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Monica Gross, ecosystem engagement manager at Avery Dennison, talks with Ian Welsh about the multiple functions of packaging and why labelling is central to all of them – from brand identity and operational efficiency to recyclability and regulatory compliance under PPWR and EPR frameworks. They also discuss connected packaging and the shift from paper to filmic labels.

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   In this episode, Justin interviews RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional, Tyler Vaughan. Tyler explains the pizza-and-bonus-points incentive that got him to attend the risk management and insurance informational session in college, which launched his risk management career. Tyler shares what it was like beginning in the industry as COVID was shutting down offices. He encourages students not to seek a remote position, but a hybrid or office position, at least for the first couple of years of their careers, to grow knowledge and build a network. Tyler shares his feelings about winning the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional Award and his hopes for the future of the risk industry. Listen for insight on building a risk management career, mentoring, and networking.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS and RIMScast. [:14] Public registration is open for RISKWORLD 2026, which will be held from May 3rd through 6th in Philadelphia. Visit RIMS.org/RISKWORLD to register. [:27] About this episode of RIMScast. Our guest today is the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional, Tyler Vaughan. I'm looking forward to discussing with him about how he is setting a high bar for the next generation of risk professionals. But first… [:58] RIMS Virtual Workshops. The next RIMS-CRMP-FED Exam Prep Course will be on May 13th and 14th. The popular CBCP and RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Bootcamp will be held from May 18th through the 21st. The next RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Course will be held on June 9th and 10th. [1:18] Links to registration are in this episode's notes. [1:21] Webinars. On May 14th, Origami Risk will return with a new session, "Future-Proofing Your Risk Program: Keeping Pace with Scale, Complexity, and Visibility." [1:32] On May 28th, Zurich returns with "From Underwriting To Risk Management: What To Expect From The Growing Demand For Data Center Construction." Register for webinars at RIMS.org/Webinars or through the links in this episode's show notes. [1:47] Folks, RIMS is back on YouTube. Our handle is @RIMSOfficialChannel. We've got plenty of videos there, including RIMScast, RIMScast Canada video podcasts, and other informative and entertaining content from RIMS. Subscribe to the channel today! [2:05] This is a last call for registration for RISKWORLD 2026, from May 3rd through the 6th in Philadelphia! Our opening keynote is thought leader Adam Grant. Our closing keynote is NFL Hall-of-Famer and Emmy-award-winning broadcaster, Michael Strahan. [2:22] Visit RIMS.org/RISKWORLD to register. Connect, Cultivate, and Collaborate with 10,000 of your risk management peers. [2:32] RIMS has also released its RISKWORLD Playlist, available through Apple Music and Spotify. Whether you want to get in the zone before RISKWORLD or relive the energy after it, these official RISKWORLD Playlists are available to keep the energy going. [2:48] Links are in this episode's show notes. [2:52] On with the Show! Our guest today is the Global Risk Manager for Cook Group in Indiana. He is the RIMS Rising Risk Professional for 2026. We will be seeing him onstage receiving his award at RISKWORLD. It's Tyler Vaughan.  [3:11] Tyler has already made an impact on the risk profession and RIMS. We're going to learn about what it took to lead the Northeast Ohio Chapter to greatness, mentors who have lifted him, and how his RIMS participation has made him a more confident risk leader. Let's get to it! [3:31] Interview! 2026 RIMS Rising Risk Professional Tyler Vaughan, welcome to RIMScast! [3:48] Tyler says he appreciates being named the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional. It's humbling and a bit surreal. [3:64] Tyer looks back to when he joined the industry in 2018 as an intern. He joined the Northeast Ohio RIMS Chapter. He didn't think risk management was a profession where you expect public recognition; most of it happens behind the scenes. [4:12] Tyler says in risk management, success often looks like nothing bad happened. Within different corporations, you're protecting against bad things happening. To have RIMS recognize Tyler as the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional means a lot to him. He's very thankful for it. [4:37] Justin says there are several professions where the idea is that no news is good news. If you don't get any feedback, that means you're doing everything fine. Justin says an award like this, and all the RIMS awards, are nice and well-deserved. [5:19] Tyler tells how he became involved in risk management. He was studying corporate financial management at the University of Akron College of Business. The professor of a challenging course held an informational session on risk management and insurance. [5:58] Tyler wasn't interested until the professor announced pizza and bonus points. Tyler couldn't turn that down. The professor, Dr. Jill Bisco, comes from the industry. She had been on the carrier side for many years. She was one of Tyler's first mentors. He still talks to her. [6:17] At that informational session, Tyler learned of how much opportunity the risk management and insurance industry has. He signed up for more information that day. [6:26] Dr. Bisco talked about Gamma Iota Sigma, the collegiate actuarial science risk management business fraternity. Tyler signed up to be an officer. [6:39] Tyler went through the chartering ceremony the next semester, and then the University of Akron officially adopted a risk management insurance program, and Tyler was one of the first students to sign up for that path. [6:50] Pizza and bonus points are still relevant to college students. Tyler says, take advantage of those opportunities. You never know what might come from it. Tyler later organized sessions with food. He used Chick-fil-A when pizza didn't bring a good crowd. [7:24] The Risk Management and Insurance Program at the University of Akron had an event called Risky Business, where they brought in different industry professionals. [7:33] One of those industry professionals was Kristen Peed. Tyler was looking for an internship. Kristen was looking for her umbrella after the event, and Tyler took it to her and asked her name. Tyler says pizza, bonus points, and an umbrella got him where he is today. [8:08] Kristen had just come off the board of the Northeast Ohio Chapter. Justin says Kristen was on the RIMS board for years and is the RIMS Immediate Past President. [8:36] Kristen taught Tyler that risk management is about people. She balances technical expertise with emotional intelligence. Tyler learned from her that the best professionals are the ones who can translate complexity into clarity and build trust across the organization. [8:56] Tyler says, across the industry, it's all about relationships. Kristen taught him that early on. Kristen has had many interns, and they share a community, and she connects with each of them, so they have a network within a network. [9:13] Kristen taught Tyler that we're only as successful as those that we bring up in the industry as well. It's full-circle for Tyler, now being seven years out of college, and giving back to whom he gives now. Any time someone reaches out to Kristen, Kristen loops Tyler in. They talk weekly. [9:44] Throughout the steps Tyler has taken in his career, Kristen has been there. It means something to find that mentor with whom you really connect, whether it be through RIMS Mentor Match or local university mentors. [9:59] You may go through some that aren't an exact fit, and that's OK. Mentorship can't be forced. Look for that person that you want to learn from, build from, and find success from. [10:25] Tyler says he is far more comfortable in public speaking now because of his experiences with Kristen and his experiences in risk management than when he joined the profession. Tyler avoided taking a public speaking class that was offered in high school. He was not extroverted. [10:56] Tyler was somewhat shy going into college. In going to the risk management and insurance pizza and bonus points session, he was nervous to meet people. But it was the push to get out of his comfort zone. [11:14] Dr. Jill Bisco, Kristen Peed, and other mentors taught Tyler that pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone is where you grow as a professional and personally. Tyler has made not only industry connections but also some of his best friends by putting himself out there. [11:38] Public speaking still makes Tyler a little nervous. He says it's cool to look back and see how much he has grown as a professional by putting himself out there. [12:24] Tyler went to the University of Akron and then started on the carrier/underwriting side as an underwriter. He went through a graduate development program at Westfield Insurance, close to home. [12:43] Tyler learned small business underwriting at Westfield and moved to Zurich for middle market underwriting. From there, a mentor of his from Akron University, Kirk Gross of Safelite, came to Tyler with an entry-level opportunity as a Business Continuity Analyst. [13:14] From there, Tyler has grown to where he is today. After Safelite, Tyler was with Avery Dennison as an Insurance Risk Analyst. Now he is with Cook Group, which owns Cook Medical, in Indianapolis. [13:31] Tyler's focus has been depth and versatility. He wants to continue to strengthen his technical foundation. He's gaining exposure across many areas, being a risk manager at a large company in the medical space. [13:47] This exposure includes operational risk, governance, and resilience. It's about emerging risks and how much they've changed recently. In the long term, Tyler hopes to play a role in shaping how organizations integrate risk into strategic-level decision-making. [14:02] Tyler would love to lead a team, continue to mentor the younger professionals, and continue doing what he can for the profession, whether it's leadership or workforce development, and change what the future of this industry looks like. [14:23] Tyler has been sitting on the RIMS Rising Risk Professional Advisory Group for five years. He notes that it has changed a lot. It's an ever-evolving landscape that Tyler wants to contribute to, long-term. [14:43] Tyler says risk management and insurance has been a conservative-minded industry. He would like to see it having an inclusive mindset, moving forward, working in different types of teams, and taking on different types of risks. [14:55] Tyler says risk management is not just buying insurance, it's protecting against the unknown geopolitical environment, the macroeconomic environment, and cyber. When Tyler joined this industry seven years ago, it was totally different. It takes a proactive mindset. [16:22] A Quick Break! The 2026 Florida RIMS Educational Conference will be held from July 28th through August 1st at the lovely Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida. A link to the event is in this episode's show notes. [15:45] The 11th Annual Chicagoland Risk Forum will return to the Old Post Office on Thursday, September 24th, 2026, in Chicago. Visit ChicagolandRiskForum.org for more information. [15:59] The RIMS Western Regional Conference will be held from October 4th through the 7th in Seattle, Washington. Registration is open, and you can also submit a session. Visit RIMSWesternRegional.com and the link in this episode's show notes for more information. [16:16] Save the dates October 18th through the 21st. That is when the 50th Annual RIMS Canada Conference will be held in Quebec City. Booth sales are already open. The call for educational session proposals is open through May 8th. Early-bird registration will open in June. [16:35] Visit RIMSCanadaConference.ca for more information. Also, remember to check out RIMS.org/Canada for our spinoff show, RIMScast Canada, hosted by National Conference Committee Chair, Aaron Lukoni. [16:51] Let's Return to Our Interview with RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional Tyler Vaughan! [17:21] Tyler mentions some unknowns regarding the Middle East: supply chain risk, physical personnel risk, and cyber. Cyber was a new risk when Tyler joined the industry.  [17:41] Tyler did a course in college on the TJ Maxx data breach of the late 2000s. He thought that every company is protected against this now; we aren't going to see a data breach again. Everyone can see that's not the case. The unknowns of cyber keep Tyler interested. [18:40] Unknowns can slow things down. Geopolitical conflict potentially affects every business unit within the corporation: HR, Marketing, the supply chain, and procurement. For your company's success, you protect against disruption with insurance and strategic conversations. [19:24] Tyler entered the risk profession just as COVID was hitting. He says he joined Westfield and had training in a classroom before getting a desk. Then they were told that they were going to work from home for a couple of weeks. He never went back to the office at Westfield. [20:43] Tyler says working from home took self-motivation. In the first couple of months. Tyler didn't have the collaboration of meeting with underwriters, management, and leadership at the company that he needed to learn the profession. [21:16] Thinking back to his college time, Tyler says that for students, it must have been very different to excel in a remote environment. [21:56] Students often ask Tyler if he knows of any fully remote opportunities. Tyler was fully remote at Safelite. He needed personal interactions. He suggests a hybrid approach. In the early stages of a career, for learning, be in the office for a couple of years before going fully remote. [23:27] A hybrid approach is Tyler's favorite. Be strategic about the times when everyone is in the office versus remote. That's how Tyler looks at the future environment. [23:57] Another Quick Break! The Spencer Educational Foundation's Risk Manager on Campus application period is now open, and it will close on June 30th. Grant awardees, colleges, and universities are typically notified in September. [24:23] The Course Development Grant application deadline for Interval Number 2 will be on June 15th, 2026. Award notifications will be sent out in late July. [24:38] General Grant applications will open on May 1st, 2026, and the application deadline is July 30th. Internship Grant applications open on August 15th and close on October 15th. [24:50] Links to each of these grants are in this episode's show notes. Visit SpencerEd.org for more information. [24:58] Let's Conclude Our Interview with RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional Tyler Vaughan! [25:15] Tyler says he's excited to receive his award, but there's a lot of pressure to be on stage in front of the global risk community at RISKWORLD. What if he tripped? He was emailing Joshua Salter of RIMS. Joshua assured him they would walk him through it, don't even think about it. [25:35] Tyler says it's so cool to have that network behind him and the support he has had through his career thus far. He thinks receiving that award will be very full-circle. He can't wait to see future professionals win the award. He recalls his friend Megan Smalter winning it last year. [26:08] Tyler says it's different seeing your friends succeed. You find real value in that. He hopes his friends who attend RISKWORLD will apply next year. [27:26] Tyler says in-office exposure is important for preserving the risk knowledge from some of the seasoned professionals, so their techniques and wisdom are not lost when they retire. Take advantage of one-on-ones with other experienced professionals besides your direct leader. [27:46] Learn through documentation, informal mentoring, and collaborative problem-solving. Individuals who have been there longer than you are there to help you learn. They want to see you succeed. [27:58] Tyler suggests being proactive about how you reach out to individuals and to keep this knowledge in notes. Tyler started writing on a notepad. Now he uses a shared drive. If you move to a new opportunity, transfer your notes from your work computer to the people you leave. [28:37] Be strategic and meet as many professionals as you can. Introduce yourself. Tyler recently told students at a Spencer event to have their elevator speech ready. Know whom you want to talk to and take advantage of that. [29:08] Tyler is a judge on the Spencer Risk Challenge. There are very talented students coming from around the world to present. It's very interesting to hear the different ways they think about the case study. Tyler loves engaging with the students. [29:39] Tyler says that last year's team from South Africa came to support the South African team in the Top Eight this year. It's awesome that RIMS partners with Spencer on the Challenge. [30:07] Justin notes that Megan Miller of Spencer Educational Foundation has been on RIMScast speaking of the Spencer events lined up for RISKWORLD. [30:43] Tyler says to young risk professionals, don't be discouraged if you don't have it all figured out at first, whether it's the job or your path in the industry. There's no one correct way to go about this industry on the carrier side, risk management, or broker side. [31:08] It's what you make it. The opportunities are here, so you do not have to settle. If you're not in the right fit, you can explore your opportunities. If you need more knowledge, don't be afraid to ask questions. It means something to know that you're utilizing your resources to learn. [31:45] Invest in relationships. Your network is your net worth. It takes time and effort to build your brand and who knows you. Tyler says it's worth it in the long run, and you make some of your best friends. [32:19] Justin reminds us that Michael Strahan is the closing keynote at RISKWORLD. Tyler hopes to meet him backstage. Adam Grant is the opening keynote. Lots of other highly-regarded people will also present at RISKWORLD. [33:08] Tyler says the opening session is always a grand time where you will see everyone who will be attending. [33:15] Recently, Tyler worked with the Rising Risk Professional Advisory Group to create the Rising Risk Professional/Student Track. That will be uploaded to the RISKWORLD site and app. The group was strategic about the best sessions to suggest to students. Tyler will attend. [33:59] Tyler says the Student Networking Luncheon has grown since he attended as a student. That is an event for all the students to attend. Probably upwards of 120 people will attend. [34:22] It's a roundtable session where industry professionals will move from table to table to tell you their story in this industry and answer questions. If you're not able to attend some of the other sessions on the student track, attend this luncheon. [34:42] Justin says we've got links to that with the information in this episode's show notes. [34:55] Tyler, thank you so much for joining us! It's obviously a well-deserved award for you this year. I look forward to meeting you in person, in Philadelphia, and seeing you continue to do great things for the risk community! [35:14] Special thanks again to RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional Award Winner Tyler Vaughan for joining us here on RIMScast. We will eventually update this episode's show notes with a link to the Awards Edition of RIMS Risk Management Magazine. [35:31] Be sure to tune in next week, when we are joined by the RIMS 2026 Risk Manager of the Year. I don't know if I'm allowed to say who it is yet, but if you know, then you know. Subscribe to RIMScast through your favorite podcasting app so you don't miss one single episode! [35:52] Plug Time! You can sponsor a RIMScast episode for this, our weekly show, or a dedicated episode. Links to sponsored episodes are in the show notes. [36:21] RIMScast has a global audience of risk and insurance professionals, legal professionals, students, business leaders, C-Suite executives, and more. 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This week: Monica Gross, ecosystem engagement manager at Avery Dennison, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the multiple functions of packaging and why labelling is central to all of them. They also discuss connected packaging and the shift from paper to film-based labels.   And, Ian talks with Innovation Forum's Lia Da Giau about how reuse, material innovation and waste management solutions are beginning to work together for packaging.   Plus: report estimates €25.4tn lost annually through linear economic processes; and, Indian packaging sector reduces dependence on fossil fuel-derived materials, in the news digest.   Host: Ian Welsh

