Guest: Mark Dancer of Network for Business Innovation on how supply chains are being reborn; The rail strike is averted; New efforts to move the backlog of containers at ocean ports

Sep 16, 2022

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Our guest on this week's episode is Mark Dancer, CEO of the Network for Business Innovation. He is a speaker for two sessions at next week's CSCMP EDGE conference in Nashville. He shares some of his insights and previews his presentations, including his view that supply chains are not really broken, but are being reborn. He also discusses the need for resilient, responsive, and regenerative supply chains and what they will look like in the future.

An important labor agreement was tentatively reached this week between America's railroads and labor unions. A threatened strike has been averted. While not yet final, the agreements assure that products continue to ride the rails for now. A strike would have devastated supply chains and further hurt the economy. We will tell you what is involved in the agreement and what it means for the industry to have labor peace.

While supply chains are beginning to get back to normal, there are still thousands of containers stranded at our nation's ports. We will tell of some new efforts being made to get those containers moving again, which should soften supply chain disruptions. The problem is that partners are not sharing data properly to meet the new federal regulations in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which is designed to avoid the container congestion.

DC Velocity's sister publication CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly offers a podcast series called Supply Chain in the Fast Lane. It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. The second season of eight episodes is fully available and focuses on supply chain digitalization. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe.

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