How a Customer Advisory Board Can Drive Innovation | SupplyChainBrain

How a Customer Advisory Board Can Drive Innovation

Matthew Menner, Transplace and John Brooks, Philips North America

June 26, 2015

Matt Menner, senior vice president of strategic account management with Transplace, is joined by John Brooks, director of transportation and distribution with Philips North America, in a discussion of how their participation in a Customer Advisory Board has fostered a new level of collaboration between the two companies. [Run Time (Min.): 14:19]

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