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Supply Chain Management Review Podcast NetworkTalking Supply Chain: AI meets pharma with TraceLink’s vision for a smarter supply chainTraceLink CEO Shabbir Dahod discusses how AI and digitalization are transforming the pharmaceutical supply chain, from end-to-end visibility and compliance to predictive insights and intelligent automation.
2025-06-0532 min
Supply Chain Management ReviewTalking Supply Chain: AI meets pharma with TraceLink’s vision for a smarter supply chainShabbir Dahod, CEO of Tracelink, joins Talking Supply Chain host Brian Straight to discuss artificial intelligence in the supply chain: where it is today, where it is heading, and how companies can position themselves to take advantage of the potential of this innovative technology.
2025-06-0532 min
Securing LeadershipGeorge Llado: Pathways to Tech Leadership - Navigating Career Growth from Engineer to ExecutiveIn this episode, George Llado (Board Director at TraceLink and Charles River Laboratories, former CIO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals) shares his inspiring journey from DJ to engineer to Fortune 500 CIO and Board leader, offering a unique perspective on career growth in technology. He provides valuable advice for aspiring tech and cyber professionals, along with insights on navigating the CIO-CISO relationship to foster effective leadership.
2024-11-1241 min
The LogiPharma PodcastLogiPharma Live: Bharath Sundararaman, VP and GM at TraceLink on AI and Becoming a Stand-Up ComedianIn the first of five episodes recorded on site at LogiPharma 2024, Megan sat down with Bharath Sundararaman, VP and GM at TraceLink.
Inevitably, they spoke about AI, which was a hot topic at the event in Lyon. They also discussed how firms are cutting through the noise when it comes to patient-centricity and discussed Bharath's fascinating personal life.
As it turns out, Bharath is a manager of successful bands, dabbles in rap himself and has recently become a stand-up comedian.
This is not your average episode, so tune in now and enjoy the...
2024-05-0726 min
IMDaily - Innovate Marketing DailyTraceLink Named Finalist in the Prestigious Business Transformation and Operational Excellence Awards 2024TraceLink Named Finalist in the Prestigious Business Transformation and Operational Excellence Awards 2024."We are honored to be named finalists in the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards 2024," said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. "This recognition is a testament to our team's hard work, dedication, and innovative spirit. At TraceLink, we are committed to driving operational excellence, delivering value to our customers, and enhancing the resiliency of the global supply chain ecosystem."FEATURED LINKS - https://www.tracelink.com/PODCAST INFO - Hosted By: Shawn P Neal - Shaw...
2024-04-2305 min
lcecere's tracksIntroducing the Concept of Network Resource Planning with Bharath Sundararaman from TraceLinkDiscussion of Network Resource Planning with Bharath from Tracelink. Using a network built for serialization, Tracelink is launching a series of services to help pharmaceutical manufacturers sense potential drug shortages and redesign their networks to drive better patient outcomes. Here we share a discussion between Bharath and Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights. Tags: Tracelink, Supplychaininsights, loracecere, pharmacuetical, networkresourceplanning (NRP), networkautomation, supplychain.
2024-02-1031 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#64 - Building a Ground-Breaking Supply Chain for a Covid-19 Vaccine with David Simchi-Levi, Mirko Senatore and Roddy MartinSuccessful delivery of a Covid-19 vaccine in early 2021 would be an unprecedented achievement in vaccine development history. While vaccine trials are still underway, the supply chain race is on to determine how to inoculate 70% of the world's population, a population of over 5.5 billion people. This panel discussion explores how the pharmaceutical industry can collaborate with key stakeholders to build a robust supply chain from the ground up. This is in a market where the sheer speed of execution and monumental volume are top priorities, yet demand grossly exceeds supply.
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2021-09-2046 min
The Agile Supply Chain PodcastPodcast Episode 26: Pierre Mitchell and Nico Bac on Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Information Architecture Best PracticesThe best procurement teams focus on more than price alone when making purchasing decisions—because some things are more important than discounts. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Nico Bac, a P&G veteran and the founder of consulting firm Digital Procurement Now, and Pierre Mitchell, Chief Research Officer and Managing Director of Azul Partners, discuss the latest thinking on strategic sourcing and procurement and supply chain information management.
Key Takeaways
The best suppliers want to work with pharma companies who embrace digital tools and techniques that can make them even better.
