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I've accumulated a "global trade" hat collection.
Two decades ago, while still in college, I started as a "runner" for a customs broker (ah, the memories of those care-free days!).
The other hats in my collection include; import customs brokerage, export order management, distribution supervisor for a pick, pack and ship operation, and corporate trade compliance. I've been responsible for the successful cross-border delivery of shipments of many kinds – from small package "next flight out" emergencies to multi-modal container to "cookie sheet" consolidations on air carriers. I've supervised small teams of compliance professionals and I've lead a team of union distribution workers... during a contract year! I've been lucky to travel the world through this professional journey and I've even enjoyed a "hot springs" bath with my logistics counterparts in Japan. O.K., I wasn't wearing a hat then!
My SAP career started when I contributed all that experience to a "Big-Bang" SAP implementation. Since then, I've been hooked on SAP but SAP/GTS has been my real passion for the past five years.
My goal for this blog is that you take a nugget of my day-to-day as a global trade consultant and use it to your advantage somehow in your professional or personal life If nothing else, I'll try to make you laugh (mostly at me, which shouldn't be too difficult).
Laughter alone has benefit!
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