The Deep Dive Podcast: “E-commerce is where the gold lies for anyone involved in global logistics.”

April 20, 2022 00:24:23
The Deep Dive Podcast: “E-commerce is where the gold lies for anyone involved in global logistics.”
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The Deep Dive Podcast: “E-commerce is where the gold lies for anyone involved in global logistics.”

Apr 20 2022 | 00:24:23

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Show Notes

In this Deep Dive Loadstar Podcast, Mike King explores how and why the acceleration in e-commerce trade due the Covid-19 pandemic is changing retail and the world of international freight. How are supply chains being transformed? What does this mean for planning and procurement? And, as integrators, trucking companies, forwarders, 3PLs and retailers seek out new supply chain profit centres, who will win this Battle Royale?

Guests:

Cathy Roberson, President of Logistics Trends & Insights

Tom Enright, VP, Retail Supply Chain, Gartner

Peter Sand, Chief Analyst at Xeneta

Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst for Transportation and Logistics at Bloomberg Intelligence

Neel Jones Shah, Flexport Executive Vice President and Global Head of Airfreight.

Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics, Department of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University — Eli Broad College of Business

 

Created, Produced and Hosted by Mike King

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