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Justin Goldston, PhD

Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University

Monrovia, United States

Dr. Justin Goldston is a Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University where his research is focused on blending the practices of supply chain management, emerging technologies, and sustainability to create positive global change. Dr. Goldston is a research facility affiliate for the Center for the Business of Sustainability at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, as well as an active contributing faculty member to The Sustainability Institute at Penn State. Outside of the institution, Goldston is an Executive on the International Supply Chain Education Alliance's (ISCEA’s) International Standards Board (IISB), and works with The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), a National Institute sponsored by The United States Department of Energy (DOE).

Dr. Goldston has over 20 years of experience working with organizations around the world such as Intel, Siemens, and Blue Buffalo on business performance improvement, organizational change, and enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives. Goldston has also led and assisted in the development of Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, and Business Analytics programs and courses at Georgetown University, Texas A&M University, Rasmussen University, Davenport University, and North Carolina Wesleyan College, and has evaluated doctoral programs for the Department of Higher Education. Goldston serves on the Management Advisory Board at various higher education institutions, is the author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles on supply chain management, sustainability, and innovative technologies, of Critical Success Factors in ERP Implementations, and is a five-time TEDx speaker where he discussed emerging technologies such as blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Monrovia, MD
Speaking Topics: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, CSR, ERP, Organizational Change, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Social Responsibility

Justin Goldston, PhD Points
Academic 520
Author 243
Influencer 198
Speaker 138
Entrepreneur 0
Total 1099

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Company Information

Company Type: Company
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Areas of Expertise

Agile 30.10
AI 32.48
Analytics 31.28
Big Data 30.51
Blockchain 54.05
Change Management 31.16
Cryptocurrency 41.23
CSR 100
Design Thinking 30.05
Digital Transformation 31.81
Diversity and Inclusion 39.61
EdTech 30.25
Emerging Technology 32.35
ERP 33.30
FinTech 30.32
Future of Work 30.05
Innovation 30.14
IoT 30.06
Leadership 30.60
Management 31.52
Metaverse 57.07
NFT 84.25
Personal Branding 30.33
Risk Management 30.08
Supply Chain 52.58
Sustainability 94.22

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Automotive
Healthcare
Higher Education & Research
Industrial Machinery & Components
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Wholesale Distribution

Publications

3 Academic Awards
Social Impact Project of the Year - SydTek DAO
AIBC
August 25, 2022
A massive well done to SydTek DAO, winners of the Social Impact Project Of The Year 2022.

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Tags: Blockchain

2021 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain
Food Logistics
March 22, 2021

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Tags: Supply Chain

2021 Supply Chain Pros to Know
Supply and Demand Chain Executive
March 16, 2021
For the last 21 years, SDCE’s editorial has vetted hundreds of nominations for the annual award, finding the best leaders in the supply chain industry. The Pros to Know award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage. These selected few join an aspirational list of professionals from every corner of the supply chain industry. As we have learned within the last year, the job becomes more difficult each year, but these Pros lead with grace.

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Tags: Supply Chain

2 Academic Fellow / Scholars
The Smeal College of Business Center for the Business of Sustainability Faculty Research Affiliate
Penn State University
November 13, 2020

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

The Sustainability Institute Faculty Affiliate
Penn State University
October 16, 2020

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

10 Adjunct Professors
BLCN-532 Blockchain Development
University of the Cumberlands
April 02, 2021

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

BLCN-635 New Technologies for Business Leaders
University of the Cumberlands
January 05, 2021

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

BLCN-699 Blockchain Capstone
University of the Cumberlands
August 19, 2020

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

MGMT6310 - Supply Chain Management
Cedarville University
March 05, 2020

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

SCM 370 - Managerial Decision Making
Bloomsburg University
November 12, 2019

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

MPSC500 - Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chain Management
Georgetown University
November 02, 2019

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

GRAD699 - Graduate Thesis
Harrisburg University
October 20, 2019

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

BA5204 - Data Analytics for Management
Texas A&M International University
July 20, 2019

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Tags: AI, Analytics, Big Data

MBA6030 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Aurora University
November 24, 2018

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

BUS451 - Supply Chain Management
North Carolina Wesleyan College
October 10, 2018

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

4 Article/Blogs
Private Equity and Transformational Leadership
Nestell and Associates
November 24, 2020
Private Equity firms don’t invest resources into an organization to remain static and stagnant. Organizational leaders of these firms understand that learning and creative and innovative thinking is required to stay competitive. Transformational leadership is key.

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Tags: ERP, Leadership, Sustainability

ERP Organizational Change Success: Address The Real Issues
Nestell and Associates
October 08, 2020
Effective gap analysis is crucial to successful ERP organizational change. ERP organizational change is often impacted by inherent influences that may directly and significantly determine the outcome of the organizational change endeavor. Moreover, there may exist influences that are misunderstood, unacknowledged, or perceived incorrectly. Throughout the entire ERP organizational change endeavor, sound research suggests that it is critical to address the real and root of issues and not to be misguided by inaccurately perceived influences that may prohibit or prevent success. To do that, sometimes you must scratch below the surface. ERP organizational change success requires that an organization addresses the real influences that may have a significant impact on success versus the potential inaccurate interpretation of influences. Therefore, an organizational objective should be to 1) be cognizant and reflective of perceived influences and 2) have an approach founded in principle that helps guide gap analysis and is able to root out the real influences that may be prohibiting successful transformation.

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Tags: Change Management, Emerging Technology, ERP

Nestell & Associates would like to welcome our friend and colleague to our team, Dr. Justin Goldston.
Nestell and Associates
June 23, 2020
We are excited for the expertise, passion, and dedication to our trade that Dr. Goldston will bring to our team. As an experienced ERP organizational change practitioner as well as researcher, Dr. Goldston will bring further client value to our #ResearchBasedERPpractice approach to our trade. We value an ERP organizational change approach founded not only in our own anecdotal experience as practitioners but also through evaluated learning as well as through ERP organizational change research. Dr. Goldston’s dedication will be invaluable in the pursuit of that mission.

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Tags: ERP, Sustainability, Leadership

Four lessons to consider for change management and ERP
Plant Engineering
October 25, 2018
Change management is not a phase; it must be woven into the fabric of evaluation, selection, and implementation methodologies. Four lessons and additional best practices for enterprise resource planning (ERP) are highlighted.

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, ERP

2 Books
Blockchain for Industry 4.0: Emergence, Challenges and Opportunities
Taylor and Francis
August 25, 2022
This reference text provides the theoretical foundations, the emergence, and the application areas of Blockchain in an easy-to-understand manner that would be highly helpful for the researchers, academicians, and industry professionals to understand the disruptive potentials of Blockchain. It explains Blockchain concepts related to Industry 4.0, Smart Healthcare, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and explores Smart Contracts and Consensus algorithms. This book will serve as an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, and information technology.

This book
• Discusses applications of blockchain technology in diverse sectors such as industry 4.0, education, finance, and supply chain.
• Provides theoretical concepts, applications, and research advancements in the field of blockchain.
• Covers industry 4.0 digitization platform and blockchain for data management in industry 4.0 in a comprehensive manner.
• Emphasizes analysis and design of consensus algorithms, fault tolerance, and strategy to choose the correct consensus algorithm.
• Introduces security issues in the industrial internet of things, internet of things, blockchain integration, and blockchain-based applications.

The text presents in-depth coverage of theoretical concepts, applications and advances in the field of blockchain technology. This book will be an ideal reference for graduate students and academic researchers in diverse engineering fields such as electrical, electronics and communication, computer, and information technology.

