Let's Talk Supply Chain

Hello Listeners! This is the last Exclusive from TPM 2019, in this brief episode I am asking Peder Winther, Global Head of OceanFreight at Panalpina your most pressing questions that you sent to me on Linkedin back in February. Find out what he thinks of Uber Freight and Flexport and how freight forwarders are looking at innovation in the industry. Enjoy!

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! There are a lot of new innovations and platforms to help you with various supply chain functions but where do you start and how do you find the right one for your team? Mercado Labs is shining light into the dark corners of supply chain, their platform speaks "fluent import"' and has been designed by International trade experts for supply chain professionals and t...

Hello Listeners! You asked and John answered! I recently caught up with John McCauley, VP of Transportation and Logistics at Cargill, a global player in the shipping industry at TPM 2019 to ask him your questions! Back in February you posted the questions you would have if you had 5 minutes with a VP of a large BCO, pay attention because your question might have been asked! Enjoy!

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! "What do you mean exactly?" is a very powerful question when you are trying to find your voice and gain the knowledge you need to succeed. In my newest Women in Supply Chain Episode you will meet Denise MacDonell, CTO at Flash Global and a powerhouse woman in the industry who believes that this question will contribute to your success. It takes a lot of self disci...

Hello listeners! Remember a while back on listeners corner you commented with questions you have for the CEO of an ocean carrier. Well, I had the chance to briefly chat with Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE and asked him a lot of your most pressing questions. 7 minute Sundays are exclusive episodes that I will be sharing sporadically as I travel the world and speak with some of the least accessible figure...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Only 6 percent of the largest ocean carriers and freight forwarders have end-to-end online booking capabilities. Some 38 percent of the former and 5 percent of the latter do not even offer online quotes, while most of those that do merely log an online request for a quote, which has to be followed up by e-mail or a phone call, often a day or more later. So what ha...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The term "'Customer Experience" gets thrown out and tossed around on the daily these days but what does it really mean to your business? Its all about the perception a customer has of your brand. You may think you are on point and have it handled but if the customer gets a broken product, delivery doesnt meet their expectations or they have one bad customer servic...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. As the second-busiest container seaport in the United States, the Port handles trade valued at more than $194 billion annually and supports 2.6 million trade-related jobs across the nation,...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! In this Women in Supply Chain episode we are going Global, to South Africa to be exact. A land where not only Supply Chain is male dominated but the culture is too and Nozuko Mayeka has brought hope, inspiration and guidance to other women in supply chain in her community. It took courage and blind faith for Nozuko to start her company, Tulsawiz Logistics in chall...

Welcome Back Lets Talk Listeners! Collaboration is the process of two or more people or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. Most collaboration requires leadership, although the form of leadership can be social within a decentralized and egalitarian group. With the dominance of e-commerce and the competitive marketing landsca...

Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! Digital economy  refers to an  economy  that is based on  digital  computing technologies, although we increasingly perceive this as conducting business through markets based on the internet and the World Wide Web. So what does the digital economy really mean for your business and your supply chain? I think for most us we are still trying to figure out that sweet...

Welcome back Lets Talk Listeners! One U.S. study found that lost productivity from presenteeism was at least 7.5 times greater than productivity loss from absenteeism.  Presenteeism occurs when employees are physically present, but due to an unaddressed physical or emotional issue, distracted to the point of reduced productivity. For Graham Robins, this is only one of the many important reasons wh...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! How did you end up in Supply Chain? For some of us it was before the term "supply chain" was even coined in the 1980s, for some of us we fell into the industry and our role evolved over time and for some of us we sought out a career in supply chain as it has become more mainstream. For Priyanka, She literally fell into and in love with the industry in one fell swo...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Even I didn't know what a Global Service Supply Chain Partner was until I met Ryan, so what is it anyway? You will have to tune into the episode to find out but what I can tell you is that it not only manages the most complex parts of a supply chain but it can also be compared to Football. In Ryan's most recent Linkedin article, he says "Just like a football team,...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! The fact is that Supply Chain visibility is the No 1 pain point of shippers today, as per the study JOC did in 2018. What is visibility? It is knowing were your goods are in transit and it is the key to improving and strengthening our supply chains through data being available to all parties including the customer. What other industries have been able to provide v...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Supply Chain is changing and 2019 will bring both new challenges and technology to the industry. We will need to get more creative from job roles and titles to staying competitive in the market. The fact is that AI and robotics are coming, data should be you gold mine and your supply chain should be your key competitive weapon. but, will they be embraced in 2019?...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Today you will be inspired by a story of challenge, risk and massive growth. Whether you are the family in a family business or working in a family business, it can be motivating, it can be awkward and it can be tough no matter what side of the fence you sit on. These are the facts -   Family - owned businesses  employ 60% of the U.S. workforce and create 78% of a...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! You have learned a lot. This year has inspired you, motivated you, gave you a run for your money and tested you. It's a fact that each year there is so much to take with us into the new year so we can grow and do better but where is it? In a notebook in your office, sheets of paper written on at conferences longing to be looked at again. Well, this episode has wra...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Today is part 13 of My Women in Supply Chain series! In this episode you will here from Catherine Cooper who has dedicated her career to the logistics industry. In her newest venture Catherine works with Senior Executives from Fortune 500 companies like QVC, Coca Cola, Starbucks and Gap Inc. I speak to Catherine about her journey from Engineer to CEO, what success...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! In recent discussion on my listener corner posts, data keeps popping up. Data is the future of our businesses and supply chain but not everyone is convinced so how do we bring data to the forefront of the supply chain and business conversations? In this episode, I speak to Dmitry, Senior director of digital manufacturing for HULFT about why they took the leap into...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Is our reliance on the postal service our biggest downfall? As we have recently seen with the Canada Post strike, it has crippled industries at the biggest revenue generating holiday for online retailers. So what are the alternatives and how can you plan for a future of last mile delivery run by government organizations. In this episode, Graham Robins from BorderB...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! How do we get ahead of all the changes happening around us in our business and our supply chain? Kevin Sterneckert from JDA software joins me in this episodes to talk about how being proactive through an autonomous supply chain could be the answer. In this episode, Kevin and I talk about how you can use your supply chain as a secret competitive weapon! You will le...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Sheila's journey is full of hard work, passion and giving back to the community that has served her in her supply chain career. Sheila is dedicated to the supply chain community and her passion is so apparent in this episode you will be inspired to get involved. In this episode, Sheila and I talk about her journey from engineering school to entrepreneur, what 3 or...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Unless you have already or are already working with Brian and his team over at Chain.io you might be still be battling a classic business/supply chain challenge..."How can all of our systems (accounting, marketing, operations, WMS etc) work together and bring us better visibility internally" In this episode, Brian and I get to the bottom of this fundamentally diff...

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Competition online and customer expectations are driving up the stakes for retailers to get last mile delivery right. Whether it is free delivery, delivery times or the delivery experience there is a lot of pressure on retailers because it could make or break a new start up or established business. In this episode, I speak to Osman Akdemir, Founder and CEO of a la...