Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 51

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 51:
“Profiles in Supply Chain Leadership: Richard Sharpe”

Richard Sharpe is the CEO of Competitive Insights, LLC (CI).  Formed in 1998, CI believes in realizing the true value from transactional data. As an industry leader for the last 25 years, Richard is a frequent speaker at industry forums and a lecturer in Georgia Tech.  Richard writes the DC Velocity blog on Analytics and Big Data. Richard is a founding member of American Logistics Aid Network, a non-profit consortium serving Disaster Relief Agencies. Richard was formerly President of CAPS Logistics, Inc. which pioneered supply chain optimization solutions adopted by 15% of the Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Learn more about Competitive Insights here: http://www.ci-advantage.com/

Chris Barnes is a professional education instructor for the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate courses. Barnes holds a B.S., Industrial Engineering and Economics Minor, from Bradley University, an MBA in Industrial Psychology with Honors from the University of West Florida. He is a certified APICS instructor and holds CPIM-F, CLTD-F and CSCP-F designations. He served on the international Board of Trustees for the Institute of Industrial Engineers, is Past President of WERC Atlanta, and is currently involved with APICS Atlanta. He is a certified adult education trainer and has presented to/trained over 1900 people. He served on the editorial advisory board for Warehouse Management & Control Systems Deck Reference and authored the book “WMS: Phase 1: Assessment & Selection” a WERC Publication. He is also the author and lead facilitator of “Quarters in the Couch: Low Hanging Fruit ideas to Improve Warehouse Performance.” When not teaching, Barnes is a supply chain advocate and visionary with HighJump and frequent blogger at www.apicscltdcoach.com. In 2016, Barnes partnered with Supply Chain Now Radio (SCNR) as executive producer and key contributor. SCNR is a social networking community organizing and sharing supply chain thought leadership through seminars, webinars, blogs and podcasts. Barnes has over 27 years of experience developing and managing multiple client, engineering consulting, strategic planning and operational improvement projects in supply chain management. Connect with Chris on LinkedIn and reach out to him via email.