Happy Holidays! Explore Episodes You've Missed

Hello and welcome to episode 22 of the auto supply chain profits podcast. It is our holiday episode and from all of us here at ASCP to you and yours, we wish you a wonderful holiday season. Whatever that means for you. This is a good time for you to dive into our back catalog, just in case you've missed a few episodes. Here are some suggestions. If you're interested in the legal impact of what's going on in the supply chain today, check out episode 21 with Dan Sharkey. You'll know Dan, he's well-known in supply chain circles and he's got his finger on the pulse of today's issues. And he reminds us to and I quote, "contract deliberately", and then jump to episode 15 with Katie Pullin, also in the legal profession in the auto supply chain, and she talks about the force majeure pandemic, are you abusing the term? And then if legal isn't your thing and you want to dive straight into what's really happening? What can you learn from people who are living day in and day out on the shop floor, you'll want to dive into Episode 11 with Mike and rocky, self-confessed quality nerds and data geeks, you'll learn all about automating the quality management system and why the word silo is a four letter word in their vocabulary. Stay with the shop floor, you're want to go straight into the next episode, Episode 12. And you'll meet the shop floor leaders making it happen at Detroit Manufacturing Systems and how they cultivated and uplifted a strong team that's designed for execution, then it is time to take two different perspectives. How about an interview with a well-known supply chain veteran Bill Hurles Bill is the former executive director of global supply chain for General Motors, very well respected in the industry. And we had so much fun talking to Bill understanding both his experience and what he sees the future of auto supply chain that we have to split it into two episodes, we will look for Episode Three and episode five then switch to a totally different perspective, somebody who's right at the start of their career, and it's Julie Dedene in episode four, and she reminds us not to forget the grease. She's in the grease business. And she talks a lot about the importance of a secondary source. And for so long in our supply chain. We were told oh no, we can't afford to have a secondary source. But when there are supply chain disruptions, you might want to think about that again. And if industry experts are your thing, you'll want to check out Episode Six with Paul Eichenberg. Paul talks about the unique set of auto supply chain obstacles that the ICE and EV organizations face and the type of auto supply chain leader that the EV industry demands. And his comments might surprise you. And another industry veteran we have on the show is Gary Vasliash, you'll know Gary, he's a veteran auto writer in the space. And again so much to talk to Gary about we had to split it into two Episodes Episodes 16 and 17. And then you'll hear his unique views on the challenges ahead. And don't forget to dive deep into our two foundational episodes that are all about delivering on the promise of delivery. Now, if you haven't met Cathy Fisher and Terry Onika, you'll need to get to know these ladies, they have a tremendous amount of knowledge, both in their direct experiences and with their clients. And we have two episodes. Episode Nine is a five-step roadmap that they developed an episode 19 is the 24 essential supply chain processes. Now, if you're in the supply chain and the automotive industry, you have a choice, you'll be familiar with MMOG/LE, an IATF 6949. And you can dive into all of that detail and try to figure it out for yourself. Or you can listen to these two episodes with Terry and Cathy, and you can download their framework for success. They've done the work for you. Personally, I would never want to tear into those specifications and figure out what they needed to do. But thankfully, they've done that work for you. And we'll put a link in the show notes so that you can download that white paper Remember, our mission is to provide different perspectives in the world of the automotive supply chain along with actionable insights to help you optimize your supply chain. Remember, the supply chain is where the money is. We'll see you in 2023