38. Sarah Barnes-Humprhey & Joy in Supply Chain

Thought Leader

🎙️ Cool things and pictures around Sarah. 02:08

⌨️ From typing checks to being a cargo carrier in her Dad’s freight forwarding company to working online from home since 2017. 03:28

🩸 Sarah’s Dad was in logistics for over 40 years: “Supply chain is in my blood.” 04:51

👏 The supply chain easily explained: 05:47

🚢 Sarah launched Shipz - a white label solution the industry has really needed for a long time. 06:35

🙃 It's very difficult to find the right freight forwarder, and shippers want secure logistics for their products. 07:07

👍 Shipz has processes for risks and claims. 09:02

🌀 Her job is very dynamic: storms are getting bigger and taller. 09:54

🤯 Suez canal blockage costs 400 million dollars each day; seafarers don’t see their families for a long time due to Covid. 10:49

😲 Shipping of human remains, catching people who shipped drugs called Khat, dangerous situations with men wielding knives, etc.12:32

🌊 Containers washed off the ships: So many containers are on the ocean floor.13:31

👩‍💼 A male dominated industry, but things are shifting. 15:22

😠 She was made fun of in operations meetings, told to focus on her kids, not her job. 16:11

⚡ More women are in the C suite of the industry: lots of diverse opportunities to be able to live and work in other countries. 17:25

😎 “I am a firm believer that you need to try different things to figure out what you like doing, what you don't like doing, and see what you're good at.” 18:06

“There are no glass ceilings for women anymore.”.19:17

🚀 Beam me up Scotty--the future of shipping and freight services. 20:04

🤝 “You can only learn from other people when you connect with them”. 21:25

⛴️ 12,000 containers are floating around the world.

Connect with Sarah: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbarnescitp

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