S1E14: Are Automation and Digitalization the Future of Supply Chain?

10/13/22 • 31 min

Joined by UT supply chain professor and information systems expert Randy Bradley, co-hosts Ted Stank and Thomas Goldsby discuss filling supply chain gaps and creating efficiency with automation, liberating data with insights, and the benefits of digitalization and digitization. Ted and Tom also discuss consumer spending, demand shaping, product shortages, and FedEx's announcement that it would fall short of its income numbers for the quarter.
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CSCMP Edge Conference
- Meet Mike Burnette and learn about "Winning Supply Chain Leadership Best Practices" with Thomas Goldsby, Daniel Meyers, and Dave Hoyt
Germany EMBA-GSC RP
- Learn More about our Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain Residence Periods
Consumer Spending - WVLT Interview with Co-Host Thomas Goldsby
Listen the episode with a discussion about a potential recession and current inflation with UT Knoxville Professor Marianne Wanamaker
Ford blue oval logo shortage information
Details on the butter shortage
FedEx reports first quarter results and cost savings plan
Randy Bradley’s research on digitization and digitalization
GSCI Blockchain Research
Game Changing Trends in Supply Chain
Demand/Supply Integration Best Practices Research
Wearables in the Warehouse Article

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CSCMP Edge Conference
- Meet Mike Burnette and learn about "Winning Supply Chain Leadership Best Practices" with Thomas Goldsby, Daniel Meyers, and Dave Hoyt
Germany EMBA-GSC RP
- Learn More about our Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain Residence Periods
Consumer Spending - WVLT Interview with Co-Host Thomas Goldsby
Listen the episode with a discussion about a potential recession and current inflation with UT Knoxville Professor Marianne Wanamaker
Ford blue oval logo shortage information
Details on the butter shortage
FedEx reports first quarter results and cost savings plan
Randy Bradley’s research on digitization and digitalization
GSCI Blockchain Research
Game Changing Trends in Supply Chain
Demand/Supply Integration Best Practices Research
Wearables in the Warehouse Article

Text the Tennessee on Supply Chain Management team!

Previous Episode

S1E13: Delivering Hope for the Supply Chain Marathon with Pfizer VP Michael Ku

Join co-hosts Tom Goldsby and Ted Stank for a supply chain discussion about consumer spending and sentiment, the West Coast labor situation, and a holiday supply chain forecast.
They’re joined on this episode by Pfizer Vice President of Global Clinical Supply Dr. Michael Ku, who explains the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and the mindsets that carried his team to the finish line.
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Contextual Intelligence: the ability to understand the limits of our knowledge and to adapt that knowledge to an environment different from the one in which it was developed.
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FDA coronavirus announcement (Aug 31, 2022)

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Next Episode

S1E15: How to Build a More Sustainable Supply Chain with Philips' Jeff DiLullo

Join co-hosts Tom Goldsby and Ted Stank as they chat with Jeff DiLullo, head of services and solutions delivery and field operations for Philips North America, about how to build a resilient, agile supply chain. Jeff, who graduated with an MBA in marketing, logistics, and supply chain from UT in 2001, shares sustainability efforts underway at Philips, from reducing the carbon footprint of its healthcare supply chain to creating value through science-based targets for suppliers in order to create a circular economy.
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