Building a global supply chain from Tasmania with Adam Blake, Joint Chief Executive, Blundstone

Building a global supply chain from Tasmania with Adam Blake, Joint Chief Executive, Blundstone

From Australian Industry Group Podcasts by Australian Industry Group

August 9, 2024 · 59 min

About this episode

Adam Blake discusses building resilient and sustainable supply chains from Tasmania with host James Scotland.

In this episode, host James Scotland ask Adam Blake: ‘How do we, in Australia, build resilient and sustainable supply chains in and from Australia’. Blundstone Australia is a 150-year, family-owned, Hobart-based, globally-successful boot and apparel manufacturer. The company sells over 3 million pairs of boots annually to multiple markets in over 70 countries. It has a well-structured brand story and complex supply chain across the world. James and Adam address many meaty topics in this wide-ranging and insightful conversations including: • Achieving successful rapid international growth using innovative business design and organisational structures. • Breaking all the rules to achieve stunning global reach and success from a traditional Tasmanian manufacturing business. • Redesigning the business to become truly consumer-centric. • Managing seasonal global demand, highly-variable supply requirements and ‘lumpy’ cash flow challenges. • The excitement of ever-increasing Black Friday 4-day online sales, and why not to visit the Distribution Centre. • The lessons of ESG, the digitalisation of the business, implementing new ERP systems, managing global pandemics and riding the roller…

People in this episode

Guest: Adam Blake

Topics covered

  • global supply chain
  • sustainable supply chains
  • international growth
  • consumer-centric business
  • seasonal demand management
  • digitalisation
  • ESG
  • V8 supercars sponsorship

Keywords

  • Blundstone
  • Tasmania
  • boot manufacturer
  • global markets
  • business design
  • organisational structures

Mentioned in this episode

Products: V8, Blundstone boots, ERP systems

Places: Tasmania, Australia, Hobart

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