Logistics Executive Group

Episode 30 – Focusing Less on the Job Title and More on Opportunities for Growth

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host Kim Winter is joined by Pauline Kirk, Principal Global Supply Chain Network Strategy at BHP in Singapore.

 

Together they discuss the types of both core and industry skills needed to make strides in your career, ensuring responsibility and action with diversity, inclusion and equality in organisations and the rise of female role models in the industry.

 

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Connect with Pauline on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-kirk-9174a6b/

Episode 29 – Consulting 4.0: Preparing the Future of Consulting for Supply Chain Leaders

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter dives into the drivers of consulting in the supply chain world.

 

Joined by Frederic Gomer, Managing Partner at B2G, a supply chain consulting firm, they discuss how B2G came to life, global trends in the areas B2G operates, and preparing business leaders for the future of consulting.

Episode 28 – Business Insights Vodcast Series Preparing Young People for a Career in Supply Chain - the South African Way

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Mr. Kim Winter explores how we can make Supply Chain Management more attractive to young people.  I.e. how do we get kids to want to get into supply chain management.

 

Joined by Jenny Froome, the COO of SAPICS, South Africa’s leading source of knowledge and expertise in Operations and Supply Chain Management, including production, inventory, materials management, purchasing, distribution and logistics, they discuss how we can elevate supply chain management as a profession in businesses and the value of belonging to a professional association.

Episode 27 – Business Insights: Corporate Governance for Value Creation in the Supply Chain

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter dives into the general theme of corporate governance with a special focus on the supply chain.

 

Joined by Fahim Al Qasimi, a partner at AQ&P, a UAE based corporate and investment advisory firm, they discuss the principles of value creation through good governance in the SME space and the importance of utilising the UAE as a hub in the region.

Episode 26 – Business Insights: Every Moment is a Chance to Make a Good Decision

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter dives into supply chain strategy and planning and using the supply chain to influence the rest of the business.

 

Joined by Patrick Van Hull, an industry thought leader within the Kinaxis Strategy Office with previous roles in inventory management at CVS Health, supply demand management at Apple, and inventory and production planning at both Rio Tinto and Dell, they discuss cultivating and managing existing talent in the supply chain, the future of the supply chain and using failures to create learning opportunities.

Episode 25 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: How Supply Chains Might Move and Find Additional Competitiveness for the Future

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Mr. Kim Winter explores how supply chains might move and find additional competitiveness for the future and some key impacts of the pandemic on trade.

 

Joined by Dr. Deborah Elms, the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre (ATC), the premier regional thought leader, advocate and educator for trade in Asia, they discuss building more resilient supply chains, helping companies survive disruption and leveraging trade agreements for future competitiveness.

Episode 24 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: Trends in the Australian eCommerce Market with Couriers Please

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Mr. Kim Winter explores the effect of Covid-19 on last mile carriers in Australia and changes in the Australian eCommerce space due to the pandemic.

 

Joined by Mark McGinley, CEO at Couriers Please, Australia’s leading franchised parcel delivery service, they discuss how the company coped with the massive spike in volumes, ensuring the safety of their franchisees, staff and customers, and new trends in the Australian eCommerce Market.

Episode 23 – Business Insights: Acknowledging Supply Chain Reality, but Refusing to be Bound By It

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter dives into various disruptive investments and advisory initiatives in the supply chain.

 

Joined by Greg White a serial-founder, CEO, board director and advisor in B2B technology with multiple successful exits and Principal & Host at Supply Chain Now a global digital content & thought-leadership community that focuses on the end-to-end Supply Chain industry, they discuss supply chain technology trends and the big hurdles for the year ahead.

Episode 22 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: The Australian Cold Chain vs COVID; Essential Services Supported by the RWTA

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter explores the resilience of the Australian Cold Chain.

 

Joined by Marianne Kintzel, Executive Director for The Refrigerated Warehouse & Transport Association of Australia Ltd. (RWTA), they discuss how Covid-19 impacted Australian Cold Chain and the RWTA’s role in supporting in the industry. Keep listening for some early info on the next conference!

Episode 21 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: Shifting Our Training and Education Systems for the Supply Chain of the Future

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, Business Intelligence Specialist, Aindrea Sewell explores how education and training systems can be designed to more effectively develop the skills that the supply chain and logistics sector needs now and in the future.

 

Joined by Industry Professor and Director at the Centre for Supply Chain & Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University, Dr Hermione Parsons, they talk about how the industry has been changing for women, and how we can succeed in creating and supporting the development of a sustainable and diverse pipeline of talent.

 

Connect with Dr Hermione Parsons here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hermioneparsons/

Episode 20 – Business Insights Vodcast Series Industry Insights from the Legend Behind Supply Chain Now

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter explores our industry from the perspective of the man that speaks to everyone every day. They talk about the lessons learnt from these daily conversations, the vision and passion for sharing more about our industry to a wider audience and the fact that food shortage and starvation is really a logistics problem.

 

Joined by Scott Luton, the founder & CEO of Supply Chain Now, a global digital content & thought-leadership community that focuses on the end-to-end Supply Chain industry, they discuss how Supply Chain Now got started, current trends in our industry and tackling the awareness gap that our industry faces when it comes to attracting new talent.

Episode 19 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: Leveraging A.I in the Freight and Logistics Industry

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter explores having an A.I. strategy, leveraging technology to build a resilient business, identifying and addressing hidden inefficiencies by automating redundant tasks and gaining insights from the data to refine your operating model. 

 

Joined by Abhinav Chaudhary, the Co-Founder & CEO of Fero A.I, a B2B SaaS global play in the freight & logistics space, they discuss the level of penetration of technology in the freight and logistics sector to date, and what trends, challenges and barriers impact the development and adoption of A.I. in the industry.

Episode 18 – Business Insights Vodcast Series: Navigating the COVID Waves in the Shipping Industry

In this week’s Business Insights Series Vodcast, our host, Kim Winter explores the impact of the crisis on the shipping industry, both globally and in Asia, and how customers are adapting to these changes.        

 

Joined by David Ames, the Managing Director of ZIM Thailand, they discuss ways of developing strong relationships with customers, readiness for a paperless industry, and how the market for talent in the shipping industry is developing.

Episode 17 – Covid-19 Vodcast Series: The Impact of the COVID Boom on Logistics Networks

In this week’s Covid-19 Series Vodcast, our host, Mr. Kim Winter explores impact of the COVID boom on logistics networks and how our logistics technology has helped drive growth and maintain reliability in uncertainty  

 

Joined by Rob Hango-Zada, the Co-Founder & Joint CEO of APAC's fast-growing shipping platform, Shippit, they discuss what happened in the peak of the crisis, what is happening now, how omnichannel retailers have been responding during the crisis, and some predictions around last mile and the future of logistics in the new normal.

Episode 16 – Business Insights Series: Using Data and Technology to Change the State of Play of eCommerce in Australia

In this week’s Business Insights Vodcast Series, our host, Mr. Kim Winter explores the impact of robotic technology on the retail eCommerce explosion in Australia’s supply chain.

 

Joined by Leigh Williams, the Founder & Managing Director of eStore Logistics, Australia’s largest warehousing and order fulfilment provider specialised in servicing eCommerce and omni-channel retailers, they discuss using technology to build the business to what it is today and just how big a role data plays in the operations.