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The Logistics Matters podcast: John Donigian of Moody's on supply chain risk | Season 5 Episode 16

We’ve been reporting for more than a year on just what a difficult time the logistics industry has been having. Costs remain high and lead times have increased. Our guest provides an overview of what’s causing logistics to be stuck in the doldrums. Also: A safer way to ship lithium batteries; the rising demand for industrial trucks.

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By DC Velocity StaffApr 26, 2024
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About this week's guest
John Donigian

John Donigian leads the supply chain strategy team at Moody's. His areas of experience include assessing market opportunities, aligning product development efforts across a business, and collaborating with key stakeholders to support go-to-market coordination. Donigian specializes in product strategy to inform development of risk-management platforms and capabilities to support current and emerging customer needs. He advises and leads teams, aiming to achieve increased supply chain resiliency while also balancing cost by looking at the end-to-end supply chain and risk-mitigation capability development.

Donigian previously held positions as supply chain leadership partner at Gartner and vice president of inventory management at Henry Schein and True Value Company.




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