Host Chad Griffiths and his guest co-host Matt Carroll team up once again to add to a previous discussion with Dr. Jim Tompkins, diving deeper into the supply chain and distribution sectors.

They chatted about a number of current topics:

0:00 - Introduction;

1:05 - What's going on in supply chains (there is a lot, despite a lack of coverage in many media)?

10:28 - Can Mexico fix supply chain snarls?

14:53 - Government hard at work;

17:05 - Onshoring trends;

22:25 - Optionality, China-plus-one, ABC;

27:53 - An economic war with China;

32:39 - Will companies leave China?

36:40 - How to stay on top of developing trends;

43:20 - Areas of growth.

About Tompkins and Carroll

Tompkins is an international authority on designing and implementing end-to-end supply chains.

A serial entrepreneur, Tompkins has started several businesses; worked with private equity; designed industrial facilities and automated materials handling systems; implemented supply chain information technology solutions and worked to enhance the performance of 3PLs and 3PL clients.

He was the founder and chairman of Tompkins International for over 40 years. In 2020, he founded Tompkins Ventures, LLC, helping executive teams address issues such as entrepreneurial growth, development prosperity, logistics partnerships, technology and leadership.

Tompkins received the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) in 2015. He has served as president of the IISE, the Materials Management Society and the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education and has been named a Distinguished Engineering Alum by Purdue University.

With 15 years of international business experience in logistics and supply chains, Carroll has amassed expertise in the dynamics of supply chain management, contract negotiations and thought leadership after spending more than a decade managing operations in China, Europe, Australia, Canada and the U.S.A.

He also has an understanding of global business environments, monetary impacts and rules of engagement for real estate integration.

Carroll is a graduate of Purdue University, where he played NCAA basketball and was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, the recipient of the distinguished scholar-athlete award for outstanding academic achievements and the Ward Lambert academic award.