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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies
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Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain, Process Optimization, Automation, and Workforce Issues — A Conversation with Dheeraj Prasad of Zebra Technologies

February 27, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Dheeraj Prasad to talk about how AI is helping supply chain organizations reduce waste, improve processes, enhance sustainability, and empower workers. From end to end of the value chain, AI-enabled automation is transforming how companies use data and allow their teams to be more productive without increasing headcount by using the right data to create an accurate demand forecast, which improves S&OP, and inventory management, and on and on step-by-step. Throughout the organization, people are freed from mundane repetitive tasks and data analysis to focus on the issues that matter most, which both boosts productivity and job satisfaction. What does training and coaching a workforce to engage with these tools effectively look like? How should supply chain organizations build trust for AI systems that are directing and prioritizing work? Listen to this episode for more!

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Supply Chain Process Improvement — A Conversation with Steven LaBruzzy of Celonis
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Supply Chain Process Improvement — A Conversation with Steven LaBruzzy of Celonis

April 2, 2024

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Steven LaBruzzy, a Value Engineering VP and Supply Chain Expert at Celonis, to talk about how an evolving business landscape offers opportunities for supply chain professionals to rethink and reevaluate their systems and processes, tactics and toolkits. As businesses move from reactive responses to unprecedented disruptions into proactive planning for a less stable working environment with a more diverse range of challenges, what should they be thinking and doing differently? What should they be learning about, and who should they be partnering with? For all this and more, give this episode a listen.

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Marvin Cooke of Toyota Europe — An In-Depth Conversation on Toyota’s Transformation, Carbon Neutrality, Workforce Trends, and Leadership
PODCAST, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE

Marvin Cooke of Toyota Europe — An In-Depth Conversation on Toyota’s Transformation, Carbon Neutrality, Workforce Trends, and Leadership

June 12, 2023

Marvin Cooke is the EVP – Manufacturing for Toyota Motor Europe.

Based in Brussels, Marvin oversees all of Toyota’s European Manufacturing Companies, Production Engineering, Logistics, the Toyota Production System and the Production Control functions.

Marvin joined Toyota Manufacturing in the UK as a Manufacturing Engineer in 1991 and has held numerous management posts of increasing seniority throughout Europe. Today Mavin is leading Toyota’s European Manufacturing team along the journey from being an Automobile Company to becoming a Mobility Company.

He will also be a member of the speaker faculty of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit next week in Barcelona speaking about, “A Lean Approach to Carbon Neutrality,” but first we get to ask him a few questions on the bluEPrint.

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Building Competitive Advantage and Resiliency with Connected and Autonomous Supply Chains — A Conversation with Puneet Shukla of EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company
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Building Competitive Advantage and Resiliency with Connected and Autonomous Supply Chains — A Conversation with Puneet Shukla of EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company

July 21, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we spoke with Puneet Shukla, the Regional Head of EMEA for EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company, about how companies are leveraging technology to build both resiliency and competitive advantage into their supply chains through interconnected autonomous operations. How should organizations adjust their Digital Transformation journeys to reshape their existing operations? How do these new tools and capabilities shape the day-to-day working lives of workers? What should decision-makers keep in mind as they weigh their options? All this and more is discussed in this interview. Give it a listen!

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Bruno Ivanoff of Comet Group — Supply Chain Sustainability – Data Collection & Renewable Energy Sourcing
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Bruno Ivanoff of Comet Group — Supply Chain Sustainability – Data Collection & Renewable Energy Sourcing

August 8, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with Bruno Ivanoff, the Global Strategic Supply Chain Director of Comet Group, to talk about a themed lunch discussion he hosted with ten other senior supply chain executives revolving around the data collection and renewable energy sourcing in support of their companies’ Sustainability goals. Aligning and dovetailing beautifully with some of the content explored recently in our recent North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series, this conversation offers an interesting additional insights into which challenges and opportunities in this space are universal, and how European companies is in many ways are further ahead and even more ambitious than some of their North American counterparts. Give it a listen!

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Supply Chain Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity — A Conversation with René Buck of BCI Global
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Supply Chain Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity — A Conversation with René Buck of BCI Global

September 12, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with René Buck, the CEO of BCI Global, to talk about how supply chain organizations are adapting themselves to the new era of frequent disruption in the changed and still-evolving post-pandemic business landscape. Using VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) as a reference point, René offers some great insights into how supply chain leaders should be thinking and acting differently to build better and more resilient networks that serve customers better. It is a wide-ranging conversation with a lot of great content and takeaways. Give this one a listen!

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Generative AI and the Supply Chain of the Future — A Conversation with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson
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Generative AI and the Supply Chain of the Future — A Conversation with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson

November 3, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to speak about Generative AI, one of the most powerful new tools supply chain leaders are bringing online. Chris had given a presentation earlier at the event entitled, “New Role of Generative AI in Achieving Supply Chain Orchestration: Featuring Microsoft’s Next Generation Journey” that used real-world examples from an early-adapting industry leader to demonstrate what is possible. In this interview we discuss some of the key takeaways from that workshop, and a general overview of what senior executives should be thinking about and learning about as they work to build this new technology into their existing supply chain organization. Give this one a listen!

