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The Logistics Matters podcast: Gary Master, DC Velocity publisher, on the current state of our supply chains | Season 2 Episode 36

It really is a mess out there. Supply chains everywhere are experiencing disruptions. DCV's publisher identifies some of the trouble spots and tells us what to expect at the upcoming CSCMP EDGE conference. Plus: Seasonal peaks are coming without the labor needed to fill them; it's time to thank a trucker.

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By DC Velocity StaffSep 17, 2021
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About this week's guest
Gary Master

Gary Master is chief operating officer and publisher of both AGiLE Business Media and Supply Chain Media, publishers of DC Velocity and CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly, respectively. He has more than 30 years of experience and contacts in the material handling, logistics, and supply chain industry.

As a consultant, he has partnered with more than 200 companies to assist them in increasing their sales, identifying merger targets, and successfully onboarding new acquisitions, and he has identified new products and opportunities in the marketplace as a whole.


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