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#107 – Why Failing To Operationalize Sustainability Could Be Preventing You From Making Progress with Anne Robinson & Claire Milner

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 13/10/2021

Joining us this week from Kinaxis are Anne Robinson and Claire Milner. Anne is the Chief Strategy Officer. She is responsible for accelerating the company’s strategy development to add further value to its customers. Whereas Claire is the SVP EMEA. Since joining Kinaxis in 2018, Claire has been empowering business leaders and teams to make confident and timely business and supply chain-related decisions.

On this week’s episode Anne, Claire and Maria discuss:

Why the inability to operationalize sustainability is a hindrance to achieving long-term sustainability goals.
Why it’s imperative organisations start to treat sustainability with the same level of importance as other business objectives.

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#106 – What 2020 Meant for the Logistics Industry and what the Future Holds for Air Cargo with Dorothea von Boxberg, Henrik Ambak & Ufuk Sumerler

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 07/10/2021

On this week’s episode, we are joined by three special guests, Dorothea von Boxberg, Henrik Ambak and Ufuk Sumerler. Dorothea is the CEO of Lufthansa Cargo. Since 2021, Dorothea has been responsible for the company’s business development and cooperations, legal affairs, communications and corporate responsibility, information management, and digital transformation, as well as finance and controlling. Henrik is the SVP Global Operations of Emirates Sky Cargo and Chairman of Cargo iQ. Henrik has almost 40 years of experience in various roles in the logistics industry. He leads with a perfection-driven approach and carries his unrelenting commitment to service excellence to the airfreight industry’s service quality group, Cargo iQ, as Chairman. Ufuk is the SVP, Global Head of Air Logistics Development at Kuehne & Nagel. Following his undergraduate studies in International Economics at the University of Istanbul, in 1991, Ufuk joined Kuehne + Nagel and has since worked in a number of different departments and divisions within the company.

On this week’s episode Dorothea, Henrik, Ufuk and Maria discuss:

The impact of the pandemic and rise of e-commerce on the logistics industry.
What the future of air logistics looks like.
What the future holds for the industry.

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#105 – The 4 Pillars Behind Turkish Cargo‘s Exponential Growth: How Turkish Cargo Is Shaking Up The Air Cargo Industry with Turhan Özen

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Post date 06/10/2021

Turhan Özen is the Chief Cargo Officer of Turkish Airlines. Before joining the company in 2016 Turhan dedicated ten years to CEVA Logistics, with his first role being an Operations Director. Following this he transitioned into business development, assuming various leadership roles such as Managing Director for the Middle East, North Africa, & Central Asia regions. Turhan studied Business Administration at one of Turkey’s most prestigious universities, Boğaziçi University, and gained his Executive MBA from Koç University.

On this week’s episode Turhan and Maria discuss:

The four pillars behind Turkish Cargo’s exponential growth.
How they’re planning to shake up the air cargo industry with their new SmartIST hub.

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#104 – How to Pitch Transformation to Your CFO with Fred Simoes

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Post date 30/09/2021

Fred Simoes is the CFO of Customer and Technology Solutions at Novartis, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Before joining Novartis in 2005, Fred dedicated over 8 years to General Electric, which is where his career in finance began. Fred’s passions lie in partnering with business leaders to deliver strategy and profitable growth, and leading large-scale transformation.

On this week’s episode Fred and Maria discuss:

How supply chain and finance can collaborate to foster innovation and fast-track enterprise-wide transformation.
How to pitch transformations to finance leaders.
Why talking money when pitching a sustainability agenda is a mistake.

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#103 – How to Develop & Sell Breakthrough Ideas to Senior Leadership with Dorie Clark

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 29/09/2021

Dorie Clark is a consultant and keynote speaker. She teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School and is the author of ‘Entrepreneurial You’, ‘Reinventing You’ and ‘Stand Out’, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50 and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards.

On this week’s episode Dorie and Maria discuss:

How to balance crisis and strategy during times of disruption.
How organisations can adopt new technologies to transform their processes, grow their offerings, and become more resilient.

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#102 – Maria Villablanca & Sheri Hinish on Sustainability and DE&I

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 23/09/2021

Sheri Hinish is a senior leader supporting IBM’s Global Supply Chain Transformation teams. Also known as the “Supply Chain Queen.” Sheri’s purpose is simply to make a meaningful impact on the clients, colleagues, partners, and communities she serves. Recognized as a 2021, 2020 & 2019 Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pro to Know,” the “People’s Choice 2020 Global Woman in Supply Chain Leader,” Corporate Vision Excellence award recipient for “2020’s Most Influential Leader in Supply Chain & Technology,” a 2021 Top 100 Women in Supply Chain by Supply Chain Digital, and a trusted partner, Sheri is a leading advocate for sustainable supply chains and ‘supply chain with purpose’ across social media and professional networks.

On this week’s episode Sheri and Maria discuss:

What’s stopping organisations from making environmental and social sustainability a key business priority.
How organisations can crackdown on their goals to drive real progress.
How she became the Supply Chain Queen.

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#101 – Tech-In-Focus Spotlight – Blockchain with best-selling author Don Tapscott

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 21/09/2021

Don Tapscott is the Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute. Don is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. Don is also the co-author of ‘Supply Chain Revolution: How Blockchain Technology Is Transforming the Digital Flow of Assets’, one of 16 books he has authored to this day. Don has been recognized as the 2nd most influential management thinker by Thinkers 50, joining Professor Christensen, Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, and others in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame. His work has been celebrated by some of the world’s most strategic thinkers including Paypal CEO, Dan Schulman, World Economic Forum Founder, and Executive Chairman, Klaus Schwab, PepsiCo Chairman, and CEO, Indra Nooyi, and Apple Co-founder, Steve Wozniak.

On this week’s episode Don and Maria discuss:

How blockchain works.
Its use cases.
How it’s going to revolutionise our supply chains.

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Post date 21/09/2021

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#100 – How Mars is Leading the Scope 3 Emission Reduction Race: An Overview of the Supplier LoCT Coalition with Luc Beerens

Post author By Stefan Dinu
Post date 20/09/2021

Luc Beerens is the Global Sustainable Sourcing Director at Mars Incorporated. Luc joined Mars in 1993 following his graduation from Eindhoven University, where he completed his master’s in Industrial Engineering & Management Science. He has since worked in a number of different divisions within the company including procurement, quality management, logistics, and sustainability. As well as this Luc also serves on the SAI Platform Executive Committee.

On this week’s episode Luc and Maria discuss:

Mars’ bold step towards scope-3 emission reduction.
How the Mars, McCormick, and PepsiCo Supplier LoCT coalition works.
Why it’s essential to look beyond your own four walls to drive the sustainability initiative forward.

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