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AlixPartners Iampieri addresses various freight transportation and logistics services issues and challenges

In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Marc Iampieri, global co-leader of the Logistics & Transportation practice, as well as Partner and Managing Director, for New York-based AlixPartners, a New York-based global consulting firm.


Recording Date/Time
Monday, September 23, 2024 10:56AM
Podcast Duraton
00:30:12 hrs/min/sec

In this podcast, Iampieri discussed several key factors impacting freight transportation and logistics, including: Peak Season; AlixPartners' 2024 Consumer & Executive Home Delivery Survey; the East and Gulf Coast ports' labor situation; the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut; trucking and ocean rates and pricing, and tariffs. 

Marc Iampieri applies 25 years of experience to help companies resolve complex supply chain and distribution challenges. Although much of his career has focused on improving the supply chain performance of manufacturing and distribution intensive companies, Marc also focuses on the operational improvement of fleet operators and logistics services providers.  Based on this experience, he frequently advises clients in the consumer goods, retail, energy and industrial industries regarding their logistics strategy and operations.

Marc is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences on the topics of transportation and logistics and is the co-author of the annual AlixPartners Home Delivery and Final Mile Logistics report and the annual Container Shipping Outlook.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University.


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Jeff Berman
Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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