056 - Vivian Tai - Digital Innovation and Supply Chain Standards

EPISODE 56

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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