For many years, RFID technology has been used by leading retailers such as Walmart, Macy's, and Lowe's. CVS, Zara, and others for theft prevention. But now, it is ready to go beyond this limited use case and transform supply chain logistics. In the episode, I talk to Gagan Luthra, VP of Product and Strategy at RAIN RFID leader Impinj, about the history of technology, how it is currently being used, how it is evolving to support complex supply chain use cases, including Gen2X performance enhancements, new form factors, higher processing power, and more.  We also delve into even more exciting opportunities, including using AI models for better forecasting, analytics, and trend analysis, as well as monetizing data through third-party players. Also, check out my EE Times article about RFID tackling food waste losses, utilizing Avery Dennison food labels: https://bit.ly/47APGav  Index: 00:00 - Intro 02:13 - Guest intro (Gagan Luthra) 04:41 - History and current state of RFID, expanding use cases, beyond theft prevention 06:30 - RFIDs are much more than wireless barcodes - much more information and value, from "cradle-to-grave" of products 09:25 - How RFID works without batteries - Tags are energized by an RF signal, and the receiver "reads" the reflections from the tags for identification 11:32 - Automated and Real-time information, unlike barcodes, with static information, from manual operation 15:03 - Higher initial cost of RFID compared to barcode, but much lower opex, much higher utility, and better ROI 20:30 - RFID cost curve continuing to go down, with economies of scale, wider adoption, and improvement in silicon process technology 22:19 - RAIN Alliance, standards for interoperability, difference between RAIN RFID, and NFC  25:13 - Upgrades needed beyond RFID standards for complex supply chain use cases, details of Impinj's Gen2X enhancements to address those needs, Gen2X traction   29:07 - Full backward compatibility with RAIN standards, how that works 31:30 - Edge processing needs at RFID readers, Impinj's latest announcement about R700 enhancements for readers 33:45 - How AI can power next phase of RFID - real-world, physical data for AI models, Edge AI in readers for smart decisions, utilizing cloud for better forecasting, trend analysis, and more, monetization opportunities for anonymized data for third-party players 37:59 - "Crystal Ball" question, where is RFID headed in the next 3-5 years - wider adoption across many verticals, tagging almost anything, even very low-cost items, and adoption of AI     40:35 - Closing  

