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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

October 30, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Paul Bradley of TraceGains to talk about the power of Data in the food manufacturing sector, especially as it relates to communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with partners up and down the value chain to reduce risk, improve compliance, keep people safe, improve the customer experience, control cost, and optimize performance. There is a great groundswell of enthusiasm for emerging tools and technologies, of course, but we are also now seeing real-world applications where gathering, sharing, and acting on the right data at the right time is making an enormous impact, and more and better is on the way. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Perpetual Adaptation: ​Being Prepared for the Unexpected
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Perpetual Adaptation: ​Being Prepared for the Unexpected

October 4, 2024

Mahir is a Master in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and currently is a Vice President at PepsiCo leading Global FSQA (Food Safety and Quality Assurance) Organization based in New York.

Mahir has four years of work experience in Unilever, India and then 28+ years of experience with PepsiCo. He has worked in Supply chain operations, EHS (Environment , Health and Safety) , R&D, Digitization and most of all in Food Safety and Quality Assurance across three continents – India, Dubai and USA. He is currently responsible for formulating and implementing strategic plans for all Food Safety and Quality initiatives across the entire product portfolio ( Snacks, beverages, Dairy, Bread and meat snacks in over 1300 company-owned and third-party manufacturing sites around the globe.

With deep-rooted knowledge across product categories and differing regulatory and cultural environments, he plays a pivotal role in establishing rigorous standards and systems. He has shared countless lessons learned during his career. His innovative approaches ensure that PepsiCo consistently delivers products that not only meet stringent safety guidelines but also resonate with consumer expectations and satisfaction. Under Mahir’s guidance, the company’s commitment to food safety, quality assurance, compliance, and consumer trust remains unparalleled.

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Quality is Not Just a Cost Center: Proving the Value of Quality and Safety Initiatives with Data
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Quality is Not Just a Cost Center: Proving the Value of Quality and Safety Initiatives with Data

October 4, 2024

Quality and Safety teams often struggle to secure budget priority despite their essential roles. Learn how to shift that narrative with actionable strategies and data-driven insights
This session will explore how building a strong, data-driven continuous improvement program can not only reduce risk and improve safety but can also help teams paint a clearer picture of the value they create for their brand
Gain insights on how to put continuous improvement data to work for your organization

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Risk Management and Governance Approaches in a Rapidly Changing World
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Risk Management and Governance Approaches in a Rapidly Changing World

October 6, 2023

Alan is Global VP of Quality and Food Safety for Mars Wrigley, based in Chicago. Through his career to date, he has worked in Manufacturing, Procurement and across R&D and leading all aspects of quality and food safety internally and through supply and distribution chains across the world. Alan is originally from the UK, having relocated to the US almost 9 years ago.

Fortunate to work with many global food manufacturers, along with many smaller organizations and startups, Alan has spent the last few years embedding foundational shifts in quality and food safety to drive supply chain resilience and championing the use of new technologies to drive value. Strongly focused on modernizing the quality approach to support the business growth ambition, Alan is leading a step change in efficiency in the work of quality and food safety. While strongly believing that food safety is precompetitive, Alan is a believer in the competitive advantage of bringing robust quality programs and culture to life with efficiency.

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Real-Time Visibility for FSQ Professionals — A Conversation with Julie McGill of Trustwell
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Real-Time Visibility for FSQ Professionals — A Conversation with Julie McGill of Trustwell

April 18, 2024

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Julie McGill of Trustwell to talk about one of the most exciting tools available to Food Safety and Food Quality professionals: Real-Time Visibility tools that can connect people directly and precisely to produce, products, and goods at any point in the journey from origin point to point of sale to the final customer. Things that would have seemed like science fiction even ten years ago are now everyday tools, and the best is still yet to come. This is creating a revolution in Risk Management, Waste Reduction, Recall Planning, QA/QC, and also connects the FSQ team to other facets of the business to share data and incorporate them into decision-making processes that did not use to include them. Being able to move from reactive to proactive without increasing headcount sounds too good to be true, but it is happening right now thanks to real-time visibility. Give this episode a listen to learn more!

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Mastering Disruption: How One of the World’s Largest Healthcare Companies is Navigating Market Challenges to Ensure Patients Receive the Products They Need
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Mastering Disruption: How One of the World’s Largest Healthcare Companies is Navigating Market Challenges to Ensure Patients Receive the Products They Need

September 21, 2023

Kathryn E. Wengel (Kathy) is Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations & Risk Officer for Johnson & Johnson, and a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. She has significant healthcare, operations and global business expertise – with more than three decades of experience in leadership positions at Johnson & Johnson.

In her current role, Kathy is responsible for the continued strengthening of the Company’s core technical operations and risk management capabilities. She leads key technical operations functions, including: Procurement, Engineering & Property Services, Sustainability and cross-sector Supply Chain teams focused on standards, services, strategic programs and data science, as well as critical risk functions, including: Quality & Compliance, Health Care Compliance, Environmental Health & Safety, Global Security and Global Brand Protection. A strong developer of globally diverse teams, Kathy also plays an important role with external stakeholders to advance critical risk management, resilience and technical operations priorities on behalf of Johnson & Johnson and the healthcare industry.

