There is a little bit of fatigue with, I think, the focus on Ukraine as other things have started to happen elsewhere in the world and the news cycle shifted and seasons change, and, you know, time progresses. We're still trying to keep a focus on Ukraine and keep it in people's hearts and minds.
-Maureen Woolshlager
Episode Summary
As we face the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 13 million people forced to flee their homes in Ukraine, natural born leaders like Maureen Woolshlager are stepping up to the plate and positioning the supply chain to deliver much-needed humanitarian relief. In this episode, Maureen joins Scott to discuss how Vector Global Logistics’ “Leveraging Logistics for Ukraine” initiative has grown, the challenges involved in sourcing and delivering goods, and how you can get involved through their new letter writing campaign.
Episode Transcript
Intro/Outro (00:03):
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Scott Luton (00:29):
Hey, good morning, everybody. Scott Luton with you here on supply chain. Now, welcome to today’s show. Hey, today we’re talking with a supply chain leader that is leading an initiative to help those in need in Ukraine, in the greater region leadership and logistics with purpose and a noble mission. Indeed. So with no further ado, wanna welcome in our guest today. Maureen Woolshlager director of strategic projects with our friends at vector global logistics Maureen. How you doing?
Maureen Woolshlager (00:56):
Good, Scott? How are you done? Great
Scott Luton (00:58):
To have you back. Um, we were just talking kind of pre-show about those early days. You’re one of, you know, I can’t remember your first appearance, but I think is when we were in either Charleston or Myrtle beach and we were at an automotive trade show. Mm-hmm <affirmative>
Maureen Woolshlager (01:14):
Mm-hmm <affirmative>
Scott Luton (01:14):
Yep. And that feels like 27 years ago. Right? Cause so much has changed since then.
Maureen Woolshlager (01:19):
Well, COVID made every year feel like seven, I think. So it was it’s probably like 16 years ago. Yeah.
Scott Luton (01:25):
<laugh> oh gosh. It feels like it, that, that probably though kidding aside. That was probably what 2019 or so.
Maureen Woolshlager (01:32):
Yeah, I think it was in November 19th, 2019. Okay.
Scott Luton (01:35):
All right. Well, and since then you made a variety of appearances. We appreciate what you do. You’re always a great guest informative guest and in particular we’re big fans, as you know of what we’re gonna be talking about here today, the initiative that’s helping so many people, but before we get there, I wanna, I wanna ask you a fun question. You know, this is we’re moving into this time of year. It’s certainly one of me and my favorite, me and my family’s favorite times, right? It’s cooler weather. It’s just gorgeous here in the Southeast, especially when we get into like October and early November. So the weather is starting to turn slowly but surely. So for the woosh lagger, household and family, what’s the tradition you’re looking forward to this fall.
Maureen Woolshlager (02:18):
Oh, we really like to make homemade apple pie in our house. And I will admit that I did just return from Costco with about 20 apples. Um, <laugh> however we normally like to go and pick them at a local farm. Um, and now that my oldest is getting a bit more independent and proficient in the kitchen, he likes to help, but my husband has practiced this one pie crust recipe many times. Okay. And yes, my husband is phenomenal in the kitchen and makes bread and pizza dough and things like that, but has perfected this pie crust. So I’ll send you a picture when you make it it, but the, the pie looks, you don’t wanna touch it. It looks so good, but it needs even better,
Scott Luton (03:04):
Man. But
Maureen Woolshlager (03:05):
We, you make apple a pie. I know know.
Scott Luton (03:09):
All right, so, so pictures or it didn’t happen. I love that tradition, especially what you shared a moment ago. You know, there’s, it may sound simple, but man, take it. The family out to an apple orchard, especially one that’s owned by, you know, a family and picking the apples. And a lot of times you’ll have like fresh apple turnovers there on site apple cider. It’s really a cool, cool thing to do in it.
