Show overview
L.I.N.K. has been publishing since 2019, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 111 episodes. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 15 min and 25 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 41 episodes published. Published by AC Business Media.
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Latest Episodes
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Pros to Know: Reshoring Will be Key in 2023
Jennifer de Souza, VP of Energy Solutions, Supply Chain and Leasing for Raymond Corporation and one of the winners of this year’s Pros to Know award, expects to see more companies reshore, move away from single and sole sourcing and bring manufacturing back to the United States in 2023.
Pros to Know: Coding Matters in the Supply Chain
Tomasz Jamroz, head of technology and operations of Roadrunner and one of the winners of this year’s Pros to Know award, encourages the youth of today to take up coding and learn how to work with data and numbers because the supply chain is so sophisticated.
Top Tech Startups: Trying to Simplify a Super-Complicated Industry
Andrew Sobko, CEO of CDL 1000, one of this year’s Top Tech Startups winners, sits down with Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief, to discuss the company’s seamless pricing structure that’s designed to bring some kind of standard solution with visibility.
R2 Logistics- LTL & TMS Offerings in 3PL
L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss the background of TMS and the outlook for 2023.
R2 Logistics- Continuous Improvement in the Supply Chain
L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss how continuous improvements through data and supply chain visibility affect logistics.
R2 Logistics- Company Culture in a 3PL World
L.I.N.K. podcast managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss ways to incorporate a diverse and influential company culture into the industry and why it’s important.
Headline: Women
Susan Estes, Senior Supply Chain Consultant, Client Services for Open Sky Group, details how studies show that a more gender-diverse workplace environment produces higher performance and that showing women there’s a place in the industry is a good start to recruiting –and retaining—more women in supply chain.
Women in Supply Chain: Be Nimble and Problem Solve Along the Way
Tracy Black, Partner at NewRoad Capital Partners and one of this year’s Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks about what it means to be nimble, flexible and a problem solver and how partnering with HR to create leadership development programs paves the way for success.
How To Create a Truly Diverse Supply Chain: Insight From PepsiCo
Supplier diversity is extremely important in today’s supply chain in not only an ethical standpoint but also from a business standpoint. PepsiCo has 40 years of supplier diversity under its belt and managing editor Brielle Jaekel gets an inside look at how that works with an executive from the program as well as the executive director of the National Black Growers Council.
How and Why Coca-Cola Values Truck Driving Careers
Coca-Cola recently announced a partnership with Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Foundation to drive awareness for a commercial truck driving program and to inspire interest in truck driving careers. Managing editor Brielle Jaekel sits down with vice president & chief people officer of Coca-Cola GianettaJones to talk about the partnership and why it is so important to invest in these jobs right now during the trucking shortage.
Pros to Know: Understand the Big Picture First
On this special bonus episode, David Rink, director of solutions consulting at Slync.io and a winner of our Pros to Know award, gives advice to his younger self, saying that it is important to understand the big picture so you can get to the bottom of the root causes of issues much easier.
Pros to Know: Supply Chain Is Key to Future Success for a Company
On this special bonus episode, Cheryl Falk, an executive from Fortna and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, joins the podcast to discuss her supply chain journey and mentions a noticeable shift in business, where the supply chain is brought heavily into c-suite discussion.
Fleets Need Intelligent Route Optimization to Keep Up
As demand continues to increase in the logistics sector, while a labor shortage and other major supply chain disruptions occur, fleets turn to intelligent ways to optimization their route planning. Greg Price from Shipwell comes on the podcast to detail what this means and how it’s changing the industry.
Pros to Know: FourKites Execs Share Their Supply Chain Experiences
On this special bonus episode, FourKite’s VP of Industry Strategy, 3PLs, Raj Patel and GM of network collaboration, Glenn Koepke both join the podcast to discuss winning SDCE’s Pros to Know award, their careers and an inside look at the software company.
Pros to Know: Innovation From Outside the Industry Inspires Supply Chains
On this special bonus episode, Kevin Gue, senior director, research & development at Fortna and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, discusses the joy in innovating supply chain technology inspired by growth outside the industry.
Pros To Know: Improving Labor Is Top of Mind for Supply Chain Tech
On this special bonus episode, Barcoding Inc. client solutions VP Keri Corbin and a winner of SDCE’s Pros to Know award, gives an inside look at what it takes to innovate in technology for the supply chain. She explains that it is key for Barcoding Inc. to empower employees with technology instead of hindering them.
Why Fleet Safety Needs To Be the Core of Logistics
Ethan Miller of Leonard’s Express joins the podcast to give insight on fleet safety, after the company is recognized for making safety a core pillar of its business. Managing editor Brielle Jaekel asks what exact measures are taken to provide a safe fleet and why it is so important.
67% of Frontline Workers Feel They Aren’t Heard
New research from SafetyCulture reveals that frontline workers care about their safety and want upper management to listen to their concerns. Other research shows most workers are willing to share vaccine information with their employers for health and safety purposes. Given this timely subject, managing editor Brielle Jaekel speaks with Gary Bonnet, global customer engagement executive manager at SafetyCulture to hear more.