritizing Safety, Sustainability, and Smart Transformation with Victor Shevtsov of Carlsberg Group27 Feb 202500:36:24

*Hosted by Fei Yu*

In this episode, I interviewed Victor Shevtsov, Executive Vice President Supply Chain and a Member of the Executive Committee at The Carlsberg Group. We discussed Carlsberg's significant health and safety achievements, including zero life-changing accidents, a 10% reduction in lost time accidents, and a 15% drop in accident rates. 

Victor shared Carlsberg's sustainability efforts, such as reducing energy and water consumption by 20% and CO2 emissions by 15%. He also mentioned the acquisition of Britvic to expand Carlsberg's product portfolio. He emphasized the importance of a diverse, adaptable team, and continuous learning in supply chain leadership. We also discussed Carlsberg's new brewery in China, equipped with advanced sustainability technologies, which proves their commitment to environmental responsibility and safety for their employees.

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#103: Essa Al-Saleh Chairman of the Board of Volta Trucks23 Dec 202000:32:34

Essa Al-Saleh joined Volta Trucks as the Chairman of the Board in October 2020. Volta Trucks is an electric vehicle manufacturer. Volta has set out to create an all-electric truck specifically to be used in and around cities and urban areas.

In addition to Volta Trucks, Essa is the CEO of Agitero AG, an advisory and investment business based in Switzerland.  Prior to this, Essa was the President and CEO of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics (GIL), based in Baar, Switzerland.  He had been with Agility since 1998 and assumed the CEO of Agility Global Integrated Logistics in 2007. During his time at Agility, Essa led the transformation of Agility GIL from a 300 person operation in one country into one of the top ten global logistics businesses, with over $4 billion in revenues operating in over 100 countries with more than 18,000 people.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • From being an engineer to a CEO
  • Growing Agility from 400 people to a global company and 18000 staff
  • Learning from mistakes and being curious
  • Books that influenced Essa’s career
  • Finding the balance between strategy and execution
  • Trends in automation and upskilling people

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#102: Bonnie Fetch Vice President Global Supply Chain at Cummins20 Dec 202000:52:40

Bonnie Fetch is currently the Vice President Supply Chain at Cummins Inc. 

Cummins Inc. is a corporation of complementary business units that design, engineer, manufacture, distribute, and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions, and electrical power generation systems. 

Bonnie is in-charge in leading the Global Supply Chain for Cummins’ distribution business segment and leading company-wide Supply Chain transformation for Cummins with the responsibility to implement Supply Chain Services operations globally and significantly improving the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain processes.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Bonnie’s journey from running her own business to becoming HR head and then transitioning as running the PnL of a 400 million business
  • How Bonnie learned about engines and transmission gear from her dad
  • Importance of Data Analytics to gain insights to predict and forecast
  • Automation, Robotics, and Scalability during the pandemic
  • Key reasons to maneuver a different career path
  • How to encourage more diversity and why Bonnie wrote a book on this

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#101: Kara Goldin Founder & CEO of Hint16 Dec 202000:48:12

Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water, and has since expanded outside of the beverage industry with the recent launch of hint sunscreen. She is also the author of “Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters”, which is part autobiography, a part business memoir about her journey building hint into a successful company.

Kara has been named among Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and Forbes’ 40 Women to Watch Over 40. Also, the Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • From chasing Steve Jobs for a job to running a 1 billion business and then to setting up Hint 
  • Starting a new company whilst being pregnant
  • Challenges in launching a new category in the market – unsweetened flavored water, and being a mission-based company
  • Listening to people say you can’t and quitting vs throwing the gas and keep going
  • The biggest message from the book Undaunted, “do it or don’t do it, it is up to you”
  • Getting past doubts and worries

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#100: Pier Luigi Sigismondi President at Dole Packaged Foods10 Dec 202000:45:51

 For over 20 years, Pier-Luigi Sigismondi has worked at the intersection of purpose-led brands and value creation for the business. He is a strong believer in the proactive role companies can play against climate change, social equality, and inclusion when doing business.

As President of Dole Worldwide Packaged Foods, a 169 year-old-brand, he is leading a profound transformation, with a vision to make it an iconic Nutrition and Wellness company. One that is driven by purpose, globally.