Maureen Woolshlager (03:30):
Mm-hmm <affirmative> yeah. We, in the spring, we also, we go up pick strawberries because I make jelly. So okay. The kids pick the strawberries and then they help wash ’em and two of them are patient enough to help cut. I can leave them with sharp knives to, to cut them so we can period them and leave them. But yeah, so the apples are different in animal with the peeling and the cutting, but it definitely becomes a fit. The eating part, everybody participates in
Scott Luton (03:59):
<laugh> as they should. Yeah.
Maureen Woolshlager (04:02):
Right. Little less of the family participates in the cooking and the least amount of people participate in the cleaning as I’m sure it is in every household. <laugh>
Scott Luton (04:09):
I love it. A little food network here on supply chain now. Yeah. But Hey, you know, we love talking about our food cause it’s a nice departure from all the stresses of global supply chain, all the stresses, some of the tragic situations that are taking place around the world and that’s what we’re moving into now. So I wanna start before we get into leveraging logistics for Ukraine, which is this initiative, we’re gonna be really sharing with all of our listeners here. I wanna share a few facts first. Right? So first up in the largest refugee crisis, since world war II, over 13 million people have been forced to flee their homes according to the United nations. Now that includes 6.7 refugees, I’m sorry, 6.7 million refugees that have left Ukraine all together. Wow. The majority of those settling, of course we know in Poland, Tay Poland, what a generous country they’ve really stepped up, love our friends in Poland.
Maureen Woolshlager (05:04):
They really have, I’m telling you it’s been a pleasure to work with so many people in the country who opened their houses. And you know, the, the partners that we’ve made on the supply chain side have done above and beyond when it comes to working harder,
Scott Luton (05:20):
Agreed
Maureen Woolshlager (05:22):
To, to help out
Scott Luton (05:22):
Agreed. So if you’re listening to this podcast in Poland, we appreciate all of your citizens and, and that generosity that Maureen just shared there. Now, unfortunately as of September 11th, 2022, over 6,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine, including almost 400 children. And from an economic perspective, the world bank has estimated last spring to this past April that you, the Ukrainian economy could shrink by as much as 45% in 2022. So, you know, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the situation and, and how dire. And, and unfortunately, despite some, some winds militarily, you know, the aggressive Russian invasion is set to continue. And it’s just, uh, it’s really sad state of affairs, but on a later on a more positive note, right? What are we doing about it? What can we do about it? Well, that’s where I wanna start with you, Maureen. So our supply chain now team really proud to continue our partnership with vector and many others on this leveraging logistics for Ukraine initiative. So just a level set with all of our listeners. Hopefully they’ve heard us talk about this before. What is this project all about?
Maureen Woolshlager (06:41):
Well, so in, I wanna say we started collecting or we started realizing, and I wanna say end of March. And then the conflict started in end of February. We were getting so many requests for information from some of our customers, some of our partners, some of our, you know, shippers outside the country. Cause they know that vector really stands for trying to give back and help communities in need regardless of where they are in the world that need it. And they’re saying, what can we do to help, you know, get aid there? What can we do to help the people there? I mean, as you, as you know, things were changing so quickly at the beginning that it was tough to keep up with what was possible. So we started to do at the time it was a weekly call and we were really just getting steamship lines, agents, customers. I mean, I, we had people who went to church with somebody that they met at target in the checkout line. And we were talk, they were buying aid like soup and there was just so much, we were getting people together to connect them and provide a platform to share information about what was going on Ukraine and ways to, to help given that we are in a position to physically help transport goods. And so that’s kind of how it started. We were in like a matchmaking sort of weekly call
Scott Luton (08:11):
Start somewhere. Right?
Maureen Woolshlager (08:13):
Cause yeah, we had to start somewhere. We’re. I mean, if you think about, you know, us well enough, you know what we stand for? It’s like, this is an opportunity where we could really put our money where our mouth is and all of our resources. I mean, right about all the people. If you take everybody a vector in a 24 hour period, how many people in different areas of the world do we talked to, we can get people on one call who have interest and then share it with one or two other people. That’s how there were one or two calls where I think there were a hundred people on from all over the world. And the intent was to bring people together and share ideas and information and, and ultimately help get aid over into the region, whether it be thera, PO hungry, et cetera.
