Podcasts & Videos
The Supply Chain Podcast by Professor Richard Wilding is now available in both Video and enhanced podcast format. The "enhanced podcast" includes pictures and weblinks. This was designed to be used with iTunes, other software can be used to play the podcast but some functionality may be lost. iTunes is a free download and is available from www.itunes.com. You do not need an ipod or mp3 player to use iTunes, the programme can run independently on any PC allowing you to subscribe and play any podcast. Scroll down this page to find answers to questions like "How to subscribe", "Why a Supply Chain Podcast?" and "What is a Supply Chain Podcast?"
More recently Professor Wilding has created a "YouTube" Video Channel for videos he has produced or has been involved in. This can be found at www.youtube.com/SupplyChainPodcast The videos can be easily viewed on the web without any additional software. You can also subscribe to the channel to receive the latest videos when they are uploaded.
Professor Richard Wilding's videos were first launched on YouTechTV.com
in 2007. From this site alone his video on Supply Chain Risk Reduction has received over 15000* views and his video on Supply Chain Collaboration over 5000* views (*As of Nov2008). The YourTechTV.com videos are available here.
Podcast Episodes Available
How to subscribe to "The Supply Chain Podcast"
Why a "Supply Chain Podcast"?
What is the "Supply Chain Podcast"?
- Pictures can tell a thousand words
- Gain Knowledge on supply chain concepts on the move
- Interact around the issues
Podcast Episodes available:
Full details on content of each Episode is available here.
1 - One minute overview
2 - Background and Rationale
3 - What is Logistics & Supply Chain Mangement? (Featuring interview with Professor Martin Christopher, one of Europes leading academics specialising in Supply Chain Managment)
4 - Developing & Implementing Supply Chain Strategy (Featuring interview with Professor Alan Waller OBE, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, UK)
5 - Operating in China (Featuring interview with Professor Linda Sprague, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai)
6 - Operating in Brazil (Featuring interviews with Alexandra Oliveira - Cebralog, Carolina Zappa Santoro - del Valle, Edinir Nunes - DHL, Andrew Morgan - Supply Chain Europe & Philip Hammer - Britcham.)
7 - Reverse Logistics (Featuring an interviews with Mike Bernon, Cranfield School of Management, Prof John Cullen, University of Sheffield & Jonathan Gorst, ISCAN)
8 - Implementing the Lean & Agile Supply Chain (Featuring an interview with John Speirs, Operations Director at Bacardi Martini UK)
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How to subscribe to "The Supply Chain Podcast"
Using iTunes:
Automatically
This can be done automatically by clicking here.
Manually
Select "Podcasts" on the left hand "Source" menu of the screen in iTunes.
Select "Podcast Directory" on the bottom of the podcast display window, this will take you to the Podcast Directory of the iTunes music store.
Using the"Search All Podcasts" field type in "Logistics and Supply Chain" or "Professor Richard Wilding" or "Cranfield" and do a search.
The podcast title on iTunes is "Logistics & Supply Chain Management at Cranfield School of Management"
Click "Subscribe"
Alternatively:
Select "Advanced" from the top menu of iTunes.
Select "Subscribe to podcast"
Type or paste in the following URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/somlscm
iTunes will then automatically subscribe.
Alternatively use the iTunes direct feed URL:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=141867738&s=143444
Using other software:
The URL to the podcast feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/somlscm
You can use the address above to subscribe to the feed manually using other programs. There is a HTML version of the feed set up so that anyone without a feed receiver will be able to hear the show.
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Why a Supply Chain Podcast?
Are you being swamped with email news letters from various organisations and frustrated that you can not read all this information? Do you spend time travelling to work and are thinking how to use this time more effectively? Professor Richard Wilding has been searching for methods to disseminate supply chain concepts which he knows can really make a difference to both commercial and non-profit organisations. The Supply Chain Podcast by Professor Richard Wilding explores the strategies and approaches of effective supply Chain management. It includes interviews with leading academics and practitioners, reviews of papers and sources of other information. Case studies will also be discussed in a lively and informative way. The target duration for each podcast is 20 minutes and will be released every few weeks. The podcast is aimed at all those involved in or interested in the supply chain from undergraduate students to board level directors, it will educate, provoke new ideas and generate enthusiasm for supply chain issues. Best of all it will be free of charge and can be downloaded by anyone!
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What is The Supply Chain Podcast?
A podcast is simply audio or video files that can be played on an mp3 player or computer. You subscribe to them using software, for example, Apple iTunes (which is freely available from www.itunes.com) and each time a new podcast show is released your computer will download it for you. It can be likened to a radio show broadcast that can be listened to at your convenience at anytime! Podcasts, however are not broadcast but "Narrowcast" to a subscribing audience, podcasting is the abbreviation for "Personal On-Demand Narrowcasting" (see "Podcasting for Dummies" by Morris & Terra, Wiley, 2006 page 13)
Pictures can tell a thousand words
New "enhanced podcasts" enable pictures to be embedded into the podcast so in "The Supply Chain Podcast" embedded pictures, PowerPoint slides and web links can be displayed as the podcast is played in itunes or on your ipod. These can be used to gain extra information on the concepts and issues discussed. If you have a new colour screened ipod (e.g. ipod nano, photo or video) these images will be displayed on the screen of this device as the podcast progresses. So you can even view these pictures on the move! (But of course not when you are driving a car or operating other machinery!!)
Gain knowledge on Supply Chain Concepts on the Move
The mp3 format is a recognised standard and even cars from the Ford Fiesta to the Mercedes S Class are now "mp3 enabled" allowing you to connect your ipod or other mp3 device into the cars audio system. If you have a traditional CD player in your car then this is not a problem, you can download the podcast onto your computer with itunes and easily burn it to an audio CD. So if you spend time commuting by car, train, bus or even walking you can listen to the podcast during this time.
Interact around the issues raised
To support "The Supply Chain Podcast by Professor Richard Wilding" an internet discussion forum is under development. At this site listeners can discuss, leave feedback and/or other links to information that may be of interest to other subscribers.
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