According to research by Forrester, when brand experience and customer experience are improved together, companies can achieve up to 3.5x revenue growth. So how do you build a trusted brand all while consistently delivering high quality customer experiences? Riley Rogers: Hi, and welcome to the Win-Win podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Jessica George, Director of Marketing Communications at Avery Dennison. Thank you so much for joining us today, Jessica! I’m super excited to dig into all of the experience you bring to the table. Just for our listeners, can you kick us off by telling us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role? Jessica George: Just a little about me: I have been working in brand marketing communications for—I almost don’t wanna say because it absolutely dates me—but it’s been 24 years now. This is my first role in B2B or B2B manufacturing. So I’ve been with Avery Dennison for about eight years. Before that, I was doing all direct-to-consumer and brand marketing. So kind of both sides, I would say, of the sort of marketing spectrum there. And there are some really unique challenges in manufacturing, but for the most part, what you find is that marketing challenges are the same in both B2B and B2C. So it’s been a really fun journey and there’s just a lot more to keep learning. RR: Well, just looking at your background, it’s safe to say that you’ve been in some really cool roles, marketing some really interesting products. As someone kind of in the tech world, I’m always so fascinated by—and kind of a little bit jealous of—folks who can point to very tangible things and say “I brought that to life” or “My team did that.” I know you’ve developed a philosophy around brand awareness and performance excellence, both of which are very central to your work. Can you talk us through why brand matters so much, and how a strong brand translates into business impacts, like we heard in that introduction? JG: Yeah, absolutely. I would say this is probably an area where you do see some differences between direct-to-consumer and sort of B2B. In direct-to-consumer from almost a psychology standpoint, you’re going to see faster, more tangible impacts with regards to things like media and marketing psychology, so how people react to ads, how often you need to show someone something. You see, as a consumer yourself, sort of the impacts of all of that. Why do you buy the things that you buy? Why do you gravitate towards the brands you gravitate towards? In B2B manufacturing, it’s definitely different. You are trying to build that same brand presence, that same brand consistency, and that same brand equity, but your audience is often a lot more narrow. It’s focused on a particular segment or industry or trade application, but still your brand integrity remains important no matter who your audience is. And so that’s one of the common things between B2C and B2B. Avery Dennison operates in an industry that we invented by a technology we invented 91 years ago, so our brand has grown somewhat organically from that singular invention and sort of expanded from the center there. We’ve also grown by acquisition. We’ve gone into adjacent categories and technologies, and now we’re massive. So now we’re, you know, $9 billion globally and 35,000+ employees. So, it’s really a completely different ball game. Managing and protecting that brand as you grow from the center and grow out and kind of pull things in and pull in, that equity becomes a real challenge. And so the consistency of what you look like and what you sound like and how you talk about your business is really critical as your name kind of moves farther and farther away from you. So it’s just absolutely critically important that you maintain control of how you show up in front of those audiences. RR: That leads us very well into kind of my next question, which is: When you’re tackling marketing and brand building at large, multi-portfolio organizations like you have, what’s kind of surprising about dealing with brand at this scale and what lessons have you kind of taken away from this time now at Avery Dennison? JG: I think what becomes interesting is that brand in the direct-to-consumer sense or in the B2C sense is really something that the person who’s using your product at the end of the day identifies with. So within manufacturing, Avery Dennison is the brand, but within that brand we have so many different solutions that kind of ladder up to who we are as a company. And they all support our overall strategic vision, but they also mean different things to different people based on how they’re interacting with them. And so I think what my biggest learning was, if you’re marketing brands like JIF and Smuckers, your frame of reference for who your audience is is a little bit different. They have a different understanding because they’re interacting with you. Whereas if you go out into the manufacturing space, they’re likely interacting not necessarily with your brand name or what they consider to be Avery Dennison, but with a specific product subset. So for me, the biggest shift when coming into this space was: Yes, Avery Dennison is critical to maintain as a brand, but equally as important are all of the attributes and value propositions for the products underneath that Avery Dennison makes. And so when you operate in so many different regions and so many different verticals and industries, it’s really your product integrity. And the equity of those products, that becomes really critical. And so that’s a shift for sure, and I think it makes you think about your brand integrity a little bit differently, but also how important it is to make sure that every product has its own concise and clear value proposition. And that’s really the biggest difference: If you go to market as Jif, everybody already understands a whole bunch of things about JIF. They already understand a whole bunch of things about Nike, so a lot of that legwork is done. What we try to do in B2B manufacturing is make sure that the Avery Dennison name stands for quality. It stands for innovation. It stands for solving some of the world’s most complex challenges. We want to make sure that we consistently know we’re standing for that. We then have another added responsibility to make sure that all of our products then stand for what they need to stand for and perform as intended, no matter who’s using them. RR: Thinking about this shift from direct to consumer to where you are now, what was hardest when you were making that transition? What did you really have to learn, and what was most difficult when you were learning those lessons? JG: The hardest thing to grapple with is the lack of data that exists in the B2B space. In direct-to-consumer marketing and brand marketing, you’ve got access to IRI data. You’ve got access to Nielsen data, you’ve got all of your digital media and marketing data, and you can then check sort of your velocities and IRI and say: “Hey, you know, we turned on this campaign, we added this many GRPs to a TV.” You look at the impact of that and you see it five days later. You see it 10 days later represented in your actual business metrics and IRI. The ability to do that was something that I took for granted. And so when I came to manufacturing, you have to think a lot differently about how you’re determining what success looks like for things like your marketing campaigns. First of all, you’ve got a longer purchase lead time, so it takes longer for a customer to make a decision usually on what product from Avery Dennison they’re gonna buy, or if they’re gonna switch from a competitive product to Avery Dennison. That decision, in essence, takes longer, so your sales cycle is longer, your negotiation cycle is longer. When you are kind of doing all of these marketing things that you would’ve done in the direct-to-consumer space—turning on digital campaigns, reaching out in social, doing events and things like that—you don’t see the impact of that marketing right away, and so you don’t have the ability to make as many fast, data-driven marketing decisions. So that’s the hardest for me: the data. What we had as a major outage, I would say we maintain 250 pieces of collateral. Are all of those collateral pieces doing something for us? Are they all being accessed? Are they all being used? Are they all in the right condition? Are they actually being used to influence purchase decisions for our customers? It’s not necessarily a learning curve, but it definitely is something that you have to get used to and you have to learn how to pivot differently and react off different pieces of information and different levels of information, often an incomplete picture to make informed decisions moving forward. RR: It’s really funny. I feel like I talk to a lot of folks that have come up in the B2B space, so they’ve never had this influx of data where it’s like: “I know I can directly attribute.” It’s always just: “Okay, I’m puzzle piecing together what I have. I’m finding tools that can help me do better.” It’s very interesting to hear that kind of directional shift looking back kind of when you’re seeing these gaps and seeing, okay, I’m having a hard time measuring these things. I’m trying to maintain 250 pieces of collateral and make sure that they’re all valuable. Thinking of this, what signals told you it’s time to look for a platform? What problems beyond these—or just these—were you trying to solve? JG: There were really kind of two things that happened and they were two things that happened completely independent of each other, and we were able to kind of marry up a root cause. And so what happened was on the marketing communication side, my team and I were dealing with the challenges of: “I wonder if our collateral’s working, do we need to be maintaining all of these pieces all the time? Can we set a different cadence for updating them?” A lot of that was rooted in. Running the team efficiently. From the MarCom side, what we saw was the time efficiency piece of it. The other thing that we started to see was you get a lot of like: “Hey, I don’t know if this is the most recent version. Hey, can you send me this? Hey, there’s four copies of this on the drive. Which one is the right one?” And so all of this stuff started to look like, yeah, we can field all these questions, of course, and we know the answers to all this stuff, but is this really the best use of our time? The sales team was seeing something a little bit similar to what we were seeing, so we said we need to start looking for a tool that’s gonna help us solve all of these problems. We’re kind of hearing through our relationship with Salesforce and some of these other tools that we have this tool called Highspot, and we were like, all right, let’s take a look at it and see what it does. And lo and behold, it did everything that we were asking for it to do, so we started to explore a little bit more about the platform and we went: “I think it does everything that we needed to do.” We were able to expand that value to the entire sales and marketing organization, and we’ve not looked back. Instead, we just kept expanding. So we found this tool that did the things we needed it to do, and then. We kept going: “Oh wait, it does this,” and “Oh wait, we can add on this.” It just keeps getting better and better. We went in wanting it to do something and then we kept going: Oh, I wonder if it could do this, and then it could do that. And if it couldn’t do that at that moment, it was probably on the innovation horizon with the team. All we had to do was call the team and call our point of contact and say: “Hey, we’re thinking about trying to figure out how our collateral ultimately influences purchase at our customers, is there a way to tie that sort of outbound send from the Highspot platform into what our customers are doing?” And they went: “Yeah, because of our relationship with Salesforce, we can absolutely start to tie those things together and the metrics keep getting better, tighter, and more sophisticated, and our teams keep deepening their use of the platform. We just kept solving problems that kept coming up or that we didn’t know existed, and the platform just kept adapting and growing with us as a company and with our needs, and I think that was really unique. RR: Yeah, and I mean, I think that’s the ideal scenario, right? That the perfect tool falls in your lap and you’re like: “Oh, I just get to run with this.” I don’t think that happens often, so I love that that was an easy decision and has continued to be a great relationship over, you know, the last five, six years. Looking across that period where, you know, you started with one use case and now you’ve expanded out as the need arose: At a high level, can you walk me through how you and the team kind of use Highspot to standardize execution across product lines? And again, like you were talking about earlier, how does it help you ensure that reps show up consistently with the Avery Dennison message wherever it’s appearing in the field? JG: The platform allows us a level of control and access, so right off the bat, we stop answering questions about, is this the most recent version of this? I no longer have people who are pulling down decks from 2010 to 2015, even to 2020 because they know exactly where to go to find the most recent one, and they can trust that that’s the most recent one, and it’s fully up to date and a hundred percent available for their use. Because if they couldn’t find it and couldn’t see it, then it’s not, and that’s the way we kind of control that. It stops that question of: “Am I using outdated visual equity? Am I not talking about the brand correctly or am I not talking about these products correctly?” All of that is controlled because we have what we call the single source of truth for pushing out content to both our internal teams as well as our customer base. And so reps have the option to get right into Gmail and link into the Highspot widget and search and send for things that way. But they also have the ability to see what all their customers have received in the past. So you prevent some duplication too. So, if a customer received something as part of a campaign that was sent out, you can see in the customer record in Salesforce, oh, my customer already got that, but I’m gonna send them the second piece of information that’s kind of tied to the first one that they’ve got, but might help kind of further the conversation there. We can control all of that now, which is something that we couldn’t control in the past. We have visibility to all of the touch points that a customer has. It all lives in our single customer record in Salesforce, which gives us one view. Because we’ve got controls and permissions, it allows the marketing communications team to sort of be the owners of our equity once it leaves our four walls we can control anything that a rep has access to. We’ve moved so far out of the idea of downloading things and into the idea of everything being cloud-based. And so it’s awesome from a performance perspective, and it gives everybody a lot of flexibility in the mobile space. All of our reps actually operate on these cool tablets now, so they don’t even have full-functioning laptops, but they can still access everything through Highspot because it’s all the most recent version, and it can all be sent right from their tablet. So the rep doesn’t even have to say: “Is this in the right equity?” They just pull it from Highspot. They know exactly that it's the most recent, most up-to-date version of that deck. It just eliminates so many of the questions, and it eliminates the outdated versions that exist on hard drives too. RR: So, thinking about what you just shared there of how that has changed the relationship between MarCom and sales, where it’s not: “Hey, where's this thing, can you help me find it, or is this up to date?” Now, you are saving time there and sales are also saving time because they’re not waiting for responses and so on so forth. What has that kind of done to the relationship between these teams, and maybe how has that saved you time? JG: Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean, it saves us time every day from a MarCom perspective. The relationship with sales is interesting because marketing communications is typically a marketing function. Makes sense. And it’s usually some either sitting alongside marketing or maybe a subset of marketing. And that was true at Avery Dennison as well. About, oh gosh, four years ago now, we moved marketing communication into sales under a leader who’s now our VP GM of Labels in North America. But she has historically and continues to have just a real innovative mindset in the digital space, and is just a champion of digital innovation. I think the relationship between marketing communications and sales shifted largely because of the direction of that leader and her endorsement of the things that we wanted to do in the digital space as being helpful to more than just us. But if you can take a look at what your sales team needs. And see where they’ve got outages. So, you know, bringing the perspective of that sales leader and for us to be able to connect those dots because we have that relationship. And then also see moving forward how the reps are interacting with the platform has been really critical. And I think we would not have considered the MarCom team at all equipped or even interested in some cases in sort of the idea of sales enablement and sales enablement platforms. But we became interested because the digital innovation time period was absolutely spot on with what we needed at the time. So we found a tool, the tool did what we needed. It was innovating at the same pace that we are, and it was helping push us forward in areas that we didn’t even know were possible yet. So, we kind of branched into this idea of sales enablement through the platform with Highspot. We got to see firsthand how reps were interacting with the system and the platform. And we got to say like: “Okay, I think if we were doing X amount of pitches per month, we’d see some traction in these areas, or we’re starting to really see this piece of collateral heat up and translate into sales attribution. We should start pushing this piece of collateral out to, you know, the reps and customers that would find it most valuable.” So I think it strengthened our relationship with the reps. We were able to hear and see what they needed and where they needed support in a way that we probably wouldn’t have if we were in the marketing organization or if we were sitting off by ourselves. There were certainly some relationship improvements that came as a result of that, but there was also just a whole eye-opening knowledge that marketing, communications and digital experience can play a huge role, not just in helping market your products, but also in helping your sales teams go out and market products. Maybe they’re not using something that you developed, but if they can show up in front of a customer more consistently, more confidently, more accurately, and you’re enabling that through a platform, to us, that’s a win-win. RR: So you’re asking that question of: “What can we spend our time doing to ensure that our reps are showing up the way we want them to?” You’ve mentioned a couple of things that kind of support this. You know, what reps are doing in the platform, what content they’re looking at, what’s being shared. I would be curious to hear—you know, we talked about the absence of data—so, what sort of metrics and data points are you looking at to tell you that okay, we are reaching reps the way we want to? JG: There’s a couple of different things that we look at. On the MarCom side, we’re particularly interested in attribution metrics. So, are certain pieces of collateral being tied to closed one sales opportunities at certain customers? That really helps us figure out if there is a specific type of content that’s really resonating, or if there is a product line or solution that’s really gaining a lot of traction. And I think that’s helpful for my team that builds that content. On the other side of that, I will say what we look at from a behavior standpoint in the reps are things like: “Are they being appropriately trained on new products and innovations as they hit so that they can go out and sell those to customers?” And we do that training through the Highspot platform. “Are they pitching things to customers? Are they pitching pieces of collateral? Are they using sales plays to go out and talk about hot topics? Are they using customized digital selling rooms to pull bespoke pieces of content and send it to one customer in particular?” All of that now is done within Highspot in a matter of minutes. You know, we measure collateral efficacy on the MarCom side, but then we also look at, if the reps are kind of hitting all these behaviors, if they’re pitching the amount of times we want ’em to pitch, if they’re using digital selling rooms, if they’re completing their training, what’s the effect of that on their actual sales metrics? And so the other thing we line up is: Is this sales rep performing against their sales goals and then also exhibiting these behaviors that we’ve established as the positives for helping drive your customer relationships? We see a 100% overlap with the top performing sales reps from a business perspective and the behaviors that we wanna see within the Highspot system, there is a 100% overlap between those reps that perform at the top, both in Highspot and with their sales metrics. Because we’re able to tie those things together. There’s confidence in the system that it is helpful. There’s confidence from a rep standpoint that if I do these things in Salesforce, if I do these things in Highspot, I have a better chance at hitting my sales goals and hitting my quarterly bonuses. RR: It’s amazing that you’ve built a culture where that is baked in and known by your reps that: “Okay, I have the path to success. I just gotta. do X, Y, and Z, and I know that it’s gonna help me. I invest a little time here and it pays dividends down the line.” You know, it’s been a journey—like you said, five, six years. From all of that work over the last few years, what key wins can you share? Any stories you’re super proud of? JG: I honestly think that the entire implementation is a great story that we’re really proud of, and it’s one that we talk about in every commercial kickoff meeting that we have now. If we would show up at a commercial kickoff and we’re giving a digital presentation and we don’t talk about something new that we’re doing in Highspot, we will get questions from our sales reps on what’s going on with Highspot. Are we adding anything new in Highspot? Can I get that functionality in Highspot to me? That’s a huge win. From an attribution standpoint, I would say what we’ve seen that’s been really nice on the MarCom side is the attribution metrics, so the influenced revenue metrics within the Highspot platform. From our standpoint, we are able to use that metric at least directionally to say our collateral is still proving to be valuable in these ways to our customers, and it’s still helping us influence purchase at our customers. And so I would say that sort of attribution or influenced revenue metric is really another huge success story. And I kind of won’t get into the numbers, but we’re easily tens of millions of dollars of influenced revenue every year, and we just see that number go up. RR: Yeah, and it seems like everything we talked about from the very outset of this journey, you’ve kind of solved those problems, and you’ve found the clarity. I love to hear that as we’re kind of wrapping up. I know for me, I get on the line with you and I’m like, “Ooh, tell me how you did all of this.” So, for anyone else listening, for all of those early career marketers aspiring to lead and to navigate complex organizations like yours, what skills, lessons have been really critical to getting you where you are and successful where you are? JG: I think my advice is relatively simple. Take the opportunities that come to you early in your career and don’t overthink whether or not it’s the right thing, because if it’s even somewhat related to what you do, chances are from a story standpoint, you’re gonna be able to figure out how to connect those dots. So when I went from fashion merchandising into digital marketing. That didn’t seem like a na, like a natural progression. And then when I went from digital marketing into data loyalty marketing, that didn’t seem like a natural progression. But as you get into brand marketing, you start to see those are all pieces of a whole pie. Before you know it, you’ve kind of built a package, and the package is yourself. Now, you have all of these different skills. It’s really hard to find people now on the other side, so moving from agency side to client side and being able to now hire agencies and hire people into my team, what I look for are really well-rounded people. I don’t look for people who have just. Moved up the same, the same linear progression. I look for somebody who is a little bit more of a Swiss Army knife and has a bunch of different skills that we’ll find valuable because you never know what is gonna happen, especially in marketing. And I would say the other piece is leadership skills are the one thing that no one taught me or or more appropriately taught me that I was gonna have to learn. Take courses on public speaking, learn how to build compelling presentations, do all of those things that seem not maybe exactly what your functional discipline is but will ultimately help you be a better leader. Learn how to lead with empathy. Learn how to read people. Learn how to sort of listen to what people are telling you, because more often than not, everyone’s telling you what they need as long as you’re listening, you know. Leadership and learning how to be a good leader is something that I think I’ll never be done learning. RR: At Highspot, one of our guiding principles is learn it all. And I, I love that phrase because it’s very encouraging, to your point, about how opportunity strikes in weird places. The work you do today may not be the work you want to do tomorrow, but it will lead to those roles you’re looking for, and it will lead naturally if you can sell yourself and message that the right way. Well, thank you so much for joining us today. JG: Thank you to you and the Highspot team, honestly, for helping us kind of on this crazy journey. RR: To our audience, thank you for listening to this episode of The Women Podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize go to market success with.

