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Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
The supply chain is more connected, automated, and data-driven than ever, yet most leaders still feel like they’re managing chaos instead of progress. Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast confronts that complexity head-on. Hosted by Joe Perkins and Brent Hillabrand from Carolina Handling, each episode explores how top operations leaders build resilient systems that withstand labor shortages, rising costs, and constant change. If you lead operations, distribution, or warehouse teams, this show…
Episodes
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
The $850B Problem Coming Back Through Your Door
Every retailer knows the returns wave is coming. Almost nobody is ready when it hits the dock in January. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins and Brent…
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Your Safety Numbers Are Lying to You
Everybody wants a clean safety scorecard. Almost nobody asks whether the numbers are telling the truth. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins and Brent…
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The Free Productivity You Walk Past Every Day
Not every productivity gain needs a capital request. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins and Brent Hillabrand sit down with Dan Grupp and Ashley Watkins…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
You Sold the Same Item Twice
Omnichannel fulfillment is becoming one of the biggest challenges in modern retail, but what happens when the customer promise gets ahead of the supply chain?…
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Your Team Isn't Slow. Your Technology Is
Everybody is talking about the labor shortage. Almost nobody is asking the better question. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins and Brent Hillabrand sit…
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Why Complexity Is Quietly Eating Your Margin
Complexity doesn’t announce itself. It accumulates. One extra approval. One redundant system. One workaround that quietly becomes standard practice. Before…
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The One Thing You Underfund That Controls Your Uptime
Maintenance isn't a line item to cut when the month gets tight. It's the strategy that quietly decides your uptime, your costs, and your culture. In this…
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The Lean Habit That Separates Good Floors From Great Ones
The daily huddle and the visual management board are two of the most powerful, and most consistently wasted, tools on any operations floor. In this episode of…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Why Misleading Metrics Are Killing Your Operation
Not all KPIs tell the truth. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins, Brent Hillabrand, and Justin sit down with Adam Flood, Executive Director of Supply…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Why Your Operation Is Failing Before You Know It
Operational failures don't come out of nowhere. In this episode of Handled It, Joe Perkins and Brent Hillabrand sit down with Meredith Steinmeyer, Director of…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Why Great Operators Don’t Always Make Great Leaders
Servant leadership is not soft leadership. In this episode of Handle It, Joe Perkins and Brent Hillabrand sit down with Ryan Tiller and Will Jones…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
How to Create Stability Without Slowing Growth
Stability without slowing growth is the tension every operations leader feels, and this episode shows you how to manage it without creating chaos. Stability…
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Building a Culture That Sticks in an Evolving Industry
Culture and leadership development are the core keywords in this episode, and this conversation shows you how to build a culture that sticks even when growth…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Are You Managing Data… Or Drowning In It?
Managing data is hard. Drowning in it is expensive. In this episode, managing data vs drowning in it gets real as the team breaks down how dashboards, metrics…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Over-Engineering Is Killing Your Warehouse
Over-engineering your process quietly kills performance, slows teams down, and drains morale. In this episode, we unpack the real cost of over-engineering your…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Automation Won’t Fix a Bad Process
Automation in the supply chain can unlock speed, accuracy, and throughput, but only when the operation is truly ready. In this episode, Joe Perkins (COO) and…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
Lessons From 60 Years in Supply Chain
Sixty years of change in material handling has revealed one hard truth. Most companies repeat the same mistakes, just with better technology. In this episode…
- Handled It: The Supply Chain Podcast
The Show for People Who Make Supply Chains Work
The supply chain is more connected, automated, and data-driven than ever, but most leaders still feel like they’re managing chaos instead of progress. Handled…