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Tags: Blockchain, Metaverse, NFT

Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in U. S. Manufacturing
Amazon Digital Services LLC
March 12, 2019
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations can be costly for any company. While there are advantages to size and funding in larger businesses (500+ employees), there are critical success factors of the ERP process that small- to mid-size manufacturing (or other types of business organizations) can use to increase their rate of success for ERP. This must-buy book outlines research that targeted specific factors that increase any ERP implementation's success.

Critical success factors were identified, and ranked, by 50+ subject matter expert consultants in the ERP field in this study. These SMEs, all with more than five years of experience in implementing ERPs for manufacturers, provided a consensus for best-practices factors vital for consideration for the ERP implementation, before, during, and after the exercise. Critical factors (failure and success) are highlighted for the planning, process, and follow-up, with positive internal and external results from the executive (top-down) buy-in to the communications and transparency of the process to middle management and line employee stakeholders.

The vital points in the conclusion offer guidance to organizations, as well as ERP consultants, that are considering ERP implementation, even if the entity is not in the manufacturing industry. If you or your company is seriously considering an ERP project, this book is a required reading for industry intelligence and analytic insight.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, Supply Chain

2 Book Chapters
Industrial Automation Unit 1 – Introduction to Production Systems
IUBH University of Applied Sciences - Bad Honnef
July 12, 2020
Production systems can be described as discrete event systems where the occurrence of events characterizes the evolution. In the era of Industry 4.0 and highly-flexible manufacturing, there is the need to provide adequate means for the modeling, analysis, design, and control of flexible production environments.

This text introduces several modeling approaches for the mathematical description of discrete event systems, such as Automata, Petri Nets, and Markov processes. Each approach is presented in both theory and practice, with examples taken from the industry. The techniques are grouped into logic—where only the logical sequence of events determines the evolution—and time, where the schedule of the events also play an important role. Although simple discrete event systems can be analyzed mathematically, complex systems need the support of computer simulation. The main issues concerning the simulation of discrete event systems are addressed.

The final part of the literature introduces the concept of supervisory control, which aims at changing the properties of a given system to improve specified behaviors and fulfill defined design specifications. Supervisory control is addressed both from the theoretical and practical sides, describing how it can be implemented in a modern industrial environment.

The text wraps up with outlining applications for modeling and design approaches in the modeling and analysis of an industrial production unit. Additional topics will include fault-diagnosis, decentralized and distributed supervision, optimization, and adaptive supervision provide a contingent connection between classical industrial automation and the recent, big data-driven, flexible, Industry 4.0 advanced industrial automation.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Emerging Technology

Mitigating Implementation Risk in Small and Medium Enterprises
IGI Global
June 20, 2019
The application of sustainability practices at the system level begins with the supply chain. In the business realm, incorporating such practices allows organizations to redesign their operations more effectively. Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the models, strategies, and analyses that are essential for developing and managing a sustainable supply chain. While highlighting topics such as agile manufacturing and the world food crisis, this publication is ideally designed for business managers, academicians, business practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students seeking current research on sustainable supply chain management.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, Supply Chain

4 Conference Publications
AI for Good: Achieving Sustainability Through Citizen Science & Organizational Citizenship
2021 Harrisburg University Data Analytics Summit
June 23, 2021
Aligned with the title of his forthcoming book, Justin Goldston, PhD, will provide insight into how he, his team of students, and citizen scientists are addressing environmental, social, and economic issues plaguing the world by leveraging Artificial Intelligence. In this presentation, Dr. Goldston will discuss how he is tackling a number of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set forth by the United Nations such as quality education, clean energy, and responsible production, to name a few. The key takeaway from this presentation will be how the audience can join the cause and become citizen scientists to assist in collecting data within their communities to address the issues that are negatively impacting the people in their surrounding areas and the world.

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Tags: Analytics, AI, Blockchain

PMAI: Mitigating Project Risk With Artificial Intelligence
Harrisburg University Project Management Innovation Conference
June 15, 2021
Regardless of the industry, project managers spend a large percentage of their time on administrative tasks instead of managing projects. With the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence, we can introduce an Augmented Intelligence tool for project managers to reduce the risk of failed projects. With 81% of project management respondents noting that AI has impacted their organization in a 2019 study conducted by the Project Management Institute (PMI), AI will soon emerge into the project management practice, creating a competitive advantage for organizations to develop a tool such as this.

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PMAI: Mitigating Project Risk With Artificial Intelligence
Harrisburg University Project Management Innovation Conference
June 15, 2021
Regardless of the industry, project managers spend a large percentage of their time on administrative tasks instead of managing projects. With the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence, we can introduce an Augmented Intelligence tool for project managers to reduce the risk of failed projects. With 81% of project management respondents noting that AI has impacted their organization in a 2019 study conducted by the Project Management Institute (PMI), AI will soon emerge into the project management practice, creating a competitive advantage for organizations to develop a tool such as this.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain

Mitigation Strategies for ERP Implementations in Higher Education
Ellucian
November 19, 2020
Dr. Justin Goldston is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University. Dr. Justin Goldston is a leading expert on emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and blockchain and their inclusion in industry and academia. After sharing his knowledge on the TEDx stage five times in 2019, Goldston worked with organizations in the manufacturing and healthcare industries implement these innovative technologies to create a competitive advantage. After transitioning into higher education in a full-time capacity, Goldston identified a gap with higher education institutions and innovative technologies. In what he identifies as ‘The Digital Great Race’, providers of enterprise applications integrated Artificial Intelligence into their solutions to create the next level of competitive advantages.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, ERP

4 Coursewares
ISCEA Announces "Certified Sustainable Supply Chain Professional"
Supply and Demand Chain Executive
November 12, 2020
Justin Goldson, PhD, an expert in sustainable supply chain from Pennsylvania State University, committed to authoring the CSSCP in a way that allows the course to be applicable to all global industries: transportation, agriculture, fashion, energy, etc. CSSCP will enable companies to train employees on ways to add sustainable practices to existing supply chain or how to rebuild supply chain with sustainability in mind at a time where global pandemic has called for major shifts in all industries.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

MGMT747 - Sustainable Business Strategies
Davenport University
August 05, 2020

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Georgetown University MPSC500 - Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chain Management
Georgetown University
June 12, 2020
This course introduces you to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from a supply chain management
perspective and covers practical, real-world topics such as sourcing sustainable products from vendors,
measuring and reporting environmental impacts, ethical sourcing, safety and quality assurance, diverse
suppliers, human rights in the supply chain, and implementing a supplier code of conduct. The course will cover global views on CSR including the Global Reporting Initiative. Additionally, this course discusses
ethical considerations encountered in supply chain management.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

MGMT757 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
Davenport University
June 08, 2020

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Tags: Blockchain, ERP, Supply Chain

2 Executive Directors
Director and Organizer of TEDxPSUWilkesBarre
TED Conferences
March 27, 2021

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Supply Chain, Sustainability

International Standards Board Executive
International Supply Chain Education Alliance
October 03, 2020

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

9 Journal Publications
The Metaverse as the Digital Leviathan: A Case Study of Bit. Country.
Journal of Applied Business and Economics
August 25, 2022
As Bitcoin continued to make headlines in 2021, additional digital assets such as non-fungible tokens brought more users into the blockchain ecosystem. As more individuals and entities took a closer look at the use cases for blockchain technology, the term metaverse began to emerge across news outlets and social media platforms. With Mark Zuckerberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, announcing that the organization would become a metaverse company and change the organization’s name to Meta, this announcement came with some criticism in that the Meta metaverse would be centralized. In this case study, the current state of nation-states was viewed through the lens of Hobbes’ The Leviathan to assess whether decentralized metaverses will transition to a Digital Leviathan using Bit. Country-a metaverse within the Polkadot blockchain ecosystem. The case study was conducted through interviews and uncovered that the quadruple bottom line implemented in conventional business could be transferrable to a digital world built on various blockchains, non-fungible tokens, and governance in a Digital Leviathan governed by the people.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse

Decentralized finance to hybrid finance through blockchain: A case-study of Acala and Current
Journal of Banking and Financial Technology - Springer
August 25, 2022
Decentralized Finance is an alternative form of finance that has no central authority to control or monitor transactions. Decentralized finance can potentially replace traditional elements of a centralized financial system with smart contracts, a set of self-executing code, enabled through a blockchain. The motive behind such a decentralized mechanism is that it creates a trust-free, transparent, and open-source ecosystem where the transactions can be carried out, eliminating intermediaries. Decentralized Finance has gained increased awareness in late 2020, led by platforms such as Uniswap, Maker DAO, Aave, and Curve. The aggregated market capitalization of Decentralized Finance has crossed USD $87 B of total value locked as of May 9, 2021. From stablecoins to tokenized Bitcoin, from money lending to borrowing platforms, decentralized finance has grown exponentially. Decentralized Finance has many …

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Critical Competencies of Supply Chain Leaders During Digital Transformations
Journal of Applied Business and Economics
April 26, 2021

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, Supply Chain

Pandemically Speaking: Sustaining Corporate Social Responsibility During Times of Uncertainty
International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
June 19, 2020
In a pre-COVID-19 world, corporate social responsibility (CSR) transformed how organizations reported
on ethical and responsible behavior to enhance their reputation and public perception. With COVID-19 quickly
spreading around the world, shrinking supply chains, and limiting resources, leaders were faced with the challenge to transition workers to new environments and become agile in addressing customer demands. Entering into an unknown world, leaders took unofficial steps toward CSR practices that could lead to a strategic competitive advantage. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of organizations should reflect on the positive approaches that emerged. Just as how leaders experienced the benefits of a remote workforce resulting in increased efficiencies due to reduced commuting times with social distancing and shelterin-place mandates, the increased focus on the organization’s true capital - its human capital - may lead to a more sustainable world.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

The Evolution of ERP Systems: A Literature Review
International Journal of Research Publications
April 30, 2020
Enterprise applications are complex architectures that assist leaders of organizations to make tactical and
strategic business decisions. Many of the studies in the literature review investigated the history of ERP systems, the future of enterprise applications, implementation success, ERP implementations in small and
medium environments, and managerial approaches during times of organizational change. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze and synthesize previous studies as they pertain to enterprise applications.

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, ERP

The Evolution of Digital Transformations: A Literature Review
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
April 23, 2020
Enterprise applications are complex architectures that assist leaders of organizations to make tactical and strategic business decisions. Many of the studies in the literature review investigated the history of ERP systems, the future of enterprise applications, implementation success, ERP implementations in small and medium environments, and managerial approaches during times of organizational change. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze and synthesize previous studies as they pertain to enterprise applications.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, Supply Chain

A Qualitative Study of Risk Mitigation in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementations
A Qualitative Study of Risk Mitigation in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementations
December 12, 2019
Due to a large number of failed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations in
recent years, these projects are considered a risky endeavor for organizations of all sizes. Given
the fact that the majority of research regarding these Critical Failure Factors has been conducted
based on large enterprises, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may be unable to implement
the mitigation strategies suggested in these studies. To examine this topic, a qualitative study was
conducted with seven SMEs and one large enterprise in various phases of an ERP
implementation. In analyzing the data, the results revealed that communication, collaboration,
and visibility among all stakeholders within an ERP implementation led to the mitigation of the
risks identified in previous projects. Because SMEs make up 99.7% of the employer firms in the
United States, it was important to gain an understanding of this population, given their constraints
and limited research compared to larger enterprises.

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, ERP

Leadership Approaches During Digital Transformations in Small and Medium Enterprises
IEEE-SEM
December 10, 2019
Organizational leaders have increasingly turned to enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, also known as decision-support systems, to make their firms’ operational, tactical, and strategic processes more efficient and effective in the changing global marketplace. High failure rates in ERP systems implementations make these projects risky, however. Most prior research on critical success factors for conventional ERP implementation has been on large enterprises, resulting in a gap in knowledge on these factors in the small and medium enterprises that constitute the majority of U.S. employer firms. A qualitative modified Delphi study with an expert panel of U.S. manufacturing consultants and three iterative rounds of data collection and analysis revealed consensus on 8 critical success factors in ERP implementations, with the highest agreement on top management support and commitment, enterprise resource planning fit with the organization, quality management, and a small internal team of the best employees. In addition to furthering knowledge in the fields of leadership and enterprise applications, the study expands enterprise resource planning experts’ and scholars’ understanding of
strategies to improve project success and the triple bottom line for any size enterprise in the manufacturing industry. Practitioners in the ERP industry can also apply approaches outlined during ERP implementations to mitigate risk during these engagements. Implications for positive social change include additional job opportunities and higher wages through increased efficiencies in ERP applications.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, Leadership

Critical Success Factors in Small and Medium Enterprise ERP Implementations
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research
December 03, 2019
Organizational leaders have increasingly turned to enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, also known as decision-support systems, to make their firms' operational, tactical, and strategic processes more efficient and effective in the changing global marketplace. High failure rates in ERP systems implementations make these projects risky, however. Most prior research on critical success factors for conventional ERP implementation has been on large enterprises, resulting in a gap in knowledge on these factors in the small and medium enterprises that constitute the majority of U.S. employer firms. A qualitative modified Delphi study with an expert panel of U.S. manufacturing consultants and three iterative rounds of data collection and analysis revealed consensus on 8 critical success factors in ERP implementations, with the highest agreement on top management support and commitment, enterprise resource planning fit with the organization, quality management, and a small internal team of the best employees. In addition to furthering knowledge in the fields of leadership and enterprise applications, the study expands enterprise resource planning experts' and scholars' understanding of strategies to improve project success and the triple bottom line for any size enterprise in the manufacturing industry. Practitioners in the ERP industry can also apply approaches outlined during ERP implementations to mitigate risk during these engagements. Implications for positive social change include additional job opportunities and higher wages through increased efficiencies in ERP applications.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, ERP

6 Keynotes
AI for Good: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Positive Global Advantage
SAPICS
August 25, 2021
DAY 2 – Wednesday 25th August 2021 13:30 –14:10

Regardless of the industry, project managers spend a large percentage of their time on administrative tasks instead of managing projects. With the inclusion of
Artificial Intelligence, we can introduce an Augmented Intelligence tool for project managers to reduce the risk of failed projects. With 81% of project management respondents noting that AI has impacted their organization in a 2019 study conducted by the Project Management Institute (PMI), AI will soon emerge into the project management practice, creating a competitive advantage for organizations to develop a tool such as this. Join Dr Goldston as he discusses the benefits of AI in Project Management.

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Tags: AI, Supply Chain, Management

Bahamas Blockchain Business School - Axie Infinity Case Study Presentation
Bahamas Blockchain Business School
August 22, 2021

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

ISCEA -International Supply Chain Education Alliance today
ISCEA -International Supply Chain Education Alliance
April 24, 2021
The Sustainable Supply Chain Pledge Day will be a virtual event to connect ISCEA Sustainable Supply Chain Global Ambassadors from around the world. The event is open to all who are interested in pledging to sustainable supply chain, meeting peers with similar interests, or learning about how to further commit to sustainability by becoming an ISCEA Global Ambassador. This event serves as an event to connect passionate planet guardians who aim to transform the world of supply chain for a better, stronger, more sustainable future.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

The Decade Of Our Lives - A Sustainability Tipping Point
hopin
March 31, 2021
Every 5 weeks we lose 1% of the decade. Leaders discuss how the race is on to deliver against their 2025 and 2030 organisational commitments

If you are a supply chain, procurement, sustainability or innovation practitioner Vizibl's COLLABORATE 2021 is a must attend. At this years summit we are focused on discussing topics with industry leaders and thought-leading trailblazers that challenge the status quo and show you how you can do what they have done.

