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Randy Bradley is the Associate Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Randy has decades of experience in supply chain and IT research and strategy.

 

On this week’s episode Randy and Maria discuss: 

• The difference between Intelligent Assistants (IA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Why rethinking the way technology is invested in and deployed can make all the difference for businesses.
• Why more focus should be placed on improving the workforce experience.

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James “Sandy” Winnefeld is the Joint Chief of Staff with the US Navy. Sandy has served in the US Navy for 43 years. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1978 with honors in Aerospace Engineering. He served as an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN, and has served in several tours abroad, including the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War. 

On this week’s episode James and Maria discuss: 

• The current situation in Ukraine and Putin’s goals in the region.
• Pillars of successful leadership and how these qualities can stand out in times of crisis. 
• Staying positive despite all the negativity in the world. 

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Danny Lopez is the CEO at Glasswall, an award-winning cybersecurity firm that offers protection against file-based threats. 

On this week’s episode Danny and Maria discuss: 

• The changing dynamic of the security landscape.
• Recommendations for emergency preparedness.
• The areas of the supply chain that are at risk for a company.

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Sarah Sheppard is the Managing Director and Erika Biggadike is the Principle Consultant and Commercial Director at Sequoia. Both Sarah and Erika have been involved in leading and delivering complex supply chain projects that span the 4 areas of Sequoia’s capability building: structure, processes, tools, and people. They have implemented inventory solutions globally and have been involved in training numerous supply chain professionals. 

On this week’s episode Sarah, Erika and Maria discuss: 

• The three traits today’s supply chain leader must embody to prosper.

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John Licata is the VP of Innovation Foresight at SAP New Ventures & Technologies. John is a Market Strategist with 20+ years of diverse experience in Research, Strategy, and MarCom. Prior to joining SAP, John Founded Blue Phoenix, a digital market intelligence platform focused on small to mid-cap equity trading ideas (predominantly in the energy and metals sectors). As part of this role, he developed strategic positioning focused on digital transformation for various clients including Toyota, BMW, LO3 Energy, Energy Fuels, Strathmore Minerals, Denbury Resources, Tendril, and Stony Brook University.  

On this week’s episode John and Maria discuss: 

• The opportunities this new digital world presents to consumers, businesses, and more specifically, supply chains.

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Stephan Gotthardt is the SVP Europe Supply Chain at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Stephan has a strong international portfolio of end-to-end supply chain, operations and general management experience, with proven performance in global, strategic and cross-functional projects.

On this week’s episode Stephan and Maria discuss: 

• How the supply chain has fared amid all the disruptions brought about by Covid-19.
• The importance of creating robust risk management strategies to address future sourcing and production issues.

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About the Speaker:

Stephan Gotthardt is a senior executive with a strong international portfolio of (end-to-end) supply chain, operations, and general management experience, with proven performance in global, strategic, and cross-functional projects. He has demonstrated success in several change management initiatives on a local and global scale, fundamental re-design of product launch and life cycle processes, restructuring of supply chains, the establishment of a customer-centric mindset. In his current role as SVP Europe Supply Chain for Teva Pharmaceuticals, Stephan is responsible for product supply from the European manufacturing network to Europe, U.S., and International Markets as well as 3rd Party Customers

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Kristen Daihes is the Global VP Supply Chain of Mars Wrigley. Kristen is leading an investment program to digitize and transform the supply chain within Mars. She has a unique blend of both industry and start-up experience as she lead supply chains in industry, created supply chain solutions for global organizations through start-up, Opex Analytics, and recently pivoted back to industry. Kristen spent the first 20 years of her career as a supply chain practitioner for P&G, Unilever, Wrigley/Mars, SC Johnson and has a breadth of experience in supply chain strategy, transformation, innovation, supply chain planning, and engineering roles.

On this week’s episode Kristen and Maria discuss: 

• The digital lighthouse pilot underway at Mars Wrigley’s Illinois factory.
• The challenges she faced on this journey, and her key learnings from the experience.

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Ana Oliveira is the Latin America Supply Chain Process Manager – COE at Cargill. Ana is responsible for supporting the Latin American and Mexican businesses in increasing supply chain maturity (order management, demand & supply planning, warehouse, IBP, S&OP, and inventory management). She joined Cargill as FIBI LEAD – Leadership Excellence & Accelerated Development Program for 2 years and as part of this rotational managerial role, she was also Supply Chain Project Manager (network design and optimization) in Sao Paulo. She’s had various supply chain management roles over the last 12 years in warehousing, distribution, customer service, transportation, and planning in the food and beverage and pharmaceuticals industries.

On this week’s episode Ana and Maria discuss: 

• The biggest lessons she learned from the pandemic.
• How the pandemic encouraged Cargill to fixate on predicting the unpredictable to better serve customers.
• What to consider when implementing IBP.

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Antoinette Irvine is the Vice President HR Global Supply Chain at Unilever. Antoinette is responsible for all HR-related strategic agenda for supply chain including the delivery of the HR Strategy to support the business, remuneration, talent management, change management programs, learning and development, building the desired culture, IR/ER, and diversity and inclusion. Antoinette is a champion of diversity and inclusion and has successfully shifted gender transformation from 19-42% at management levels in last 4 years. Recognizing the power of people in transformation, Antoinette leads Unilever’s global manufacturing excellence program for the People Development pillar with a membership of 250 owned Unilever manufacturing sites globally.

On this week’s episode Antoinette and Maria discuss: 

• Why pre-pandemic management styles are bound to go extinct.
• How Unilever adapted its upskilling initiatives when working from home became a necessity.
• How they increased their workforce well-being scores by 10%.
• The key skills managers require to retain talent while boosting productivity and effectiveness for greater ROI.

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Jay Koganti is the VP Supply Chain COE at Estee Lauder Companies. Jay has more than 24 years of experience in leading and transforming complex supply chains. His core focus is developing global supply chain strategies, solving complex supply chain problems by leveraging cutting-edge technology innovations with process excellence and a value creation mindset. Jay has ample experience in consumer goods supply chains and has dedicated 12 years to leading supply chain planning, distribution, IBP, analytics & intelligence, and executed transformations for Fortune 100 companies. In his current role as VP Supply Chain COE at Estee Lauder Companies, Jay leads end-to-end planning transformation to create next-generation enterprise planning capabilities and an operating model to support growth and value creation. 

On this week’s episode Jay and Maria discuss: 

• The one determinant of digital transformation success and process innovation that’s often overlooked.
• The importance of structurally-enabled innovation for supply chain excellence.

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