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The Logistics Matters podcast: Melissa O'Keefe of Ryder on microfulfillment | Season 2 Episode 48

Companies are looking to move their distribution closer to their customers, but moving into urban areas with limited available land can be tricky. That's where smaller microfulfillment sites come into play. Also: Distributors look to increase capacities; logistics jobs set to recover to prepandemic levels in 2022.


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About this week's guest
Melissa O'Keefe

Melissa O’Keefe is group director, product and innovation e-commerce, at Ryder. She has more than 15 years’ experience providing e-commerce solutions, of which the last eight years have been focused on e-commerce order fulfillment. She has held various roles throughout her career, including leadership roles in information technology, software development, marketing, operations, supply chain, and product strategy and development.

O’Keefe joined Ryder in 2020 to lead the strategy and development of the company’s e-commerce order fulfillment, which provides direct-to-consumer fulfillment for online retailers of all sizes. She is focused on providing flexible fulfillment services that increase client and customer satisfaction and enable customers to focus on growing their businesses.


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