Latest Consumerproducts Podcast Episodes
22: How to develop a hardware product - even if you have no engineering experience.
Indie Brand Builder: how to build a successful business online - July 27, 2021 16:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKevin Mako is a leading expert on hardware startups. He is the Founder of MAKO Design + Invent, the pioneer firm for providing world-class end-to-end physical consumer product development tailored to inventors, product startups, and small manufacturers. Est 1999, Mako Design is a 30-person tea...
22: How to develop a hardware product - even if you have no engineering experience.
Indie Brand Builder: how to build a successful business online - July 27, 2021 16:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKevin Mako is a leading expert on hardware startups. He is the Founder of MAKO Design + Invent, the pioneer firm for providing world-class end-to-end physical consumer product development tailored to inventors, product startups, and small manufacturers. Est 1999, Mako Design is a 30-person tea...
21: The Financial Formulas For Scaling a Consumer Product Business
Indie Brand Builder: how to build a successful business online - May 20, 2021 15:26 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe financial formulas for scaling a consumer product business are really only applicable if your goal is to build a scalable venture. If you're just looking to run a lifestyle business you can disregard this article - but if you want to build a scalable consumer product business, these are th...
How our Food Safety Americas supporters can support you
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - May 11, 2021 17:33 - 48 minutesEvery episode we sign off with an invitation to join our events. We have lots of supporters that make our events happen and they have a lot to offer you as an attendee. In this episode, we will uncover our supporters’ greatest values that help use science for a safer world. Discover who they are...
What is good virtual networking?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - May 05, 2021 21:22 - 42 minutesMichelle Tindale and Paula Parejo are back with a new twist to one of our favourite topics, networking. Uncover the value of networking and professional development at Food Safety conferences. We shared tips and tricks to maximize your time and budget at industry gatherings in our past podcast...
Case study: Growth and Certification with Abeilles Busy Bees
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - March 26, 2021 20:53 - 40 minutesOn this episode of Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast, we will be evaluating a case study of a co-packaging site that maximized its niche offerings and became one of Canada's Top 500 Fastest-Growing Companies. Abeilles Busy Bees is certified under the BRCGS Storage and Distribution Sta...
How to start a dialogue with your employer about professional development
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - October 09, 2020 17:46 - 41 minutesIn this episode of Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast we will focus on investing in your organization by investing in your own professional development. In a time of rapid change, more people are seeking training opportunities to stay up to date on the latest guidelines and gain more s...
How to align the enterprise around transformational change
Adapt and Thrive - July 24, 2020 14:07 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSupply chain success depends upon the right combination of people, processes, and technology. But change is hard, and there’s no shortage of new ideas and technologies available to help drive the business forward. In this episode, Paul Webb shares his experience driving transformative projects a...
Bring Your Own Algorithms
Adapt and Thrive - July 17, 2020 13:09 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsData Scientists like nothing more than writing algorithms to solve complex problems in new and different ways. But translating that code into a scalable solution for use by the business is a whole different ballgame. In this episode, LLamasoft Data Scientist Clara Quigley joins Matt Gunn to di...
Be the Amazon Vendor They Want You to Be
Adapt and Thrive - July 10, 2020 20:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThat pile of Amazon packages waiting on your doorstep is proof of its own. The rapid growth of this popular e-commerce marketplace has placed it in a class of its own, a retail technology powerhouse. LLamasoft SVP, Ganesh Ramakrishna joins Matt Gunn as they discuss life as a vendor of this high...
Rising above the root cause rabbit hole with AI
Adapt and Thrive - July 02, 2020 14:34 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGiven today’s ‘never normal’ status quo, can we still learn from the past? In this episode, Andy Fox joins Matt Gunn to share his first-hand experience with the practice of digging into performance issue data in order to find and treat the true root cause as opposed to chasing the many symptoms....
Why care about ethical sourcing?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - June 25, 2020 13:00 - 1 hourWe saw signs of a consumer shift before the outbreak of the virus, however, the disruption caused may have fuelled momentum. Buying behaviour is changing and the relationship between global brands and the customers who support them is being transformed by the rise of the conscientious consumer. ...
What I learned about disruption sourcing PPE from China
Adapt and Thrive - May 29, 2020 21:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHow do you keep essential products moving during the biggest disruption of the century? COVID-19 has caused wild swings in demand, unpredictable disruptions to supply, and anomalous capacity constraints on a global scale. Matt Tichon joins Matt Gunn to share his personal account of the challenge...
The Success of Digital Twins and Why they Matter Even More Now
Adapt and Thrive - May 11, 2020 19:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTim Judge, President and CEO of Agillitics presents his view on the purpose and creation of a Digital Twin to help Supply Chain organizations develop a nimble technique for quickly solving business questions that in the past only needed to be answered on a monthly, quarterly or yearly cadence. ...
How to emerge stronger and more competitive post disruption
Adapt and Thrive - April 30, 2020 20:11 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSam Israelit, one of the Practice Leads in Supply Chain at Bain joins this podcast to explore how organizations can manage massive changes due to external forces that are beyond what a business can control and emerge stronger and more competitive.