Join us on Wednesday 31st March at Vizibl COLLABORATE 2021 to be enlightened, enabled, and empowered to turbocharge your supplier relationships for sustainability and growth.

Date: 31st March 2021 // Time: 14:00 - 18:30 UK TIME | 15:00 - 19:30 CET | 09:00 - 13:30 EST

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Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Leadership

Creating Sustainable Supply Chains with Blockchain
South African Production and Inventory Control Society
November 23, 2020
Known as the trust machine, organizations in both the public and private sectors around the world are assessing the use of blockchain to increase transparency and collaboration throughout their business partner networks. As stories of greenwashing continue to emerge within the supply chain space, blockchain could be a potential solution to provide visibility to the life cycle of products. In this discussion, the presentation will begin with the current state of how blockchain is currently used within the supply chain industry to track and trace products. The presentation will conclude with a look into future state use cases to hopefully shift the conventional Cradle to Grave (CTG) mindset of tracking products to a Cradle to Cradle (CTC) mindset to tracking for a more sustainable supply chain network.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

The Changing Face of Supply Chain Leadership
B2G Consulting
August 22, 2020
As the pandemic of 2020 created a shift of operational objectives for organizations in the short term, this event also uncovered strategies to mitigate risks for future supply chain disruptions. With supply chain leaders forced to pivot to an agile mindset, organizations had to initiate, plan, and execute business transformation strategies in a matter of weeks. Given the number of innovative approaches that emerged from this unprecedented event, leaders from around the world should collaborate to share their experiences to further contribute to the supply chain body of knowledge. To begin the conversation, using a recently-published academic journal article as the foundation, Dr. Justin Goldston will discuss the positive outcomes of the pandemic of 2020 including:

- How the pandemic increased the commitment to corporate social responsibility practices
- How a remote workforce can increase collaboration and innovation throughout an organization’s supply chain network
- How the pandemic introduced uncertainty management plans into an organization’s supply chain strategy
- How the pandemic contributed to global diversity and inclusion

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Tags: CSR, Diversity and Inclusion, Supply Chain

17 Media Interviews
20 Common Challenges When Introducing Agile (And How To Overcome Them)
Forbes
December 06, 2023
Siloed departments often resist collaboration, especially when transitioning to an Agile organizational mindset. By establishing cross-functional pilot teams, organizations can develop Agile ambassadors to demonstrate the seamless integration of diverse perspectives. Success stories can be created to harness a storytelling environment, which will lead to a more cohesive organizational culture

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Tags: Blockchain, Management

19 Tools And Strategies For Safe, Sustainable Software Dependencies
Forbes
November 15, 2023
Vulnerability reward programs, or bug bounties, are often used by blockchain protocols and projects. By rewarding external users, organizations harness diverse talent to address threats. This bolsters software security, fosters user trust and underscores a firm’s dedication to data protection.

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Tags: Blockchain, Sustainability

Build An In-House Tech Talent Pipeline With These 20 Expert Tips
Forbes
October 25, 2023
Tech leaders can build an in-house tech talent pipeline by implementing a reverse mentoring program. Pioneered by Jack Welch, reverse mentoring pairs tenured employees with newer employees for mutual knowledge sharing. While tenured employees mentor newer employees on organizational culture and leadership competencies, newer employees can share knowledge of tech trends that veterans are unfamiliar with.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

The Future of Emerging Technologies with Dr. Justin Goldston | Mangtas Nation Season 2 Episode 6
Mangtas
August 22, 2022
As technology is shaping most business landscapes, its progress has escalated the growth and function of how products are produced, managed, and organized. These emerging technologies have earned their own function that appears essential to providing quality and accurate services that are beneficial for each tech entrepreneur. However, the rapid development of technology also creates issues in both environmental and societal sustainability.

In this episode, Mangtas Nation had an in-depth discussion with Supply Chain Management Professor, Dr. Justin Goldston. He talks about the basics of Blockchain, AI, Web 3.0, Metaverse, and Agile Method. Being a Sustainability enthusiast, Dr. Justin has also provided insightful opinions and advice about creating sustainable change with technology as well as shared the findings and theories of his research projects.

Dr. Justin is a Professor at Penn State University, a Web3 Systems Thinker, Metaverse Builder, TEDx Speaker, author, and a Supply Chain and Sustainability Enthusiast.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse

EP. 151 - Professor of the supply chain, Dr. Justin Goldston
Teach the Geek Podcast
April 29, 2021
Dr. Justin Goldston. He is a professor of supply chain management. He has organized TED conferences, spoken at them and is also author of the book, Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in U.S. Manufacturing. We chatted about his path to professorship, his interest in TED, and his book.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Supply Chain

#057 Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State University)
Future Design Podcast
April 28, 2021
Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change.

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S2.E10: Technology, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
Biz Bytes
April 27, 2021
Is it possible that blockchain solutions are starting to reach what gartner refers to as the slope of enlightenment?

Their practical uses in supply chain management are becoming more evident.

And then there's smart contracts, which give the ability to track ownership of an asset and create generational wealth.

The changes we're starting to see are what's being referred to as Internet 3, and today I talk with Dr Justin Goldston to find out more.

Dr. Justin Goldston is a Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University where his research is focused on blending the practices of supply chain management, emerging technologies, and sustainability to create positive global change.

A research facility affiliate at the Center for the Business of Sustainability at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, D. Goldston is also as an active contributing faculty member to The Sustainability Institute at Penn State. Outside of the institution, Goldston is an Executive on the International Supply Chain Education Alliance's (ISCEA’s) International Standards Board (IISB) and is the author of the forthcoming book AI for Good: Achieving Sustainability Through Citizen Science and Organizational Citizenship.

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, IoT

Blockchain Cryptocurrency and Supply Chain 101 with Justin Goldston, PhD
The Bazz Show
March 31, 2021
Today we speak with Dr. Goldston on the new world of Blockchain, AIs, and NFTs! Recently, we've heard all the hype about buying digital art, what does that mean? How are some companies using blockchain to create solutions to social problems? And what does AI have to do with it? Find out all of that on this episode.

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What it Means to be a Frontliner
Food Logistics
February 10, 2021
Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors sit down with Justin Goldston, professor and coordinator of project and supply chain management at Penn State University, as part of its Unsung Heroes series to discuss supply chain education, what it means to be a frontliner and what's in store for young supply chain professionals of the future.

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Blockchain Cryptocurrency and Supply Chain 101 with Justin Goldston, PhD
Jason Sherman
February 08, 2021
In this episode I talk to Justin Goldston, PhD about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and how it all ties into supply chain management. Justin is a professor at Penn State, and a TEDx speaker. Learn about the issues and challenges he has been facing over the years battling big corporations who are not following best practices when it comes to sustainability.

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Tags: Analytics, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

MFG Out Loud Episode #36 – Manufacturing at the Speed of Blockchain
MFG Out Loud
February 04, 2021
Integrating intelligent information, with special guest Justin Goldston (PhD / TEDx Speaker).

Download audio and show notes:
https://mfgoutloud.com/episode-36/​

Thank you for watching MFG Out Loud: courageous conversations about sales and marketing for today's manufacturers. https://mfgoutloud.com

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Social Responsibility, Linked In, & Personal Branding w/ Dr. Justin Goldston
Nick Bogacz
January 11, 2021
With markets and overall business climate continuing to shift and evolve, the importance of social responsibility cannot be overlooked. Many companies are beginning to evaluate how they’re presenting themselves to the world and finding ways to better connect with their target customers. Without question, you’ll need to integrate these types of practices into your company culture if you hope to stay ahead of the curve, too.

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Is Sustainability part of your business plan?
LinkedIn
January 09, 2021
Is Sustainability part of your business plan?