In this episode of the RETHINK Retail podcast, Julia Rogers Vargas, VP and GM, Identification Solutions at Avery Dennison and Sasha Wallinger, contributor at Forbes move past the buzzwords to find the "magic" in the retail grind. The End of the Visible Transaction We are rapidly approaching a "post-transactional" world. As AI bots begin to automate our daily chores, from replenishing diapers to choosing grocery brands, the traditional checkout experience is fading. Sasha and Julia explore why this shift forces a total pivot in marketing: if a bot is making the purchase, a brand's only survival strategy is a deep, emotional relationship with the human behind the machine. Data as the Non-Negotiable Floor You can't build "magic" on a broken foundation. Julia highlights that while everyone is chasing AI, the real winners are those perfecting their data accuracy through RFID and sensor technology. If the information feeding your digital models is inaccurate, the entire ecosystem collapses. Accurate "track and trace" is what allows the logistics to become invisible, leaving room for the human touch. Freeing the "Hardy" Retailers Retail has always been about "humans serving humans." By automating the tedious, manual processes, what Julia calls the "laundry" of the industry, we aren't replacing the workforce. Instead, we are re-empowering retailers to be the entertainers and artists they were meant to be, bringing intimacy and delight back to the physical space. Watch the full interview to see how Avery Dennison is bridging the gap between digital intelligence and physical artistry.

