John Piatek

John Piatek

John Piatek, is Vice President of Consulting, GEP, a leading provider of procurement and supply chain solutions to Fortune 500 companies. John currently leads GEP’s supply chain work with two of the world’s largest retailers. More information can be found at https://www.gep.com

How to Navigate the Bitter Realities of This Holiday Season (and the Supply Chain)

For most large retailers, their recent bump to sales volume is not working out as expected. Instead of a banner period of profitability, retailers are finding the costs to manage supply chains expensive. Logistics costs have skyrocketed. Ocean freight rates from Asia to the United States are significantly higher than last year, as are truckload…