Maureen Woolshlager (08:58):
And what it evolved into was, Hey, we said, you know what, vector’s gonna sponsor two containers minimum per month for the next couple months to get aid over there. So we wanted to relieve some of the financial burden of this church is organizing the drives to collect blankets and pan goods or, or these, this companies generate donating medical supplies, but then you you’re in the middle like, well, how is this getting there? And who’s doing that, there’s this logistical gap, right. That we stepped in and helped with. But then having done that, we engaged trucking companies, we engaged our partner, Hapag Lloyd, and they were offering these, their services at cost. Right. Which we could then just pass on
Scott Luton (09:43):
Is a, is a big donation. So really big, thanks to our friends at pop Lloyd for, for getting behind this, this initiative, right?
Maureen Woolshlager (09:52):
Yes. I mean, they, there was one conversation that was it that we had to have with them and they were on board with us. It was not a negotiation. We had to go back and forth. They said absolutely. And so word spread, which was good. And we were able to move a hand, a bunch of containers of goods. And, you know, there was first aid supplies and blankets and medical supplies and a whole plethora of different donated items. And
Scott Luton (10:23):
So Maureen, in fact, I can interrupt just for a second because I think also one of the things that has been valuable as part of this initiative from the earliest days is you and the team really ensuring that you’re putting a finger on the pulse of what is needed, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they’re, you’re taking supplies in general, but really using your market presence and, and all the allies in this initiative to really get feedback from folks in need of, of what they need. Right.
Maureen Woolshlager (10:50):
Right. And so we, in some ways we were trying to source some of this, these products, but we didn’t, we weren’t always successful, but we were like, okay, you need this. And we’re gonna try and call the people that we know to see if they have it, or we can get some over there. But we were also able to connect some organizations and pond and Ukraine with the shippers in the us and make, make some connections that way so they could communicate. And then we helped with the actual transportation of it. Some of it venture donated. Some of it, we just, you know, passed on a cost, but the point was we were actually helping physically move things and get it there. And in the, in the process, like I think we had talked about earlier, you know, we, we developed some relationships in regions of the world that we don’t have a strong presence in.
Maureen Woolshlager (11:39):
So right. I wasn’t shipping a lot or working with customers, shipping a lot to Poland, our Ukraine or VRE before the Ukraine situation. And now we have some really wonderful partners there that have worked with us and they’re working long hours. And we talked a little bit about on our call, our leveraging logistics call earlier this week, but that, you know, the, the rules, the regulations, the customs, the paperwork, all of these things are changing so quickly. And our partners on the ground there, I’ve been really patient and working with us and our shippers here in the us to make sure that there’s no delays, that the product is getting to where it gets to. And, you know, getting to Poland is one thing, right. But finding drivers and warehouses to cross the border into Ukraine is, is
Scott Luton (12:28):
Final miles. Right? Final miles of plural,
Maureen Woolshlager (12:31):
The final asked in it’s also war zone. So a lot of the EU truckers were not allowed to go over there because of the conflict. And so there was a lot of extra effort that would involved in it wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t have partnerships across the
Scott Luton (12:48):
Lines. Right. So, um, a, a couple quick thoughts. So to our listeners, what Marines describing there is almost like an informal marketplace, right? Yeah. Identifying the need on one side and then building a global, a global Alliance global alliances with really a, a community of, of kindred spirits that all want to do something. So I love that. So, and, and we’re gonna get to in a second, how folks can jump in and get involved. Secondly, you’re talking about, you know, just all the disruption, you know, folks, we had Dominic love here in the states on a live stream with Enrique Avarez of course, with vector. And we also had I’m pardon? Get his last name wrong. And I apology, uh, my apologies, but David attic, I believe is his last name. So David, if you recall, Maureen was a entrepreneur in the, I believe in the technology space, maybe in the supply chain technology space, he put all that on hold to help, to, to, to lead many efforts because of the, just the immense need mm-hmm <affirmative>. And of course, how Poland was open up their doors, but get this from that episode, Enrique has, has a pretty neat quote here. And I think so Enrique says we always talk, and this is quote, we always talk a big game in supply chain. We always kind of brag about how the world revolves around what we do and how we move things. So this is a time to prove it. Let’s do it in quote, how about that, Maureen?