This week on the Winning Tactics Podcast we get real about what sustainability in business is and why it matters to you.

Join us as we talk to Justin Goldston, PhD Goldston about why you need to think about sustainability.

We will be live at 5:30 PM EST on January 12th. Join us for the live show on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitch!

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Tags: Blockchain, Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability

ERP Organizational Change Success Factors
Nestell & Associates
January 08, 2021
While applied research is critical to any field, in the ERP organizational change field, there is a gap between research and practice. While Dr. Goldston is incredibly knowledgeable in supply chain and emerging technologies as well, today we would like to discuss his research and book “Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in US Manufacturing”.

We will discuss ERP, its value to organizations, and the challenges of successful ERP assimilation. We will examine Dr. Goldston’s work further and explore the “level of consensus among ERP manufacturing consultants as to the desirability and feasibility of critical success factors for ERP implementations”. In his work, informed by literature review, he examined 22 specific critical success factors. We will further discuss these success factors for our listeners. Dr. Goldston will describe the top four success factors based on his work.

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Tags: ERP, Leadership, Sustainability

Win the Minute, Win the Day with Ted Clouser and Justin Goldston PhD.
PCA Technology Solutions
November 24, 2020
Ted Clouser of PCA Technology Solutions interviews Justin Goldston Ph.D. to find how he wins the day, every day. Goldston is a professor at Penn State University, an expert in blockchain technology, author, TEDx speaker, and family man. He discusses how he plans to leave a legacy behind by making the world a better place for his young daughter, how supply lines have changed since the onset of COVID-19, and much more.

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10 Reasons Sustainability Needs To Be Part Of Your Digital Transformation Strategy
Forbes
November 08, 2020
The pandemic is uncovering gaps and weaknesses in supply chains that require organizations to digitally transform themselves quickly starting with sustainability.

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Supply Chain Management: Making a Difference with Georgetown
Georgetown University
July 12, 2020
In the last few months we have experienced the largest supply chain disruption in history, causing an increase in the need for supply chain professionals.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

1 Miscellaneous
Industrial Automation: From Henry Ford to Elon Musk (Part I)
American Public University
April 28, 2021
Industrial automation can be defined as the use of technologies and automatic devices to control machines, systems, and processes. Although it can be argued that automation itself dates back to 3200 B.C.E. with the invention of the wheel, automation within the manufacturing industry was introduced in 1913 with the Ford Motor Company’s assembly line.

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Tags: AI, ERP, Supply Chain

9 Panels
Building Blockchain Technologies That Help Us Do More For Our Planet | Day 1 - Malta Week 2021
AIBC
August 25, 2022
Justin Goldston, Professor and Founding Member at SydTek DAO and The Guild DAO, did us the honour of speaking at AIBC Summit this November 2021 during the main stage event for DeFi & Emerging Tech!

Justin Goldston moderated the panel Building Blockchain Technologies That Help Us Do More For Our Planet with fellow speakers:
Kristijan Glibo, Founder at Beyondi and Orcain.io
Jerry Lopez, CEO & Founder at Philcoin
Meike Krautscheid, CCO and lead Blockchain Consultant at SmartLedger
Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, Co-founder at Tauri Apps

AIBC Summit aims to be a pillar in the technological development by uniting tech-leaders, regulators, investors and entrepreneurs from across the world to discuss, share ideas, make partnerships and build the foundation for the industry of tomorrow.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse

PURPOSE AND DIVERSITY DRIVEN INNOVATION
AGS
November 17, 2021

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Innovation

BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP US DO MORE FOR OUR PLANET
AIBC Summit
November 16, 2021

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

The Real Value of Using Digital Transformation and Leveraging Technology and E-commerce
LogiSYM Asia Pacific 2021 Conference
May 19, 2021
Digital transformation is not about technology alone. It occurs at the intersection of people, business, and technology – and is guided by a broader business strategy. Success comes when organizations can effectively use data created by or through technology in a way that enables business change to occur dynamically.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Digital Transformation

IntraLogistics Panel Discussion
Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC)
November 26, 2020
IntraLogistics Asia-Pacific

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Rethinking Your Supply Chain
South African Production and Inventory Control Society
November 24, 2020
2020 SAPICS Annual Conference

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Risk Management
Bloomsburg University
November 04, 2020
2020 Bloomsburg University ZIPD Conference

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Tags: Change Management, Risk Management, Supply Chain

Supply Chains: Shorter and More Regional
Bloomsburg University
November 04, 2020
2020 Bloomsburg University ZIPD Conference

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Tags: CSR, Diversity and Inclusion, Supply Chain

The Future Is Now: Drones & 3D Cameras Panel Discussion
Bloomsburg University
November 04, 2020
2020 Bloomsburg University ZIPD Conference

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Tags: AI, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation

25 Podcasts
The Future of Learning, Pay-To-Learn (Sydtek) & Supply Chain w/ Dr. Justin Goldston
Chain Trends
August 25, 2022
This is not financial advice please do your own research. I'm not a financial advisor. In this episode I am joined by professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University Dr. Justin Goldston. Please be sure to like this video so more people see it and subscribe for more content like this. As always your feedback is important so please leave a comment.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFT

Blockchain in Supply Chain Management Interview with Justin Goldston, PhD - George Levy
George Levy
August 25, 2022
Join me in a free blockchain education masterclass and learn "How to Adapt to Change Using Blockchain to Transform Your Career and Help the World… (All Without Needing a College Degree.)"

https://georgelevy.com/masterclass

In this very special interview with Justin Goldston, PhD we discuss the role of blockchain in supply chain management and how multiple emerging technologies are being used in today's supply chains, and setting the ground for the supply chains of the future.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Supply Chain

Doctor Justin Goldston from the University of Pennsylvania on the Crypto Genius Show!
Martin CJ Mongiello
August 25, 2022

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Roundtable: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, Changing to The Web 3.0 Mindset
Star Consulting
August 25, 2022
Welcome to the Web 3.0 Disruptors Week! It’s the third event of its kind hosted by Starlabs Incubator and Star Consulting, which brings together industry leaders to discuss all the big questions and interesting topics about Web 3.0. The event spans five days from July 25-29, 2022 (Mon-Fri), with each day covering different topics. Come and join the pioneers and get inspired!

Current Session
Roundtable: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, Changing to The Web 3.0 Mindset

Time:
8:55 PM-9:40 PM SGT, Mon, Jul 25 2022
12:55 PM-1:40 PM GMT, Mon, Jul 25 2022

Speakers:
--Zach Burks, Founder of Mintable
--Cedric Shan, Head of Business Development, North & South America of KCC
--Anderson McCutcheon, Founder & CEO of Chains.com
---Brian Xin, Founder of Uptick Network
Moderator:
Justin Goldston, PhD, Co-Founder of SydTek DAO and Professor at Penn State University

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Web 3.0: The Blockchain Effect (Justin Goldston) | PHD #20
Women in IT
August 25, 2022
Let's talk about the emerging Web 3.0 ecosystem creating a new world of decentralized internet services that are stronger, more resilient and more empowering than anything we have today.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse

Partnerships to Deliver Technologically Advanced Education
American Public University
August 25, 2022
Providing curriculum that keeps pace with rapidly advancing technology in certain industries can be a major challenge for institutions of higher learning. In this episode, APU professor Justin Goldston talks to Jack Wong, CEO of LearnDay, about collaborating with traditional academic institutions to fill these curriculum development needs. Learn about efforts to create a symbiotic relationship between organizations to educate students about topics like artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain so they understand both the theory and driving force behind the technology as well as its practical and hands-on application.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, EdTech

The Role of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in Web 3.0
American Public University
August 25, 2022
When people think of blockchain they think of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but this decentralized network has far greater potential. In this episode, Dr. Wanda Curlee talks to APU professor Justin Goldston about rapidly developing blockchain models and the movement toward the interconnectedness of Web 3.0. Learn more about Bitcoin, Ethereum, Chainlink, Dogecoin, and the use of crowdloans and crowdsourcing to support the creation of some of these blockchain systems such as Polkadot. Also learn how artificial intelligence, or AI, may assist with the creation and protection of blockchains.