Why care about trademarks?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - April 29, 2020 18:15 - 25 minutesBRCGS and the Canadian Celiac Association have come together to discuss, ‘why care about trademarks?’ A trademark is a symbol used on packaged goods to support specific claims like being Gluten-Free. The Canadian Celiac Association will explain the positive impact these trademarks can make for t...
Demand Prioritization During COVID-19 Disruption
Adapt and Thrive - April 28, 2020 19:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this podcast, Vikram Srinivasan, Senior Director Product Management at LLamasoft discusses why the severe disruption caused by COVID-19 means organizations must rethink how they do short-term forecasting. He offers practical tips for an “outside-in” AI approach using COVID-19 and internal sal...
What you don't know about your supply chain can (and will) hurt you
Adapt and Thrive - April 24, 2020 19:19 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhether you're operating out of your garage or running a multibillion dollar enterprise, odds are high that your business relies on a global supply chain. And as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, those global supply chains are often more delicate than we think. Supply Chain Risk Management Con...
Sustainability and adaptability in the age of disruption
Adapt and Thrive - April 20, 2020 18:29 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA significant percentage of multi-national enterprises' carbon footprint comes from the supply chain. And while many businesses continue to operate through unusual circumstances, initiatives to reduce emissions and lower costs remain a significant priority. Nate Rosier, enVista Vice President of...
Why get certified?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - April 01, 2020 13:14 - 37 minutesThe value of certification is often debated, however food safety is non-negotiable. Understand the structure of Food Safety Certification Programs and how your efforts protect not only your brand but the brands of your specifiers, retailers, and consumers. Featuring John Kukoly, Director of BRCG...
What the Army can teach us about leadership in a crisis
Adapt and Thrive - March 30, 2020 15:55 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEnlisting in the Army at age 17 and rising through the ranks from private, to sergeant, to Lieutenant General, Larry Wyche served as the second highest ranked logistician and supply chain professional in the United States Army. In this episode, General Wyche shares his experiences running a $58 ...
Understanding Demand-Driven Design
Adapt and Thrive - March 12, 2020 17:04 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn past episodes we have explored how traditional methods to forecast demand simply don’t work anymore. Customers need a better forward-looking signal to balance the data inside systems that are influenced by data outside the system and beyond control. In this episode, LLamasoft's Ryan Chan an...
Will coronavirus reshape supply chain as we know it?
Adapt and Thrive - February 24, 2020 20:28 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn the blink of an eye, the COVID-19 coronavirus swept through China and parts of the globe, bringing with it a near-immediate impact on human lives. As the epidemic set in, it quickly became apparent that the coronavirus would quickly disrupt the global supply chain as well. With operations an...
Is your auditor doing a good job?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - February 19, 2020 19:17 - 28 minutesAudits are what determine your grading for certification, but how do you know that your auditor understands your business and is properly following your certification program? Discover what your program owner does to place strong third-party auditors on your service and see what opportunities th...
Digital transformation is more than arcane wizardry
Adapt and Thrive - February 06, 2020 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe are not too far removed from the days when supply chain simulation and optimization were a mysterious art practiced by mathematicians and scientists locked away in the deepest, darkest corners of the enterprise. But in the past decade, advances in computing power, analytics and AI have given ...
Why is Plant-Based popular?
Confidently Compliant: A Food Safety Podcast - January 14, 2020 18:40 - 26 minutesWhy is Plant-Based popular? Uncovering one of the biggest food trends projected to grow in 2020 and where certification comes into play. Learn about consumer motivations behind this trendy diet and how to educate your customers on dedicated Plant-Based production. Featuring Senior Manager of Tec...
Filling gaps where existing planning systems fall short
Adapt and Thrive - December 16, 2019 16:42 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn achieving the strategy to thrive, it’s critical to weigh the strengths of the technology you have available to help you make decisions and execute your plan. Planning systems are a great way to have a forward look to balance your supply and demand balance, and when combined with a “system of ...
What happens when the supply chain goes away?
Adapt and Thrive - December 03, 2019 06:28 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsFood waste is a $750 billion problem globally - especially when it comes to produce, where it's either fresh, frozen or on its way to a landfill. The supply chain plays a major role in ensuring the viability of food when it reaches grocery shelves. But what happens if that extended supply chain ...
What happens when the supply chain goes away?
Adapt and Thrive - December 03, 2019 06:28 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsFood waste is a $750 billion problem globally - especially when it comes to produce, where it's either fresh, frozen or on its way to a landfill. The supply chain plays a major role in ensuring the viability of food when it reaches grocery shelves. But what happens if that extended supply chain ...
Inside one grocery CEO's quest to transform delivery
Adapt and Thrive - November 25, 2019 20:14 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhile the retail industry has swiftly adopted omnichannel fulfillment strategies, grocery stores still largely depend on in-store visits. But as more consumers demand delivery, will traditional grocery stores get left behind? Farmstead CEO Pradeep Elankumaran joins Matt Gunn in this episode to d...
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