EPISODE 56
056 – Vivian Tai – Digital Innovation and Supply Chain Standards
Vivian Tai, Director of Innovation – Circular Economy, Sustainability, and Emerging Data Carriers @ GS1 US
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Vivian Tai believes that the identification of everything makes anything possible. She says she would have an obsession with the convergence of emerging technology, identity, and sustainability. Vivian is currently working on the future of product identity, data carriers, and the circular economy at GS1 US.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude Graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and is an Advertising and Marketing Communications major while being a member of the Presidential Scholars program, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, and was the recipient of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund.
One of her notable accomplishments from Vivian’s post-secondary career was being nominated by FIT to participate in the national Geoffrey Beene Scholarship Competition and selected as one of the winners. Internationally, Vivian was part of a team that represented the United States and FIT in the Future of Retail Competition at the World Retail Congress, held in Dubai in April 2016.
About GS1 US (LinkedIn)
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GS1 US serves more than 300,000 businesses in 25 industries in the United States by facilitating industry initiatives, administrating the GS1 System of Standards, providing education and support, and connecting communities through events and online forums.
On EP 056 Richard talks with Director of Innovation Vivian Tai about:
- 00:00:02 : Vivian’s introduction.
- 00:01:15 : How did you get into supply chain?
- 00:06:15 : Moving from fashion to GS1 Standards.
- 00:10:18 : What does it mean to be a GS1?
- 00:15:13 : What is G1’s mission and mission statement?
- 00:19:56 : What’s on the horizon for innovation in the supply chain.
- 00:23:32 : How the pandemic exposed the problem of a fragmented and disconnected supply chain?
- 00:28:38 : The importance of circularity in the supply chain.
- 00:31:36 : Once you start associating unique attributes to products, you start flushing out the story of the product’s lifecycle.
- 00:38:37 : The importance of getting other industries involved in the development of standards.
- 00:41:31 : The importance of digital twins in the healthcare industry.
- 00:45:29 : The importance of traceability in the supply chain and how it’s becoming more of a narrative.
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