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How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever — A Conversation with Gregory S. Smith
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How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever — A Conversation with Gregory S. Smith

June 20, 2022

Gregory S. Smith is the CIO of the American Kidney Fund, a professor at Georgetown University, and the author of five books, the most recent of which is The New Normal in IT: How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever. In this interview we talk about his new book and his thoughts on the pandemic and post-pandemic business landscape. Did COVID-19 accelerate trends that were already in the process of becoming the new normal, or was a worldwide disruption of this magnitude necessary to transform our working lives? How has technology allowed us to weather this crisis, and what have we learned from the experience that will inform our future business decisions? Is hybrid and remote work here to stay? How does that inform the ongoing conversations about attracting and retaining top talent?

We also speak about Executive Platforms’ upcoming new series, the North American Technology Executive Summit, and some of the big ideas and key themes that will be included in its agenda. What should CIOs and CTOs be working on right now to position their organizations best for a future whose ‘New Normal’ is still being defined?

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The Post-Pandemic FDA, Cell & Gene Therapy Updates, and Other Industry News — A Conversation with Teresa Gorecki of Compliance Architects LLC
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The Post-Pandemic FDA, Cell & Gene Therapy Updates, and Other Industry News — A Conversation with Teresa Gorecki of Compliance Architects LLC

June 6, 2023

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit held May 15-16, 2023, in Boston, we spoke with Teresa Gorecki of Compliance Architects LLC about what pharmaceutical manufacturers should expect from regulators as the pandemic winds down, where we are and where we’re going as the pipeline of Cell & Gene Therapies marches towards commercialization, and a wide range of other industry issues, challenges, and opportunities. This is a great conversation that speaks to a lot of key points of interest for pharmaceutical manufacturers of all shapes and sizes. Give it a listen!

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Michael Kamarck & Pascal Bécotte — Global Talent Trends in Pharma and Biotech Technical Operations: A Perfect Storm
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Michael Kamarck & Pascal Bécotte — Global Talent Trends in Pharma and Biotech Technical Operations: A Perfect Storm

June 20, 2023

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit held May 15-16, 2023, in Boston, we spoke with Michael Kamarck, a senior industry executive, and Pascal Bécotte, the Managing Director of Russell Reynolds Associates, about the most serious challenge threatening to bottleneck the otherwise very bright future of medicine. For a number of reasons explored in both this interview and in this recent blog post, there are not enough qualified people to fill all the top jobs that need to be done, and this is not something that is going to be fixed in a day or even a few years without the industry working together in a decisive and unprecedented way to collectively develop its rising Top Talent in the technical operations space into the senior leaders that Small Molecule, Large Molecule, and especially the emerging Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products sectors cannot do without.

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Cell and Gene Therapy Issues and Trends — A Conversation with Judith Koliwer, PhD, of Körber Pharma Software
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Cell and Gene Therapy Issues and Trends — A Conversation with Judith Koliwer, PhD, of Körber Pharma Software

July 31, 2023

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit held May 15-16, 2023, in Boston, we spoke with Judith Koliwer, PhD, the Principal Consultant Cell & Gene Therapy Software, Körber Business Area Pharma at Körber Pharma Software. Judith is one of the industry’s leading experts on Cell and Gene Therapies, as she led an academic research group on CGT processes years before these new therapies were approaching commercial manufacturing. At PMWS23 she gave a presentation entitled, “The Iterative Approach to a Digital Cell and Gene Therapy Process – an Overview & Best Practice.” In this interview we discuss what she shared with the audience, as well as her thoughts on current issues and trends pharmaceutical manufacturers need to be aware of as they forge a path into the new frontier of medicine. Give this one a listen!

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Packaging and Supply Chain for the Pharmaceutical Industry — A Conversation with Hunter Malick of Sharp Packaging Services
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Packaging and Supply Chain for the Pharmaceutical Industry — A Conversation with Hunter Malick of Sharp Packaging Services

September 5, 2023

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Hunter Malick of Sharp Packaging Services to talk about how pharmaceutical manufacturers are working internally and externally to improve their capabilities and capacity when it comes to packaging, especially as it relates to changes and updates that could potentially bottleneck the industry’s supply chain. In a business landscape where the rate of innovation keeps accelerating, the product pipeline coming to market is full, and regulatory requirements are frequently adjusted in relation to packaging and labeling, it has never been more important to understand the options available to scale up packaging production and make quick adjustments as needed to make sure the flow of products to patients is not interrupted. Give this one a listen!

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AI & the Pharmaceutical Industry (Many Companies Are Closer Than They Think!) — A Conversation with Andy Alasso of Aizon
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AI & the Pharmaceutical Industry (Many Companies Are Closer Than They Think!) — A Conversation with Andy Alasso of Aizon

September 25, 2023

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Andy Alasso, Aizon’s Chief Product and Customer Successor Officer, to talk about what Artificial Intelligence is going to do for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers now, in the near-future, and in the years to come. It may surprise many business leaders to learn they are closer to being ready to incorporate AI tools into their existing toolbox than they think. The very nature of pharmaceutical manufacturing, which is data-centric by nature, lends itself well to AI. What should industry leaders be thinking about and learning about when it comes to these powerful new tools? Give this episode a listen to find out!

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