Maureen Woolshlager (14:19):
Yep. This definitely what we did. I mean, really put our money where our mouth is. We said, let’s do this. Let’s let’s really give back let’s we, we had an active role in making this happen. We had, there’s no financial benefit from it. We didn’t, we weren’t doing it for anything like that. But then we were able to bring other people under the fold who were also willing to donate their time and right. And effort. And, and so I think that there’s really no way to quantify the positive contribution that we had, nor do we do. We need to that, that, wasn’t why we did it, or while continuing to do it,
Scott Luton (14:56):
You know? Right. But at the same time, we’re, we are gonna share some numbers because it is about, Indeed’s not words and we’re gonna share a few, some of those outcomes thus far. And to, to, to put what Marine said there in, I was not a great English student, but I’m gonna say present tense because we’re continuing these efforts, right? Yes. So just to connect the dots, you know, Marine, I think a really important thing that our listeners around the globe should take away from this conversation is this global community of folks wherever they are and whatever they can do, even if they’re not in position to Don, anything, they jumped in, became part of the market, Intel gathering, or you name it. And, and I mentioned earlier, Dominic love and David O there in Poland, they’re part of this, this global community of folks that want to do something. So let’s move into if we could, the outcomes, you know, a couple of months ago or maybe 45 days or so ago, some of the outcomes and the factoids hit my desk. And it is just, it is just rewarding and mind boggling about how, you know, what this group has done and, and really such a short amount of time. So Maureen, when it comes to outcomes, you know what we’re all focused on. As I mentioned, deed’s not words, Hey, share some of the results thus far here in mid-September.
Maureen Woolshlager (16:15):
All right. Well, we did quantify this, I think last month. So I’ll go through some of that. At the time in mid August, we had shipped more than 325,000 pounds of supplies. And that included things like medical supplies, first E kids, hygiene items, disaster blankets, clothing children’s book, and a lot of other miscellaneous items that have been donated and collected from various communities to add in, since then we have shipped about five more containers and some of them are getting picked up. Now we’ve had, as most of you that are listening, know that there’s been some challenges with the rail and container availability in the, in the middle of the country. So some of these, this product has been poised for shipping for a while, has just been difficult to actually get it on a container and on the ocean. But since, since those that that number are 325,000, we’ve shipped about five more containers of product, all going to Ukraine.
Maureen Woolshlager (17:21):
And then after our call, the other day, a frequent friend of ours, Vladimir from de trans in Florida, has called and asked to ship another container of product over to Ukraine that he and his community have collected items for their partner church that they have in the region. And so every month, you know, we continue to get requests for where can we send donations to what are the needs, what else can we do do to, to help here? And so while there is a little bit of fatigue with, I think the focus on Ukraine as other things have started to happen elsewhere in the world and the news cycle shifted and seasons change, and, you know, time progresses, we’re still trying to keep a focus on Ukraine and keep it in, in people’s arts and minds. And so we’re gonna continue with our calls and continue with our initiative and in terms of continuing to, to help get product over there and, and help those.
Scott Luton (18:22):
So we gotta, you know, that’s a, so to our listeners, that is a real threat to what we’re trying to do here. It’s a headwind, right? It’s a big obstacle, you know, not only when the Ukraine story or any story leaves the headlines and leaves the top of each news broadcast, that’s just part of it. But, you know, we’re also all challenged with some of the economic times of the day. We all have our own stresses and disruptions, you name it, but the need persists and whatever you can do to be part of our efforts to help these folks that have all of that, but they’re enduring an awful war, right? We we’ve gotta, we’ve gotta break through that obstacle. So Marine, I, I love, appreciate the outcomes and the updates spend five more containers. That’s that’s awesome. I appreciate, I didn’t mention earlier, but, you know, from the GetGo vector had made a financial commitment, you know, what two containers a month is that right? Mm-hmm <affirmative> yeah, man, that is that’s these not words. And that’s exactly, you know, not don’t wanna make this a vector commercial, but that’s who y’all are. And I that’s what, from the first time I met the team, that’s what it’s been all about. So let’s, let’s have you, and you may not have heard any, you know, gotten any direct feedback from the market, but have you heard any anecdotal feedback from some of the folks that may have received, you know, some of what was sent over?
