The Chain Podcast

Listen in as EALgreen president and CEO, Claudia Freed, discusses how leading organizations can use produce philanthropy to advance their ESG goals and educate tomorrow’s business leaders.

If it seems to you as if Corporate Responsibility and Diversity and Inclusion are top of mind to supply chain leaders, you’d be right. In the war for talent, every organization in every industry is realizing that tomorrow’s leaders may not be found in the usual places. What’s more, today’s leaders are discovering that diversity and inclusion, however that is defined, leads to stronger teams and better outcomes. Great ideas can come from almost anyplace if you’re open to listening. On this episode of the Rebound, Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock host Katie Fowler and Pamela Dow. Both are ASCM board members as well as experienced supply chain leaders. They talk about their experiences rising through the ranks in supply chain, the importance of finding your voice and why Diversity and Inclusion matter more than ever.

Some startups look to take steps and time out of existing processes. Others look for ways to turn an existing concept or business model upside down and do it differently than it’s done before. That’s the idea behind Robomart, a concept that combines the retail store experience with the on-demand hailing concept behind Uber and Lyft. Except that rather than ordering up a ride on your phone, the customer is ordering up a retail store that comes to their door, on-demand. On this episode of the Rebound, Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock host Ali Ahmed, one of the co-founders and CEO of Robomart, to discuss store hailing, a new take on retail, as well as the potential supply chain implications behind the concept.

If you’re thinking that there’s got to be a better way to make deliveries without all of the congestion, you’re not alone. That’s the idea behind URB-E, a startup doing last mile delivery in urban neighborhoods utilizing e-bikes and carts. It’s a efficient, and green, according to URB-E’s CEO Charles Jolley. On this episode of The Rebound, he joins Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss a new take on last mile delivery, and where it might go next.

On this episode of the Rebound, Alan Amling, a distinguished fellow at the University of Tennessee, and Simon Knowles, chief marketing officer for SGS-Maine Pointe, join hosts Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of ASCM, and Bob Trebilcock, Editorial Director of SCMR, to discuss their research into supply chain’s role in ESG. They also detail where an organization should look to identify areas in their supply chain that can make a difference, and how to start.

On this episode of the Rebound, hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock invited two experienced supply chain leaders to discuss the top ten trends. Listen in as Amy Augustine, senior director of network supply chain at U.S. Cellular, and Adam James, vice president for North America surface transportation at CH Robinson, share their thoughts on the list as well as examples of how their organizations are coping with the supply chain challenges and opportunities confronting their organizations. For more information about The 10 Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2022, please visit www.ascm.org/ascm-insights/10-supply-chain-trends-to-watch-for-in-2022/

A category leader, Party City is turning to technology to transform its supply chain and enhance the customer experience. In this episode of The Rebound ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosting David Levitt, Vice President of Information Technology for Party City, and discuss the trends and technologies transforming the retail supply chain.

On the last podcast of the year, hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock discuss the trends that shaped the last year in supply chain. It was better than you think. For this last episode, hosts Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management, and Bob Trebilcock, editorial director of Supply Chain Management Review, discuss some of the supply chain trends identified by ASCM members as the most impactful today and in the future, including advanced analytics and automation, the talent shortage, visibility, agility and the customer-centric supply chain.

On this episode of The Rebound, Lynn Torrel , Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flex, takes five questions about what comes next for the supply chain at Flex. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts. You don’t want to miss this episode.

Supply chains are in the midst of a digital revolution. Increasingly, we see innovation as an emerging core competency, with teams devoted to uncovering the technologies that will take their supply chains into the future. As the revolution unfolds, we’re discovering that traditional relationships and linear supply chains are no longer enough. Instead, new digital technologies and capabilities call for a new strategy. It’s a different way to think of the SCOR model that has served the industry well. On this episode of The Rebound, Peter Bolstorff, executive vice president for corporate development at the Association for Supply Chain Management, discusses digital transformation, ASCM’s Digital Capabilities Model, or DCM, and how they relate to the SCOR model. Be sure to listen wherever you get your podcasts. And, click here to learn more about the SCOR Digital Standard and DCM.

