Phillip Glass

Head of Sustainability, Americas

Over 30 years of supply chain experience, including optimizing the transportation procurement functions for 3PLs. Building long term strategic relationships with qualified carrier partners, negotiating and contracting rate structures across all modes of transportation: Parcel, Air Expedite, LTL, TL, Dedicated Fleet, Intermodal and Rail and starting up warehouse operations.
Highly creative redesign of complex distribution networks to optimize service and cost utilizing a wide range of transportation solutions tailored to the business needs.
Rationalization of Dedicated Fleet operational cost and service by optimizing Geographical Routing, Variable and Fixed costs, Mode and Delivery Requirements.
Certified in Six Sigma principles and have managed multiple Lean Kaizen events.

Areas of expertise include defining and implementing Sustainability Program roadmaps for customer and regulatory compliance, Project Management, financial impact tracking, SOP documentation, Transportation optimization, carrier rate structures, transportation law and regulations, carrier operational capabilities/limitations, carrier contract negotiation, 3PL contract negotiations, transportation and warehouse start-ups, WMS, TMS, optimizing complex multi modal networks through data analysis and operational optimization, reinventing a network with more value and greater capability, Warehouse operational processes, transportation operations and cost structures, with an emphasis on understanding the inter-dependent relationships between them.

Achieving Quick Wins in Sustainability for 3PLs

by Phillip Glass - January 20, 2025

Introduction As sustainability becomes a defining factor in the logistics industry, small and mid-size third-party…