The Supply Chain Doctor spoke with Ted Stank, Faculty Director with the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute to discuss Tennessee / Alabama football and supply chains in the era of Covid-19 and beyond. Ted Stank is the Bruce Chair of Excellence in SCM and Faculty Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee (PhD University of Georgia, 1994). He has authored over 100 articles and five books on various aspects of SCM. He previously worked for Abbott Laboratories and in the US Navy, and has consulted with dozens of organizations including ABI, Dell, IBM, Mondelez, Walgreens, and Walmart. He is a Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the CSCMP. Summary: 0:35 Start 0:50 Supply chain speak is everywhere. Do you understand? 1:15 Supply chain changes coming out of Covid-19 3:00 Bullwhip 5:25 Can an eclipse cause a bullwhip 6:30 Hoarding vs. supply chain design 8:50 Supply chain resilience and adaptability 9:30 SCM and SEC football 16:15 Profit vs. cost tradeoffs 17:30 Relationships vs transactions 18:40 Visibility and sharing is still a challenge 19:50 More tools = more data but not more information. Its still about processes 20:35 Looking for a career change? What about business analytics or data science? 21:20 AI and Predictive analytics 22:20 AI and Reddit gauging the success of a virtual NFL draft 23:10 A throw back to Benn Konsynski https://supplychainnowradio.com/episode-273/ (https://supplychainnowradio.com/episode-273/) 23:45 3D printing in SCM 26:30 Supply chain risk. EPIC https://haslam.utk.edu/whitepapers/global-supply-chain-institute/epic-global-supply-chain-risk-assessment (https://haslam.utk.edu/whitepapers/global-supply-chain-institute/epic-global-supply-chain-risk-assessment) 29:00 Are we in the era of SCM 32:00 APICS is good for students https://www.apics.org/apics-for-individuals/membership/categories (https://www.apics.org/apics-for-individuals/membership/categories) 33:20 Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative @ UTK https://haslam.utk.edu/gsci/ascc (https://haslam.utk.edu/gsci/ascc) 34:45 Thank you