Emerging with Supply Chain Strength Webinar Series - ASCM Inland Empire Chapter : ASCM Inland Empire Chapter

This webinar series, “Emerging with Supply Chain Strength”, discusses the economy, the Inland Southern CA and the state of manufacturing and supply chain.

These webinars are free for our members, panelists, sponsors and business partners.

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Recorded February 19, 2021

Emerging with Supply Chain Strength Webinar
Paul Granillo: The Economy, Inland Southern CA & the State of Logistics & Manufacturing

We are excited to kick off a webinar series “Emerging with Supply Chain Strength” to discuss the economy, the Inland Southern CA and the state of manufacturing and supply chain.

COVID has created vast disruption and opportunity throughout the region. Although manufacturing and supply chain were considered essential and fared better than many industries, there were many impacts with customers, suppliers, new rules and regulations with how to manage the workforce and many more changing conditions to address. E-commerce went through the roof, significantly impacting the IE and supply chain, both positively and negatively. Tune in to hear the economists talk about what’s coming, the impact on the IE, what’s happening in the region and the future of manufacturing and logistics.

About the Speaker:

Paul Granillo has served as President and CEO of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership since 2010. During that time IEEP has become one of the most recognized statewide organizations focused on galvanizing cross sector leadership in order to build a stronger regional economy through a triple bottom line framework.

IEEP has a strong policy focus and works in Washington D.C., Sacramento and locally to insure the San Bernardino and Riverside Counties issues are well represented. Paul has also put a special focus on leadership training for the regions public and private sector next generation.

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Recorded March 8, 2021

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John Tulac: What’s Going on in China & Mexico

As part of our Emerging with Supply Chain Strength webinar series, we are addressing a key topic for the supply chain – what’s going on in China and Mexico. John Tulac, an international business attorney and expert in China and Mexico will be talking about what is going on internationally and specifically with China and Mexico. He’ll talk about the current trade situation, which countries to avoid or pursue for supply, what he expects in the next few years related to global trade and how its impacting the supply chain.

About the Speaker:

John W. Tulac is an international and general business and corporate attorney in private practice since 1977. He is recognized in the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys as an expert in the field of international business law and is annually listed as a leading lawyer in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire.

Mr. Tulac is active in all areas of international law, including the importing and exporting of goods, agency and distribution agreements, licensing, joint ventures and infrastructure projects. He is extensively involved in oil & gas, electric power generation, sustainable agriculture, and all aspects of business with China. He trains Chinese judges and regulators semi-annually on topics relating to international law and U.S. law. He is also regularly active in Mexico. Mr. Tulac is also an adjunct professor emeritus (retired) of international business law at Cal Poly Pomona.

Recorded March 18, 2021

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Creating Resiliency in 2021: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

Resiliency has emerged as a cornerstone to emerging successfully from the pandemic and essential to post-COVID success.

As executives re-evaluate supply chain collaborations and partnerships, they will be thinking about supply chain strategy and partnerships. We have assembled expert manufacturing and supply chain thought leaders from around the globe to discuss and debate these topics.

With our 140 years of consulting experience supplementing over 190 years of management experience in Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Technology, Sustainability, and more, our global thought leaders will explore whether the processes of reshoring and nearshoring could add value to your business and enhance your customer experience, create further disruption, and cost, or result in other challenges and opportunities and which supply chain relationships will be key in this ongoing reconfiguration.

About the Speakers

The panel includes expert supply chain thought leaders of The Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC). Together, we represent over 140 years of consulting experience supplementing over 150 years of management experience in Supply Chain, Operations, IT, Logistics, Sustainability, and other areas. This international group includes: Lisa Anderson (California, USA), Evan Bulmer ( South Australia, AU), Patrick Daly (Dublin, Ireland), Diane Garcia (Oregon, USA), Dave Gardner (California, USA), Art Koch (Florida, USA), David Ogilvie (Queensland, AU), Antonio Zrili? (Zagreb, Croatia).

The Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) is the premier association for independent consulting professionals who subscribe to an industry code of ethics and provide significant consulting results among their clients. Founded by Million Dollar Consulting guru Alan Weiss in 2003, SAC offers a series of in-person and online programs to help consultants share best practices and learn from industry experts and thought leaders in the business world. SAC today has members in 40 countries around the world.

Recorded April 9, 2021

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B.J. Patterson: What’s Going on in Logistics?

