Episode Details

Robert McKeel, the new CEO of automation, engineering services, and software company Fortna, talks about how customers' priorities are shifting during the Covid-19 crisis, and which changes he thinks will stay around after the pandemic ends. 

Also: 

• An update on demand for cold storage, which has been accelerated by the coronavirus.
• A roundup of logistics companies' efforts to help out during the crisis.

Stories and resources mentioned in this episode

• Fortna website
• "Cool solutions for cold environments"
• "Covid-19 to accelerate demand for cold storage"
• "Covid-19 roundup for April 15: Kuehne + Nagel upgrades portal listing canceled containership sailings; logistics efforts by Ware2Go, UPS, Cummins, 3M, Fortai, Brother"
• "Covid-19 roundup for April 16: Convoy to pay trucking costs for any business donating truckloads to food banks, plus coronavirus efforts by TraceLink, Inspectorio, ShipChain"
• DC VELOCITY's list of Covid-19 resources for the supply chain
• DC VELOCITY's Covid-19 coverage 
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