Scott Luton’s Post

Good Friday morning all - the first of 2022. Perhaps no quote rings with as much truth as this one: "Hindsight is 20/20". Along those lines, one of my favorite gifts that I saw this holiday season was given from my daughter Brantley, to her mother Amanda (pictured below). 😄😄 Kidding aside, the Trillion Dollar question (inflation, you know) is: how effectively do we learn from our hindsight & apply those lessons learned (be them small or big) to our journey forward? For all of business, including the global #supplychain community, I think this represents one of the biggest silver linings to the pandemic era. But will we act with band-aids or with more sustainable, longer-term solutions? In many cases, that remains to be seen. Some folks seem to be still clinging to the myopic view that once we get past the pandemic, things will return to how they were in 2018. That ship has sailed, I believe. Jeff Bezos is like black licorice. Some folks love him. Some folks hate him. But you can't argue his business intellect, #innovation, foresight & success. I love this quote of his: "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲; 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 - - 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 - - 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 & 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆." 💯 🎯 Lots of timeless truth there. May your 2022 be a record-breaking, smashing success. Okay, looking at more Good News this morning: ▶️ Talking about folks that are leaning into the future, Turvo Inc. is doing some big, innovative things around TMS #technology. Check out the latest from Jeff Graan & Co: tinyurl.com/ypuzsw33 ▶️ The Great Resignation continues to gather steam. Bravo to all of these individuals reprioritizing what's important to them & chasing after it. USDOL data from Dec 2021 shows a record-number of people that continue to quit their jobs. Business leaders will have to plan for that moving forward. More interesting POV here from CNET (thanks for sharing Bradley Leimer): tinyurl.com/4xmj4hep ▶️ Supply Chain Now is proud to continue its partnership with the Reverse Logistics Association & invest in content and coverage that focuses on the critical world of Returns Management & Reverse Logistics. Love the important work that Tony Sciarrotta & team are doing. More: tinyurl.com/2p9cpk2m ▶️ Love this message from UPS that celebrates the 2021 Person of The Year (in my book, at least): the global supply chain #workforce. More: tinyurl.com/2p92cm7u Finally, be sure to plan to join us for #webinar next week (1/13), as Greg & I talk "Practical Strategies for Adapting to Demand & Supply Uncertainty" w/ our friends from Optimas Solutions & ToolsGroup: tinyurl.com/2p8zbv85 Have a great weekend all. 🔅