Posts tagged ‘Video interview’

Automating the Import Supply Chain at Leggett & Platt

Automating the import supply chain today is complicated by new compliance regulations like Customs 10+2 and C-TPAT. In this interview with Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies magazine, VP Customs Compliance at Leggett & Platt discusses best practices for import compliance and for transforming a fragmented global procurement approach into a centralized global import process:

Video Interview With Walmart’s Logistics VP

At the CSCMP Annual Conference this year, the Journal of Commerce was able to pull aside Gary Maxwell, Logistics VP at Walmart, for a quick interview. In this video, Maxwell discusses the supply chain goals, expectations and challenges of Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. According to Maxwell one of the key driving forces of their supply chain are the customers. Walmart shoppers expect the stores to have high quality products at low prices, and without a well-managed, cost-efficient supply chain, this would be very difficult. Interesting insight into one of the world’s top 25 supply chains for 2009, as determined by AMR Research earlier this year. (See related post on the Supply Chain Top 25.)