Ground Game Strategies: Inventory and Healthcare Logistics with Guy Courtin at Modex 2024

eCom Logistics Podcast

ABOUT THE GUEST(S)

Guy Courtin is a seasoned supply chain expert with decades of experience in the technology and supply chain space. Currently serving as Tecsys' Vice President of Industry and Global Alliances, he has held leadership roles at 6 River Systems (a Shopify company), Infor Retail, and i2 Technologies (now Blue Yonder). He has likewise served as an industry analyst at Constellation Research, SCM World (Now Gartner), and Forrester Research. Guy holds an MBA in Management from the Olin Graduate School of Business, a Master's in International Relations from Loyola University Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross.

HIGHLIGHTS

[00:00:48] Guy's Journey in Supply Chain

[00:02:58] Challenges in E-commerce Fulfillment

[00:04:55] Inventory Management Strategies

[00:11:26] Change Management in Warehousing

[00:14:50] Healthcare Ground Game

[00:18:45] Future of Healthcare Fulfillment

QUOTES

[00:09:58] "Everyone thinks they have a secret sauce. There is no secret sauce. It's just ketchup." - Ninaad Acharya

[00:13:45] "Change management is, I think, one of the hardest things we've seen in warehousing, in supply chain." - Guy Courtin

[00:16:01] "The ground game, which is not as sexy, is still, I think, as important as this other digital strategy." - Guy Courtin

[00:18:52] "The challenge, the reason why some companies do that is they just don't have the right systems to do virtual segregation." - Ninaad Acharya

Find out more about Guy Courtin in the links below.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/guycourtin/

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