Inbound Logistics | January 2023

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Re. How to Ace Your Supply Chain Career bit.ly/career_feature_IL1222

Thank you all for the excellent content you provide in each month’s issue. I nd the articles to be timely, compelling, and well researched. It is hard to nd trade magazines of substance. Inbound Logistics is denitely one that addresses meaty issues. I’m also impressed that in each issue it is not only one article that stands out but multiple articles that hold my attention and gets me to think deeply on the subject at hand. I regularly share these articles in my monthly best practices and new ideas meeting with staff. Thanks for your hard work. –Joseph Thomas, NIGP-CPP, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M. Purchasing Director Sedgwick County Purchasing Wichita, KS

Enhance your understanding of the entire supply chain ecosystem—whether you’re in procurement, sales, logistics, or the nancing side. While it’s imperative to maintain and leverage your core competencies and technical skills in one or more of these areas, it will serve you well, both in your current role and future opportunities, if you understand the dependencies of the ecosystem and how it holistically operates. Finally, have the courage to take calculated personal risks in exploring career opportunities outside of your current area. –Dan Son Head of Global Banking, U.S. Bank Re. Attacks on Energy Attack You Very good column in December. You are correctly challenging the new kind of “conventional wisdom” that isn’t wisdom at all; it is wishful thinking. I could go on explaining but you already get it. So I am writing to say job well done. (Again. As usual). –Danny R. Schnautz Clark Freight Lines Inspiring message. As an architect, inventor, and IP developer, I am concerned about the lack of innovation, vision, and preparation we invest in our future economy. –Herb Bennett via email by IL Publisher Keith Biondo bit.ly/Checking_In_IL1222

Frank Mullens @FrankMullens Tasty steak salad with @ILMagazine’s Disruption Mitigation: 5 Ways to Prepare for Supply Chain Disruptions “If we’ve learned anything during the past two years, it has been about market disruptions—even to the point of the disruptions being disrupted.” bit.ly/disruption_mitigation_IL922

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Re. E-commerce Approaches for 2023

While valuing transparency with customers is always advisable for e-commerce vendors, industry instability shifts it from a want to a need. If you, as a retailer, know shipping

delays might be a pervasive problem in the coming months, the only way to insulate yourself from backlash is explaining the situation clearly to your customers so they can use that knowledge to act in their best interest. –Ted Rogers, Chief Revenue Officer, Digital River

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