When you are do...
2021-01-1331 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastPodcast Episode 25: Greg Cathcart on the Benefits of End-to-End Supply Chain CollaborationGreater collaboration between pharma companies and their end-to-end supply chain partners can lead to improved patient outcomes, greater resiliency, as well as significant business opportunities. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Greg Cathcart, founder and CEO of Excellis Health Solutions, explains that if we collaborate better, “we can do better.”
Key Takeaways
Insurance companies are increasingly requesting supply chain and dispenser-level business improvements designed to ensure the safety and authenticity of medicines given to their insured patients.
The “walls” that have traditionally prevented closer collaboration between end-to-end supply chain partners are slowly beginning to come down.
2021-01-1026 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastPodcast Episode 24: Bob Belshaw on the Power of Close Collaboration Between Supply Chain and Finance TeamsWhat could your supply chain team accomplish through tighter collaboration with your company’s finance team? In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Bob Belshaw, Director of Business Development at Falcon Group, explains how this type of tight-knit collaboration can lead to benefits like greater supply chain responsiveness to changes in demand; more cost-effective and strategic inventory decisions; and greater agility when disruptions arise.
Key Takeaways
If your view of the finance department’s function and capabilities is too rigid, you may be limiting options that can increase your agility in the face of supply chain disr...
2021-01-0721 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastPodcast Episode 23: Timur Kabadayı on Patient Safety, Product Quality, and Supply Chain Data IntegrityPharma companies are increasingly taking an end-to-end view of the supply chain so they can ultimately deliver the right patient outcomes. Data is a critical component that enables you to achieve this goal by enabling you to manage the product on its journey to the patient, according to Timur Kabadayı, Managing Director of Conval Group, an information technology consulting firm that specializes in the life sciences industry. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Kabadayı explains how the right approach to data management can help pharma companies and supply chain teams improve product safety and quality.
Key Takeaways
Th...
2020-12-2417 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 22: Klaus Imping on What an Agile Supply Chain Is—And What It Isn'tIt takes more than enterprise resource planning systems and buzzword-friendly technologies like “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” to create an agile supply chain, according to Klaus Imping, CEO of mSE Solutions, a global management consulting firm. While these enabling layers are important, you also need to focus on how to change processes and integrate roles and responsibilities into a faster-reacting model. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Imping shares practical advice on how to achieve greater agility and outside-in patient-centricity in your supply chain organization.
Key TakeawaysIt’s important to avoid the trap believing that having an agile s...
2020-11-2221 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 21: Harshad Kanvinde on Best Practices for Improving Supply Chain AgilityThe best decision makers often seek to limit their own options for dealing with problematic situations that arise—and this same technique can go a long way toward helping you ensure greater supply chain agility and responsiveness, according to Harshad Kanvinde, Global Supply Chain Practice Leader at Slalom. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Kanvinde shares several best practices designed to help you boost supply chain agility across your organization. He also shares his thoughts on the implications of The Agile Supply Chain Credo.
Key TakeawaysSupply chain agility is about building an integrative capability across pe...
2020-11-1422 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 20: HFS Research on The Agile Supply Chain Credo and the New Era of Supply Chain TransformationYour supply chain organization can purchase the most cutting-edge tools and technologies, but if it fails to create a competency framework that also includes people, processes, data, and change management, those investments will likely prove ineffective, according to HFS Research's Phil Fersht and Saurabh Gupta. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Gupta and Fersht discuss the implications of The Agile Supply Chain Credo and explain what their extensive research tells us about how to carry out a successful supply chain transformation.
Key TakeawaysOne of the key principles of The Agile Supply Chain Credo is patient-centricity, and that’s...
2020-11-0731 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 19: Bob Ferrari on the Shift From Linear Supply Chains to Coordinated Multi-Enterprise NetworksSupply chain consultant and analyst Bob Ferrari, Managing Director of The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, provides actionable advice on how to make the transformation from a linear supply chain to a highly responsive and collaborative multi-enterprise network. He also shares his thoughts on the evolution of agility.
Key TakeawaysSupply chain professionals need to stop thinking in terms of rigid, linear supply chains and instead focus on the idea of highly coordinated, collaborative, and agile multi-enterprise response networks.
