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In this episode, Jaison Augustin, EVP & Business Unit Head - Shipping & Logistics at WNS Global Services, joins Host Brian Glick, CEO of Chain.io, to discuss:

• What’s changed in the shipping industry over the past 30 years
• The importance of having the right people in the room for your transformation plan
• Why lengthy paper trails can cause major problems for supply chain pros
• The best practices large companies should follow when digitizing operations
• Why industry-wide standardization has been hard to accomplish
• How WNS helps shippers and forwarders stay ahead of the technology curve

Jaison serves as the EVP and Business Unit Head of Shipping and Logistics for WNS Global Services, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) solutions. Over his 30 years in the supply chain industry, he has specialized in business development, offshoring process transitions, and 6-sigma methodologies to support supply chain transformations.

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We hear from Dr. Amanda Adams, Director of Research Coordination for Bat Conservation International.  We learn about ecosystem services that bats provide, the growing problem of White-Nose Syndrome, and vampire bats too!

Email us at wildpodcast@tamuk.edu

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https://www.batcon.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukIZRD1mzLg

https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/media/talk-wild-side-podcast

https://www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil/

The CPG Guys, Sri & PVSB, are joined in this episode by Vidyotham Reddi- Director of market intelligence and analytics at Mars and Sinan Gurman - SVP of data & analytics at WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. WNS combines deep industry knowledge with technology, analytics and process expertise to co-create innovative, digitally led transformational solutions with over 380 clients across various industries.

This is the second  of a two part partnership episode series with WNS.

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Vidyotham & Sinan answers these questions:

1) What are the critical success factors, do’s and don’ts, for developing a Global Data Strategy to enhance the application of Advanced Analytic Methods?
2) In your experience, what do you think are the tricks of trade in “Closing the "Research to activation" gap for business users?
3) In our First episode with WNS, we spoke about Market Mix Optimization / Budget Allocation / Spends Optimization, whatever you call it.  What is your perspective on this topic Vidyotham? “How should CPG’s better spend their money on these lines?
4) Vidyotham, building on the value equation here, in your experience, are Big Data / Analytics investments focused on driving top line or bottom line?
5) Sinan, you have been an Analytics consultant and worked with more than 50 Fortune 500 organizations over the years.  What major trends have you seen in the way the Analytics industry has evolved? Or what would you rather see?
6) Let’s talk about value pricing a bit. Vidyotham, how does value work in the CPG world today? How effectively do you think it is used as a strategic lever?
7) eCom / D2C media and promo budget – Is it marketing? Is it Trade? Where should it fit in the larger schema of things?

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The CPG Guys, Sri & PVSB, are joined in this episode by Sinan Gurman - SVP of data & analytics, and Seema Kashyap - Director and practice leader of Marketing Analytics at WNU at WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. WNS combines deep industry knowledge with technology, analytics and process expertise to co-create innovative, digitally led transformational solutions with over 380 clients across various industries.

This is the first of a two part partnership episode series with WNS.

Follow Seema Kashyap on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seema-kashyap-6ba73850/
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Seema & Sinan answers these questions:

1) What does segmentation and personalization mean to WNS in terms of creating those emotional connections, bringing the consumer needs and the moments together? How do you help brands activate on these aspirations?
2) Let's talk about Marketing Media, Trade, eCom Mix, Spend Allocation, Budget optimization – whatever you’d like to call it - . What’s your take on this topic? How things have changed with the pandemic and the emergence of eCom faster than expected?
3) So given print media is still one of the largest spends, what would say about the future of print media and what does it mean to optimize the print spend?
4) I’d like to go back to the topic around Media. Retail Media is a big topic..what is out there in terms of opportunities for a retailer, what are the fundamental first steps for those retailers to get on this train?
5) What do you see as interesting application areas of AI/ML and new age data assets for CPG’s and Retailers?
6) Customer 360 is a term used rather loosely. What does it mean to be truly committed to this agenda of customer 360 and what has been your learnings on this topic.
7) Digital transformation and disruption is upon us and everyone loves to talk about innovative and analytically driven transformation stories.  How much of that do you think is just interesting but small scale buzz and how much of it is real and scalable value in the retail CPG world? Can you share some examples?

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DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. 

CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast.