#07: Tom Schmitt Board Member - Contract Logistics and Global Chief Commercial Officer for DB Schenker


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Oct 02 2017 40 mins   4
Tom Schmitt Board Member - Contract Logistics and Global Chief Commercial Officer for DB Schenker, which is one of the top 3 global 3PL companies in the world with operations in 140 countries. As the Management Board Member responsible for the $3bn+ Contract Logistics business, Tom is in charge of a global team of 22,000 logisticians with continued and accelerated profitable growth. In the first year of Tom’s leadership, DB Schenker Contract Logistics grew by 17 percent topline and saw a 20 percent growth to the bottom line. Discover more details here. Some highlights of the podcast: Top strategic directions that Schenker is trying to achieve in the next years. The top goals in the company by 2020. Contract Logistics. Where does Tom see the emerging markets? How DB Schenker customers expect them to use all the information, data, that we have to their advantage. Using big data and capacity planning. The importance of – People, service, profit in that sequence. Talking about left brain and right brain. How to access both types of thinking. Advice for a 23-year-old finishing collage – Think of your first move and your second move as an option expanding move. Follow us on: Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wba8v7 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2WeulzX Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2w9YSQX Facebook: http://bit.ly/2HtryLd Support the show