A growing number of industries are embracing outside-in, demand-driven supply chain strategies, which originated in the consumer goods and high-tech sectors.
Enterprise...
2020-11-0423 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 18: David Northrup on Patient-Centric Lessons Learned in the Clinical Trials Supply ChainWhat can the clinical trials supply chain teach us about getting products to patients on time and in full (OTIF)? A great deal, according to David Northrup, Head of Supply Chain at Theravance Biopharma. In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Northrup shares the important supply chain lessons he learned while working in the clinical trials supply chain, as well as some sage advice on how to increase patient-centricity and improve OTIF in your organization.
Key TakeawaysThe clinical trials supply chain has always been highly focused on the patient; therefore, it can serve as a model for patient-centricity...
2020-10-3119 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastSpecial Episode: IDC on Winning Strategies for Increasing Resilience in the Face of Supply Chain DisruptionsIDC’s Bob Parker and Simon Ellis share groundbreaking research on how ongoing supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 are impacting the pharmaceutical industry. They also offer expert tips on how to adopt a holistic view of the end-to-end supply chain, achieve greater agility, and boost supply chain resiliency.
Key TakeawaysGaining end-to-end supply chain visibility alone is not enough. You also need the ability to rapidly intervene and adapt to new conditions when supply chain disruptions are spotted.
Pharma supply chain companies should consider creating a decision environment that serves as a “process twin,” enabling them to quickly identify root causes...
2020-10-2419 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastSpecial Episode: McKinsey & Company on the Industry-Wide Effort to Make Patient-Driven Supply Chains a RealityPharma companies that want to make agile and patient-driven supply chains a reality need to look beyond their four walls and collaborate more closely with partners across the end-to-end supply chain, according to McKinsey & Company supply chain specialists Danny Kalmar and John Chartier. In this episode of our video podcast, Roddy Martin talks with Kalmar and Chartier about what it takes to make this transition while increasing supply chain resiliency and speeding up the “metabolic rate” of decision making.
Key TakeawaysOver 80% of pharma company executives believe COVID-19 is prompting a fundamental shift toward making patient-driven supply chains a reality—and on...
2020-09-0923 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastSpecial Episode: Roddy Martin on the 5 Stages of Supply Chain TransformationWhat are the 5 Stages of Supply Chain Transformation—and what challenges can you expect on the way? TraceLink’s Kate Hare joins The Agile Supply Chain Podcast to interview our host, Roddy Martin, about the groundbreaking work he did on this 5-stage maturity model when he was an analyst at AMR Research.
Key TakeawaysThe 5 Stages of Supply Chain Transformation is a model for supply chain maturity developed by Roddy Martin and AMR Research about ten years ago.
Most pharma companies remain at stage one—the reactive stage—in the journey to supply chain transformation.
The most difficult part of the j...
2020-09-0118 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 17: Bob Cantow on Why ERP is Necessary, But Not SufficientIn this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, McKinsey & Company Senior Expert Robert Cantow explains why optimizing patient outcomes requires much more than just an ERP system. He also explains why it’s important to develop a technology road map and what you can do to avoid the dangers of “pilot purgatory.”
Key TakeawaysThe pharma supply chain is getting more complex and, as a result, it now takes more than enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to deliver the supply chain capabilities patients require.
It’s important to build agility into your strategic thinking and to create a roadmap...
2020-08-2524 min
Bicara Supply Chain97. Why supply chain network operating models need new digital technology platformsGuest Name : Roddy Martin, Chief Digital Strategist at Tracelink Language : English, Publication date: Aug, 21. 2020
Roddy Martin is a Chief digital strategist at Tracelink where he brings more than 36 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, technology and digital transformation. Prior to this role, he has worked for several a leading global companies such as :Global SCM Cloud Product Marketing Oracle, SME SCM Transformation Projects ; Zinata Inc., (Retired) Partner / Managing Director Accenture SCM Strategy, SVP AMR Research / Gartner - Global SC Research, Best Practices and Benchmarking, Trusted SC Advisor to Leading Global Chief SC Officers, and other...
2020-08-2120 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 16: Dino Petrarolo on the Importance of Codifying the Business Improvement JourneyTraceLink’s Roddy Martin talks about the science of continuous and integrative improvement with Dino Petrarolo, Senior Vice President of global consulting firm Competitive Capabilities International.