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#140 - People’s Collaboration and Metaverse Meetings with Sheri Hinish of IBM and Justin Goldston of Penn State University
Transform Talks
August 25, 2022
On this episode of Transform Talks, Sheri Hinish, Global Sustainability Services Lead at IBM, and Justin Goldston, Professor and Coordinator of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University, joins host Maria Villablanca.


Justin, Sheri, and Maria discuss the overwhelming amount of emerging technology. Between NFTs, ESG, blockchain, AI, and more, it's easy to lose track of where the real opportunity lies.


Justin points out that no one has to listen to anyone else. It's a matter of figuring out priorities as an individual or organization. Then pursue education in the most relevant and valuable fields.


Sheri complements this by remembering what gets her out of bed every morning. This is much more important than whatever problems or information overload keeps you up at night.


Sheri encourages practical applications of value-based leadership and identifying self-authenticity.


Justin delves into the metaverse, DAO, and its utilization in the education and business sectors.

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#183: The Future of the Blockchain
The Money Jar
August 25, 2022
Today’s episode of The Money JAR may be your first introduction to some new terms, but our guest is confident that the world of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and even digital land is going to keep growing! Mindy and Rishika spoke with Dr. Justin Goldston, an expert in emerging technologies and citizen science who has several online business ventures as well as multiple TEDX talks about the blockchain. He discusses how the blockchain has developed and what it is used for, as well as how it intersects with finance and cryptocurrency. He mentions quite a few terms and acronyms that are defined below.

Justin’s area of study, citizen science, delves into how people using a technology develop its purpose in society. There are a ton of new emerging technologies, and he says, “You have this collision course, if you will, of the internet of things, of blockchain, of cryptocurrencies, and of Artificial Intelligence, all happening at the same time. We have a lot of unknowns that are going to emerge.” In addition to explaining the blockchain and discussing the viability of different cryptocurrencies, he also touches on the growing market for digital lands, or virtual property sold in the emerging ‘metaverse’ world that is growing with the intersection of virtual reality, augmented reality, and video. Justin sees great potential for Gen Z to profit in this emerging digital world and says, “That’s one thing I talk to all high school students and college students on. Y’all are about to eat! Eat, eat, EAT!”

DAO – decentralized autonomous organization
DeFi – decentralized finance
NFT – nonfungible token
PancakeSwap – a leading decentralized exchange of cryptocurrency.
Polkadot – an open source blockchain platform and cryptocurrency.
SushiSwap – a software running on Ethereum that seeks to incentivize a network of users to operate a platform where users can buy and sell crypto assets.

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#4 Making Money Playing Games - Dr. Justin Goldston
The Crypto Podcast
August 25, 2022
About My Guest:

Web3 Systems Thinker | 2021 Supply Chain Pro to Know | 2021 Rockstars of the Supply Chain | Professor | TEDx Speaker | Executive Board Member | Author | Sustainability | Blockchain and AI Enthusiast



What we Discussed:

- Getting into Blockchain as a University Professor

- Co-founder of Sydtech

- Even Mark Cuban gets Rug Pulled

- NFT's

- Smart Contracts

- Knowing who to invest with

- Making Money Playing Games

- His thoughts on regulations

- How to get Loans Without the Banks

- Facebook and the Metaverse

- The Advantages of Different Coins

- The Wallets he Prefers

- Who he thinks Created Bitcoin

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Episode 161 | The Benefits of Blockchain Technology | Guest: Justin Goldston, PhD Principal
Authentic Talks
August 25, 2022
On this episode of Authentic Talks 2.0, Guest: Justin Goldston, PhD Principal, Five Times Tedx Talks speaker discuss the Benefits of Block-chain, Crypo-Currency, Non-fungible token, Smart Contracts and more.

2021 Supply Chain Pro to Know | 2021 Rockstars of the Supply Chain | Professor | TEDx Speaker | Executive Board Member | Author | Sustainability | Blockchain and AI Enthusiast

Dr. Justin Goldston is a Professor and an international speaker delivering systems thinking by blending blockchain, AI and sustainability w/ SCM.

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Season 1 Episode 7: All Things Blockchain with Dr. Justin Goldston
Pink Kangaru
August 25, 2022
Nova and Kamilah share how they got into blockchain. They also chat about how blockchain is the foundation of crypto, NFTs, and more. They also discuss how it’s come a long way – and still has much to offer going forward.

Dr. Goldston is a crypto educator, has helped found multiple DAOs, and is a collector and investor. He’s a professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University. He has multiple ties to sustainability matters and issues. He’s the author of a forthcoming book called AI for Good.

Dr. Goldston offers a more in-depth definition of blockchain. He explains how it’s a digital ledger – and goes into more detail from there. He goes on to explain how blockchain will make a positive impact on the world – particularly to developing economies.

He goes on to talk about education to bring more people into the metaverse and web3. He also talks about how this will all tie into the real world (IRL).

Dr. Goldston shares how there are some amazing real-world applications of blockchain. He touches on the good, bad, and the ugly regarding circularity and blockchain.

“You’re never going to stop learning in this space.”

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10 - New world of Blockchain, AIs and NFTs with Dr. Justin Goldston, Expert on Blockchain
Arbazz
August 25, 2022
Today we speak with Dr. Goldston on the new world of Blockchain, AIs, and NFTs! Recently, we've heard all the hype about buying digital art, what does that mean? How are some companies using blockchain to create solutions to social problems? And what does AI have to do with it? Find out all of that on this episode.
Dr. Goldston shares his vision of this not-to-distant future. Justin Goldston, Ph.D. is a leading expert on blockchain technology and its inclusion in business enterprises. As a certified management consultant, he has worked with leaders of organizations implementing enterprise applications around the world. With his love for technology and his passion to make a positive impact on social change, Dr. Goldston has made it his mission to bring technological knowledge and capabilities to the people. Dr. Goldston is a member of The Blockchain Council, The World Blockchain Association, The Government Blockchain Association, and is currently studying in one of the first Blockchain programs in the country at Cornell University. With a belief that it was his time to pay it forward,
Dr. Goldston entered into academia teaching both undergraduate and graduate programs at Aurora University, North Carolina Wesleyan College, as well as being a guest lecturer at Rutgers University and Morgan State University . Dr. Goldston was selected to evaluate one of the first doctoral programs in Quality Systems Management for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Goldston has shared his research on various technologies at both academic and professional conferences around the world and is the author of the book Critical Success Factors in ERP implementations in Manufacturing Environments.

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Dr. Goldston On Web3
Crypto Kid TV!
August 25, 2022
Today, we talk with Dr. Justin Goldston, a five-time TEDx speaker and Professor at Penn State University. How can we become leaders in the Web3 movement? We go over all that mayhem in this episode, to understand blockchain and build applications on distributed ledger technologies.

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Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State Uni)
Future Design Podcast
August 25, 2022
Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that?

In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like blockchain that already has incentive structures built-in, and also the transparency system can directly influence how we value corporations that are doing the right thing and this will incentives good behavior. Otherwise, the penalty will be a loss in corporate market value that they are so afraid of.

