323: The Current State of Logistics W/ Joe Lazzerini

<p>Logistics has never been an easy category of spend to manage. Whether your company is multimodal, focused on less-than truckload (LTL), or depends upon small parcel, carriers and third-party logistics providers form a critical link between you and your customers. Superimpose the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic on top of that complexity, and you have one of the most fluid and challenging situations procurement will get involved in.</p> <p>Joe Lazzerini is a Consultant at Corcentric, where he helps organizations manage their logistics category spend. In fact, he was consulting in logistics long before he found his way to the world of procurement.</p> <p>In this interview, Joe Lazzerini shares his point of view with Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner on:</p> <ul> <li>What the state of the global logistics market looked like before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic</li> <li>When companies should look to their carriers for input on costs, contracts, and shipping capacity</li> <li>Why paying the right price is more important than paying the lowest price, and the importance of becoming a ‘shipper of choice’</li> </ul>