Key TakeawaysMany companies standardize and digitalize core business processes, but you can also benefit from codifying the business improvement journey itself.
One road to continuous improvement begins with a focus on the errors made in business processes.
You shouldn’t wait until the end of a business process to catch errors—it’s important to detect and correct errors as business processes are running.
2020-08-1826 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 15: Radhika Subramanian on Supply Chain Agility and the Benefits of Thinking Across SilosHow can analytics and cross-silo thinking help you achieve agility and resiliency in your supply chain organization? In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Radhika Subramanian, Supply Chain Practice Leader at Slalom, a business and technology consulting firm, offers a step-by-step path to agility. She also explains why you don’t necessarily need to rip and replace your legacy systems to get there.
Key Takeaways
Many supply chain executives say end-to-end visibility is the number one requirement for a smart and responsive supply chain.
To become more agile, you first need to bring your organization’s division lead...
2020-08-1126 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastSpecial Episode: Accenture's Life Sciences Supply Chain Team on The Agile Supply Chain CredoTraceLink's Roddy Martin talks about The Agile Supply Chain Credo with Accenture's Life Sciences and Supply Chain Operations Team in this special episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast.
Key TakeawaysThe Agile Supply Chain Credo is a new approach to the life sciences supply chain that places a greater emphasis on people and their ability to achieve the ultimate objective: serving patients.
One of the key principles of The Agile Supply Chain Credo is a commitment to delivering safe products and medicines on time and in full to customers and patients.
Another key principle is a commitment to...
2020-08-0625 min
Beyond Marketing with Sponge006: Interview with Meaghan Amato of TracelinkIn this episode, we chat with Meaghan Amato, Director Of Marketing Operations at Tracelink. We discuss what steps marketing teams can take to move past random acts of marketing during a global pandemic. Tune in!
2020-08-0456 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 14: John Gattorna on Demand-Driven Segmentation in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chainupply chain thought leader Dr. John Gattorna discusses the fundamental principles of outside-in, demand-driven segmentation for the pharmaceutical supply chain in this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast.
Key TakeawaysA one-size-fits-all approach to supply chain fails to account for different buying behaviors and different expectations.
Four or five dominant behavioral segments normally account for 80% of a given market, which can help companies plan their outside-in strategy.
Demand-driven segmentation is fundamental to understanding the critical criteria you need to deliver medicine to patients on time, in full, especially for specialty products.
2020-08-0427 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 13: Stuart Whiting on How Supply Chain Logistics Can Be Your DifferentiatorStuart Whiting, Senior Vice President of Logistics and Planning at Schneider Electric, discusses how logistics can be a key differentiator in your agile supply chain in this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast.
Key TakeawaysProducts aren’t necessarily the differentiator in a competitive marketplace, but the manner in which you deliver that product can be.
Customer-driven logistics hinge on understanding the specific needs and behaviors of the customer, and a one-size-fits-all approach is no longer viable.
Data is the bloodstream of your supply chain, and the health of that data is fundamental to achieving agility, resilience, and re...
2020-08-0225 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 12: Omera Khan on the Upside and Downside of Supply Chain RiskProfessor Omera Khan underscores the vital importance of supply chain risk management and the sometimes surprising upside of risk, this week on The Agile Supply Chain Podcast with Roddy Martin.
Key TakeawaysSupply chain management needs to evolve to incorporate a risk management mindset.
Resilience in a post-pandemic landscape is about absorbing and being energized by disruptions.
Truly great supply chain companies don't just sense demand, they translate it.
2020-07-2128 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 11: Maeve Magner on the Unique Supply Chain Complexities of Emerging MarketsGlobal health expert Maeve Magner joins TraceLink’s Roddy Martin on The Agile Supply Chain Podcast to discuss how large-scale disruptions like COVID-19 can create complex challenges—and opportunities—for emerging markets across the world.
Key TakeawaysDespite a high burden of disease, limited supply, and a complex financial model, emerging markets are often early adopters of supply chain technology.
Lessons learned from Ebola have provided a framework for COVID-19 response in African markets, including restricting travel and contact-tracing capabilities, but challenges persist.
Emerging markets are making progress toward patient-centric models, but in many cases have different drivers than in indust...
