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10/11/2021
021. Managing Transportation in Global Supply Chains & Reducing Landed Costs
Instructor: Tom Cook (New to UID)
Level of Complexity: Foundational
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The pandemic has created great disruption in global supply chains in the form of delays, cost, shortages, and capacity. Thomas Cook will offer guidance and strategy on mitigating options for the issues. The course spans a range of steps that can be taken to reduce landed costs and make for more competitive opportunities in supply chain management, including a deeper dive on specific strategies such as the implementation of Foreign Trade Zones.
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Rapid Teamwork
Sean Glaze
In modern organizations, there seems to be a revolving door of new projects and new teammates. The challenge is seldom about strategy. Leaders struggle because they don’t have a process for bringing diverse individuals together as a collaborative team.
Rapid Teamwork tells the story of Greg Sharpe, a manager whose team has been underachieving and struggling with a few issues.
What he and his executive team experience during an unusual rafting retreat is a lesson on how to become a more productive team quickly – creating a more unified workforce.
