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Windward’s Vision: Navigating Red Sea Crisis with AI Excellence in Global Supply Chains
2024 has begun with tremendous challenges for the global supply chain, as the ongoing Red Sea crisis and the Panama Canal drought continue to escalate…
BDG’s Digital Supply Chain Journey to Improve Visibility & Decision-Making
Still planning with Excel spreadsheets? We’ve got a transformation story for you. In this episode, Steven Birgfeld of Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) and Anna Linden of SAP join Greg and Scott to detail how BDG left the spreadsheets behind on their digital transformation journey toward increased visibility and informed decision making…
Preparing for the Unknown – Navigating the Freight Market in 2022 & Beyond
How do you plan for your company’s air and ocean freight shipments when the one constant in the market is unpredictability? What do you do when you can only look six months into the future, and you know that what you’re predicting is unlikely to happen?
How Shippers Can Optimize Their Allocation Management Featuring Gordon Downes with NYSHEX
Managing your allocation is a dynamic process that requires proactive planning. But the tools and processes shippers use today are static and reactive resulting in shortfalls, contract penalties, and missing out on containers you contracted for. This is further complicated by the fact that a shipping carrier’s product is ‘perishable’ in the sense that the…
The Supply Chain Buzz for June 13th Featuring Guest Host Billy Taylor
Clogged ports, executive action, more inflation and The Winning Link! The Buzz is on for June 13 and Scott and Greg are teaming up with Billy Taylor, host of our NEW podcast program, The Winning Link, to discuss the top supply chain headlines of the day. Tune in for their thoughts on Target’s inventory problem, the upward trajectory of inflation, the arrival…
Supply Chain Now & UPS Present: Will Ocean Freight Sink Holiday Shopping?
Steve McMichael is the Vice President of UPS Ocean freight. Even though he’s been in the field for his entire career and has been based all over the world, economically speaking, he has never seen anything like the ocean freight conditions we are observing right now. Ports are congested, rail is congested, and driver shortages persist. How should shippers and consumers adjust their plans?