Ralph Grogan, GM with Taylor Adhesives, and Ravi Mehra, vice president of corporate development/strategy with Avery Dennison, and Kemp Harr discuss why Taylor is a key part of their growth strategy and the unique scale and expertise the brand has as a leader in the flooring adhesive business.

How do you scale AI in a regulated enterprise without risking trust, compliance, or credibility? In this episode of Technovation, Nick Colisto, CIO of Avery Dennison, and Sathish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Data & Digital Officer at Ally Financial, share how they are moving from AI pilots to measurable enterprise impact. From governance-first implementation inside a federally regulated bank to CFO-grade ROI tracking across a global manufacturing enterprise, this conversation focuses on the discipline required to operationalize AI at scale. Key highlights include: Why one AI misstep can set a regulated enterprise back years How to win over risk, audit, and compliance before scaling Embedding “human-in-the-loop” safeguards from day one Measuring AI-enabled initiatives using EBIT and IRR Taking credit for AI embedded in SaaS platforms If you’re leading AI in a regulated or board-visible environment, this episode offers a pragmatic blueprint for scaling responsibly. 🎧 Listen to learn how CIOs are turning AI experimentation into enterprise value.

Legislation is driving an urgent need to scale up reusable packaging systems. What levers are available to us to shift from limited pilots to volume deployment? Noam Assael talks to Tim Sykes about the lessons Avery Dennison has drawn from market activities and collaborative projects - covering the wider preconditions for scale-up, the crucial need to optimize profitability, and why it's necessary to mobilize the consumer as a key stakeholder in systemic change.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Chris, Anne, and Chad Lusk from A&M Consumer and Retail Group debate 2025's smartest retail partnerships in this segment sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso. Chad highlights Walmart's Rebag luxury resale partnership as perfectly timed for cross-income shopping trends, Chris praises Walmart and Avery Dennison's perishables tracking as the "holy grail" for grocery margins, while Anne champions IKEA's Best Buy kitchen installations as brilliant real estate utilization. Which partnership model works best for expansion? For the full episode head here: https://youtu.be/ApiGWRByxIY #retailpartnerships #walmartrebag #ikeabestbuy #luxuryresale #inventorytracking #retailcollaboration #marketplacestrategy

Behind every safe meal is someone who got the data right. Brandon Ballew, Senior Product Information Analyst at Beaver Street Fisheries, joins hosts Liz Sertl and Reid Jackson to discuss how the seafood industry is preparing for FSMA Rule 204, and how GS1 standards like GLNs, GTINs, and 2D barcodes are helping ensure food safety from port to plate. Brandon shares how his team uses data to improve visibility, partner collaboration, and customer confidence, proving that accurate and standardized information benefits everyone in the supply chain. In this episode, you'll learn: How GS1 standards support FSMA 204 traceability Why data quality impacts both compliance and customer trust How Beaver Street Fisheries uses GLNs to connect digital and physical supply chains Jump into the conversation: (00:00) Introducing Next Level Supply Chain (03:51) Preparing for FSMA 204 and data-driven traceability (06:08) Lessons from SIMP and early adoption of seafood standards (09:04) Creative uses of GLNs across operations (12:31) Data synchronization with GS1 Data Hub and 1WorldSync (15:34) The cost of inaccurate data in online ordering (19:00) Educating trading partners about FSMA compliance (22:11) The benefit of 2D barcodes for consumers (26:37) Brandon's favorite technologies Connect with GS1 US: Our website - www.gs1us.orgGS1 US on LinkedIn This episode is brought to you by: Avery Dennison and Syndigo If you're interested in becoming or working with a GS1 US solution partner, please connect with us on LinkedIn or on our website. Connect with the guests: Brandon Ballew on LinkedIn Check out Beaver Street Fisheries

Walmart and Avery Dennison achieve what was long considered impossible: RFID sensors that work in high-moisture, cold environments for meat, deli, and bakery departments. Chris and Anne explain why this breakthrough represents a domino effect for the smart store of the future, how it tackles food waste and spoilage, and why it will transform online grocery fulfillment. Plus, learn about the FSMA legislation driving this innovation forward. Sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso.

In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon and Target's major layoffs affecting thousands of corporate employees (Source) DoorDash launching an Emergency Food Response program for SNAP recipients (Source) Walmart and Avery Dennison partnering to track fresh food with breakthrough RFID technology (Source) Lululemon venturing into its first licensing deal with the NFL (Source) Amazon unveiling smart glasses for its delivery drivers (Source) And AWS's Daniele Stroppa also dropped by to help us hand out this month's Retail Tech Startup of the Month award. There's all that, plus Stranger Things movie theater premieres, Target's weirdly hot Santa returning for year two, and whether Red Bull really gives you wings. Music by hooksounds.com #RetailNews #AmazonLayoffs #TargetLayoffs #DoorDash #WalmartRFID #LululemonNFL #AmazonAIGlasses #RetailPodcast #OmniTalk #RetailTech #RetailInnovation

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:Walmart partners with Avery Dennison to deploy RFID sensor technology in its meat, deli, and bakery departments, enabling item-level freshness tracking and automated markdown decisions while advancing its sustainability goals.Starbucks quietly tests "Coffee Loop," a back-to-basics rewards pilot offering select members a free coffee for every nine purchased, as the company works to reverse six consecutive quarters of declining comparable store sales.Toys R Us accelerates its comeback with over 30 new flagship and seasonal stores opening ahead of the holidays, marking a significant milestone in the brand's growth since emerging from bankruptcy.The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts, so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights. Be careful out there!

Casey's partners to install high-speed EV charging stations. Walmart and Avery Dennison develop a new radio-frequency identification sensor technology. And Publix will allow the open carry of weapons in its Florida stores.

In this episode of the Mr. Beacon Podcast, we unpack Avery Dennison & Wiliot's latest partnership, share lessons from coding with AI tools like Cursor, and explore Amazon's Alexa+ upgrade. Then, we sit down with Ersan Günes, SVP IoT & Head of AI at Inpixon, to discuss Chirp technology, AI-powered tools like Ask Pixie, and how IoT and AI are converging to reshape factories, logistics, and smart environments.Ersan's Favorite Songs:“Lose Yourself” by Eminem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y“In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA“Don't Stop Me Now” by Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgMMister Beacon is hosted by Steve Statler, CEO of ambientChat.ai — Using AI to connect people with places and things with an app that puts you in control of YOUR data.Our sponsor is Identiv https://www.identiv.com, whose IoT solutions create digital identities for physical objects, enhancing global connectivity for businesses, people, and the planet. We are also sponsored by Blecon http://www.blecon.net. Blecon enables physical products to communicate with cloud applications using Bluetooth Low Energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avery Dennison makes solar tape!  In this episode, Jenna Miles talks about how their specialty tapes are finding new roles in solar panel manufacturing, helping with things like ease of installation, cleaner production, and design flexibility. It's a look at how materials from outside the solar world are quietly contributing to innovation in the industry.   Topics covered: Avery Dennison Labels Solar Tape Foam Tape Adhesive and Carrier PSA = Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Acrylic Based Adhesive Solvent Based Adhesive Solar DIY Solar Made in America   Reach out to Jenna Miles Here: Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-golic-miles Website: www.averydennison.com   Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean's classes at www.heatspring.com/sean

In this episode of the Mr. Beacon Podcast, Kirsten Newquist, CEO of Identiv, shares her journey from Avery Dennison to leading one of the most innovative companies in IoT. Kirsten discusses Identiv's unique engineering, new growth strategy, and their impact on healthcare and smart device solutions. She also highlights her values-driven leadership approach and offers personal insights on building resilient, purpose-led teams in a fast-evolving, connected world.Kirsten's Top 3 Favorite Songs:“Don't Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU“Lean On Me” by Bill Withers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZ-MySzAac“Rise Up” by Andra Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDffmI0ncfoMister Beacon is hosted by Steve Statler, CEO of AmbAI Inc. — creators of AmbAI, the AI agent that connects people to products and the brands behind them. AmbAI also advises leading brands on Ambient Intelligence strategy.Our sponsor is Blecon http://www.blecon.net. Blecon enables physical products to communicate with cloud applications using Bluetooth Low Energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, and welcome to the ninth episode of our Crunchtime podcast series.  In this episode, we're diving into the digital transformation of the food and beverage industry – and what it really means for food safety. With automation and AI on the rise, the potential to reduce waste, boost efficiency and respond to food safety risks in real time is greater than ever. But what does it take to actually implement these tools on the ground – and where should manufacturers even begin? FoodBev Media's news reporter and digital news editor of Refreshment, Rafaela Sousa, is joined by Julie Vargas, vice president and general manager of identification solutions for Avery Dennison, to explore how digital technologies are creating smarter, safer supply chains and how businesses of all sizes can start unlocking their benefits.