Prior to Dole, Pier-Luigi was the President of Unilever for South East Asia and Australasia. He joined Unilever and its Executive Board in 2009. Before joining Unilever, Pier-Luigi was Vice President of Corporate Operations Strategies at Nestle’ SA (CH) and VP Operations and R&D Nestle’ Mexico.

He has served as Non-Executive Director of Rexel SA Supervisory Board and was a Board Member of Ben & Jerry’s, one of the brightest purpose-led brands.

In August 2020, Pier Luigi was appointed non-Executive Chairman of Sustenir, a vertical farming start-up based in Singapore committed to delivering triple-bottom-line value to Temasek and other future strategic investors committed to the urban farming industry.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How Pier Luigi made the switch from being Unilever Chief Supply Chain officer to a CEO role
  • The importance of purpose beyond buzz words
  • How COVID-19 affected sustainability within different companies
  • Driving and selling sustainability
  • Carbon emission in transportation and manufacturing
  • Developing CEOs from supply chain
  • Shaping cultures in different organizations

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#99: Francisco Betti Head of Advanced Manufacturing and Production at World Economic Forum03 Dec 202000:32:13

Francisco Betti joined the World Economic Forum in May 2015. He is an international development professional and is currently leading the platform for Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production, which was launched by the Forum at its Annual Meeting 2017, upon request of world-leading governments and companies. The platform is helping global leaders anticipate how advanced manufacturing technologies are transforming factories, business models and partnerships, and to understand the implications for the economy, society, and environment in order to shape a more inclusive future.

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan, or national interests.

Prior to joining the World Economic Forum, Francisco worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers SA in Geneva, Switzerland, primarily running management consulting projects for international organizations.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Changes the pandemic has created across supply chains and manufacturing across the world. 
  •  Geopolitical dimension of the global economy and innovation's  massive acceleration.
  • Next levels of transformation across different companies to fill in the gap that emerged on the supply side.
  • Transformation of operations and business models
  • Future of manufacturing and operations in terms of of artificial intelligence, robotics, analytics
  •  Resilience as a major competitive advantage
  • Automation and augmentation as a major investment to adapt to the new normal
  • Readiness for adapting to change
  • things that companies can practically do to constantly upgrade
  •  Future of manufacturing and production in terms of  different talents from across multiple industry 

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#98: Daniel Stanton, "Mr. Supply Chain"26 Nov 202000:44:02

Daniel Stanton, most fondly known to most of us as Mr. Supply Chain, is the best selling author of Supply Chain Management for Dummies.

He has worked with Caterpillar, the U.S. Navy, APICS (now ASCM), MHI.

Daniel has also been a professor at Bradley University, Jack Welch Management Institute, and National American University and is currently a LinkedIn Learning Instructor of over 10 LinkedIn Courses. He is recognized as a "Pro to Know" for Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, and a Supply Chain Futurist for IBM Sterling Supply Chain.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Growth of LinkedIn Learning during this pandemic
  • How LinkedIn Learning is developing courses regarding supply chain operations
  • How important storytelling is for professionals and executives
  • The progress on the COVID vaccine by Pfizer
  • Supply Chain Certifications through online classes
  • Promoting supply diversity and sustainability
  • Building relationships

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#97: John Church EVP of Supply Chain & CSCO at General Mills23 Nov 202000:41:39

John Church is currently the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain & Global Business Solutions and the Chief Supply Chain Officer at General Mills.

General Mills is one of the leading American producers of packaged consumer foods, especially flour, breakfast cereals, snacks, prepared mixes, and similar products. It is also one of the largest foodservice manufacturers in the world. General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands.

John has global accountability for Procurement, Logistics, Manufacturing, Engineering, Human Safety, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability. In 2017, Church was also tasked to assume leadership and oversight of General Mills’ Global Business Solutions function, which provides business process solutions, information technology, and shared services to the Company.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • 15% to 20% demand surge to the business due to COVID-19
  • Building transparency and agility
  • Responding to the fast shift of the demand
  • Food safety as the number one priority
  • 52% of greenhouse gas footprint from agriculture
  • General Mills’ innovation and sustainability initiatives
  • Creating win-wins for all

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#96: Sandra MacQuillan EVP & CSCO at Mondelēz International 11 Nov 202000:42:58

Sandra MacQuillan is the EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Mondelēz International which is one of the global FMCG players leading the future of snacking with 2019 net revenues of approximately $26 billion.