As part of our Emerging with Supply Chain Strength webinar series, B.J. Patterson will talk about the state of logistics. COVID has created volatility in the logistics industry, and has remained out of alignment. Ships are piled up at the ports, e-commerce has increased dramatically, the implementation of technology has skyrocketed and distribution continues to evolve. He’ll talk about the state of logistics, what he sees coming next and what distribution and logistics professionals should be thinking about to emerge with supply chain strength.

About the Speaker:

The Texas born CEO is a Professional Logistics Executive and Navy Veteran, working throughout the world. Mr. Patterson spent the last 25 years working in the logistics field, working in every aspect of the business from Transportation to Warehousing. Mr. Patterson sits on several industry boards and the local county Workforce Development Board.

Recorded May 14, 2021

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Michele Nash-Hoff: Reshoring & the Resurgence of Manufacturing

As part of our Emerging with Supply Chain Strength webinar series, Michele Nash-Hoff will talk about the resurgence of manufacturing. She is an expert in the rise of American manufacturing and how to look at the true total cost of ownership of products instead of purchase cost alone. During COVID, manufacturers rose to the occasion to ramp up quickly, and the many risks of offshoring and the extended supply chain were exposed. She has written the book, “Rebuild Manufacturing: The Key to American Prosperity” and will share insights and examples of companies that have re-shored as well as what she sees for the future of manufacturing.

About the Speaker:

Michele is founder and president of ElectroFab Sales, a sales agency specializing in helping manufacturers select the right processes for their products since 1985. Michele is currently a director on the board of the American Jobs Alliance and the board of the San Diego Inventors Forum. She was Chair of the California chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America from 2013-2018.

Michele earned a B. A. from San Diego State University and a certificate in Total Quality Management in 1993. She is a 1994 graduate of San Diego’s leadership program (LEAD San Diego) and earned a Yellow Belt Certificate in Lean Six Sigma in 2014. She is the author of three books, the latest being Rebuild Manufacturing – the key to American Prosperity, which is a sequel to the 2012 edition of Can American Manufacturing Be Saved: Why we should and how we can. She has been a blogger for Huff Post, Industry Week, and other newslines and currently blogs for www.themadeinamericamovement.com. She is an authorized speaker for the Reshoring Initiative.

Recorded June 11, 2021

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Ian Oxnevad: Political Risk and the Global Supply Chain

Does your business face political risks? If you worry about supply chain stability as the result of a war, pandemic, tariffs, local zoning, corruption, or political turmoil, the answer is yes. Your company operates in a number of political and economic environments that all hold unique challenges and threats to your profitability and viability as a business. This week, Dr. Ian Oxnevad will discuss the importance of sound political risk analysis and its use in foreseeing threats to your operations. You will learn what connotes a political risk, and some of the techniques used to detect and mitigate it.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Ian Oxnevad is a political scientist and political economist who specializes in issues of geopolitical and economic overlap, such as geoeconomics, economic warfare, corporate espionage, political and economic risk, and terrorist financing, and money laundering. As an academic, Dr. Oxnevad has extensively published research on these issues, as well as on the Middle East and other regions of the world. He is the coauthor of Middle East Politics for the New Millennium: A Constructivist Approach (Lexington Books, 2016), and the author of the forthcoming book Making a Killing: States, Banks, and Terrorism from McGill-Queens University Press that is due out later this year. Dr. Oxnevad is the President and CEO of Monitum Analytics, and regularly assists clients on matters of political and economic risk.

Recorded June 23, 2021

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Supply Chain, Materials & Logistics Disruption: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

Recent years have thrown up a series of events that have caused inbound supply disruptions for developed economies dependent on international supply chains. Some of these disruptions have been bigger while others have been smaller, some have been regional and others global, but all have had significant impacts around the world.

Over last 10 years alone, among other events, we have had:

The Fukushima earthquake and tsunami
The Icelandic volcano and ash cloud
US-China trade wars
Brexit and ensuing import and export disruptions between the UK and its European trading partners
The COVID pandemic causing global disruption impacting different regions at different times throughout 2020 and 2021
Suez Canal blockage and resulting delays and supply shortages

The disruptions resulting from the more recent of these is still ongoing throughout 2021 and while we do not know what the source of the next disruption will be, we can be certain that it will come given the volatility and unpredictability of events in our complex, interconnected supply chains.

