From library to logistics: Cathy Morrow Roberson shares career insights
“There are so many more opportunities today than there were when I started my business," the managing director of Logistics Trends & Insights told Supply Chain Dive.
“There are so many more opportunities today than there were when I started my business," the managing director of Logistics Trends & Insights told Supply Chain Dive.
In context
- Topic: Supply Chain y Logística — Cadena de suministro, distribución, inventarios y visibilidad.
- Source: Supply Chain Dive
- Published: 16/10/2026
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Why it matters
Supply chain stopped being a cost topic and became a continuity topic. After the last few years, the question in committees is no longer how much I save by buying there, but what I do if tomorrow I cannot buy there at all.
I read these stories looking for where the concentration sits. One supplier, one route, one port: efficiency always pushes toward concentration and resilience always asks for the opposite. That tension does not get resolved, it gets managed, and you have to decide consciously how much you pay for it.
What usually goes wrong
Where it usually breaks is inventory data quality. The system says one figure and the warehouse holds another, and everything gets planned on that difference. No visibility project helps if the starting number is wrong; it only makes the error travel faster and reach further.
What to watch
- Which decisions can be made with the information available and who has authority to make them.
- How it hits transport costs and lead times, which move fast in this region.
- Where the concentration sits: one supplier, one route or one port with no replacement.
How I read this entry
I would use the story to revisit agreements with carriers and operators, which were almost always signed in a different context. Terms that were reasonable three years ago can be the most fragile point in the whole chain today, and nobody has read them since.
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Living through this in your own team?
Open the chat and tell me how you're handling it. I'm interested in comparing notes.