Sandra leads all aspects of the organization’s global supply chain including Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering, Sustainability, and Safety.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Mondelēz’s structure – engineering, sustainability, and safety
  • How Mondelēz are planning to grow in terms of e-commerce
  • Sustainability initiative- reduce CO2 emission by 15% by 2019-2020 and 10% by 2025
  • Measuring customer-centricity and communicating with other businesses
  • How being more local helped Mondelēz become closer to their consumers
  • Keeping connected and being more human

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#95: Dr. Marcell Vollmer Partner and Director at Boston Consulting Group27 Oct 202000:36:49

Dr. Marcell Vollmer Partner and Director at BCG works as an advisor to executives on the full range of digital transformation and new business models in procurement, supply chain, and operations globally.

Marcell has also previously help positions of Chief Innovation Officer for Celonis, as well as worked for many years with SAP, most notably as Chief Digital Officer and COO of SAP Ariba.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Key elements to successful career transitions: DHL to SAP to start up world to BCG
  • Implementing risk monitoring tools
  • Companies adopting sustainability pledges 
  • What keeps CPOs and Chief Supply Chain Officers awake at night
  • Procurement as a talent pool

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#94: Susan Brennan COO of Bloom Energy15 Oct 202000:37:10

Susan Brennan is the Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy. Susan has more than 24 years of manufacturing experience, including automotive vehicle, powertrain, and components assembly, having also worked in executive roles leading manufacturing for Nissan and Ford.

In addition, she has created and supported organizations that encourage young women to pursue careers in math and science as a way to support future generations of technological manufacturing in the United States.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • From working with automotive giants to stepping into the startup world
  • Bloom’s initiatives in line with Industry 4.0
  • How was it is being a female in an executive role in manufacturing
  • Grooming female leaders
  • Taking calculated risks and taking on tough responsibilities

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#201: Formula to Success - People, Innovation, and Impact with Eduardo Bachiega of Nomad Foods13 Feb 202500:22:18

*Hosted by Fei Yu*

In this episode, I interviewed Eduardo Bachiega, the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Nomad Foods. We discussed his journey and the company’s growth. Nomad Foods, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, has integrated brands like Birds Eye, Igloo, and Findus and has grown its revenue from €1 billion to nearly €3 billion.

Eduardo emphasizes the importance of people, innovation, and sustainability. He discussed the challenges of integrating acquisitions, balancing innovation, cost efficiency, and resilience, and the need for leadership alignment. He also highlighted the importance of attracting and retaining talent, advocating for a risk-taking mindset and continuous learning.

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#93: Shellye Archambeau Board Director Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies, Okta07 Oct 202000:40:17

Shellye is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high-performance teams, and organizations. She currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ], Nordstrom [NYSE: JWN], Roper Technologies [NYSE: ROP], and Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA]. She is also a strategic advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada, Capital Markets Group and Forbes Ignite.

She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, and compliance software company that she built into a global market leader with over 1200 employees serving customers around the world. Under her leadership, MetricStream was named in the top 10 of the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50”.

Shellye is a Forbes contributor and has been featured or referenced in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Financial Times. And is the author of Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Shellye planned to become CEO of IBM and how this led her MetricStream
  • Being a board member of multi-billion dollar listed companies - what does it entail and how to get there?
  • How to best position yourself, get mentors and plan your career strategically
  • Why Shellye decided to write and publish her book, Unapologetically Ambitious
  • Stories of how if you don't ask you don't get

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#92: Rosemary Coates Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute27 Sep 202000:37:15

Rosemary Coates is the Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a Non-Profit collaboration with nine universities across the U.S. She is also the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a Global Supply Chain consultancy. She is an Amazon.com Best Selling author with 5 global supply chain books including: “The Reshoring Guidebook” and “42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China” She has been a management consultant for 25 years, helping over 80 global supply chain clients. She serves on the Board of Directors of Kinetic River and the University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Institute. And teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How the manufacturing sector is dealing with the trade war and the pandemic
  • Hurdles of moving out of China, pandemic or not
  • Case studies – stories of success and failure in reshoring
  • Why mathematics is needed in operating production lines
  • How politics can affect the phase of decoupling