Maureen Woolshlager (19:46):
So not directly from the, because a lot of them, we aren’t in direct contact with there’s, you know, a little bit of a language barrier in some cases, and our agents down range are the ones that are communicating directly with them. However, the shippers here in the states have a connection to the conse, right? And so one organization called course of action that we did ship a container to Columbia for a couple years ago. And we’ve shipped one in August. They’re located in Florida, they filmed, they took pictures of the product being loaded and put in, and then it recently was received in Ukraine and they sent us, they put this whole Facebook post up there. And I don’t think that they tagged us, which is fine, but I’m friends with someone who is part of the organization and it’s gonna be a WhatsApp link to Facebook.
Maureen Woolshlager (20:40):
And then I could see all the pictures and everything being unloaded directly to the people that were receiving the goods and that there is an important piece to that we don’t need to dwell on, but it’s worth mentioning that, you know, sending things like this relief items, necessary items for living to an area of conflict, you wanna have chain of custody the whole time, because you wanna make sure that product is actually getting to its intended recipient. Right. And seeing these pictures of the, the product being unloaded from the containers or the truck in case it was transla loaded, you know, to the people that are going to actually, who it was intended for, for us closes the circle. You know, because for most shipments anywhere, if it leaves the country or it goes somewhere else, yes, we wanna know that it gets there and we want the container returned.
Maureen Woolshlager (21:33):
And we want that whole process to come full circle, but there’s not always picture sharing when we’re moving goods around. Right. In this case, it’s very, it was important and meaningful for us that we distributed it internally because we wanted to show everybody, look, what’s what’s happening. And same with some of Vladimir shipments. We’ve already shipped a couple containers with him. And we were able to get some product on an airplane as well, medical supplies that we were able to see a lot of these pictures of the receivers actually getting the goods in hand. And so it’s, it’s a nice feeling to be able to show kind of to our team. Like here’s the proof, this is what happens at, at the end of the process. Not, not normally when we’re, we’re done with it. The, we don’t pay attention normally for other shipments. This
Scott Luton (22:23):
Is what we’re working for. This is what we’re working for.
Scott Luton (22:27):
And a big shoutout to Vladimir and the DM trans organization. I love the video they had recorded and shared on social, a video of their team think packing some of the container. Yes, you did cliffs. You name it and, and you could just tell it, it it’s, you know, when you can’t do things direct, you know, I wish we had a supply chain army that could go in and, and, and make the wrongs. Right. You know what I mean? All that good stuff, but Hey, if we can’t do that, we can at least, you know, work to getting supplies there, humanitarian aid and relief there in the front lines. So really big, thanks to folks like Vladimir that have jumped in this effort with their teams and, and help make it happen. Okay. Let’s talk with you. Let’s talk Marine Wolfer cause you were just kind of talking and we were all just kind of talking about how fulfilling it is, you know, when, when you work hard. Yeah. Blood Sweatt and tears go in things and, and you know, and it gets to folks that you wanna, you know, you all along have wanted to help. How fulfilling rewarding is it for you personally to be, be to lead and be a part of, of projects like this?
Maureen Woolshlager (23:28):
I love it. I mean, I, I really like to be able to put, you know, my professional expertise or knowledge into something where I can see a tangible piece of good happen. And you know, I think also you have kids. I have kids when I talk to the kids and I’m like, oh, look, we’re, I have to go work on, go do this call or go work on this thing late at night. Cause I have to talk to someone in Ukraine. They they’re trying to connect the dots in their mind as well and say, cuz my kids really don’t understand what I do cuz they don’t see containers or, you know, that’s, can’t
Scott Luton (24:01):
Really on a site aand.