What is concerning to us in the SAC Supply Chain Special Interest Group is that many companies appear not to be aware of how vulnerable they to this kind of disruption until it happens.

The purpose of this panel event is to help you to understand the nature and source of these vulnerabilities in your multi-layered supply chain to make known much more of what is currently unknown.

This will enable you to put in place effective prevention, mitigation and contingency measures so that you will be better prepared when disruptions arise, as they inevitably will, in the future.

Meanwhile here are some questions for you to get the juices flowing:

Do you know the full extent of your supply dependencies?
Which of these dependencies are most critical to your ability to conduct your business?
What prevention, mitigation or contingency plans can you put in place now to reduce your vulnerability in future – or indeed identify hidden opportunity?

About the Speakers

Recorded July 23, 2021

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Tim Harris: E-Commerce and Customer Personalization

With the pandemic disruption, manufacturers have additional incentives to expand ecommerce capabilities. In addition to their traditional B2B customers, many manufacturers are now selling directly to consumers. The B2C segment is forcing manufacturers to focus on building a loyal customer base and be able to provide personalization of their products. We will review the trends and challenges that manufacturers face in both the B2B & B2C space. Some of these initiatives include a focus on marketing and brand awareness, leveraging insights gained from customer behavior, seamless integration to CRM & order fulfillment systems, and chatbots that enhance customer service. Above all, manufacturers are trying to present an omnichannel shopping & customer service experience, regardless of how the customer interacts with the seller.

About the Speaker:

Tim Harris is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Arbela Technologies in Newport Beach, California. He writes:

“As a leader at Arbela Technologies I create strategies for growth for our company aligned with the technology and business consulting needs of the industries and clients we serve. I believe in high touch, hyper personalization and open and honest communication.

Over my years building various consulting practices I have learned creating data driven, goal driven, and mentor focused team structures generate success and future leaders. I prefer face to face communication and relationship building for long term success with our clients, employees and partners.”

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Recorded August 25, 2021

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Creating Customer Advocates During Supply Chain Disruption: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

11pm Europe UTC/GMT
3pm US Pacific/ 6pm US Eastern
8am Australia AEST (August 26th)
Duration: 1 hour

The worldwide supply chain has been severely disrupted. Knowing your supplier, and your supplier’s supplier, and your supplier’s supplier’s supplier has never been more important. However no matter how strategic you are with your supply chain, delays and longer lead times are inevitable. The question now becomes, how do you manage your customers over such an extended buying and delivery cycle? The businesses who are not communicating effectively and often with their customers are now going to lose market share in what many now predict to be the start of a decade-long boom. Now is not the time to lose customers.

Listen to our panel of experts as they discuss and debate what is required today to keep your business growing tomorrow.

About the Speakers

Recorded September 27, 2021

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Jane Tierney: Unlocking the Power of Blockchain Technology

You may have heard of Blockchain, but what is it really. This session is an introduction to what Blockchain can do for companies, and an overview of how it might work in your company. Takeaways from this session include:

Simple, straightforward definition
3 Key elements in blockchain
Applications of Blockchain – case studies
Benefits of Blockchain for companies

About the Speaker:

Jane Tierney founded purple link in 2015, recognizing there’s a better way to obtain value and achieve results from and through the supply chain. Clients discover innovative ways to identify waste and risk that leak dollars from the supply chain, draining the bottom line. Through collaboration with stakeholders and suppliers purple link’s approach reduces both cost and risk and provides tools for clients sustain savings year-over-year.

Jane earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri, and an MBA from San Diego State University. Passionate about Lean & Six Sigma, she is a certified green belt. She is also a Certified Professional Supply Manager (CPSM) and Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD) through the Institute of Supply Management (ISM).

In addition to running her business, she teaches Operations and Supply Chain Management courses at both California State University – Northridge and California State – Long Beach where she serves on the advisory board for the CSULB Operations & Supply Chain Management program. In 2020 she co-founded the So-Cal SCRM Council for local executives focused on Supply Chain Risk Management and holds an Annual Supply Chain Risk SYmposium. A speaker / author, she offers bi-monthly Dynamic Dialog webinars and conducts workshops on a variety of topics. Her first book is due out in 2021.

