Surviving supply chain disruptions requires good communication, nimble thinking (with video)

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As company leaders and managers emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, they should take away three lessons learned and integrate those lessons into their midterm and long-term planning, according to Heather Sheehan, executive director of AWESOME, a nonprofit group that focuses on advancing women in supply chain leadership.

Those three lessons are: effective communication at all levels; the need to hire and develop good talent; and the importance of hiring people who are good problem solvers, Sheehan...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/surviving-supply-chain-disruptions-requires-good-communication-nimble-thinking

Career Tracks: Former Freightquote COO tapped to lead VeriShip

VeriShip, an SaaS-based business optimization and spend management platform, has hired logistics industry veteran and former company adviser Shawn McCarrick as chief executive officer.

VeriShip said it has been controlling shipping expenses for small and midsize businesses for 15 years, with data and analysis on 70 million packages shipped annually through DHL, FedEx, UPS and Fulfillment by Amazon. 

McCarrick spent nearly a decade with freight services broker Freightquote. He joined the company...

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