Supply Chain Secrets - How Women in Shipping Are Revolutionizing Global Supply Chains

How Women in Shipping Are Revolutionizing Global Supply Chains

06/16/22 • 42 min

According to Gartner, women account for only 15% of executive-level roles in the supply chain workforce.

So this week Don sat down with three mavericks from the industry: Krissy Van Niekerk of Maersk, April Zobel from The Andersons, and Karin Bridges from NYSHEX to discuss their experience as women working in the shipping industry and the importance of bringing diverse perspectives to the executive table.

It’s one of the best talks we’ve had surrounding #ESG in global shipping and proved super insightful for our own team, so go give it a listen!

In this week’s episode, you'll get to hear about:

✔️ How global shipping can continue to empower women

✔️ Strategies on how to navigate the industry as a woman

✔️ Why diversity at the executive level leads to innovation

✔️ The future of communities for women in shipping

And plenty more 💪 🙋‍♀️ advice!

Feel free to also listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app 🎧

#supplychainmanagement

#logistics #technology

#freight

According to Gartner, women account for only 15% of executive-level roles in the supply chain workforce.

It’s one of the best talks we’ve had surrounding #ESG in global shipping and proved super insightful for our own team, so go give it a listen!

In this week’s episode, you'll get to hear about:

✔️ How global shipping can continue to empower women

✔️ Strategies on how to navigate the industry as a woman

✔️ Why diversity at the executive level leads to innovation

✔️ The future of communities for women in shipping

And plenty more 💪 🙋‍♀️ advice!

Feel free to also listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app 🎧

#supplychainmanagement

#logistics #technology

#freight

Previous Episode

Key Tactics in Allocation and Forecasting for Shippers and Carriers

It’s a bittersweet moment for the Supply Chain Secrets team.
In this episode, we say farewell to our co-host and friend, Bryan Most, as he departs for his new endeavor. While Donald Davis and Bryan reminisce we also welcome Lynn Wong to the show to discuss new allocation management strategies being developed by enterprise shippers today.
There’s a ton of great insight in this episode and it’s a sneak peek of what’s to come this season on Supply Chain Secrets.
In this week’s episode, you'll get to hear about:
✔️ Where Bryan is headed next in his journey
✔️ Allocation and forecasting methods of shippers in 2021
✔️ How supply chains are rethinking allocation tools via contracting
✔️ Common pain points among shippers and carriers
And plenty more 🔥 advice!
🎧 Feel free to listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app 🎧
👇 Link to the episode is in the comment section👇
#supplychainmanagement
#logistics #technology
#freight

Next Episode

Digital Infrastructure - The Pipes and Plumbing of the Global Shipping Market

Digital infrastructure is all around us.

But it hasn’t always been that way. From the backbone of the internet to the evolution of cloud services, many other industries have witnessed periods of rapid digitization in order for opportunity, growth, and innovation to be experienced.

This week we sat down with the Co-Founder and CEO of NYSHEX, Gordon Downes, and Executive Chairman, Jesper Præstensgaard, to discuss how the global shipping industry has reached a tipping point toward establishing common standards through harmonized digital infrastructure.

In this week’s episode, you'll get to hear about:

✔️ what digital infrastructure looks like today and how it relates to global shipping

✔️ the evolution of digital infrastructure over the last twenty years

✔️ why digital infrastructure is essential to any market

✔️ how global shipping is entering a new age of harmonized digitization

And plenty of other 🔥 insights!
#supplychainmanagement

#logistics #technology

#freight