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Talking Supply Chain: Understanding the FTC’s ban on noncompetes

Thursday, April 25, 2024 · Brian Straight Crowell & Moring law partner Stefan Meisner joined the Talking Supply Chain podcast to discuss the recent decision by the Federal Trade Commission to ban noncompete agreements.

Talking Supply Chain: Doomsday never arrives for Baltimore bridge collapse impacts

Thursday, April 18, 2024 · Brian Straight The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge brought doomsday headlines for the supply chain. But the reality has been something less spectacular.

Frictionless Videocast: The Importance of Water at the U.S./Mexico Border

Monday, April 15, 2024 · Rosemary Coates Listen as Dr. Maria Elena Giner, Commissioner of the US International Boundary and Water Commission, and Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, discuss the importance of water at the U.S./Mexico border.

Talking Supply Chain: Procurement and the AI revolution

Thursday, April 11, 2024 · Brian Straight Artificial intelligence has the opportunity to transform the way procurement leaders work, streamlining processes and leading to more advanced decision-making, says LavenirAI co-founder Bill Michels.

AI’s Evolving Role in Procurement

Monday, April 8, 2024 · Michael Levans In this SCMR podcast, Michael Levans, is joined Kristian O’Meara, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Jaggaer in a conversation that puts context around all the excitement surrounding AI.

Talking Supply Chain: Jabil’s sustainability journey

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 · Brian Straight Sustainability is a team effort. Global manufacturer Jabil has engaged stakeholders and customers in its journey, which involves setting both short-term and long-term goals.

Talking Supply Chain: Quantum Computing to Tackle Supply Chain Issues

Thursday, March 28, 2024 · Brian Straight Conversations surrounding quantum computing often lead to many puzzled looks. The technology promises faster computations of large-scale supply chain problems, though.

Frictionless Videocast with Adi Kleiman: Using the Power of AI in Supply Chains

Monday, March 25, 2024 Listen as Adi Kleiman, Vice President of Product at aiOla and Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, discuss using AI speech recognition in an industrial environment.

Talking Supply Chain: Fortnite’s Keys to Change Management

Friday, March 22, 2024 Change management is one of the most difficult things for companies to execute and video games are providing clues on how organizations can successfully implement change.

Talking Supply Chain: Embracing VUCA

Thursday, March 14, 2024 VUCA, or volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, can be traced to the mid-1980s. Most accounts attribute it to the American military, but it certainly can apply to almost any situation dealing with disruption, including the supply chain. GAINS’s Amber Salley has…

Talking Supply Chain: Resilience, Technology and the White House

Thursday, March 7, 2024 GS 1 US’ Melanie Nuce Hilton weighs in on the role of the White House’s supply chain council, and technology’s role

Talking Supply Chain: Improv in the Supply Chain

Thursday, February 29, 2024 Improvisational comedy has a lot to offer supply chain managers says Ted Klein of the Boston Strategy Group

Frictionless Podcast: Understanding Your Supply Chain Goals with Ann Marie Jonkman

Thursday, February 29, 2024 Listen as Rosemary Coates and Ann Marie Jonkman, Senior Director of Global Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder, and Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, hosts this episode of The Frictionless Supply Chain.

Talking Supply Chain: Can We Divest from China?

Thursday, February 22, 2024 LevaData’s Keith Hartley explains how our global supply chains are likely never going to be free of China’s influence

Talking Supply Chain: The High Stakes of Data Security

Thursday, February 15, 2024 With more supply chain data exchanging hands, minimizing risk is growing in complexity