Logistics with Purpose

In a world full of congested ports and supply chain disruptions, what about the continent with 1.3 billion people, 55 countries and endless industrial possibilities? From timeless leadership advice to the timeliness of investing in Africa, Madame Ambassador Hilda Suka Mafudze, the African Union (AU) ambassador to the United States, walks us through the many opportunities and strategic efforts open...

Maintaining an agile, robust supply chain during a global pandemic is challenging enough for any company. But when your organization delivers life-changing medicines and health supplies around the world? It’s time to double down. That's the story of MAP International, and this is your chance to hear it from Vice President of Global Giving Jodi Allison. In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, pr...

In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Vector Global Logistics on Supply Chain Now, hosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter welcome Alice Brown with GoodSteps to the podcast to discuss their mission of fighting hunger one pair of flip flops at a time. This episode was hosted by Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: ht...

In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now and Vector Global Logistics, hosts Enrique Alvarez and Liliana Sanchez welcome Bob Dalton with Sackcloth & Ashes to the podcast. This episode was hosted by Enrique Alvarez & Liliana Sanchez. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/social-responsibility-sustainabili...

How do you transport products efficiently into a country that's at war? What's the best coffee the globe has to offer? There's one man who can give us both answers, and that's our latest guest Diego Flores. In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now and Vector Global Logistics, he joins us virtually from Uganda and takes us behind the scenes of supply chain logistics fo...

In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, brought to you by Supply Chain Now and Vector Global Logistics, hosts Enrique Alvarez and Matilda Arhin welcome the Honorable Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah to the podcast. Hon. Buah, a fourth-term member of Ghana's Parliament and former Energy Minister and the Leader of the opposition on Trade, Industry, and Tourism in Ghana, shares the top three things t...

Whether helping Toms scale shoe delivery from a million pairs to 50 million or delivering 78,000 masks to healthcare workers last year, Gifts for Good Chief Impact Officer Jenise Steverding has found a way throughout her career to meld her knack for logistics with a propensity for giving back - and for that, we (and the world at large) are very grateful. Join us as we discuss her fascina...

How do you deliver 2.9 million books that have been donated from around the world to locations across the continent of Africa ... during a global pandemic? With Pat Plonski as your executive director. Catch the recorded livestream, produced in partnership with Vector Global Logistics, where we picked Pat's brain on all things literary logistics. You don't want to miss the leadership...

As president and CEO of MedShare, a company that has delivered critical medical equipment to over 100 countries, Charles Redding knows a thing or two about complex supply chains and coordinating with shipping partners to help communities in need. But throughout his international career, he's gained an even greater understanding of how to encourage effective leaders, get proactive on disaster relie...

What happens to all the swag pre-made for the team that doesn't win the big game? And how do companies that pledge social responsibility actually put purpose into practice? Partnering with major corporations like UPS, the NFL, Amazon and Walmart, Good360 answers both questions in one by facilitating the donation of excess product in supply chains to over 90,000 nonprofits. In this episode of Logis...

Our planet is roughly 71% water. The human body? 65%! It's safe to say: water is a universal life force, and it's everywhere. Yet in many parts of the world, safe drinking water is in short supply. That's where Filter of Hope comes in. Meet the men behind the mission that's delivering clean drinking water to more than 65 countries (and counting) using a simple, lightweight filter propelled by pass...

In a year when everyone washed their hands nonstop, Love Beyond Walls Founder Terence Lester turned the focus to those without access to water - and brought the sinks to them. On our first-ever Logistics with Purpose livestream, brought to you by Vector Global Logistics and Supply Chain Now, we sat down with Terence to talk about the power of empathy during a crisis and how it propelled a portable...

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, as part of the Logistics with Purpose series sponsored by Vector Global Logistics, hosts Scott, Enrique, and Kristi welcome Megan McCamey with goBeyondProfit to the podcast. This episode was hosted by Scott Luton, Enrique Alvarez, and Kristi Porter. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/episode-584

This episode, as a part of our Logistics with Purpose series, features Tracie Ohonme and Angela Carlson with Samaritan's Feet. This episode was hosted by Scott Luton, Enrique Alvarez, and Adrian Purtill. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/episode-573.

In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now, Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter welcome Laura Cyrus with Truckers Against Trafficking to the podcast.  Laura candidly takes us through her exciting and very meaningful life story as she goes from musical theater and drum line teacher; to studying criminal justice, working at a clinical psychologist practice, co-founding...

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Greg White and Scott Luton welcome Kari Love, Jemea Dorsey, and Jordana Crow to the podcast.   Kari B. Love brings over twenty-nine years of experience in nonprofit management, marketing fundraising and event planning to her position as the Chief Executive Officer of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation. Jemea Dorsey currently serves as the Chief Exec...

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Greg and Scott are joined by co-hosts Enrique Alvarez and Adrian Purtill as they welcome Meta and David Robinson to the podcast. David Robinson is the founder and managing director of Higher Ground Development, an organization that works directly with coffee cooperatives. In 1998, David also founded Up-Country International Products Inc., the sole distributor a...

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott, Greg, and Enrique welcome Dale Wilkinson with goodgigs to the podcast.   Dale Wilkinson is the Former Executive Producer for FOX Network, Facebook Watch, PopSugar, and 17 year veteran of the advertising and entertainment industry, Dale Wilkinson is now the Founder of goodgigs, a platform and community for mission-driven companies to connect wit...

This episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now, features Steve Stirling. As President and CEO since 2014, Steve Stirling brings a wealth of experience as well as a unique perspective to MAP International. While a child in post-war Korea in the early 1960s, Steve suffered a life-altering bout with polio – a disease that could have been prevented with a few cents-worth of m...

This episode of Supply Chain Now features Pat Plonski. Patrick Plonski, Ph. D. has served as the Executive Director of Books for Africa since 2003. He holds a Ph. D. in International Education (2009) and previously served as Executive Director of the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council at the University of Minnesota (1998-2003), and Committee Administrator for the Minnesota Ho...

This episode of Supply Chain Now is a continuation of our Logistics with Purpose series, sponsored by Vector Global Logistics, and features Shane Buerster. On a Mercer On Mission trip during the summer of 2016, Shane Buerster, a rising junior at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, met Arturo Penarreta Romero, a 65 year old man from Zaruma, Ecuador. Throughout Shane's junior year of college, Artur...

This episode of Supply Chain Now features Jon Thompson. Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Jon graduated from Centre College in 1997 with a B.A. in History. He first visited Nicaragua in 1998, returned every year thereafter, and married his wife from there in 2002. That same year, Jon obtained his Masters of Social Work with a concentration in Community Partnerships from Georgia State University. Jon...

This episode of Supply Chain Now features Joel Manby. As CEO of major corporations for over 25+ years, Joel has learned a number of lessons through experience during his tenure. He summarized these leadership principles in his book "Love Works," detailing how to integrate “love the verb” into the leadership ethos and philosophy of any organization. This approach has been systematically proven to c...

This episode of Supply Chain Now is a part of our Logistics with Purpose series, and features Kevin Carvajal. Kevin has been a humanitarian relief practitioner since 2013. During that time, he has focused on sourcing and delivering critical goods to augment the delivery of education, development, and humanitarian services offered by the Salesians of Don Bosco for at-risk youth and other vulnerable...

This episode of Supply Chain Now features Jonathan Starr and Trudy Hall. Jonathan Starr authored It Takes A School, published by Macmillan Henry Holt in February 2017. It tells the story of Jonathan’s founding and heading the Abaarso School of Science and Technology, a non-profit educational organization in Somaliland. Abaarso School has broken a decades long drought in Somali education with unpre...