Maureen Woolshlager (24:02):
Like they don’t really understand. Right. They see Amazon drive up, but they don’t really understand on supply chain. Right. And so this is for me, gives me an opportunity to connect those dots for them in a small way, but also kind of show them that, yes, I am doing something that in, in the way that I can contribute in health, I know I can’t solve it or make it go away. But this is where, when I’m doing, when you’re at school or you’re a soccer practice, this is a tangible thing that is helping others. And I do think that’s important because you, I, I could try to like lead by example. And if my kids see me doing that and hopefully they will pick up some of those habits as well. And then, you know, I think that it spreads that way. Just like ed vector, this is a leadership aspect. This is how we operate internally. Yes. We, we do things as part of running our business, but we also make giving a, a core principle within the organization and giving back whether it be volunteering or, you know, we, we do events monthly or quarterly with all of our offices. And so that wouldn’t happen without the leadership being part of the solution, which is like you said, D’s not words, which is how we, we, we live
Scott Luton (25:22):
Agreed. I’ve seen it in action, Tom and Tom and Tom again. Okay. So now we get into the part where we wanna challenge our global audience to get involved, you know, and, and folks Maureen’s gonna share some different ways, but going back to what she shared a second ago, you know, Maureen is donating her expertise, right? If that’s all, if that, and that’s, that’s a big donation, if that is what you’re able to contribute right now, even just a little bit of it, we’ll take it. If you’re in position to make a donation of services or conveyances or transportation, logistics, something like that. Great. If you’re in position to do product wonderful or Marine, if folks want to just join the, the monthly planning call and kind of piece, you know, inform themselves of what’s going on, you know, gather information market Intel from folks that know that’s fine too. But Maureen, those are some of the things that come to my mind. How else can folks jump in and get involved?
Maureen Woolshlager (26:20):
Well, you hit most of them there. One of the things is if you had to our website, UWW vector, gl.com, there is an area where you can click on support Ukraine and there, you can see a lot of what we’ve done, but you can also see there’s an email that we set up Ukraine, vector, gl.com. And if you can email us and say, I’m interested in this, or do you need this? Or what can I do? And it goes directly to myself and to other people and we will, we’ll respond to those calls and, and emails. The other thing that we are starting as a letter writing campaign to children and families in Ukraine, that we are, we have a huge box that’s on its way. Now of letters collected from an organization in Atlanta that were written to families and soldiers and children in Ukraine.
Maureen Woolshlager (27:10):
And we are shipping it to an organization over there that one of, one of the people that joined our calls was from Ukraine, fled to Poland, had a baby, you know, this summer. So she’s, and this she’s Oxana, she’s on our call every month. And she’s connecting us with organizations where we can chip these letters, you know, and then children can read them and they know that people aren’t forgetting about them and that we’re thinking about them. And it’s, um, it’s, you know, we don’t want you to send in money or anything in the letters, just the letters. And so, you know, I’m engaging my kids’ school within and other people on our team are engaging their communities. And it’s just, you know, to have paper letter, children are writing and we’ll, it’ll be passed out to children or soldiers and families, just one way of connecting that doesn’t cost anything. So we’re not doing enough, you know, fundraise or anything like that is just another way to contribute to the collective attention and effort to, you know, remind the people there that we’re, we’re doing, what we can do. And, and that, that sort of contribution takes all different forms.
Scott Luton (28:19):
Agreed, agreed, love that. And there’s so, so folks listen to this, there’s so many different ways you can get involved and you know, it doesn’t have to dominate your time, you know, 10 hours, 20, it’s nothing like that. 10 or 20 hours a week. It’s, you know, there’s a monthly planning session and Maureen, the next month, we’ll tell folks how to get there in the incident. Second you’ve already dropped the URL. The next monthly planning session is what, Tuesday,
Maureen Woolshlager (28:40):
October 18th at 11 o’clock.