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#91: Knut Alicke Partner at McKinsey and Head of Supply Chain Europe20 Sep 202000:35:28

Knut Alicke, partner McKinsey and Head of Supply Chain Europe. Knut is also a visiting professor of supply chain at the University of Cologne. And one of the global experts on the topics of operations, supply chain, and risk.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Becoming a supply chain professional vs becoming a musician
  • Supply Chain leaders should have an MK budget
  • China will no longer be the manufacturing hub of the world
  • The difference between excel-heavy organizations and organizations adopting new systems
  • 80% of companies plan to reskill people
  • Following your passion and building relationships

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#90: Konrad Bauer VP Supply Chain and Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific 14 Sep 202000:39:16

Konrad Bauer is the VP Supply Chain and Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the global leader in providing, equipment, software, services, and consumables to help scientists solve problems across a multitude of fields: pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, government, environmental, and industrial research, as well as the clinical laboratory. With a revenue of more than 25n billion USD.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How Konrad moved from the industry into consulting at McKinsey and then back into the industry – and what challenges he faced
  • The impact of the COVID-19 to Thermo Fisher’s operations
  • How to instill a mindset of focus on serving the customer 
  • Planning where and how to build consistency inside the organization
  • Supply chain outsourcing – will it be happening more?
  • Career advice: Never leave a job because you want to get out. Always leave a job because you are excited to go to a new challenge

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#89: Thierry Malleret Managing Partner of Monthly Barometer03 Sep 202000:41:24

Thierry Malleret who is the managing partner of the Monthly Barometer, which is one of the leading global monthly newsletters that distills into a highly analytical and predictive one-pager the macro issues relevant to executives and decision-makers across the world.

Previously, Thierry founded and headed the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum.

His other professional experience includes: key positions within investment banking in several global institutions, think tanks, and academia (both in New York and Oxford) and government (with a three-year spell in the Prime Minister’s office in Paris).

His latest book, co-authored with  Klaus Schwab, is titled “Covid-19: the great reset”

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Interdependency of the five macro issues affecting the world
  • The great reset on geopolitics and technology
  • Regionalization vs globalization of supply chains
  • How will the changes in individual habits affect industries around the world
  • Mental health during this time of uncertainty

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#88: Andrew Kirkwood CEO of Blujay Solutions04 Aug 202000:40:40

Andrew Kirkwood is Chief Executive Officer at BluJay Solutions. With 25 years of experience in the supply chain and SaaS market, Andrew provides leadership to the BluJay organization through the creation of vision, strategic, tactical, and financial plans, along with organizational and goal development, performance measurement, and liaising with stakeholders. He joined BluJay in January 2019 after a successful 14-year career at RedPrairie and JDA Software (now BlueYonder) in a number of senior roles.

BluJay Solutions helps companies around the world achieve excellence in logistics and trade compliance - it’s in our DNA. Through a blend of Data, Networks, and Applications, delivered in the BluJay Way, our DNA platform powers the Frictionless Supply Chain for thousands of the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers, distributors, freight forwarders, customs brokers, carriers, and logistics service providers – 7,500+ customers. BluJay conducts business in 112 countries, has 1,200+ employees worldwide, and powers a global network of over 50,000 customers, carriers, freight forwarders, and service providers. With BluJay, 1.9 billion transportation transactions are processed, and 4.5 billion boxes shipped annually. Over 58 million electronic customs declarations are cleared annually using BluJay’s global customs solutions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • [08:14] The collaboration between LLamasoft and BluJay
  • [12:09] Creating a freight market index with spot capacity pricing and made it available to everyone – this lead to keeping prices down for the consumers.
  • [13:11] 40% volume search spike in demand on their transportation solution – this made the Christmas period look insignificant.
  • [14:20] BluJay has 1300 associates working remotely –  just finished their first quarter and they exceeded all of our targets
  • [23:24] Releasing 5 new products during lockdown – the importance of innovation – hackathons and collaboration with partners
  • [26:12] A culture based on transparency: “A problem shared is a problem solved”

