Supply Chain Webinars

Avoiding a Supply Chain Collision: Lessons from the USS John S. McCain

October 12, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

On August 21st, 2017 USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker off the coast of Singapore. Ten US Navy soldiers lost their lives. Dr. Ralph Soule, retired US Navy, will present on what we could learn from this accident and avoid such disasters in the future.

Planning your next cup of coffee: The Starbucks way

September 14, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Brian Nagy is an Senior Demand Planning Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company. His professional passion is to solve business problems through creative analysis, collective decisional governance and thought leadership. His intent is to apply his Demand Planning expertise and business acumen to influence game-changing, organization-wide, strategic decisions. His professional principles are to foster collaborate engagement and cross-functional interaction, eliminating siloes and promoting transparent, cohesive communication. Brian’s 14+ years of Demand/S&OP experience in CPG, Retail, Ecom and BTG Planning at Starbucks Coffee, Hershey’s, Cargill and Chewy.com, have allowed him to be able to leverage deeply-rooted knowledge in Lean principles, finance, product mix, margin attainment, global supply chain cost avoidance. He currently lives in Sarasota, FL and loves Demand Planning. It allows him to build strong teams and helps the business transform through the planning and IBP process.

Better Forecasting with Machine Learning: Deep Learning from Amazon

August 10, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Demand forecasting has been a laborious chore, needing substantial resources in terms of data scientists, software, etc. This led many businesses to evolve simplistic forecasting models. In this webinar the speaker demonstrates a new breed of tool that leverages the best known technology and at the same time makes it easy for businesses with limited data science expertise to operate.

Vision Driven Logistics Organization

May 11, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

For most logistics organizations, firefighting forms the most important part of their operations. Allyn International is different. The medium-sized 3PL with a global reach has crafted an approach that focuses on strategic actions towards a long-term goal. Allen Trevett, the founder and CEO or Allyn International explains.

Can we bring back manufacturing from China?

April 13, 2022 / Wednesday Webinar / Tag: Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Greg Collins is an Industrial Sinologist with expertise in global supply chain strategy, operations, and supply chain finance. He has over 20 years of experience in China and Asia, with senior leadership roles at Microsoft, Flex, and Gerber Scientific. Since 2006, Collins is founder and Chief Supply Chain Officer of The Lakeline Group, a Hong Kong and Shanghai-based private equity investment and consulting firm. He has worked with boards, management teams, and supply chains in over 30 countries. He currently teaches Supply Chain Strategy and Operations in the undergraduate and MBA programs at WP Carey School of Business and Executive Education programs at Thunderbird School of Global Management.