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E412: Keeping Your Business Afloat in this Shipping Crisis

The EcomCrew Ecommerce Podcast · October 4, 2021 · 43 min

Summary

Ivan of SellerPlex talks about the specifics of the current supply chain mess and how sellers can minimize its negative impacts on their businesses.   As if we don't say it enough already, a strained supply chain is the ecommerce story of 2021.   Between the pandemic, ships stuck in shipping lanes, and a global container shortage, the whole supply chain mess has affected a lot of ecommerce businesses negatively.    My guest today is someone who knows a thing or two about minimizing these negative impacts on your business and even boosting its value despite the supply chain crisis.    Ivan Torlopov is Partner and Head of Supply Chain at SellerPlex who has years of experience in logistics and supply chain management. Since 2018, he's devoted a lot of his time helping ecommerce sellers resolve high-level supply chain issues.    Timestamps:  Intro about Ivan and SellerPlex - 1:18 What the supply chain mess looks like from the logistics side - 3:25 How to save on shipping costs - 8:00 Strategies for avoiding running out of stock - 14:58 The value of shopping for rates - 20:49 Rerouting your shipments to cut costs and transit time - 22:14</span

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