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#87: Michael Farlekas President and Chief Executive Officer of E2open28 Jul 202000:50:24

Michael Farlekas joined E2open in 2015 as President & Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s overall operations, with direct oversight of sales, marketing, professional services, research and development, and strategy. Michael brings to E2open more than 20 years of sales, marketing, and leadership experience in supply chain management and enterprise software. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Why does E2open have over 240k trading partners
  • Connecting multiple applications to create one process across the end to end supply chain
  • Manufacturers over the past 40 years have transformed themselves into brand owners
  • Value add business vs data providing business.
  • Building long term roadmaps for clients – from business release 1 to 40
  • Growing the business 5x since 2015 from 75 mil USD to 380 mil USD in revenue
  • E2open’s hiring and promotion principles 

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#86: Maria Villablanca Co-Founder and CEO of Future Insights Network06 Jul 202000:32:00

Maria Villablanca is the Co-Founder and CEO of Future Insights Network, a fast-growing membership network of over 50,000 Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Digital Transformation executives.

Future Insights Network is one of the largest networks of its kind, which provides relevant content, connections, and collaboration for leaders in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Digital Transformation.

Key areas of focus are  IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Strategy. Before starting the network Maria worked for many years in the events and professional services business, with a strong passion for connecting people and ideas.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Why Future Insights Network exists
  • How supply chain companies are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis
  • Adopting and implementing new technologies to stay ahead of the curve
  • Moonshot approach vs prototype approach
  • Collaboration between MNCs and startups
  • Attracting talent to supply chain

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#85: Hannah Kain CEO and Founder of ALOM30 Jun 202000:41:36

Hannah Kain is the CEO and Founder of ALOM, a global supply chain, contract packaging, and fulfillment company with a footprint on five continents and 19 locations. headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. ALOM serves Fortune 100 and leading customers worldwide in the technology, medical, automotive, telecommunications, and government sectors.

Prior to founding ALOM in 1997 in Fremont, California, Hannah Kain held various management and executive positions dating back to 1983, with a wide range of experience in the packaging industry since 1990.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • The journey of a female entrepreneur creating a global supply chain pioneer across 19 countries 
  • Being the first to invent extranet in the industry
  • Prioritizing connectivity, flexibility, and cybersecurity
  • How COVID-19 is going to shape the future of supply chain
  • Gender diversity - one of the keys to success

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#84: John Urban Co-Founder of GT Nexus05 Jun 202000:35:23

John Urban was the Co-Founder and President of GT Nexus, the leading cloud platform for global supply chain management, which was acquired by Infor in September 2015 for $675 million.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Lessons from 17 years of building GT Nexus to an exit of USD 675 million
  • How did the COVID-19 crisis affect the digitization of supply chain
  • Are 3PLs ever going to catch up in the digital game?
  • Startup funding during uncertainty 
  • Advice for entrepreneurs

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#200: Building a Supply Chain Career & Season Finale13 Dec 202400:16:49

What an incredible journey this season has been! 200 Episodes!

Over the past 28 episodes of 2024, we’ve had the privilege of hearing from some of the greatest minds in the supply chain and logistics industry. Together, we have discussed some of the major trends, learned from inspiring leaders, and explored practical ways to navigate this ever-changing industry and the new reality that we live in today.

As we wrap up Season 1, we just want to say thank you to all the guests for their wisdom and our listeners for their continuous support! This is just the beginning and we will be back next year for another season of new insights, bigger conversations, and even deeper dives into the world of supply chain and logistics. Stay tuned!

