Souvik Khan on Getting His CTSC
Souvik Khan explains why he pursued CTSC certification, focusing on mastering best practices in supply chain transformation, an emerging discipline gaining traction across multiple industries. He outlines the breadth of competencies the CTSC covers—strategic supply‑chain design, treating the function as a value‑add, customer‑centricity, project and portfolio management, change management, resource allocation, business‑case development, and process mapping—to ensure sustained transformation success. Khan references his earlier API CCP certification earned in 2019, which gave him a solid operational foundation, and notes that the market now demands deeper transformational expertise beyond day‑to‑day logistics. The implication is clear: professionals aiming to stay relevant must acquire certifications like CTSC, while firms that embed these capabilities can drive efficiency, agility, and competitive advantage in increasingly complex supply‑chain environments.
Leading Manufacturing Through Change, Data and Talent
Nashay Naeve, president of Tsubaki Nakashima’s Engineered Plastic Components unit, discusses how manufacturers can thrive amid constant disruption. She emphasizes moving from reactive decision‑making to proactive, data‑driven operations, while simultaneously upskilling frontline teams. Sustainability is presented as a strategic differentiator...
It’s Not a Labor Shortage — It’s a Skills Gap
The video contends that the United States is not experiencing a true labor shortage but a widening skills gap, as automation reshapes the competencies employers need across manufacturing and other sectors. Despite a 3.x percent unemployment rate, many job seekers lack...
Why Supply Chain Now Sits at the Strategy Table
The video highlights a fundamental shift: supply‑chain responsibilities have moved from peripheral departments to the executive boardroom. CEOs are now insisting that operational functions—manufacturing, procurement, trade compliance—participate directly in strategic deliberations rather than being relegated to lower‑level execution. This change reflects...
Shoring up on Supply Chain Terms
The video dissects three buzz‑words—reshoring, nearshoring and friendshoring—used to describe how companies are rethinking global production. While reshoring suggests bringing manufacturing back to the United States, the speaker argues the term is misleading because many low‑cost assembly lines, especially in...
Tariffs, Uncertainty and the Pause on U.S. Manufacturing
The video examines how U.S. tariffs, originally framed as a temporary lever, have morphed into a semi‑permanent policy, creating a climate of uncertainty that is stalling manufacturing expansion. Despite expectations that tariffs would repatriate production and add jobs, the sector lost...
The Truth About Reshoring
The video clarifies the buzzwords reshoring, near‑shoring and friend‑shoring, explaining that reshoring—bringing manufacturing back to the United States—is often a misnomer because many of today’s low‑cost assembly operations never existed on American soil. It points out that the dominant trend is...