How do we make our communities more resilient to extreme weather events? How do we become smarter about using and recycling water, one of the most precious resources on our planet? And how can we turn the textile industry into a more circular and sustainable economy that reduces waste and develops new fibers and materials?Welcome to season seven of Ecosystems for Change, where I'll be talking with the innovators and changemakers tackling these kinds of complex issues, not just within their own communities, but for the world at large.Throughout this season, I'm going to introduce you to the Regional Innovation Engines Program, a program funded by the US National Science Foundation. In partnership with the Builder Platform I will highlight nine so-called Engines, and their place-based strategies to these wicked problems.To start us off, I sat down with three key players in the implementation of this nationwide program: Ben Downing, Patricia Grospiron, and Emily Knight.Ben Downing is Vice President of Public Affairs at The Engine. Before joining The Engine, Ben was Vice President for New Market Development at Nexamp, a veteran-founded, Boston-based clean energy company. Prior to this, Ben represented the state's largest Senate district while serving as State Senator for 52 communities in Western Massachusetts. Patricia Grospiron is the Executive Director of The Builder Platform, where she is responsible for leading the strategic direction to foster the development of the NSF Regional Innovation Engines. Patricia has several decades of experience in innovation ecosystem building thanks to her roles at Avery Dennison, JumpStart, Inc and Ohio Aerospace Institute. Emily Knight is the President of The Engine, where she is responsible for shaping the organization's strategic direction and building partnerships with industry leaders and educational institutions to foster an environment where Tough Tech teams can thrive and innovate. Listen to the full episode to hear:How the NSF funding is acting as a catalyst for innovative, place-based economic development while tackling some of our thorniest problemsWhy the program is committed to innovation that supports communities from withinHow The Builder Platform developed a human-centered approach to engaging with the NSF Engines and providing ongoing partnership and supportHow The Engine's experience and history helps them collaborate with the regional EnginesWhy learning together, collaboration, and flexibility are key to developing in-place innovationLearn more about Ben Downing:Connect on LinkedInLearn more about Patricia Grospiron:Connect on LinkedInLearn more about Emily Knight:Connect on LinkedInLearn more about Anika Horn:Social VenturersSign up for Impact CuratorInstagram: @socialventurersResources:The EngineThe Builder PlatformInsisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land, Viktor K. McElhenyLean Launchpad, Steve BlankWatt It Takes with Emily KirschThe Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream, Steve Case

Mike Brown of Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions - North America demystifies what type of wrap film/vinyl you should be using based on the application and what you're trying to achieve.Have you been using the wrong film? Or have you been spot on?The Slightly Serious Sign Podcast is now the #1 Most Fact Checked Podcast in the United States.Voted #1 by Signman (standing on a van on top of 18 pallets changing a lightbulb over a movie theater sign)https://www.wensco.com/company/slightly-serious-sign-podcast616.785.3333The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Wensco Sign Supply. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only. The "Wensco Sign Supply" name and all forms and abbreviations are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service. Things to note on the statement. Wensco owns all rights to video or audio for Slightly Serious Sign broadcast and cannot be used without the written authorization from Wensco Administration.The Slightly Serious Sign Podcast is hosted by Mike Hull, Tyler Hull, and Domingo Tobar and produced, recorded, shot, and edited by Rick Villanueva with sponsorship from Wensco Sign Supply.

Michael Colarossi of Avery Dennison explains how Digital Product Passports can be a key enabler in the transition to a circular economy. Michael is head of Enterprise Sustainability at Avery Dennison, which specializes in global materials science and digital identification solutions. As part of the the leadership team, Michael is responsible for environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy across the company's worldwide operations. His work focuses on climate action, decarbonization, global supply chain transparency, digital product passports, circular labels and packaging materials. You might already know that the European Union is rolling out a new regulation meaning that nearly all products sold in the EU will require a Digital Product Passport (DPP). The initiative is part of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, and aims to enhance transparency and improve availability of reliable product data, by providing comprehensive information about each product's origin, materials, environmental impact, and recommendations for disposal. The EU Digital Product Passport will include a unique product identifier, compliance documentation, and information on substances of concern. It will also provide user manuals, safety instructions, and guidance on product disposal. The EU intends that Digital Product Passports will enhance supply chain management, ensure regulatory compliance, and help companies identify and mitigate risks related to authenticity and environmental impact. For example, those products like mattresses, sofas and other home furnishings often contain multiple materials, including some natural fibres like wool and cotton, plus synthetics like polyester. The more we know about the make up of the product, the easier it is to decide whether and how it could be refurbished, remanfactured or recycled. The EU regulations will be mandatory for industrial and electric vehicle batteries from 2027, and other product categories, including textiles, are expected to follow by 2030. Michael Colarossi gives us a broader overview of Digital Product Passports, including what kinds of products are they useful for, and what forms they take. As Michael explains, the EU regulations only require the passport to provide details for the type of product – not for every individual unit of that product. We discuss why that more detailed approach would be better. We talk about the potential for Digital Product Passports to guard against fraud and misinformation This isn't straightforward, and we talk about some of the barriers and difficulties from a company perspective, together with the advantages that help make a good business case for doing it, even without the legislation.

On this episode of The Organisational Inclusionist, Grace Mosuro is joined by Helen Mets, President and CEO of Ahlstrom to discuss her commitment to furthering Inclusion within the organisation and beyond. Helen Mets is an international business leader with over 30 years' experience. Before becoming the CEO of Ahlstrom, she held a range of senior executive leadership roles at Avery Dennison, the family company Pon, and at Royal DSM. Helen has a masters degree from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and an Executive MBA from CEDEP, Fontainebleau in Paris. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's Executive Leadership Program. Thank you for listening, and please do follow, like and share.  

This week our hosts discuss some of the newest and latest trends, technology, and LPRC news! In this episode, our hosts discuss the latest in our Detect and Connect Programs, a discussion of the CrowdStrike Windows Outage, a look at a recent report from Avery Dennison, a conversation on the US Election updates, and a look at the creative ways masks are being used since Covid-19. Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in the industry and more!

This week our hosts discuss some of the newest and latest trends, technology, and LPRC news! In this episode, our hosts discuss the latest in our Detect and Connect Programs, a discussion of the CrowdStrike Windows Outage, a look at a recent report from Avery Dennison, a conversation on the US Election updates, and a look at the creative ways masks are being used since Covid-19. Listen in to stay updated on hot topics in the industry and more!

The Interline spoke with the Head of Enterprise Sustainability at Avery Dennison about how the company is working to optimise labour and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers.More in our sustainability archives: https://www.theinterline.com/category/fashion-sustainability-articles/

Debbie Shakespeare, senior director of sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, the eco-design for sustainable products regulation, and digital product passports are impacting the apparel and textiles sector. They explore how these regulations are not only reshaping industry practices but also empowering consumers to contribute to a more sustainable future.

This week: Debbie Shakespeare, senior director, sustainability and compliance at Avery Dennison talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how fashion companies can become ESPR compliant, outlining the main requirements of the Eco Design for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and its timelines, starting with the latest developments, and offers practical tips to help companies get started today. Plus: Innovation Forum's Ellen Atiyah the discusses the Nature Restoration Law, why EV sales growth has slowed in the US and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest report on the importance of producer responsibility policies (EPR) to achieve a circular economy for textiles.

Ep 14: Mike sits down with Tommy Fricano and Abby Monnot of Avery Dennison to talk vinyl wrap, SEMA Show, innovating, and what current technology scares them. Also, Tommy needs your support.Use Avery Dennison? Send them photos of your work: graphicsna.social@averydennison.comThe Slightly Serious Sign Podcast is now the #1 Most Fact Checked Podcast in the United States.Voted #1 by Signman (standing on a van on top of 18 pallets changing a lightbulb over a movie theater sign)https://www.wensco.com/company/slightly-serious-sign-podcast616.785.3333The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Wensco Sign Supply. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only. The "Wensco Sign Supply" name and all forms and abbreviations are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service. Things to note on the statement. Wensco owns all rights to video or audio for Slightly Serious Sign broadcast and cannot be used without the written authorization from Wensco Administration.The Slightly Serious Sign Podcast is hosted by Mike Hull, Tyler Hull, and Domingo Tobar and produced, recorded, shot, and edited by Rick Villanueva with sponsorship from Wensco Sign Supply.

For our money, we cannot think of another technology that unlocks as much value when it is deployed and harnessed across multiple levels of a retail organization in the right way as RFID. So Omni Talk is pleased to announce that Marshall Kay, Global Director of Retail Transformation Services at Avery Dennison, and Randy Dunn, Director of Business Development at Zebra Technologies, joined Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to share all the ways the best of the best retailers are utilizing RFID. Chris and Anne go deep with Marshall and Randy on: – The history of RFID, i.e. where it has been and where it is going next, inclusive of current pricing, use cases, and category penetration – What Randy refers to as the “ladder” approach to RFID implementation – How to move from a basic, foundational RFID implementation into a world of “RFID+” – And, perhaps most importantly, how to know when you have actually unlocked the full value of RFID inside of your retail organization Music by hooksounds.com *Sponsored Content*

Coach y COO de la empresa Jamaicana, Soul Career . Beatriz vive en Barbados desde hace 7 años. MBA y más de 12 años de experiencia en multinacionales americanas como Avery Dennison y Amazon. Cuatro países y tres idiomas, mama y esposa, apasionada del baile y muy disfrutona. Beatriz esta certificada  como ¨Professional Coach¨ (PCC) por la Federación Internacional de Coaching (ICF). Beatriz ha trabajado con clientes de Coaching de mas de 20 países diferentes. Trabaja en Inglés y en Español dando programas de training y coaching en orientación profesional y personal, Liderazgo y emprendimiento. Experta en temas de comunicación y autoconocimiento para conseguir plenitud y mejores resultados. Su empresa se llama Soul Career ( www.soulcareer.com)

The evolution of frictionless shopping in self-checkout continues to meet customer expectations and enhance the in-store experience. What's behind the technology?  Join Robin and Shelley to reveal the expanding role of RFID across retail industries and its broader use cases in supply chain, customer engagement areas, and combating theft and counterfeiting. This is a critical conversation you won't want to miss. Special Guests: Bill Toney, Vice President Global, Food Solutions, Avery DennisonMichael Butensky, Managing Director, Retail Strategy, North America Store Operations Lead, AccentureFor more strategic insights and compelling content, visit TheRobinReport.com, where you can read, watch, and listen to content from Robin Lewis and other retail industry experts, and be sure to follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

In this episode of "Pearls On, Gloves Off," Mary sits down with Dawn Hinz, legal operations leader at Avery Dennison. Together, they dive into the nuances of leading and transforming the legal ops landscape. In The Episode: Exploring Strategy and Improvement: Dawn's role at Avery Dennison: strategy development, process enhancement, and resource optimization. She shares her methodologies in change management and the hurdles faced during large-scale tech implementations. Cultivating Success: The critical elements that foster a successful legal operations function—supportive culture, robust leadership, and the essential skills needed. Dawn discusses her approach to team building and the traits she values in potential hires. Overcoming Resistance: The common challenges of introducing new systems within firms and how to effectively manage resistance to change. The significance of being a proactive change agent equipped with strategic and program management prowess. Lessons from Dell: Dawn reflects on her tenure at Dell, discussing the evolution of legal operations and the importance of a comprehensive understanding of business processes. They discuss striking the right balance between mitigating risks and maintaining operational efficiency. Demonstrating Value: They emphasize the ongoing need to support legal operations and ways to showcase its impact. Dawn offers her personal advice for aspiring legal ops professionals, urging them to embrace leadership roles, seize learning opportunities, and initiate change. Connect with Us: Follow Mary on LinkedIn: Mary O'Carroll Follow Ironclad on LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok Support the Podcast: Love the show? Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Your feedback helps us grow and reach new listeners!

