EP 581: A Global Logistics Strategy Rooted in Optionality

2025/4/16

The New Warehouse Podcast

Jim Tompkins

Jim Tompkins: 我拥有50多年的供应链行业经验，从普渡大学获得工业工程博士学位后，我曾在军队服役，并在北卡罗来纳州立大学任教。之后，我创立了Tompkins International和Tompkins Robotics，并最终创立了Tompkins Ventures，一家专注于通过生态系统合作解决大型企业重大问题的公司。在过去的50年中，我见证了供应链技术的快速发展，从条形码到人工智能，以及全球供应链的重大转变，从公司内部的供应链到全球范围的供应链。COVID-19大流行进一步加剧了供应链的破坏，导致了重新全球化的趋势，包括近岸外包、回岸外包和友好岸外包。这种趋势需要供应链具有适应性、敏捷性、弹性和响应能力。优化已经过时，我们需要的是灵活性，以便能够根据情况做出调整。未来，仓库将更靠近客户，空间利用率将至关重要，3PL将发挥更重要的作用。仓库需要能够满足多种需求，例如配送中心、履行中心、退货中心和清算中心。客户的需求也在不断变化，从几周到几小时的交货时间，这需要供应链具有极高的灵活性。 Kevin Lawton: 作为主持人，我主要负责引导访谈，提出问题，并对Jim Tompkins的观点进行总结和回应。我与Jim Tompkins探讨了重新全球化的概念，以及应对供应链中断和未来挑战的策略。

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where logistics legend Jim Tompkins, Chairman of Tompkins Ventures, joins the show. With over 50 years in the industry, Jim shares lessons from his early days in warehousing and consulting, his role in shaping the profession, and how disruption has become the new normal.

The conversation focuses on a new era of global logistics strategy, where adaptability, agility, and optionality are more essential than optimization. From reshoring and nearshoring to navigating tariffs and global disruptions, Jim unpacks the evolving needs of today’s supply chain leaders.

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EP 581: A Global Logistics Strategy Rooted in Optionality