Recorded on November 17, 2021

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Talent in the Supply Chain: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

12am Europe UTC/GMT
4pm US Pacific/ 7pm US Eastern
10am Australia AEST (November 18th)
Duration: 1 hour

There is a war on talent in the supply chain. Vast labor shortages in the end-to-end supply chain from ports, trucking, warehousing, manufacturing, technology and much more is constraining sales growth. These are unprecedented times when retaining, developing and attracting talent will mean the difference between thriving and dying. What are the most successful companies doing to successfully navigate the shortage of talent? Our expert panel of manufacturing and supply chain experts will discuss the current state of talent, what our best clients are doing differently and will discuss and debate strategies to thrive in the rebound as it appears to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grow and scale if you are successful with talent.

About the Speakers

Recorded December 6, 2021

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Patrick Daly: Supply Chain in the EU & Changes with Brexit

Supply chain disruptions have circled the globe. In this webinar, we will dive deeper into what’s going on in supply chain in Europe, how Brexit has impacted the supply chain, what trends we should pay attention to in Europe (and how it will affect the rest of the world) and strategies for success post-COVID. Our speaker is an expert in logistics, automation and healthcare/ pharmaceutical manufacturing industries and so we’ll gain insights into these topics as well.

About the Speaker:

Patrick Daly is the founder and Managing Director of Alba Consulting, a business consultancy focused on international supply chain, logistics, and operations based in Dublin, Ireland. Patrick is an accomplished consultant, speaker, trainer, author and broadcaster and has been active in the logistics sector for over 25 years. He works with many top Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics services in Europe, Asia. and the Americas, helping them achieve dramatic improvements in their supply chain capabilities and performance through supply chain excellence. Patrick has worked with clients all over the world including China, India, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Egypt, UAE, United States, UK, Spain, Croatia, and others.

Recorded January 14th, 2022

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Jon DeCesare: The Ports & the State of Logistics

Supply chain disruptions are dominating the news, and the ports have had a backlog of container ships for months with no end in sight. Thus, we wanted to take a deep dive into what has caused these issues, why it appears as though the ports cannot catch up and what is really involved in digging out from this situation. Our speaker will provide insight into the state of ports and logistics as well as talk through what he sees in the future and how it will impact businesses and the supply chain in 2022.

About the Speaker:

Jon DeCesare CMC* is President of WCL Consulting, Inc. After spending more than fifteen years in senior executive management positions with major transcontinental trucking operation, importer and third-party logistics providers, Jon wanted to use his in-depth supply chain knowledge and experience to solve goods movement issues and challenges in the various global supply chain stakeholder industries. He works with clients to improve their business results by solving complex supply chain problems and optimizing goods movement networks. Jon is specialist in supply chain interface issues including ports of entry, third-party logistics partnerships, and warehouse location optimization.

Recorded February 23, 2022

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Challenges of Integrating Technology Across the Supply Chain: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

As companies do their best to navigate the significant disruptions in the supply chain, they have realized they have to integrate technology if they want to survive, let alone thrive post pandemic. In fact, there has been a dramatic acceleration of the adoption of technology and the digital transformation. What would have taken 5 years is happening imminently. Thus, executives realize they must integrate technology to decrease labor costs and minimize resource requirements especially as reshoring gains steam, and they need to implement technology to keep up with changing customer expectations and to create predictable revenue forecasts. What are the most successful companies doing to successfully integrate technology successfully? Our expert panel of manufacturing and supply chain experts will weigh in on the challenges of automation and the use of technology and will provide insights and solutions to achieve success.

About the Speakers

Recorded on March 25th, 2022

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Jon Andresen: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength using RFID

The webinar will discuss the importance of accuracy first, and then speed, of data entry, and the cost of data mistakes. The short term risk of improving your digital systems is cost, and the long term advantage you’ll be ahead of your competition for ever and ever. Heading in the right direction – digital data – will never be a mistake as that is where the world is going and you want to be ahead of the curve!

Main topics:

Now is the time to get ahead of the competition
Now is the time to improve/establish your automated systems when others are afraid
Not talking about “digital transformation” of you whole operation – just get better/faster/cheaper
Stop allowing data mistakes – very expensive
Use of AutoID technology – barcode and RFID – to stop making mistakes
Advantages of RFID over barcode
Accuracy is more important than speed in data entry
Use of digital data – if it’s in the computer, leave it in digital form
Cost of data mistakes
Hardware – Software – but don’t neglect Peopleware
RFID – “Transparent Data Collection®”
Examples from the airline industry
Q&A

About the Speaker:

Jon Andresen is the president at Technology Solutions LLC in Ventura, California. He is a business & technology consultant – integrated systems designer, RFID expert with emphasis in the aviation sector, eBusiness expert, especially ATA Spec2000, and has an MSME from MIT.

