As we wrap up this year, Senior Vice President of Global Distribution Bruce Krebs shares what's been going in in the distribution and warehousing world, how automation is developing, and what you can keep in mind to tackle 2022. Guest: Bruce Krebs - Senior Vice President, Global Distribution

4:36 - Bruce Krebs' day to day

8:32 - The world of distribution

13:32 - The consumer's impact on distribution

14:55 - Investments now vs. 5 years ago

18:45 - Balance between labor and automation

24:24 - "Plan, prepare, power through."

25:43 - The successful distribution customer

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The World Customs Organization will be rolling out changes and updates to the Harmonized System and that could mean barely a blip on your radar or big changes to how your goods are classified. Listen in as Stephanie Holloway, Regional Customs Manager for The Americas, gives an overview of the Harmonized system, why reviews of the system are conducted, and what to expect when changes hit in 2022.

Guest: Stephanie Holloway - Regional Customs Manager for The Americas, Global Customs

3:19 - Harmonized System overview

6:54 - Changes for 2022

9:00 - Trends informing changes

9:34 - Impact to the customs process

10:47 - How to prepare

12:22 - When outdated numbers are used

14:50 - Wackiest HS number seen?

As 2021 comes to a close, how will typical, yearly events like peak season and holiday shopping be impacted by what's being observed today? Karl Francisco, Senior Vice President of Global Ocean covers past events and lessons learned from previous shortages, delays, and contract negotiations.

Guest: Karl Francisco - Senior Vice President, Global Ocean

2:43 - Important considerations

3:42 - Carriers' response to consumer demands

4:29 - The ocean market today

6:22 - The remainder of 2021

7:51 - Lessons from 2020

8:34 - ILWU contract negotiations

12:01 - Navigating port lockouts

13:26 - More options

14:49 - Signs things are improving

15:42 - What successful companies are doing

16:49 - Some positive thinknig

18:21 - Closing thoughts

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Director of Tradeflow Nic Beehler talks through the history of trade data management, the legislation that brought massive change to the customs process, and how online management systems are aiding shippers today, when colleagues aren't always in the same space to collaborate.

Guest: Nic Beehler - Director, Tradeflow

1:38 - Tradeflow overview

4:19 - The Customs Modernization Act

6:34 - Educating shippers

9:26 - Problems solved by trade data systems

11:53 - Mod Act's impact on digital trade data

12:59 - Pandemic problems revealed

16:19 - How to stay productive

18:20 - Visibility needs in trade data

21:13 - Closing thoughts

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How does connected, smart cargo do more for you? In this episode of the Expeditors Podcast, we return to our series on Digital Solutions with Global Director of Cargo Signal Randy Gould to learn how the Internet of Things is bringing change to the logistics industry and what that means for visibility and supply chain resilience.

Guest: Randy Gould - Global Director, Cargo Signal

1:38 - Visibility problems exposed by the pandemic

2:47 - Internet of Things and Visibility Economy refreshers

5:41 - IoT's impact on logistics

10:42 - What do you do with so much data?

14:10 - Being proactive with data

15:17 - Choosing the right digital solution

17:12 - Closing thoughts

Taking a break from our Digital Solutions series on the Visibility Economy, today's episode will be all about customs and four key pressures: complexity, geo-political issues, security, and innovation. Senior Vice President of Global Customs Dana Lorenze breaks down the challenges these four topics pose to customs and what customers should know as they work through the global shipping crisis.

Guest: Dana Lorenze - Senior Vice President, Global Customs

3:22 - Expeditors' history with customs brokerage

4:28 - The current state of customs

7:13 - Complexity

15:19 - Geo-politics and the environment

18:21 - Security

22:41 - Innovation

25:51 - The power of people in customs

28:00 - Lesson learned

30:00 - Changes ahead

33:13 - Closing thoughts

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Continuing a series of discussions around visibility and technology supporting it, Senior Manager of Carrier Allocation Staci Alalem-Clark talks about capacity planning for ocean shipments and how this historically manual process is being changed by software to provide stronger visibility and flexibility for shippers.

Guest: Staci Alalem-Clark - Senior Manager, Carrier Allocation

3:04 - What is Carrier Allocation?

6:23 - What's going on in the ocean world?

9:35 How this holiday season will be different

12:50 Capacity Planning

15:18 - Bringing digital solutions to capacity planning

18:19 What shippers can focus on and learn

22:31 - Closing thoughts

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"Where's my stuff?" It's probably the oldest question in logistics, and today the answer is more important than ever as the global shipping crisis continues to rage on. As we gain more visibility in our lives through the tracking of online orders, what solutions are out there for shippers? How do you choose the right one? Jose Ubeda, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at Expeditors, shares his perspectives and observations over his 37 year career in logistics and how the needs around visibility have grown in complexity.

Guest: Jose Ubeda - Senior Vice President, Digital Solution

(at 3:54, Jose is referring to Jeff Musser, CEO of Expeditors)

4:19 - Changes over the decades

7:11 - The customer's world today

9:21 - Is logistics behind?

13:37 - How to explain visibility

15:29 - Visibility technology landscape

20:33 - Closing thoughts

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Today's episode is a presentation given by CIO Chris McClincy explaining the approach to innovation at Expeditors. This presentation is a preface to a series of discussions with Jose Ubeda, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions, and leaders of various companies within this division.

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