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Back to EpisodesGuest: Shawn Winter of Descartes discusses handling Super Peaks; Driver shortages create challenges for food distributors; Planning e-commerce supply chains for a post-pandemic world.
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In this episode, guest Shawn Winter, vice president of Mobility Solutions at Descartes, talks about the concept of the Super Peak Season and how shippers can prepare for it. With the growth of online shopping, shippers and carriers find that there are times when they struggle to keep up with demand, such as the recent holiday season. Winter discusses some strategies for thriving during peak demand challenges.
The food service industry was especially hard hit at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. With restaurants, schools, and other institutions closed or locked down, business fell off the cliff, forcing many food distributors to lay off drivers. Now that demand volumes are returning, they are having trouble finding enough drivers to fill routes. What can be done to assure their deliveries?
And DHL shares some strategies for dealing with a post-pandemic world. How should businesses plan now for the challenges that will occur this year and next?
Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:
- Decartes
- Driver shortage revisits food service industry
- DHL lists four retail hurdles in post-pandemic landscape
- 9th Annual State of Retail Supply Chain Report
- DC VELOCITY's Covid-19 coverage
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