In this episode we talk about;
- How Justin started to think about ethical supply chain
- What are the certain bottlenecks to just tech solutions
- How the sharing economy ties into the corporate actions
- What are the other uses of blockchain that can contribute to incentives
- How he is involved in Bitcountry and the excitement he sees in this project

Justin Goldston is a certified supply chain and organizational change professional who has developed and executed comprehensive digital transformation, organizational change, and supply chain strategies, resulting in optimal customer satisfaction and profitability for clients around the world. Experienced in serving on boards within industry and academia, with his previous consulting, planning, and leadership experience delivers value to small, medium, and large organizations in a variety of industries.

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The Future of Emerging Technologies with Dr. Justin Goldston | Mangtas Nation Season 2 Episode 6
Mangtas
August 25, 2022
As technology is shaping most business landscapes, its progress has escalated the growth and function of how products are produced, managed, and organized. These emerging technologies have earned their own function that appears essential to providing quality and accurate services that are beneficial for each tech entrepreneur. However, the rapid development of technology also creates issues in both environmental and societal sustainability.

In this episode, Mangtas Nation had an in-depth discussion with Supply Chain Management Professor, Dr. Justin Goldston. He talks about the basics of Blockchain, AI, Web 3.0, Metaverse, and Agile Method. Being a Sustainability enthusiast, Dr. Justin has also provided insightful opinions and advice about creating sustainable change with technology as well as shared the findings and theories of his research projects.

Dr. Justin is a Professor at Penn State University, a Web3 Systems Thinker, Metaverse Builder, TEDx Speaker, author, and a Supply Chain and Sustainability Enthusiast.

In this episode, we particularly talk about:

00:00 Mangtas Nation
00:48 A little bit about Justin Goldston
02:37 Integrated Technologies and Discipline for Sustainability
04:13 Dr. Justin’s Interests in the application of Blockchain, AI, and Sustainability to Supply Chain Management
07:02 What is Blockchain and its implication for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
09:24 AI, the “Man-sensing” for forecasting and reducing wastes of Blockchain
10:43 SAP and other ERP providers in Web 3.0
11:17 Project “Altered State Machine” - the creation of Non-Fungible Intelligence
13:21 Fast-paced Emerging Technologies – Blockchain, AI, Web 3.0, Quantum Computing
15:13 AI, Blockchain, and the Internet of things are “Tools”
16:2 Regulating General Artificial Intelligence
17:48 Acceleration of Technological Development and the COVID effect
18:25 GitHub as an AI work
19:18 Leveraging AI for Efficiency of Employees
20:55 Considering the Spaces, Industries, and People in the Technological Developments
23:33 We are defining the Future of Web 3.0
25:05 Metaverse for Sustainability
27:59 Building the Future with Technology and Humans is a Social Experiment
29:59 What is Quadratic Voting
31:38 WAGMI - “We’re All Gonna Make it” - Working together for Sustainability
33:19 Dr. Justin’s View on Sustainability is Societal
33:47 Leveraging Technology to See how We’re Making a Sustainable Change
35:38 The Importance of Society and Environment in Sustainability
36:41 Resilience in Supply Chain Management - Agile Methodology/Approach
40:00 Assessing the Environment and People in Agile Method
43:08 How can you be part of Sustainable Change
44:44 Ending video

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AMA #25 - TCG World Partners With SydTEK DAO - Building Education for All Inside The Metaverse
TCG World
August 25, 2022
Take a look at our latest AMA as we are joined by Sydtek Dao to discuss our new partnership and plans for the TCG World Campus

TCG World is an online open world virtual gaming experience where players can earn TCG Coin 2.0, gather NFT collectibles, own virtual real estate, create, explore the game world, control their own online businesses, or just have fun. TCG World introduces a new approach to NFTs making it more than just a piece of art — now players can take their NFTs into the gaming world and play. Everything a player owns in the metaverse is an NFT — real estate, vehicles, pets, trophies and even player avatars.

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How To Be Sustainable In Your Business" Expert Advice For Entrepreneurs w/Justin Goldston
The Inventive Journey Podcast
November 19, 2020
Sustainability is no longer as nice to deal with. It's transforming industry. People are making their buying decisions based on those practices and it leads to a competitive advantage.

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BlockChain and Me
Unfettered Podcast
October 31, 2020
Adebayo talks to blockchain expert Professor Dr. Justin Goldston. How the blockchain will change the way we live and do business.

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How Do SMBs Digitize Logistics Today?
Zeus Logics
October 30, 2020
From Amazon's growing logistics business to Maersk's integration of 4PL leader Damco, logistics is undergoing massive consolidation and integration. Zeus Logic's CEO Christopher Wall, and Penn State Professor Justin Goldston, PhD, rethink how digitally savvy SMBs can keep up with their much larger competitors.

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain

Will Blockchain Profoundly Reshape Supply Chains?
Zeus Logics
October 20, 2020
Dr. Justin Goldston, Penn State Professor and passionate advocate of blockchain, joins Zeus Logic's CEO Christopher Wall to rethink how blockchain is going to transform logistics—intelligent contracting, increasingly connected systems, seamless customs clearance, enforcement of sustainability practices, and more.

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Post pandemic supply chains for student and practitioner - a chat with Penn State's Prof Justin Goldston
The Digital Supply Chain podcast
August 31, 2020
We had a great chat about how supply chains are responding to the disruption, how students and supply chain professionals need to upskill, and what the silver linings of the pandemic are.

This was also a very timely conversation, as we are heading into the start of a new semester in colleges, and as I received a lovely message from an Instagram user called Chai, which I read out at the start of the podcast.

I really enjoyed putting this podcast together, I hope you enjoy listening to it. If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).

To learn more about how supply chain leaders improve end-to-end supply chain visibility, download the research study of 1,000 COO’s and Chief Supply Chain Officers – “Surviving and Thriving How Supply Chain Leaders minimize risk and maximize opportunities”

And if you want to know more about any of SAP's Digital Supply Chain solutions, head on over to www.sap.com/digitalsupplychain and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover it. Thanks.

And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane!

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How the blockchain is disrupting the supply chain industries
Bicara Supply Chain
August 25, 2020
Justin Goldston, PhD is a Professor in project and supply chain management at Penn State University. He obtained the Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Leadership & organizational change) from Walden University. His specialization focuses on Supply chain management, Agile project management, ERP and Blockchain implementation. With his love for technology and his passion to make a positive impact on social change, Dr. Goldston has made it his mission to bring technological knowledge and capabilities to the people. He is also a member of The Blockchain Council, The World Blockchain Association, and The Government Blockchain Association.

In today's episode, you'll learn:

How does the blockchain disrupt supply chain businesses?
What are the technology & capabilities required for taking a benefit from a blockchain?
In the recent eras where the supply chain faces complex challenges, what are to be a key priority when implementing a blockchain?
A few examples from a real-cases study where a company/organization has successfully led a project in the implementation of blockchain and then gain a competitive benefit).

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Supply Chains are Everywhere
Supply and Demand Chain Executive
August 20, 2020
Justin Goldston sits down with Mackenna Moralez to discuss how supply chains are in every industry and how they are expected to change as more companies move to implement more emerging technologies within their functions.

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Exploring Discrimination, Bias, and the Opportunity for Diversity & Inclusion in Supply Chains & Academia w/ Dr. Justin Goldston
Supply Chain Revolution
August 10, 2020
Why does Diversity and inclusion matter? What impact does the Black Lives Matter movement have on/in the workplace? How does one navigate discrimination and is there more awareness in corporate America around racism and breaking systemic barriers, including how to engage HBCUs and communities who have talent, but may lack access? How do we make diversity and inclusion REAL? Is it just lip service and social washing? These are questions being asked during a very real inflection point, in the midst of social and human health crises unfolding globally.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Justin Goldston, an advisor/professor/consultant/5X Tedtalk/ and evangelist for creating Diversity & Inclusion in supply chain and academia. As an African American who grew up in the south, started his supply chain journey at an HBCU, and then transitioned to manufacturing, Justin offers a unique perspective into the racism and bias that exists - still - in many supply chain organizations. After leaving industry, he explores opportunities for inclusion in consulting, and lastly the power of education for access. Justin currently teaches supply chain management at Penn State and Georgetown, organizing a TedX PSU series that gives young people the space to share on a global stage.

