Alan Amling
Dr. Alan Amling is a TED speaker, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Tennessee's Haslam College of Business, and CEO of advisory firm Thrive and Advance LLC, following a 27-year career at UPS.
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Oct 22, 2026
Jeff BermanHOST
So to that end, if you could maybe perhaps provide some examples to speak to that within the supply chain setting or from a supply chain perspective, I thought that would be interesting to hear from you.
Alan AmlingGUEST
And the The idea is that building options in advance allows you, no matter what happens in conditions of uncertainty, allows you to pivot away from danger and towards opportunity.
Scott LutonHOST
So I want to ask you, Alan, One of your biggest takeaways from global supply chain in the year that was 2024.
Alan AmlingGUEST
When I look back on it, I think this rise of the retailer logistician has been this continued rise that really happened, started during the pandemic and has just grown.
Alan AmlingGUEST
UPS and FedEx are no longer the big dogs, right? Amazon has been the leader now for a couple of years.
Alan AmlingGUEST
You have some startups that are stitching together regionals and others to create new competitors in the last mile space.
Alan AmlingGUEST
It's one of the things that I reflect on because You know, when I was in corporate strategy at UPS, with all due respect, FedEx never kept me up at night.
Alan AmlingGUEST
And the reason they didn't is because I knew if FedEx invested a dollar in logistics, they had to make a dollar in logistics.
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