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Recorded May 20, 2022

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Adrian Francoz: The Business of Cybercrime – Why hackers are targeting your company

Cyber crime has skyrocketed in the last several years. Whether you work with a big company or small, you are a target of cyber criminals. According to IBM, the cost of a data breach has risen by 10% to over $4 million! The increase in attempts has surged with India reporting a 4000% increase in phishing emails. Our speaker was an expert in cyber security before it became such a hot topic, and so we are excited for him to discuss the business of cybercrime, the increase he’s seen, and what we should be doing about it.

About the Speaker:

Adrian Francoz is CEO of Zeta Sky, an IT and Cybersecurity provider for businesses. His company serves dozens of privately held companies, ensuring their networks are secure and protected from the constant threat of hackers. Adrian started his career in the corrections industry implementing technology solutions in jails and prisons. He later began working with privately held businesses and helped them leverage technology to grow yet maintain a secure perimeter.

Recorded June 10, 2022

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John Mims: The Current State of Supply Chain & Logistics

Supply chain disruptions continue to persist with a potential tidal wave coming with the Shanghai lockdowns and implications from the Russia-Ukraine war. Thus, we wanted to circle back to this critical topic for the latest status from ocean freight to air freight and beyond including the latest statistics and complications related to e-commerce. Supply chain leaders are perplexed as to how to handle inflation and deflation simultaneously, and so our speaker will talk through the current state of supply chain and logistics so that you can get a lay of the land and begin thinking about the path forward.

About the Speaker:

John Mims is the EVP and CSO at SHIPSTORE Software, an industry-leading multi-carrier small parcel and freight transportation management technology company. Mr. Mims has over 20 years’ experience in the transportation and logistics industry, and was previously the Vice President of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions at Echo Global Logistics, one of the top 5 largest logistics firms in the U.S. Earlier in his career, Mims spent over a decade on Wall Street as a Transportation and Logistics Equity Analyst at FBR Capital Markets and BB&T Capital Markets.

Mims earned an MBA from the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business and an International MBA from the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Recorded July 27, 2022

Emerging with Supply Chain Strength
Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

Duration: 1 hour

There is no doubt we are struggling with volatility in the supply chain. Inflation is the hot topic on one hand with rising prices, difficulty in finding people, wage inflation and much more. Yet on the other hand, there are increasing concerns about deflation and a potential recession and how companies should respond.

What are the current trends and what is the latest thinking on which scenario is more likely and how it will impact the supply chain throughout the world? What are the most successful companies doing to successfully prepare for both inflation and deflation? Our expert panel of manufacturing and supply chain experts will discuss the current state of inflation/ deflation, what our best clients are doing differently and will discuss and debate strategies to thrive no matter what comes next in this volatile environment.

About the Speakers

Recorded August 29, 2022

Emerging with Supply Chain Webinar – What is Going on in the World with John Tulac

Duration: 1 hour

Global supply chain disruptions continue. China has had a series of shutdowns due to their zero COVID policy. The Russia-Ukraine war rages on. China is threatening Taiwan. Europe is concerned about uninterrupted energy supply for the winter. There are concerns of global food shortages. What is going on around the world?

And, most importantly, what should we be doing about it? From sourcing to purchasing to manufacturing, our expert on the global economy, international trade, supply chain and energy will talk through what he sees the most progressive companies doing and what he thinks we should be preparing for and/or doing to successfully navigate global conditions.

About the Speaker:

John W. Tulac is an international and general business and corporate attorney in private practice since 1977. He is recognized in the Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys as an expert in the field of international business law and is annually listed as a leading lawyer in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire. Mr. Tulac is active in all areas of international law, including the importing and exporting of goods, agency and distribution agreements, licensing, joint ventures and infrastructure projects. He is extensively involved in oil & gas, electric power generation, sustainable agriculture and all aspects of business with China. He trains Chinese judges and regulators semi-annually on topics relating to international law and U.S. law. He is also regularly active in Mexico. Mr. Tulac is also an adjunct professor emeritus (retired) of international business law at Cal Poly Pomona.