2020-07-2028 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 10: Prashant Yadav on What Industrial Supply Chains Can Learn from Frontier MarketsRenowned supply chain scholar and policy advisor Prashant Yadav discusses fundamental lessons that industrialized supply chains can learn from frontier markets, in this week’s episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast with Roddy Martin.
Key TakeawaysTo achieve patient centricity, both industrialized and frontier markets must change their top-down models.
While logistics are often the focus, money and information flow are often the biggest challenges for frontier markets.
Industrialized markets can learn from entrepreneurs in frontier markets who are solving supply chain challenges with very strict resource constraints.
2020-07-1924 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 9: Mark Dorfmueller on the Importance of Operational ResilienceWith more than three decades of supply chain and digital transformation experience at Procter & Gamble and General Electric, Mark Dorfmueller talks with TraceLink’s Roddy Martin about the importance of operational resilience.
Key TakeawaysMany companies have yet to make the transition to real-time, responsive, agile systems.
Companies must identify core critical business capabilities, risks, and failure points.
Focus first on a good definition of the problem you want to solve and the business outcome you want to achieve.
2020-07-1524 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 8: Kerrie Hoffman on Evolving from Industrial to Digital Supply ChainsDigital supply chain expert and CEO Kerrie Hoffman joins Roddy Martin to discuss how the pharmaceutical industry is moving from an industrial age to a digital age—and how COVID‑19 has proven that you may be better prepared for this transformation than you think.
Key TakeawaysThe industrial revolution is over and the digital age of supply chain has arrived.
Making the switch from the industrial age to the digital age requires a complete re-engineering of supply chain processes.
Sensors and other IoT technologies can help you predict problems before they happen, and that results in financial savings.
2020-07-1426 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 7: Mike Wittman on Why You Can't Have Agility Without Reliability"You can't have agility without reliability." In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, supply chain leader Mike Wittman shares insights from nearly three decades at Johnson & Johnson.
Key TakeawaysTo achieve resilience, you first need a predictable foundation and a clear understanding of variables you cannot control.
To plan the future, you need to fully understand your current capabilities, and ensure that you can reliably deliver against that capability.
The age‑old axiom, "people, process, technology," is as relevant as ever when it comes to achieving agility and resilience.
2020-07-1128 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 6: Geoffrey Glass on Why the Linear Supply Chain Model is ObsoleteTraceLink's Roddy Martin talks to pharma supply chain leader Geoffrey Glass about redundancy, flexibility, and why the traditional linear supply chain is obsolete.
Key TakeawaysCOVID-19 has prompted a rethink of supply chain sourcing strategies.
To achieve supply chain agility, you must first achieve resilience.
The mental model of the supply chain is shifting to "patient-back," and that has major implications if you're striving for agility.
2020-07-0830 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 5: Pat McLagan on Why Supply Chains Are at a Tipping PointTraceLink’s Roddy Martin talks with supply chain transformation expert Pat McLagan on why supply chains are at a tipping point and why it’s past time for the mental models to change, in this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast.
Key TakeawaysOne important aspect of agility is the responding quickly to new signals in your environment. Another is having enough foresight to anticipate changes.
Systems, processes, and teams should be designed with agility in mind.
It’s time to revisit supply chain mental models and re-conceptualize the enterprise.
2020-07-0127 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 4: Steven Daugherty on Disruption as a Competitive AdvantageCan supply chain disruptions create a competitive advantage? In this episode of The Agile Supply Chain Podcast, Steven Daugherty of The Kraft Heinz Company shares lessons in supply chain transformation and agility from a 20+ year career across multiple industries.
Key TakeawaysIt’s important to make sure your supply chain planning strategy is tightly linked to the company’s larger competitive strategy within the industry.
By forging close ties with marketing and commercial teams, supply chain leaders can respond to innovations from competitors with greater speed and agility.
Avoid the mistake of viewing sales and operations planning (S&OP...
2020-06-3025 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 3: Peter Bigelow on the Critical Role of CDMOs in Supply Chain AgilityTraceLink's Roddy Martin interviews senior pharmaceutical supply chain executive Peter Bigelow, President of xCell Strategic Consulting, on the critical role CDMOs play in the pursuit of supply chain agility.
Key TakeawaysSupply chain has moved from a concept to a discipline, bringing more science and process to the industry.