On this episode of The Rebound, Charlie Jatt, head of commercialization for trucking at Waymo Via, brings us up to speed on developments in technology for autonomous trucking, and when we might see autonomous trucks on the road. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

On this special episode of The Rebound recorded live from ASCM Connect, Aceto’s Pat Bower, GE Appliance’s Marcia Brey and Flock Freight’s Chris Pickett look at the impact of the Great Supply Chain Disruption on their organizations and where they’re headed to mitigate future disruptions. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

Listen in as Brent Ruth discusses how to get the most from your digital transformation. On this episode of The Rebound, Brent Ruth, the AI leader at a large Midwestern manufacturing firm, takes the mystery out of digital transformation, including how to identify where to get value from that first project. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts. For additional information about the live podcast episode at ASCM CONNECT Annual Conference, please visit https://www.ascm.org/conference-2021/ and use SAT50SPEAKVC to get $50 discount on your full conference registration.

On this episode of The Rebound, Gary Smith, supply chain leader for the New York City Transit system, identifies the key trends supply chain leaders are likely to grapple with, and strategies to address them, in the supply chain of the future. For more information about ASCM CONNECT Annual Conference please visit https://www.ascm.org/conference-2021/ and use SAT100SPEAKFC to get $100 discount on your full conference registration. Click here to read more from Gary Smith on SCMR.com.

Listen in as Marko Kovacevic and Alexander Fernandez explain why multi-player gaming enables change management during digital transformation. On this episode of The Rebound, Marko Kovacevic, executive director of the Digital Supply Chain Institute, and Alexander Fernandez, CEO of Streamline Media Group, explain why multi-player gaming, like Fortnite, can drive change management in your teams as your organization goes through digital transformation. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

Sometimes bigger isn’t better. When it comes to grocers and retailers trying to fulfill orders for buy online/pickup in store and same day delivery, the trend is to develop scaled down versions of automated warehouse solutions that can operate in the backroom of a store. The result is that micro-fulfillment is one of the fastest-growing segments of the order-fulfillment automation sector. On this episode of The Rebound, MWPVL’s Marc Wulfraat discusses the micro-fulfillment phenomenon and why retailers need to pay attention. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

What company, or supply chain leader, today doesn’t want to be viewed as an innovator? After all, today’s most innovative companies, like Tesla, Apple, Google and Amazon, have been rewarded by the investment company for taking chances and disrupting their industries. That best the question: What does it take to innovate, and how does a supply chain leader integrate innovation into its solutions? On this episode of The Rebound, Gina Chung, Vice President of Innovation Americas at DHL , discusses what it takes to build an innovation team, ferret out emerging technologies that can make a difference and work with your customers to integrate innovation with your supply chain processes. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

Supply chain is in the midst of a digital transformation. To that end, BOAT – a concept that brings together the business, operations, algorithms and technology – is important for supply chain managers that want to compress latency, improve productivity and reduce costs. In fact, in the digital supply chain, we may need a bigger BOAT than we’re used to. The key is getting the right balance between the four, especially technology. On this episode of The Rebound, Ben Amaba, chief technology officer for the industrial sector at IBM Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, Joins Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock and discusses a new risk management tool his organization is developing with ASCM designed to help supply chain managers find that balance in their operations, utilizing the right mix of emerging technologies. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

On this episode of The Rebound, Barbara Gress, Director, Engineering and Innovation, for the third party logistics provider NFI, joins Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock and discusses what it takes to introduce robotics into your order fulfillment operations. And, once you get robots up and running, where do you go next?

On this episode of The Rebound, Nick Vyas, executive director of USC’s Center for Global Supply Chain Management, Joins Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock for a discussion on the state of global supply chain management, the administration’s supply chain executive order and why trade and infrastructure are keys to where we go next. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

On this episode of The Rebound, Joseph Fiksel, a risk management and resilience expert, explains the difference between risk management and resilience, along with how an organization can identify vulnerabilities in its supply chain and develop the capabilities to respond – and rebound – from disruptions. If you are interested in learning more about the Resilient Supply Chain Benchmark you can find it here.