Longford County Council has announced the launch of 'Perfectly Located Longford', a new investment brochure aimed at attracting businesses to County Longford. The brochure was launched by Longford County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr Colm Murray, joined by the elected members. Available to read at LocalEnterprise.ie/Longford, 'Perfectly Located Longford' offers a roadmap to help businesses see how to successfully set up or expand into County Longford. Included within the brochure are inspiring local business success stories and information on business supports. It also profiles County Longford and some of the advantages businesses benefit from, including its central location, excellent road and rail network, lower cost of doing business and access to an educated and skilled workforce. Local launches also took place across the county with the Municipal District (MD) Cathaoirligh joined by local businesses: C&D Food with Ballymahon MD Cathaoirleach Cllr Paul Ross, Avery Dennison with Longford MD Cathaoirleach Cllr Martin Monaghan, Kiernan Milling with Granard MD Cathaoirleach Cllr Turlough McGovern. All the above businesses are also profiled in 'Perfectly Located Longford'. 'Perfectly Located Longford' is part of a wider strategy to promote County Longford to investors both nationally and internationally. This work is already well underway, with County Longford representatives promoting the county at St Patrick's Day celebrations in New York. Speaking following the launch, Longford County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr Colm Murray said, "Perfectly Located Longford profiles the many advantages there are for entrepreneurs and companies which come to Longford to do business. It also profiles the many inspiring business success stories we have as a small county punching well above its weight in terms of our thriving local business community. I hope this new brochure can inspire and show the way forward for future investment into County Longford." Longford County Council Chief Executive Paddy Mahon said, "The Council is very much pro-business and always responsive to the needs of our business community and new investors. I encourage businesses to consider Longford by taking a look at 'Perfectly Located Longford' and arranging to speak to or meet with our team in Longford Local Enterprise Office, who are ready to help investors looking to set up or expand into County Longford." For further information, check out www.localenterprise.ie/longford and follow the Local Enterprise Office and Longford County Council on social media to stay up to date on all there is to do in County Longford.

Meet Marshal Kay, Global Director, Retail Transformation Services for Avery Dennison Smartrac, who takes us through the retail business case for RFID, from supper accurate inventory to Loss Prevention, seamless self-checkout and more, and what it takes to break through with this robust process and technology solution.  Avery Dennison's RFID homepageThe video recording of Walmart's presentation at the RFID Journal LIVE conference in May 2023 (including a link to get the slides themselves)Some good Forbes articles:The video recording of the Panel Discussion with Macy's at the 2024 NRF Big Show (called RFID: The Key To Digitizing Loss Prevention) About MichaelMichael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery. Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Retail Experts list for 2024 for the third year in a row.Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Canada's top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail. He produces and co-hosts Remarkable Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world. Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers. Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America.

In the latest episode of PodCatalyst, Peter Finn, IABC executive director, sits down with Mike Klein, founder of #WeLeadComms. Mike is a season comms pro and champion of the profession. In 2021, he created #WeLeadComms to recognize everyday achievement in the field. To date, he's shone a light on more than 600 communication leaders. Tune in as Mike shares what he's learned through this work and the partnership between IABC and #WeLeadComms in 2024. Plus, get his take on megatrends for the new year and how communicators can set the agenda — from leveraging cost-effective and transformative approaches to technology, to finding alignment between communication and pressing issues like decarbonization and climate. Mike Klein is a communication consultant, based in Iceland, who focuses on strategic communication, research, and measurement. He is also the founder of #WeLeadComms. With more than 20 years of experience in internal communication and an additional decade in politics and public affairs, Klein has worked with large organizations in the U.S. and Europe, including Maersk, easyJet, Barclays, Shell, Avery Dennison, Cargill and the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is a certified Strategic Communication Management Professional (SCMP), and is the former Regional Chair for IABC in Europe – Middle East – North Africa (EMENA). Klein's website can be found at www.changingtheterms.com. #WeLeadComms is an ongoing global campaign to recognize the courage, initiative and leadership demonstrated by communication professionals on a daily basis. With more than 8,000 followers and 650 honorees, #WeLeadComms recognizes communication leaders — at all levels of the profession — across geographic, professional and cultural boundaries. #WeLeadComms can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/weleadcomms/. LINKS *Social Media* https://twitter.com/iabc | https://www.linkedin.com/company/iabc/| https://www.facebook.com/IABCWorld | https://www.youtube.com/user/IABClive | https://www.instagram.com/iabcgram/ *IABC Websites* https://www.iabc.com/| https://catalyst.iabc.com/ *Mike Klein and #WeLeadComms www.changingtheterms.com www.linkedin.com/company'weleadcomms --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iabc/message

Beauty is booming...In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027.While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain.Inefficiencies in the supply chain and over-production can lead to wasted product before it even reaches the retailer, let alone the consumer. While excess or impractical packaging and part-used product means a build-up of waste on the consumer side.Not only is this bad news for the planet, but it also puts pressure on profit margins. To look at how beauty can address these issues, TheIndustry.beauty has teamed up with globally renowned materials science and supply chain solutions expert Avery Dennison on this series of podcasts.In each episode, Lauretta Roberts, Editor in Chief of TheIndustry.beauty, will speak to an expert at Avery Dennison and a leader of a beauty brand who will share their experiences and advice to help others in the market.In this, our third and final episode in the series, Sophie Maisant, CEO at Bastille Parfums and Maryna Grytsenko-Nénon, Market Development Manager Europe, RFID Beauty & Personal Care at Avery Dennison discuss the theme of “Human Truths”. Sophie Maisant tells us how the French fragrance house that she acquired in 2022, bases its entire business ethos on creating natural fragrances and being totally transparent about its ingredients and supply chain. To help achieve this aim, Bastille Parfums turned to Avery Dennison and had RFID labels affixed onto its products, together with a QR code that customers can interact with, providing access to all product and manufacturing information. Sophie and Maryna talk about their collaborative project in detail, how it was achieved, the results so far and why RFID and the data it yields brings brands and customers closer to “Human Truths”.Get breaking news as it happens and be the first to know when our podcasts go live by following: LINKEDIN,  INSTAGRAM and subscribe to our daily newsletter here.

On this week's episode, Melissa Schoger, Vice President of Finance for Identification Solutions and Vestcom at Avery Dennison talks with Laura about how she helped teams overcome an instance of mixed messaging to achieve mutual understanding. In this episode you will learn: How Melissa made sure the integrity of a message remained intact after witnessing how different leaders in a meeting had varying takeaways How she learned to take the time to listen to team members on the ground, rather than assume she knew best from a top-down perspective as their General Manager. How she handled her team having the rug pulled out from under them within 24-hours of a deadline, and what she learned about coming to any negotiation with a thoughtful mindset instead of a winning at all cost mindset. Why recording yourself before doing a presentation can be the best preparation.   24 Hour Challenge: If you consider yourself an introvert, challenge yourself to be more vocal in team meetings. Alternatively, if you are an extrovert, give the spotlight to a quieter member of the group.   About Melissa Schoger: Melissa Schoger serves as a VP at Avery Dennison in their investment and business divisions. She previously worked for almost two decades at RPM International where she held fully integrated P&L responsibility including Finance, Sales & Marketing, Research & Development, Manufacturing Operations, Distribution, and Customer Service, transforming and consolidating 5 distinct subsidiary companies operating in 25 countries into 1 pan-European division during her tenure as well as managed the budget of a large division within a reportable segment of RPM and led 1,400 employees. She holds her MBA in Business Administration from The Wharton School and her B.A in Accounting from Ohio Wesleyan University.   You can connect with Melissa in the following ways: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-schoger   You can connect with Dr. Laura Sicola in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VocalImpactProductions Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions Twitter: @LauraSicola Instagram: @VocalImpactProductions Website: https://vocalimpactproductions.com/ Laura's Online Course: virtualinfluence.today   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you'll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Peter Belden, President of Tjoapack US. Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Peter, covering:  How the success of a contract packaging operation led to a divestiture from AmerisourceBergen to PCI The fun, games, and complexities of multi-national, M&A integrations Smaller patient populations and personalized medicines drive demand for more flexible and agile contract packaging providers Active listening, removing headaches from clients, and eliminating roadblocks are key to success Peter is a leader in pharmaceutical services and is passionate about building teams that delight clients. He recently joined the Tjoapack team as President of, US, to help embark on the next stage of the company's growth by delivering quality, service, and flexible solutions to clients. With 25 years of service to pharmaceutical and biotech clients across packaging materials, contract packaging for clinical supplies and commercial medicines, specialty third-party logistics, and related commercialization offerings. He has held leadership roles at AmerisourceBergen, Avery Dennison, PCI, and Clinigen Group. Please subscribe, tell your industry colleagues, and join us in celebrating and promoting the value and importance of the global life science outsourcing space. We'd also appreciate a positive rating! Molecule to Market is sponsored and funded by ramarketing, an international marketing, design, digital, and content agency helping companies differentiate, get noticed and grow in life sciences.