Over the last three years, about 50% of new drugs have been launched through CDMOs, underscoring their importance to the industry.
For CDMOs, quality is the number one consideration, followed by innovation and investments.
2020-06-1326 minThe Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 2: Jake Barr on a Crawl, Walk, Run Approach to Supply Chain TransformationTraceLink’s Roddy Martin talks supply chain transformation with BlueWorld Supply Chain Consulting CEO Jake Barr, who spent more than three decades as Global Director of Supply Network Operations at consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble.
Key TakeawaysThe first step to transforming your end-to-end supply chain is understanding where the defects are today.
The next steps include embracing digital technologies, retraining staff, and implementing predictive analytics.
Today's supply chain leaders are tasked with reinventing business models every 2-3 years.
2020-05-2921 min
The Agile Supply Chain PodcastEpisode 1: Dave Aquino on Supply Chain Fragility and AgilityWelcome to The Agile Supply Chain Podcast! In our first episode, TraceLink's Digital Transformation Strategist, Roddy Martin, talks with veteran supply chain leader Dave Aquino about the impact the COVID-19 crisis will have on the future of the healthcare supply chain.
Key TakeawaysCOVID-19 revealed a lack of flexibility in the healthcare supply chain, but digital technologies are poised to help the industry increase agility.
Digital will help to “eliminate friction” between supply chain stakeholders so they can quickly and seamlessly create new partnerships and business processes.
2020-05-0421 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#35 - Demand Forecast Accuracy and Visibility with Roddy MartinIn this episode, Roddy Martin, Digital Strategy Leader at Tracelink, talks about the importance of Demand Forecast accuracy in helping organisations build a resilient Supply Chain. Roddy gives us essential tips for leaders in developing a path to gaining true visibility and delivering value to their clients. This is the only way to survive and thrive in a VUCA world.
2020-04-2736 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#29 - The New Integrative and Agile Supply Chain with Roddy MartinIs your Supply Chain agile enough to withstand the next disruption? In this episode, we speak with Roddy Martin, Chief Digital Strategist at TraceLink to discuss the path to creating an integrative and agile Supply Chain for the future. We talk about the role of the CSCO in a new post-COVID world and how these leaders are fundamental in building a resilient business.
2020-04-1932 min
Logistics Matters with DC VELOCITYInterview with new Fortna CEO Rob McKeel; high demand for cold storage; top Covid-19 storiesRobert McKeel, the new CEO of automation, engineering services, and software company Fortna, talks about how customers' priorities are shifting during the Covid-19 crisis, and which changes he thinks will stay around after the pandemic ends. Also: An update on demand for cold storage, which has been accelerated by the coronavirus.A roundup of logistics companies' efforts to help out during the crisis.Stories and resources mentioned in this episodeFortna website"Cool solutions for cold environments""Covid-19 to accelerate demand for cold storage""Covid-19 roundup for April 15: Kuehne + Nagel upgrades portal li...
2020-04-1716 min
Boston Speaks Up037: Volition Capital Managing Partner Sean CantwellGuest Sean Cantwell is a founding team member and Managing Partner with Boston-based Volition Capital, a technology-oriented growth equity and venture capital firm that raised $600 million in separate funds for new investments in 2019. While Volition invests in companies across America, Cantwell has distinguished himself as a growth equity professional dedicated to Boston’s startup community where he focuses on software, technology-enabled services and Internet investments. Cantwell and Volition have invested growth capital in a wide range of Boston-based companies including GRAX, TraceLink, JazzHR, and VisualIQ, among others. Prior to joining Volition Capital, Cantwell was an investor at Fidelity Ventures and wo...
2020-02-081h 06
Market Mentors5. Series 1 | Ep 5 - Richard Ashley - Senior Marketing Director, TracelinkJoin me as I interview Richard Ashley, Senior Marketing Director at Tracelink. As someone who was previously Senior Marketing Director, EMEA at Blackberry, during it's turnaround phase, Richard certainly knows his stuff. And he gets right to it, with his practical advice for anyone interviewing for a B2B marketing role now, and anyone who truly wants to stand out. Market Mentors is brought to you by Matt Dodgson, Co-Founder of Market Recruitment. Market Recruitment is a recruitment agency that connects B2B Tech & SaaS businesses with world class marketers to help them grow.If y...
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