Scott Luton (28:42):
Okay. And you can go to vector gl.com and there there’ll be a banner that says standard with Ukraine. And then that’s an easy way to get to sign up for that planning call. Is that right?
Maureen Woolshlager (28:54):
Exactly.
Scott Luton (28:56):
Okay. Yep. And we’ll make sure that’s Hey, we want, we won’t wanna make it as easy as possible. We’ll make sure that link is on the show note to this episode. And you know, you also see supply chain now promoting these working sessions to try to reach as many folks as we can, that can help, uh, whether that’s jump in and be kindred spirits and, and help plan and, and gate this, the mission, right. And the journey and, and the, the logistics, or, you know, position of doing the other things. Maureen, I tell you what it is, this is what we’re here to do, right? This is, this is what we should be doing, you know, global supply chain and all the folks that make up this global industry are in a unique position to address things like this. Right? Yes. And it, it, the onus is on us. That sounds weird. The onus is on our shoulders, the burdens on our shoulders to act, right. So I love what y’all doing. I really just, I believe you and the vector team inspire many others to do their part. And, uh, we just, we plea for folks to join our efforts and get behind it and, and try to help from, from where they are. Right.
Maureen Woolshlager (30:03):
Yes. Yeah.
Scott Luton (30:05):
Okay. Thank you. So how can folks, so we we’ve got vector g.com. We’ve got link in the show notes to join the planning session. How can folks connect with you, Marie?
Maureen Woolshlager (30:14):
Well, you can find me on LinkedIn. I don’t, I know it’s harder since we’re on audio and I have a really long last name. So if
Scott Luton (30:20):
You want, well, include it in the show notes.
Maureen Woolshlager (30:22):
How about that? Yeah, that’d be great. Yeah. It’s pro it’s easy. That’s why I gave you the, all the vector stuff first, because it’s easier. People can sound it out phonetically and probably get to the right email address. Whereas if you try and type in Lori Slager, I’m not sure what you’re gonna get depending on your, how good your spelling is. But yeah. So feel free to connect and reach out to me on LinkedIn. I don’t think I have any secret profile saying up where you can just message me directly or connect with me. And I’d love to talk with me more. Give you more information about supply chain, logistics, Ukraine, you name it, how to make, I can share with you our apple pie, respite, all the things.
Scott Luton (30:59):
Awesome. Well, Hey, I’ve been chatting with Maureen woosh, lagger director of strategic projects with vector global logistics, Maureen. Hey, thank you so much. Really admire what y’all do. And we look forward to reconnecting very soon.
Maureen Woolshlager (31:13):
Thank you, Scott. And I hope you have a great weekend. You
Scott Luton (31:16):
Bet, and to our listeners, Hey, do what you can, you know, give from what you have. That’s time, that’s energy, if that’s resources great, but just join us for one of these planning sessions. So you can kind of piece things together and figure out what makes sense for you, your team, your organization, you name it, but whatever you do on behalf of our entire supply chain now team, this is Scott Luton wishing all of our listeners, Hey, nothing but the best, but it is about deed. Not words gotta challenge you to do good, to give forward, to be the change. Hey, be like Maureen Enrique and the team that’s what’s needed. And on that note, we’ll see next time, right back here at supply chain now. Thanks everybody.
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Maureen Woolshlager started her career at McMaster-Carr’s Management Development Program working in sales, marketing, distribution operations, finance and accounting. After McMaster-Carr, she spent a year managing operations in one of Target Corporation’s warehouses before finding a role within a small management consulting company in Denver, Colorado. She worked on large projects for international food and restaurant companies and advised on account management, business development, operations management, warehouse operations, continuous improvement and distribution center operations, and procurement/supplier/inventory optimization. She has spent the last 9 years living in Belgium & Germany where her husband has been stationed as a US Army officer. Maureen has her B.A. from Emory University. She earned a certificate in Management & Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania & her M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. Learn more about Vector Global Logistics here: https://vectorgl.com/
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