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Jan 2024
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The Best of 2023: 4 Ways to Optimize You...

Supply Chain Now
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The Supply Chain Now community is so professionally ambitious that the team regularly fields questions about what people can do to make the most of their career in supply chain management. Who better to ask for input than Mike Griswold?

Mike Griswold is the Vice President of Research at Gartner, specializing in retail with a particular focus on forecasting and replenishment. He is responsible for Gartner’s annual Top 25 Supply Chain ranking and joins Supply Chain Now on a monthly basis to discuss the latest in retail supply chains from an analyst’s perspective.

In this classic episode, and one of our best of 2023, Mike shares his best supply chain career advice with co-hosts Scott Luton and Jenny Froome:

• Making sure you and your current organization are a good fit in terms of work/life balance expectations

• Why a well-managed career often includes a broad collection of behaviors and experiences

• The importance of active connection building inside of your company, and for your team if you are a manager

• Reasons for anyone working in supply chain to encounter as many sub-disciplines as they can

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Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com


This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Jenny Froome. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/best-2023-4-ways-optimize-scm-career-1216

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