Episode 13 - Investing In Your Team and Company Culture With Bill Lally Jr.

12/10/20 • 23 min

Our guest is BILL LALLY JR., President of the Janel Group, a world-class seamless supply chain solutions company that operates with an agile, customer-centric, team-based approach that provides measurable, transformational value to the supply chain community.

Bill has led the integration of acquired companies, spearheaded technological connections with customers, and maintained close relationships with customers, agents, partners, and industry leaders around the globe. He also believes deeply in the Servant Leadership model of leadership, and we’ll dive a little deeper into the Janel Group’s company culture in this episode.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Janel group consistently espouses its culture on social media. What motivates that, and what does it take to create a culture like the one at Janel Group?
The impact of having a solid company culture established and reinforced consistently, especially in light of hard times like the COVID 19 pandemic.
Who has influenced Bill during his career to be the kind of leader he is
The challenges facing newcomers in the supply chain and logistics line of work
Newcomers need mentors
Challenges the supply chain and logistics industry is facing today
Factors to consider when your logistics business is looking for new customers
What’s next for the Janel Group

“Make sure you have that talented staff because...they really pay their dividends...”

EPISODE LINKS:

Bill Lally Jr. - LinkedIn
Janel Group

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Take care and until next time,

Brian Glick

chain.io

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Janel group consistently espouses its culture on social media. What motivates that, and what does it take to create a culture like the one at Janel Group?
The impact of having a solid company culture established and reinforced consistently, especially in light of hard times like the COVID 19 pandemic.
Who has influenced Bill during his career to be the kind of leader he is
The challenges facing newcomers in the supply chain and logistics line of work
Newcomers need mentors
Challenges the supply chain and logistics industry is facing today
Factors to consider when your logistics business is looking for new customers
What’s next for the Janel Group

“Make sure you have that talented staff because...they really pay their dividends...”

EPISODE LINKS:

Bill Lally Jr. - LinkedIn
Janel Group

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts so that you’re updated when we post a new episode!

Take care and until next time,

Brian Glick

chain.io

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Episode 12 - Managing Through A Downturn

In this special episode, Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce joins Brian Glick to discuss tips and tricks for managing Logistics IT through an economic downturn.

In this episode, you'll find tips for both IT leaders within LSPs and sales leaders within technology companies.

Topics covered include:

Moving discussions from headcount reductions to business value
Removing scope from existing projects
Selling to Logistics Providers with a faster delivery and ROIs
Making a short-term value based internal or external sales pitch
Leveraging your partner network to generate new sales

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Building Tech For Supply Chains With Jenna Brown

Our guest this episode is JENNA BROWN, CEO & Co-founder of Shipamax. Shipamax is a full service solution that takes care of data entry automation, so you can focus on your core business. Shipment volumes have exploded over the last decade - and it's set to continue, with the 2020 pandemic accelerating consumer trends and placing them on an irreversible path. However, the fundamental processes and documentation that sits behind the delivery of goods from A to B remains the same. These were never designed with today's scale of shipments in mind.

The Shipamax platform is purpose built to overcome the challenges logistics organizations face. Specialized data extraction, logistics-specific business rules, purpose built user interfaces and deep integrations enable you to accelerate automation delivery with a system that works from day one.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

How / Why Jenna decided start a tech company that would benefit the logistics space
Jenna’s career path and business have both undergone many evolutions and changes, so we discuss what Jenna wishes she had known before those evolutions began to unfold
What Jenna and Brian both think about working in the office vs. remotely
What the next set of challenges are that we as a group of technologists in Supply Chain need to work on together
Where Shipamax is headed

“Getting back to that North Star concept, here’s what we need to get done— How can we ASSEMBLE this solution (as opposed to ‘How can we build this solution’)— ...Using a different word at the beginning of the process can change the whole mindset [around how the next steps play out] ...”

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