Appliance manufacturing is an extraordinarily competitive space with complex distribution and transportation requirements. The products are large, heavy and bulky, requiring special handling; industry leaders have to compete on quality, price and customer service; and they have to service a variety of channels, each with their own requirements. That’s everything from big box retailers to mom and pop appliance stores to the contractor market. Now, we can add e-commerce and direct-to-home delivery into the mix. On this episode of The Rebound, Marcia Brey, the newly-appointed vice president of distribution at GE Appliances, discusses how one of the country’s largest appliances manufacturers is transforming its transportation, logistics and distribution network to meet today’s challenges. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

In this episode of The Rebound, Mark Wiese, Manager of Deep Space Logistics for the Gateway Program at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, discusses how a logistics and cargo delivery system being developed by SpaceX will support the next mission to the moon. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

In this episode of The Rebound, Katie Schindall, Director, Circular Economy at Cisco, discusses how the technology leader takes a holistic view to supply chain management, from product design through product lifecycle management. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

On this episode of The Rebound, Ranjan Roy, Adore Me’s vice president of strategy, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss what it took to get a subscription service up and running, how the company engages with its customers to minimize returns and the impact on its supply chain.

Blockchain is one of the technologies that practioners are still trying to make sense of. While there’s a lot of excitement around the technology, some might say hype, it can be difficult to figure out why it’s different – and better – than legacy solutions already in place. On this episode of The Rebound, Dale Chrystie joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock.to help us understand why blockchain should be on our roadmap, and where managers might find value along with the potholes that can slow down adoption. . . We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

Last spring, Abe Eshkenazi, the CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management, and Bob Trebilcock, editorial director of Supply Chain Management Review, launched The Rebound, a podcast tracking what’s working now in supply chain management. Guests have included everyone from the BBC’s Katy Kay to supply chain leaders from Under Armour, AGCO and FedEx. It’s been a great launch to the series. With the year about to end, the co-hosts discuss the last six months in supply chain management, and what they’re watching for 2021.

In this episode of The Rebound, Matt Ott, president and CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, discusses what’s driving the growth of the cold chain, along with developments making it possible. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

On this episode of The Rebound, Chris Richard, principal in the Supply Chain and Network Operations practice at Deloitte Consulting, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss the DSN model model, the role of digital technologies and how this model can transform your operations.

In this episode of The Rebound ASCM CEO, Abe Eshkenazi, and SCMR Editorial Director, Bob Trebilcock are hosting Yossi Sheffi. Yossi is Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, and an award winning author. He discusses his new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19.

Every year for the past 16 years, Gartner has put together it’s list of the Top 25 supply chains – as well as a second list of five supply chain masters. In this episode of The Rebound, Mike Griswold Research VP in Gartner's Consumer Value Chain team shares his insights from putting together this year’s list of leaders, along with the trends Gartner is watching in supply chain management.

In this episode of The Rebound Podcast, Craig Jones, Under Armour’s Senior VP of Global Logistics shares how the athletic wear company has re-invented its fulfillment processes over the last six months, and where the industry going in the future. Top of the potential investment list: cobots, cloud-based solutions and returns processing. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

On this episode of The Rebound, Alan Amling, a former UPS executive and now a fellow at the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute, looks at how the small package delivery model is changing and what might come next. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

On this episode of The Rebound, Katty Kay, a New York Times best-selling author and lead anchor for BBC World News America, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss how businesses can address diversity in the workforce and the changing nature of work, both now and Post-COVID.

If COVID has taught us anything, it’s that global supply chains are fraught with risks, some of which few of us had prepared for. On this episode of The Rebound, Jacob Shapiro, chief strategist of Perch Perspectives, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss what supply chain managers need to do to prepare for the global and geopolitical risks ahead.

On this episode of The Rebound, Patrick Haex, Managing Partner at BCI Global, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss the next generation of digitally-enabled, end-to-end control towers. This new technology will bring together the information and insights collected from the control tower into planning. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

Listen in as MIT’s Milena Janjevic joins Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss why the time is right for a new take on supply chain design processes and technology. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

The 2008 recession pushed many supply chains to their limits and brought companies to the brink of financial ruin. In spite of the challenge, some companies did a better job than others getting through the recession and took market share as the economy improved. Listen to this episode as Texas Christian University’s Morgan Swink discusses what went right and what went wrong for supply chains coming out of the last recession.

Listen in as AGCO’s Vice President of Global Materials Logistics and Demand Planning, Greg Toornman, joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss how one of the world’s leading manufacturers of agricultural equipment navigated the pandemic without missing a shipment. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .

Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association For Supply Chain Management, and Bob Trebilcock, Editorial Director of Supply Chain Management Review, discuss the five ways the COVID pandemic is impacting supply chains now, and going forward. We are inviting you to visit www.ascm.org and www.scmr.com .