S2E7: High-Level Insights with Logistics Managers’ Index Creators Dale and Zac Rogers
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For our March episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby spoke with father-and-son supply chain researchers Dale Rogers and Zac Rogers, the proprietors of the Logistics Managers’ Index, about diversifying supply chains, global redesign, friendshoring, and much more.
Dale is the ON Semiconductor Professor of Business at Arizona State University, where he directs the Frontier Economies Logistics Lab and the Internet Edge Supply Chain Lab. Like Ted, he is a member of the Supply Chain Hall of Fame and the recipient of numerous awards and grants. He is a leading researcher in reverse logistics, sustainable supply chain management, supply chain finance, and secondary markets.
Zac is an associate professor of operations and supply chain management at Colorado State University. His primary research areas include the financial impact of supply chain sustainability, emerging logistics technologies, and supply chain cybersecurity.
To start the episode, Ted and Tom discussed the positive February jobs report, consumer sentiment, the impact of the election cycle, manufacturing activity, international trade, and more.
The episode was recorded remotely on March 8, 2024.
Related links:
- U.S. added 275,000 jobs in February but unemployment rate climbs
- Inflation rate ticks up to 3.2%, hotter than expected
- Consumer sentiment retreats slightly in February
- SEC approves rule requiring companies to report greenhouse gas emissions
- No end in sight to Red Sea shipping diversions
- Manufacturing activity contracts in February following 2.5 years of growth
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