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#83: Talent and Leadership in Supply Chain | SCMDOJO Podcast28 May 202000:25:41

Radu Palamariu was interviewed by Dr. Muddassir Ahmed on SCMDOJO’s podcast. On the topic of what leadership, talent and key skills in Supply Chain

SCMDojo was created with the intention to enable supply chain professionals & supply chain teams to solve the problems they face in their jobs & business.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Understanding the four elements of supply chain
  • Why supply chain leaders don’t get to be CEOs as often as they could? (packaging, packaging, packaging!)
  • What is leadership in supply chain? (It has to do with not taking a walk alone)
  • Radical Simplicity principles
  • Four tips to be a top talent in Supply Chain

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#82: Optimizing Retail with Johanna Småros Co-Founder of Relex Solutions15 May 202000:44:34

Johanna Småros (Ph.D.) is one of RELEX Solutions’ three co-founders. Before founding RELEX, Johanna conducted ground-breaking research on retail supply chains. She is the author of tens of peer-reviewed academic articles on supply chain management and optimization.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • AI and Machine Learning limitations and advantages during a crisis.
  • Most important trends in supply chain retail impacted by the covid19 crisis.
  • How a drug store retailer in Germany with 2000 stores took 2 days to deal with the surge in their demand patterns. 
  • Working from home and the importance of informal interactions.
  • Expect nothing and everything –  be flexible and adapt.

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#81: Webinar: Supply Chains After COVID-1911 May 202000:54:38

Alcott Global hosted a webinar entitled, "Supply Chains after Covid19." Dr. John Gattorna, Roxane Desmicht, and Frederic Laluyaux joined us as panelists. The main topic of the webinar is on navigating through and out of the COVID-19 crisis and the changes we need to expect in the Supply Chain Industry.

Panelist: 

  • Dr. John Gattorna - global thought leader, author, and consultant to Fortune500 MNCs
  • Roxane Desmicht - global VP Supply Chain of ams Sensors Germany, one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world
  • Frederic Laluyaux - CEO of Aera Technology, the cognitive automation software to transform your supply chain

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#79: Ashish Pujari Head of Solution Management, Digital Supply Chain APJ & Greater China at SAP28 Apr 202000:38:34

Ash Pujari leads solution management for SAP Digital Supply Chain in APJ and Greater China. A 28 year veteran in this space, Ash has seen it all. He has been a practitioner, consultant, entrepreneur, sales leader, and value engineer - all in the space of supply chain management.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Creating redundancies in the supply chain to mitigate risks
  • Collaboration with employees to manage the crisis
  • Building partnership through honesty
  • How SAP enables their team to work from home
  • Making the process of hiring more data-driven

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#78: David Collins CEO of China Manufacturing Consultants23 Apr 202000:38:13

David brings 35+ years of manufacturing experience in computer, automotive, aerospace, furniture, and chemical industries. He has worked for General Motors and Chrysler, as well as Foxconn and Jabil. Build and managed several automotive plants in North America. Successfully turned around Foxconn’s Mexico plant in the middle of the swine flu crisis 2009-2010. And for the last 10 years, he has been living in China.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How manufacturers deal with the supply and demand crisis
  • People won’t buy cars or planes too soon. What can the industry do?
  • How did companies in China resume manufacturing: dos and donts
  • Take care of your suppliers otherwise, you can’t make your product.
  • How to keep the factory running during a pandemic

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#77: Christopher Logan Managing Director at Accenture20 Apr 202000:36:18

Christopher Logan is currently a Managing Director at Accenture and Leads the Freight and Logistics Practice across Growth Markets: Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How China’s supply chain system got back up in early March
  • 3 advices for CEOs of logistics companies after COVID-19 
  • Rise of e-commerce and last-mile in times of crisis
  • How to balance bottom line and care for employees
  • “Characters are not built during a crisis, but characters are revealed in times of crisis.”

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#76: Antonio Boccalandro President, APAC At Blue Yonder14 Apr 202000:44:45

Antonio oversees Blue Yonder’s operations in APAC and is responsible for the continued growth in the region through customer, partner, and associate engagement.

Antonio has more than 20 years of global supply chain experience, including the sales, implementation, consulting and development of SCM solutions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic in supply chains
  • Change of customer’s behavior due to the COVID19 crisis – retail vs e-commerce
  • How a retailer with 50% market share has stable systems with good visibility
  • How can technology help the supply chain industry amidst the coronavirus crisis
  • How the Luminate Control Tower solution helps predict possible disruptions in the supply chains
  • Collaboration between Blue Yonder and Microsoft

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#75: Startup and New Technology in Supply Chain23 Mar 202000:41:45

 It is a pleasure to have with us in this episode Sarah Barnes-Humphrey and Eric Johnson on a conversation on startups and new technologies in supply chain. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • The funding of startups amidst the coronavirus crisis
  • How innovators can use the current situation for future development
  • Profitability vs Hyper scaling
  • Big companies and startups working together
  • The importance of storytelling in attracting talent

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#74: Ken Allen Board Member of Deutsche Post and CEO of DHL eCommerce17 Mar 202000:51:07

Ken has been with the DP DHL group for 35 years, in various roles and capacities.

