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Girls’ Girls Work In Supply Chain: Angela Armonda
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Angela Armonda
The World Is Selling More Honey Than Bees Can Make
Honey always felt like the thing in my pantry I never had to think about, because it comes from bees, and how complicated can a bee be? And like, I knew the basics from 10th grade biology, but it seems my teacher left out some truly crazy details. To make a single pound of honey, bees visit around two million flowers and fly something like 55,000 miles (over 88,000 km), and one worker bee makes about a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her entire life, which is a wild amount of effort for something that ends up in a plastic bear next to the peanut butter. And yes, it's always her, because every worker bee is female, while the males, called drones, don't make any honey at all and get kicked out of the hive every fall once food runs low.
What my teacher definitely didn't mention is that bees have a production limit, and the global honey market is selling more than that limit allows. Once you follow honey from the hive to the shelf, the math just isn't mathing, and the gap gets filled with some very creative supply chain work.
Back at the Dock: A Driver Wait Time Update
There hasn’t been a lot of talk about driver wait time lately, so does that mean it’s no longer an issue? Sadly, no. It hasn’t gotten much better since the last time I wrote about this in Jan 2025, it’s just dropped down the priority list in this current trucking hellscape we’re all dealing with. Are drivers still concerned about wait time? Yes, but they’re more concerned about several other issues that have gotten a lot louder in the last 18 months. So let’s revisit trucking wait time: how the numbers have changed, what governments have done to try and deal with it, what tech could do to help, and what concerns are trumping this very costly issue.
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Krista Guillory
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Krista Guillroy
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Lexi Farris-Coomes
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Lexi Farris-Coomes
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Joanna Pachnik
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Joanna Pachnik
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Zoe Upson
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Zoe Upson
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Mia Mazal
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Mia Mazal
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Holly LaBoda
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Holly LaBoda
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Claudia Beumer
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Claudia Beumer
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Rebecca Farrall
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Rebecca Farrall
Logistics Burnout Is Real. Here's How I Keep Mine in Check.
Burnout is practically built into logistics. Between managing clients, wrangling carriers, tracking down elusive paperwork and putting out fires you didn't start, the stress just keeps coming, and most of us treat it like part of the job. It doesn't have to be. The thing that's actually kept me sane isn't working less or caring less, it's a handful of specific habits that stop the stress from piling up. Here's what I've adopted to keep my cortisol low and my head clear, even on the days the freight gods are testing me.
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Katie Jo “KJ” Swaggert
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Katie Jo “KJ” Swaggert
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Jenni Ruiz
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Jenni Ruiz
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Sofia Rivas Herrera
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Sofia Rivas Herrera
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Krystina Booker
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Krystina Booker
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Benita Lee
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Benita Lee
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Tamie Stuttle
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Tamie Stuttle
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Taylor Pawelka
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Taylor Pawelka
Gorgeous Girls In Supply Chain: Valerie Carlson
Welcome to our series celebrating the incredible women in Supply Chain and Logistics! In a traditionally male-dominated field, it's important to shine a light on the inspiring women who are making a significant impact. Through a mix of insightful and fun questions, we’ll explore their journeys, challenges, and successes. While we acknowledge the contributions of everyone in this industry, this series aims to elevate the voices and stories of women who often get missed. Next up: Valerie Carlson