This is a longer episode that is one of the most provocative to date, potentially uncomfortable for some, however necessary for divergence and awareness. Topics covered include: how to engage historically black colleges and universities in SCM talent management, the internal headspace needed to navigate discrimination, cultural intelligence, bias in hiring from application to boardroom, the “echo chamber” in supply chain orgs that don’t embrace D&I, how the shift to remote work has accelerated D&I, and unpacking the Black Lives Matter movement for awareness in corporate America and academia.

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Tags: Blockchain, CSR, Supply Chain

3 Professors
Eliminating Waste In The Supply Chain
Georgetown University
November 24, 2020
We are excited to invite you to this event hosted by the Master's in Supply Chain Management program at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. Join our Ethics and CSR faculty in a discussion on how to deal with the perplexing issue of how to eliminate waste from supply chains and in particular how to eliminate in those areas where waste is the normal way of doing business.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Penn State supply chain management faculty member to give keynote at awards
Penn State University
September 18, 2020
Penn State's newest faculty member and project and supply chain management coordinator, Justin Goldston, is giving the keynote speech at the virtual Global Women in Supply Chain Leadership Awards 2020.

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Supply Chain Faculty Panel Georgetown University
Georgetown University
May 05, 2020
This was a panel discussion centered on supply chain leadership and next steps for supply chain management given COVID-19. The panel members were from the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies Supply Chain Management faculty.

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Tags: CSR, Supply Chain, Sustainability

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Feast of knowledge on offer at 2020 SAPICS conference
Creamer Media's Engineering News
November 17, 2020
Known as the trust machine, blockchain is now on the agenda of the world’s leading organisations which are seeking to leverage the technology to increase transparency and collaboration across their business partner networks. According to SAPICS 2020 presenter, Professor Justin Goldston of Penn State University in the USA, blockchain offers a solution to the growing threat of “greenwashing”. This term refers to companies who falsely claim that their products and processes are more environmentally friendly than they are. “As stories of greenwashing continue to emerge within the supply chain space, blockchain could be a potential solution to provide visibility to the life cycle of products,” Goldston asserts. In his SAPICS presentation, he will look at ways in which the technology’s track and trace capabilities could be used to ensure more sustainable supply chain networks.


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Tags: Blockchain

Requirements Enterprise Information System Professionals Need to Implement Enterprise Resource Planning
ProQuest
March 20, 2020
As cited in a Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Computer Science by James T. Jackson, PhD.

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Tags: ERP

21 Speaking Engagements
Reinventing Education The Web3 Way | AIBC Americas 2022
AIBC
August 25, 2022
Justin Goldston, Founder at SydTek DAO, did us the honour of speaking at AIBC Summit Americas this June 2022!

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Tags: Blockchain, Metaverse, NFT

How DAOs Will Change The World | AIBC UAE 2022
AIBC
August 25, 2022
How DAOs Will Change The World | AIBC UAE 2022

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse

Bahamas Blockchain Business School - Axie Infinity Case Study Presentation
Bahamas Blockchain Business School
August 25, 2022

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFT

The Sharing Economy Reloaded
The Global Sustainable Supply Chain Summit
August 25, 2022

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Tags: Blockchain, Supply Chain, Sustainability

AI for Good: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for a Global Advantage
The American SCMS Summit Houston, TX
August 24, 2021
Sustainability is no longer a like to do, it was a must-do.

How we can leverage AI to contribute to positive social change while also having a positive impact on the organization's profitability.

Using examples from the presentation, how you can use AI to address the top UN Sustainability Development Goals for your organization.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

Augmented Project Management: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Project Risk
The American SCMS Summit Houston, TX
August 23, 2021
How AI can be leveraged as a tool to mitigate risk in digital transformations.

How the term AI should be understood as Augmented Intelligence instead of Artificial Intelligence.

How a solution such as this will allow Project Managers to focus on more value-added activities in a project.

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Tags: Blockchain, Supply Chain, Agile

Key Technology Trends Enabling Sustainability: The Collision Course Between AI and blockchain
The Sustainability Summit Africa 2021
May 18, 2021
Organizations in both the public and private sectors around the world are feeling increased pressure to provide additional transparency across their supply chain networks. As child labor, modern slavery, and other unethical practices continue to emerge across social media outlets, emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and blockchain may be tools to address the issues that some attempt to avoid discussing within the supply chain industry. In this presentation, we will look at the future of supply chain management, and how AI and blockchain can be implemented to address the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainability.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

AI for Good: Sustainability at the Core of a Competitive Advantage
ASUG Best Practices: SAP for Supply Chain
May 11, 2021
COVID-19 and its ripple effects demonstrated the importance of sustainability within business environments, with many leaders navigating environmental factors outside of their control. Sustainability is not only a corporate responsibility, but it is also a shared social responsibility. Thus, there should be a tool that individuals and organizations of all sizes can access to positively contribute to a more sustainable world. Within the talk, we will discuss how a democratized AI solution can benefit the organization that develops this tool or marketplace, the organization’s business partners, as well as the organization’s consumers to allow us to achieve the 2030 United Nations sustainable development goals.

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, Supply Chain

The Decade Of Our Lives: A Sustainability Tipping Point
Vizibl
April 14, 2021
Every 5 weeks we lose 1% of the decade. Leaders discuss how the race is on to deliver against their 2025 and 2030 organisational commitments

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

The Procurement Tech Stack: Why The Future Is Best Of Breed
Vizibl
April 14, 2021
Our panel of ProcureTech experts including, Sammeli Sammalkorpi (Founder/CEO @ Sievo), Alan Holland (CEO @ Keelvar), Prof. Justin Goldston of Penn State and Sam de Frates of Mars, chat with Darragh Toolan of Vizibl about how the future evolution of the procurement tech stack is increasingly best of breed and discuss some really exciting leaps happening in the space.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

Building and maintaining an ethical supply chain
Freight Waves TV
February 17, 2021
Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher, FreightWaves, chats with Justin Goldston, Professor, Project & Supply Chain Management, Penn State University.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

How Augmented Intelligence Will Positively Impact the World's Workforce
International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA)
February 03, 2021

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Tags: AI, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Introducing Industry 4.5 in Coil Manufacturing
Wall Street Transcript Corp
January 19, 2021
As the pandemic of 2020 moved digital transformation projects higher on strategic agendas of around the world, leaders began to reach out to researchers and industry experts to further understand technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and edge computing for industrial application. With the inclusion of these technologies that are growing in adoption within various industries, the coil manufacturing sector will see an emergence of Integrated Intelligent Automation (IIA). With both scholars and practitioners identifying cybersecurity as a primary concern with Industry 4.0, this discussion will touch on how organizations can successfully implement IIA to safely architect the smart factory we envisioned back in 2010.

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Tags: AI, Supply Chain, Future of Work

Increasing Automation, Transparency, and Visibility in the Maritime Industry
Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC)
December 10, 2020
As the maritime has been viewed as a laggard in adopting emerging technologies, this presentation will focus on how organizations are using solutions such as Artificial Intelligence and blockchain to increase the visibility, collaboration, and communication throughout supply chain networks. Through the use of case studies such as the Maersk and IBM TradeLens project, along with a research case study performed in collaboration with Zeus Logics, Dr. Goldston will analyze the current state and the future state of technology in the maritime industry.

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Supply Chain

Identifying an organization’s AI and ML maturity
LogiSYM
December 02, 2020
LogiSYM Vietnam 2020 Conference

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Tags: AI, Supply Chain, Sustainability