Beauty is booming. In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027.While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain.Inefficiencies in the supply chain and over-production can lead to wasted product before it even reaches the retailer, let alone the consumer. While excess or impractical packaging and part-used product means a build-up of waste on the consumer side.Not only is this bad news for the planet, but it also puts pressure on profit margins. To look at how beauty can address these issues, TheIndustry.beauty has teamed up with globally renowned materials science and supply chain solutions expert Avery Dennison on this series of podcasts. In each episode, Lauretta Roberts, Editor in Chief of TheIndustry.beauty, will speak to an expert at Avery Dennison and a leader of a beauty brand who will share their experiences and advice to help others in the market.In this, our second episode in the series, we are tackling the topic of “Considerate Consumption”. Ensuring a consumer buys the right product for them, uses it to the last drop and then recycles or refills the packaging is the dream scenario. Not only is this kinder to the planet and the consumer's budget but is also drives loyalty with a brand and continuous engagement opportunities.Hannah Bernard, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Avery Dennison, helps us to understand the extent of Beauty's waste problem and how Avery Dennison can provide brands with technology and packaging solutions that will help support their Considerate Consumption journey.Also joining us in this episode is the Co-founder of one of British beauty's most high-profile success stories. Oriele Frank is Co-founder,  Chief Product & Sustainability Officer of B-Corp certified luxury skincare & wellness brand Elemis, which is part of the L'Occitane Group. She tells us how considerate consumption has been at the core of the brand proposition since the beginning and how the business continues to innovate to this day.Get breaking news as it happens and be the first to know when our podcasts go live by following: LINKEDIN,  INSTAGRAM and subscribe to our daily newsletter here.

Mike Maczuzak — a product designer, early-stage investor, and founder of SmartShape Design — an innovative product development and industrial design firm he started here in Cleveland back in 1989.SmartShape's beginnings were richly steeped in this world of industrial design leveraging Mike's own background and experience in it — however over time, Mike evolved the firm's competencies and capabilities to cover mechanical engineering, integrated manufacturing, and strategic product development across a plethora of industries like Medical, Consumer, IoT, Pacakging, digital, and many others — SmartShape's client list is a formidable and growing group of emerging brands covering Northeast Ohio leaders like Avery Dennison, Gojo, Diebold, Sherwin Williams, Nestle, and many others, to a handful of companies who's stories we've shared on Lay of The Land like David Levine of Wireless Environment and My Home Park (Episode 132), Chris Wentz of EveryKey (Episode 75), and Chelsea Monty-Bromer of SweatID (Episode 77), to international brands like BMW — and as a result, their products are ones that many of us enoucnter on a day to day basis in the real world!While we do delve into Mike's entrepreneurial journey building SmartShape in our conversation, we actually spend just as much time unpacking Mike's literal walk across the United States and later, walk across much of the rest of the World — covering Mike's motivations for walking across the country and other continents, the logistics of how he prepared and executed these walks, how he's balanced running business while walking, and some of the incredible stories he recalled from his adventures on the road!This was a really fun conversation that certainly plants the seeds of inspiration to embark on your own walking adventure and build an entrepreneurial organization to support that kind of freedom!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Mike Maczuzak on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaczuzak/Learn more about SmartShape Design — https://smartshape.design/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Beauty is booming…In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027.While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain.Inefficiencies in the supply chain and over-production can lead to wasted product before it even reaches the retailer, let alone the consumer. While excess or impractical packaging and part-used product means a build-up of waste on the consumer side.Not only is this bad news for the planet, but it also puts pressure on profit margins. To look at how beauty can address these issues, TheIndustry.beauty has teamed up with globally renowned materials science and supply chain solutions expert Avery Dennison on this series of podcasts. In each episode, Lauretta Roberts, Editor in Chief of TheIndustry.beauty, will speak to an expert at Avery Dennison and a leader of a beauty brand who will share their experiences and advice to help others in the market.Our first episode ‘Trust in Data to Balance the Stock', we look at the first place to start on your journey towards supply chain efficiency to taking stock of exactly what you make, exactly where it is and exactly which channels it is being sold through.First up, we hear from Avery Dennison's Senior Director of Market Development Uwe Hennig and once Uwe has shared his words of wisdom, we speak to the Co-founder of natural and science-led skincare brand Balance Me, Clare Hopkins on how the highly successful British brand built its business sustainably and how it's working across its supply chain to minimise its impact on the planet. Get breaking news as it happens and be the first to know when our podcasts go live by following: LINKEDIN,  INSTAGRAM and subscribe to our daily newsletter here.

Tune in for GSD Presents: Revolutionizing the Road. Discover the future of automotive innovation with Keith Ferry, Founder & CEO of Cerebrum Sensor Technologies. Get insights into tire technology advancements and how they're driving enhanced vehicle safety and efficiency. Guest: Keith Ferry, Founder & CEO Cerebrum Sensor Technologies https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-ferry-entrepreneur/ Keith is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and inventor with over a decade of experience in the automotive industry. Keith holds advanced degrees in Engineering and Business from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and previously worked in operations and business management with Avery Dennison. Keith and his business partner launched his first startup in the automotive space in 2011 and has since obtained nearly a dozen patents related to label and bonding technology. Keith launched Cerebrum in 2019, which focuses on tire insights for improved vehicle safety, efficiency and sustainability. Keith is passionate about innovation and continuous improvement both personally and professionally.

Progress Over Perfection Coaching is a podcast focused on career management and development by offering insight on how to build an intentionally balanced and purpose-filled career.We are back with another Career Deep Dive, this time with my good friend and former classmate, Will Sandman. As always, the goal of these kinds of episodes is to offer insight into exactly what makes a successful career, based on the reality that there is no one right way to build a successful career. In addition to that, this episode focuses on the ever-important topic of Networking. Networking can mean any number of things, and can often inspire very strong reactions (especially for those that consider themselves more introverted, in which case, those reactions are typically negative).Will is currently a Business Development Manager for Avery Dennison, based out of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and he has held a variety of roles in sales, business development and manufacturing that have taken him throughout Asia. He has been an adjunct professor, and is also currently the Chairman of the Board for the philanthropic group of footwear professionals, Shoe Dawgs. An entrepreneur at heart, Will is the first person I think of when I think of networking, and I'm so glad to have had the chance to catch up with him and pick his brain on how to network effectively.-----------------------------------------------------------------------You can get in touch with Will, and find more information about Avery Dennison and Shoe Dawgs here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-m-sandman-4606b01/Avery Dennison WebsiteAvery Dennison Premier League: The Name Behind The NumbersAvery Dennison RBIS VietnamAvery Dennison EmbelexAvery Dennison LinkedInShoe Dawgs Vietnam LinkedIn-----------------------------------------------------------------------More information about Progress Over Perfection Coaching can be found at:https://prgscoach.com/https://app.delenta.com/ta/@prgscoachhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/progress-over-perfection-coaching/-----------------------------------------------------------------------Intro and Outro music:Music: Right Ways [Original Mix] by Imperss is licensed under a Creative Commons License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...Support by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/3po6gnm

Some people start out as entrepreneurs and stay there, preferring to follow a less traditional path that allows them more flexibility and autonomy. Others have entrepreneurial experiences and then find ways to apply their creativity and love of learning in a corporate setting.In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, Enrique Alvarez and Wesley McArthur are joined by William Sandman, Market Development Manager - Channel Strategy for Avery Dennison. William's career has taken him from Louisville, KY to Vietnam in roles that leveraged his entrepreneurial upbringing and allowed him to experience successes, challenges, and work with a number of amazing mentors along the way. Today he is now helping to create Avery Dennison's strategy for several different target markets so they can see the optimal route for investment and direction over the next 3-5 years.Additional Links & Resources:Learn more about Logistics with Purpose: https://supplychainnow.com/program/logistics-with-purposeLearn more about Vector Global Logistics: https://vectorgl.com/Subscribe to Logistics with Purpose: https://logistics-with-purpose.captivate.fm/listenLearn more about Avery Dennison: https://www.averydennison.com/en/home.htmlAvery Dennison and The Premier League Present: The Name Behind the Numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UO0eVSqmMAbout Avery Dennison RBIS Vietnam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnasjaeBjP8Show Dawgs Vietnam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnasjaeBjP8This episode was hosted by Enrique Alvarez and Wesley McArthur. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/learning-new-stuff-like-entrepreneur-lwp81

Kris is the Sr. Director, Market Development - RFID at Avery Dennison. Kris is focused on driving RFID market development and strategy through managing relationships with retailers and brands to define, prove out, and implement RFID solutions in their business. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-chaffo-6645389/How can labels be more sustainable? https://ororapackagingsolutions.com/Looking to improve the sustainability of your packaging today? Check out: https://www.landsberg.com/The views and opinions expressed on the "Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors" podcast are solely those of the author and guests and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity. https://specright.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1329820053/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=corygathttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-connors/I'm here to help you make your packaging more sustainable! Reach out today and I'll get back to you asap. This podcast is an independent production and the podcast production is an original work of the author. All rights of ownership and reproduction are retained—copyright 2022.

It is estimated that the sportswear industry is worth approximately $33bn, and counterfeiting is a growing issue, especially during globally renowned events such as the World Cup which has already seen multiple seizure operations of counterfeit merchandise. Connected garments are the future of sportswear. Innovations in sportwear such as 'smart' numbers and invisible digital triggers which can be scanned with a smart phone. These innovations exist to boost consumer engagement as they have the power to unlock exclusive content such as match day information, quizzes and competitions for fans. They are also used to prove authenticity of the garments. Michael Colarossi is the vice president of Innovation and Product Line Management for Avery Dennison RBIS. In this role, Michael is responsible for RBIS' portfolio of products and solutions, product line strategies, and technical product innovation. He also leads the division's sustainability, social, and product compliance efforts. Listen in as we discuss how digital solutions can help brands and consumers, especially from a sustainability point of view, and stop fake merch.