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Aug 2024
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The Buzz for August 9th: Featuring Luis ...

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The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

In this week's episode of The Buzz, hosts Scott Luton and Jake Barr welcome guest Luis Roman, the Vice President of Johnson & Johnson MedTech Supply Chain, to the show. Together they discuss:

  • How supplier collaboration is key to Johnson & Johnson's climate push
  • Manufacturing entering a ‘deeper slowdown period’ ahead of election
  • 5 Supply Chain Concerns to Watch in Late 2024
  • How Johnson & Johnson MedTech is empowering business units and prioritizing sustainability
  • Advice for professionals in anticipating and preparing for disruptions in the supply chain

Additional Links & Resources:

Connect with Luis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-roman-3bba955/ 

Recent edition of With That Said: https://bit.ly/3Ab1yCh

OMNIA Partners- Spend Visibility: From Analysis to Action: Recent edition of With That Said: https://bit.ly/3LdMgyS

Supplier Collaboration Key to Johnson & Johnson Climate Push: https://bit.ly/3A9BwiC

Manufacturing enters ‘deeper slowdown period’ ahead of election: July PMI: https://bit.ly/3WyxOGL

5 Supply Chain Concerns to Watch in Late 2024: https://bit.ly/46GGVtO

Connect with the Supply Chain Now Community: https://linktr.ee/Supplychainnow

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

Subscribe to Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/join

Check out Supply Chain Now’s NEW Media Kit: https://bit.ly/3XH6OVk

WEBINAR- Benefits & Challenges of Bringing More Data to the Demand Planning Process: https://bit.ly/3SiqxcM

WEBINAR- Tackling Manufacturing’s Billion-Dollar Parts Problem with AI: https://bit.ly/3YuxM5f

WEBINAR- Beyond Resilience: Capitalizing on Supply Chain Uncertainty: https://bit.ly/46kdltY


This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Jake Barr. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/buzz-august-9-johnson-johnson-medtech-supply-chain-1310

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