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Mary O’Connell
Former pricing analyst, supply chain planner, and broker/dispatcher turned creator of the newsletter and podcast Check Call. Which gives insights into the world around 3PLs and Freight brokers. She will talk your ear off about anything and everything if you let her. Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend.
Running on Ice: Ultra-low temps become ultra-cool
In this edition: A new ultra-low-temperature freezer drops, Maersk makes a big refrigerant swap, and Uncrustables set quite the future.
Running on Ice: Reducing pharma waste with ‘coolers on steroids’
In this edition: A new solution to supply chain waste in pharma, Lineage’s first earnings post-IPO and the NFL’s favorite treat.
Running on Ice: Lineage grows and Thanksgiving food gets weird
In this edition: Lineage adds a new facility to the lineup, another cold storage acquisition and Thanksgiving-inspired frozen food gets an italian and dairy makeover.
Running on Ice: Organ transportation goes subzero
In this edition: The first subzero organ transportation’s raging success, an acquisition between friends and it’s butter season.
Running on Ice: Hurricane Helene came for the medical supply chain in a bad way
In this edition: Long-lasting implications for the medical supply chain following the hurricanes, DeltaTrak gives solutions to the masses and Butterball gets the turkey ready.
Running on Ice: Big things coming in smaller pharma packages
In this edition: The pharmaceutical supply chain improves packaging, Hurricane Milton disrupts the perishable supply chain and caffeine comes in frozen form.