Scott W. Luton

Aiken Elementary and Schofield Middle School

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Passionate about sharing stories from across the global end-to-end Supply Chain world

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Supply Chain Now (SCN) spotlights the best in all things Supply Chain: the people, the technologies, the best practices and the critical issues of the day. Supply Chain Now brings leaders & practitioners together to share best practices and to discuss the key challenges impacting end-to-end supply chain management today. Supply Chain Now podcasts have accumulated millions of plays since May 2017 and continue to reach a growing global audience, hitting Apple Podcasts business leadership charts in over 60 countries. Supply Chain Now is listed in “Best Supply Chain Podcasts We Could Find” by Player FM and ranks #1 on <a href="http://Feedspot.com">Feedspot.com</a> “Top 10 Supply Chain Management Podcasts in 2020”.Find Supply Chain Now on a wide variety of channels: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, YouTube and Soundcloud.

Supply Chain Now

Founder, CEO & Host

To create a yearly event to celebrate the successes across the end-to-end Supply Chain space in Metro Atlanta, a planning committee was formed in mid-2018. Their hard work as led to the first Atlanta Supply Chain Awards, to be held March 12th, 2019, jointly presented by APICS Atlanta, CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable and the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Learn more at: <a href="http://www.AtlantaSupplyChainAwards.com">www.AtlantaSupplyChainAwards.com</a>

Atlanta Supply Chain Awards

Founder & Chair

Created in 2009 as an event to bring together all aspects of the logistics industry for lunch, the Georgia Logistics Summit has grown over the last eight years from 400 attendees in its first year to nearly 1,500 in 2017. Each year, the Summit brings together nearly 50 speakers from prominent shippers in the industry, leaders in the state’s infrastructure and economic development community, and a keynote speaker from large corporations like Caterpillar, The Home Depot, and Walmart.The 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit was held April 9th through April 12th, 2018 - - and was co-located with MODEX. Scott Luton moderated the "Women in Logistics" breakout session and led two initiatives for the 2018 Summit:- - Joint industry association initiative that led to 7 leading industry associations serving as a Host Sponsor for the event- - Veterans Initiative that led to over 100 Veterans & military members attending the Summit/MODEX on a complimentary basis

Georgia Logistics Summit

Executive Committee Member

TalentStream specializes in helping organizations find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing & Supply Chain space. With almost 70 years of combined industry experience, we provide talent on both a Direct Hire and Contract basis. Our proven STREAMline for Success© program ensures a successful candidate that meets our clients’ needs.To learn more about TalentStream and our team, please visit us at: <a href="http://www.talentstreamstaffing.com">www.talentstreamstaffing.com</a>  Scott Luton joined TalentStream as an owner & Managing Partner in January 2016. He departed from the day-to-day operations of the organization in May 2019 and served as an advisor through December 2019.

TalentStream

Former Managing Partner & Advisor

APICS is the leading professional association for supply chain and operations management and the premier provider of research, education and certification programs that elevate end-to-end supply chain excellence, innovation and resilience. APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designations set the industry standard. With over 37,000 members and more than 250 international partners, APICS is transforming the way people do business, drive growth and reach global customers.I served on a voluntarily basis with the APICS Southeast District as a Staff Member.

APICS Southeast District

Staff Member (volunteer role)

<a href="http://www.georgiamanufacturingexpo.com/">http://www.georgiamanufacturingexpo.com/</a>

Georgia Manufacturing Expo

Honorary Advisory Board member

Riverwood Associates is an Operational Excellence Training & Consulting firm, dedicated to helping individuals and organizations improve their performance. We founded the company in 2013 to continue our passion for sharing best practices, knowledge and expertise for continuous improvement. We primarily help companies by providing Lean Six Sigma certification training and targeted process improvement consulting.Scott sold the company in December 2015 to his former partner, Peter Sherman.

Riverwood Associates

Partner

Serving as President of Atlanta Chapter of APICS for two years. In 2014, APICS Atlanta celebrates 50 years of serving the Metro Atlanta market.APICS Atlanta is recognized as the leading professional services organization in the field of Operations & Supply Chain Management for Metro Atlanta. We are the premier source of professional education and career development programming dedicated to advancing productivity, innovation, and competitive success. We serve our members, affiliates, and partner companies as the preeminent resource for furthering industry knowledge and best practices.The Atlanta Chapter of APICS serves almost 600 local members.

APICS Atlanta

President

Founded in 1989, Clairon Metals Corporation has grown into a leading Southeastern metal stamping company. We are ISO 9001-2008 certified with complete in-house tool and die construction capabilities.  From up-front engineering assistance to subassembly and special packaging, we are your full service metal stamping source.Our 114,000 square foot air-conditioned facility houses the latest in metal stamping equipment, with an additional 33,000 square feet of warehouse space.  Our press sizes range from 1,100 tons to 35 tons.  Secondary capabilities include:  robotic MIG welding, resistance welding, machining, tapping, assembly, and special packaging.

Clairon Metals Corporation

Director of Sales

Special Olympics Georgia provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.Our goal is to help bring persons with intellectual disabilities into the larger society under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected, and given the chance to become useful and productive citizens.

Special Olympics Georgia

Honorary Board Member

Serving on the APICS Atlanta chapter Executive Board of Directors for the 2010/2011 program year (VP/Programs) and the 2011/2012 program year (EVP)APICS—The Association for Operations Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With more than 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.

VP/Programs & EVP

Definity Partners works with leaders to implement a new standard of organizational performance & create an overall culture of continuous improvement.Typically, our solutions involve three main components, uniquely applied to fit the needs and meet the pressing business challenges of our diverse clientele:- developing members of the organization's workforce (particularly front line leaders & middle managers) to be able to reliably and consistently carry out the daily RUN of the operation- simplifying business processes and driving process improvement, to include the implementation/upgrade of management & communication systems- improving overall usage of IT infrastructure, to include better leveraging of current IT platforms & implementation of new platforms (ie - ERP, WMS, BI, etc)Definity has worked with over 200 organizations since 1996, primarily within the manufacturing industry. How can we help your team execute, innovate, grow & conquer?

Definity Partners

Vice President / Business Development - Atlanta

APICS Atlanta has been serving the Metro Area for over 50 years and currently serves almost 700 members. We are a non-profit industry association that is dedicated to the world of end-to-end supply chain management. Our Atlanta Chapter is affiliated with the international Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM). Learn more here: <a href="https://www.ascm.org/Scott">https://www.ascm.org/Scott</a> Luton has served on the APICS Atlanta Board of Directors for over 10 years, including two years as President. Learn more about APICS Atlanta at <a href="http://www.apicsatlanta.org">www.apicsatlanta.org</a>

Board Member (Volunteer)

Provided workforce solutions exclusively for the manufacturing industry. Direct hire, temp-to-hire and project positions, at all levels, for production environments.President's Club 2007 and 2008.