HE is well known in the industry for the turn around he achieved as global CEO of DHL Express - under his leadership between 2009 to 2018, the company reversed over a decade of poor financial performance and declining market share to become one of the most profitable transportation units in the world.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Dhl Express turn around from losing 2.2 billion euro in 2008 and making 2 billion euro in 2018. 
  • What does being insanely customer-centric mean for DHL Express
  • How to become one of the worlds best places to work
  • Key leadership principles from Ken book "Radical simplicity"
  • Using music as a leadership style
  • “Business is a sport, not a war.”

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#73: Brittain Ladd Global Ecommerce Expert04 Mar 202000:49:48

Brittain Ladd has worked with Amazon for Worldwide E-Commerce and Cross Border Expansion, Amazon Fresh and Pantry Operations, and as a consultant with Deloitte and Capgemini as well as a few other global MNCs in their supply chain BUs.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • How the e-commerce industry grows amidst the Coronavirus crisis
  • Why Google should buy Shopify and FedEx to compete with Amazon
  • Death of retail?
  • Amazon will take 12% to 20% of the global 3PL market.
  • Amazon will be the biggest grocer seller by 2025 to 2028

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#199: Formula for a Successful Leadership25 Nov 202400:29:55

*Hosted by Stéphanie Moles-Rota*

In this episode, I am joined by Karen-Marie Katholm, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer and Member of the Executive Committee at AkzoNobel.

Karen-Marie shared with me her career journey, emphasizing some of the key inflection points that helped her become the leader she is today, including her transition from procurement to broader supply chain roles and the challenges she faced. She also shared some of the sustainability efforts within AkzoNobel, specifically on collaborating with suppliers and customers to achieve their target. 

She stressed the importance of diversity, mentorship, and networking in her career progression and advised young professionals to seek new challenges and opportunities for growth and to have an end-to-end perspective.

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#72: Tony Lugg Chairman of Transported Asset Protection Association24 Feb 202000:38:38

Tony sits on the Emeritus Council of Advisors for Supply Chain Asia and Chairman of the Transported Asset Protection Association Asia Pacific, a non-profit organization.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Coronavirus crisis: 200 million workers have not returned to their jobs; 60% of companies did not have a contingency plan 
  • The automotive industry in the next 4 to 12 weeks.
  • How the crisis is affecting the whole electronics manufacturing sector
  • What can companies do to mitigate risk in their Supply Chains
  • Other potential risk clusters: Korea, Japan, Italy

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#71: Pascal Bouye Vice President Supply - Global Emerging Markets of Mars19 Feb 202000:36:46

Pascal has been with the company for more than 20 years, having served in different leadership positions in manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, across Asia, Europe, and North America. He is now in charge of Supply for Global Emerging Markets, which include Latin America Middle East and Africa as well as Asia and Australia.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Having the right people on the right job
  • How Mars handles the Coronavirus crisis
  • How e-commerce is changing the way Mars operate
  • Managing 20 time zones in a global supply chain role
  • Examples of digital transformation in Mars
  • By 2025 Mars plans 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable and compostable

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#70: Jochen Göttelmann CIO of Lufthansa Cargo12 Feb 202000:34:00

Jochen joined Lufthansa as CIO in 2015. Prior to that, he worked as a Head of Business Application Management Investments & Operations Europe Allianz Global Investors for more than 12 years. He also worked in different leadership capacities for Dresdner Bank and Credit Suisse. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • The impact of the Coronavirus to Lufthansa Cargo
  • Adopting a dynamic pricing strategy and partners in Asia
  • Developing ecommerce using Heyworld, Lufthansa’s wholly-owned subsidiary
  • The importance of cybersecurity to Lufthansa Cargo
  • How digital transformation helps with employer branding

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