I had a great time with this episode chatting with Ryan Yost of Avery Dennison. Ryan is vice president/general manager for the Printer Solutions Division (PSD) for Avery Dennison Corporation. He was appointed to this position in April 2017, after serving as director of Commercial, Avery Dennison RBIS since October 2015.

In his role, Ryan is responsible for worldwide leadership of and strategy for the Printer Solutions Division, focused on building partnerships and solutions within the Food, Apparel and Fulfillment industries. As the general manager of PSD, Ryan is also responsible for the core business functions for the division, including operations, marketing, finance, human resources, communications, legal, and information technology.

Ryan joined Avery Dennison in 2001. Since then, he has held various roles in Label and Graphic Materials in Operations and Supply Chain and within RBIS in both Operations and Commercial leadership. Before joining Avery Dennison, Ryan held business positions in management consultancy with Ernst & Young. He received his MBA from Cleveland State University in 2003.

Avery Dennison is a global materials science and manufacturing company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets.

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Concerning the 2020 ISCPO Global Supply Chain Security Conference, registration is now open. Use the link below to access the conference web page and registration. Hope to see you there and if you have any questions about the conference, drop me an email at byron.smith@iscpo.org

ISCPO Global Supply Chain Security Conference

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