Jennifer de Souza, VP of Energy Solutions, Supply Chain and Leasing for Raymond Corporation and one of the winners of this year’s Pros to Know award, expects to see more companies reshore, move away from single and sole sourcing and bring manufacturing back to the United States in 2023.

Tomasz Jamroz, head of technology and operations of Roadrunner and one of the winners of this year’s Pros to Know award, encourages the youth of today to take up coding and learn how to work with data and numbers because the supply chain is so sophisticated.

Andrew Sobko, CEO of CDL 1000, one of this year’s Top Tech Startups winners, sits down with Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief, to discuss the company’s seamless pricing structure that’s designed to bring some kind of standard solution with visibility.

L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss the background of TMS and the outlook for 2023.

L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss how continuous improvements through data and supply chain visibility affect logistics.

L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss ways to incorporate a diverse and influential company culture into the industry and why it’s important.

Susan Estes, Senior Supply Chain Consultant, Client Services for Open Sky Group, details how studies show that a more gender-diverse workplace environment produces higher performance and that showing women there’s a place in the industry is a good start to recruiting –and retaining—more women in supply chain.

Tracy Black, Partner at NewRoad Capital Partners and one of this year’s Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks about what it means to be nimble, flexible and a problem solver and how partnering with HR to create leadership development programs paves the way for success.

Supplier diversity is extremely important in today’s supply chain in not only an ethical standpoint but also from a business standpoint. PepsiCo has 40 years of supplier diversity under its belt and managing editor Brielle Jaekel gets an inside look at how that works with an executive from the program as well as the executive director of the National Black Growers Council.

Coca-Cola recently announced a partnership with Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Foundation to drive awareness for a commercial truck driving program and to inspire interest in truck driving careers. Managing editor Brielle Jaekel sits down with vice president & chief people officer of Coca-Cola GianettaJones to talk about the partnership and why it is so important to invest in these jobs right now during the trucking shortage.

On this special bonus episode, David Rink, director of solutions consulting at Slync.io and a winner of our Pros to Know award, gives advice to his younger self, saying that it is important to understand the big picture so you can get to the bottom of the root causes of issues much easier.   

On this special bonus episode, Cheryl Falk, an executive from Fortna and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, joins the podcast to discuss her supply chain journey and mentions a noticeable shift in business, where the supply chain is brought heavily into c-suite discussion.

As demand continues to increase in the logistics sector, while a labor shortage and other major supply chain disruptions occur, fleets turn to intelligent ways to optimization their route planning. Greg Price from Shipwell comes on the podcast to detail what this means and how it’s changing the industry.

On this special bonus episode, FourKite’s VP of Industry Strategy, 3PLs, Raj Patel and GM of network collaboration, Glenn Koepke both join the podcast to discuss winning SDCE’s Pros to Know award, their careers and an inside look at the software company.

On this special bonus episode, Kevin Gue, senior director, research & development at Fortna and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, discusses the joy in innovating supply chain technology inspired by growth outside the industry.  

On this special bonus episode, Barcoding Inc. client solutions VP Keri Corbin and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, gives an inside look at what it takes to innovate in technology for the supply chain. She explains that it is key for Barcoding Inc. to empower employees with technology instead of hindering them.

Ethan Miller of Leonard’s Express joins the podcast to give insight on fleet safety, after the company is recognized for making safety a core pillar of its business. Managing editor Brielle Jaekel asks what exact measures are taken to provide a safe fleet and why it is so important.

New research from SafetyCulture reveals that frontline workers care about their safety and want upper management to listen to their concerns. Other research shows most workers are willing to share vaccine information with their employers for health and safety purposes. Given this timely subject, managing editor Brielle Jaekel speaks with Gary Bonnet, global customer engagement executive manager at SafetyCulture to hear more.