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Building a Risk Averse Supply Chain – A Hub and Spoke Guide to Digital Transformation
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Building a Risk Averse Supply Chain – A Hub and Spoke Guide to Digital Transformation

September 22, 2023

Michael Conley is a seasoned Supply Chain professional with over three decades of experience in industry and management consulting. His career spans industries from Food & Beverage, Retail, and Consumer Goods to Electronics, Chemicals, and Industrial Manufacturing, plus extensive work in Corporate ESG within the technology sector. Michael has robust, end-to-end expertise across the Supply Chain, including Forecasting & Demand Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Inventory Management, Manufacturing & Operations, Logistics, and Procurement. Recognized for leading enterprise-wide transformations that deliver maximum operational and financial performance, Michael consistently drives disparate functional groups into cohesive, connected planning teams.

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Risk is Inevitable–Disruption is Optional: Building a Resilient and Agile Supply Chain
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Risk is Inevitable–Disruption is Optional: Building a Resilient and Agile Supply Chain

July 5, 2023

Reginaldo has a rich history at Unilever spanning over 30 years with extensive supply chain experience in both developed and emerging markets.

After graduating from Universidade de Sao Paulo as an electrical engineer, Reginaldo started his journey at Unilever Brazil as a trainee in 1991. Just two years later, he was responsible for building a new factory and the production of a new category – powder detergents.

Since then, through leadership positions across Unilever’s supply chain in North America, Latin America and Central America, Reginaldo has been at the forefront of transforming our supply chains, ensuring they are future-fit.

In his most recent role, Reginaldo served as Executive Vice President of Unilever Mexico, Central America and Greater Caribbean overseeing 11 countries, 12 product categories and high levels of growth despite the pandemic. Before this he oversaw our supply chain in North America and Latin America, generating double digit growth in the profitability of one of our largest regions.

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Authentic Leadership and Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities
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Authentic Leadership and Rising to the Challenge of New Supply Chain Business Realities

July 5, 2023

Ivanka Janssen is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Philips. Ivanka is one of the most prominent supply chain executives in our network. She has had a long career across different facets of the supply chain in several companies across the fast-moving consumer goods industries and for the last three years, she has been leading the supply chain function for Philips.

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Strategies to Embrace, Reimagine, and Optimize the Supply Chain of the Future
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Strategies to Embrace, Reimagine, and Optimize the Supply Chain of the Future

July 5, 2023

Vineet has 37 years of global experience in the CPG industry in several functions and countries. He recently retired from Nestlé as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain. In this role he managed global responsibility for strategy, operational performance, and transformation projects for E2E supply chain including demand & supply planning, physical logistics, customer service, materials management, digital supply chain, etc.

During his distinguished career, Vineet has held senior leadership roles in Management Teams for 25 years and has had extensive multi-functional experience in a variety of roles ranging from strategy formulation to global transformation projects in business as well as technology. An Indian national, he completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1986 before embarking on his career.

Vineet sits on the board of Nestlé Enterprises SA, but his contributions extend beyond Nestlé. Vineet is passionate about development and poverty redressal, human rights, sustainability and reducing inequalities. Vineet’s leadership as the co-chair of the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) of the Consumer Goods Forum and his work as a key member of The Future Insights Network’s Coalition demonstrate his passion for driving sustainability, re-defining the role of business in the society, and developing supply chain profession to its full potential.

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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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Navigating Market Volatility and Uncertainty with Predictive Planning
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Navigating Market Volatility and Uncertainty with Predictive Planning

November 7, 2022

The world is changing faster and with more volatility than ever before. On top of the pandemic, business leaders must now be prepared to navigate inflationary uncertainty, recessionary pressures, rising geopolitical tensions, and more. With millions of dollars at stake, businesses must adapt their forecasting methods to incorporate these external factors, or risk being blindsided by changing market conditions. Find your path forward amidst the volatility with the combination of global macroeconomic data, market-validated forecasts, and “what-if” scenarios. In this session, you will learn how to: Quantify the impact of these economic factors, and more, on your future performance Identify…

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Maximizing Financial Resilience in the Face of a Downturn
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Maximizing Financial Resilience in the Face of a Downturn

November 7, 2022

Outlining what steps teams need to take before a financial crisis hits, to shore up defenses and minimize its impact on their organization Explaining which technology investments will deliver the greatest impact in an uncertain economy Delivering insight into why finance leaders should embrace artificial intelligence and machine learning to support their teams’ decision making Explaining the mindset required to advocate for change in a challenging environment — Adriana Carpenter Chief Financial Officer Emburse As CFO of Emburse, Adriana is responsible for financial strategy, accounting, treasury, payroll, and financial reporting, planning and analysis. Adriana has 30 years of finance and…

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Supplier Risk Management and Building Quality Culture within New Integrations
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Supplier Risk Management and Building Quality Culture within New Integrations

October 5, 2022

How do you establish, nurture, and grow a culture of Quality in the midst of organizational disruption and transformation? Understanding that while change starts at the top, it needs to be built from the ground up Discussing how suppliers fit into the larger conversation of both risk management and Quality Culture during M&A activity — Carolyn Nguyen VP Global Quality & Compliance Programs Mondelēz International Carolyn is currently the Vice President of Global Quality and Compliance Programs for Mondelēz International, with responsibility for driving consistency in Consumer driven Quality across all of Mondelēz ’s Internal & external manufacturing sites and supply…

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