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Supply Chain Obstacles in 2022, with Jason Haith, OEC Group Louisville

February 18, 2022 by John Ray

Business Leaders Radio

Supply Chain Obstacles in 2022, with Jason Haith, OEC Group Louisville

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Supply Chain Obstacles in 2022, with Jason Haith, OEC Group, Louisville

Jason Haith, Manager of the Louisville branch for OEC Group, joined host John Ray to discuss the myriad of issues creating supply chain obstacles in 2022. Jason discussed the increasing difficulty in the ports on the west coast of the US, the complications added by the Chinese New Year, the contract negotiations with the ILWU, how OEC is addressing their own issues moving cargo, and much more. Business Leaders Radio is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

OEC Group

Founded in 1981, OEC Group had a vision to provide comprehensive logistics services to clients.

Today OEC Group serves destinations throughout the world and has grown into one of the leading logistics providers from Asia to North America.

Their annual cargo volume has consistently put us in the top position for Transpacific Trade.

With offices in over fifty countries, they take pride in being close to your cargo at all times.

Proximity of their OEC logistics professionals to your cargo enables them to stay on top of relevant market trade intelligence. Their Asia offices bridge the connection between you and your supplier, bringing additional insight to the entirety of your supply chain.

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Jason Haith, Manager, OEC Group, Louisville

OEC Group is an incredibly dynamic International Logistics company specializing in the Asia and West Asia trade. OEC offers Full container, LCL, Airfreight, warehousing and Customs Compliance services.

Jason is the manager of the office in Louisville, Kentucky and has been with OEC since 2011.

Jason has a degree from The University of Kansas. He lives in Louisville.

Questions and Topics

The impact of the pandemic and where we are now
The Chinese Lunar New Year and its effect on the supply chain
The negotiation with ILWU (Longshoreman and dock workers union)
What can importers do to face some of these issues?
Address the issues ahead for business owners and consumers
What services does OEC Group provide?

Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Frazier & Deeter’s Business Beat: Sen. Brandon Beach

August 20, 2019 by John Ray

Business Beat

Frazier & Deeter’s Business Beat: Sen. Brandon Beach

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Show Summary

Georgia State Sen. Brandon Beach joins Frazier & Deeter’s “Business Beat” to talk about the freight and logistics industry in Georgia, growth opportunities with the Port of Savannah and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and more. “Business Beat” is brought to you by Alpharetta CPA firm Frazier & Deeter.

Senator Brandon Beach, Georgia Senate District 21 and Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee

In 2001, Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Sen. Beach to the board of Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). In 2008, he was selected to chair one of GRTA’s most important committees — The Land Development Committee. In this role, Sen. Beach is responsible for leading a review of every significant development brought before the 16-county area that GRTA serves. Sen. Beach was elected to the Board of the Georgia Department of Transportation by state legislators from the 6th Congressional District in 2008.

Sen. Beach is a member of numerous community boards including the Regional Business Coalition, Grady Hospital Board of Visitors, the Greater Metro Atlanta American Heart Association, the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, Encore Park and the Historic Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau. Senator Beach received an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Centenary College. He is also a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute and a former member of the Alpharetta City Council and the Alpharetta Planning and Zoning Commission. He and his wife, Shuntel, have two children and have lived in Alpharetta for the past 24 years.

Frazier & Deeter

The Alpharetta office of Frazier & Deeter is home to a thriving CPA tax practice, a growing advisory practice and an Employee Benefit Plan Services group. CPAs and advisors in the Frazier & Deeter Alpharetta office serve clients across North Georgia and around the country with services such as personal tax planning, estate planning, business tax planning, business tax compliance, state and local tax planning, financial statement reviews, financial statement audits, employee benefit plan audits, internal audit outsourcing, cyber security, data privacy, SOX and other regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions and more. Alpharetta CPAs serve clients ranging from business owners and executives to large corporations.

Roger Lusby, host of Frazier & Deeter’s “Business Beat,” is an Alpharetta CPA and Alpharetta Office Managing Partner for Frazier & Deeter. He is also a member of the Tax Department in charge of coordinating tax and accounting services for our clientele. His responsibilities include a review of a variety of tax returns with an emphasis in the individual, estate, and corporate areas. Client assistance is also provided in the areas of financial planning, executive compensation and stock option planning, estate and succession planning, international planning (FBAR, SFOP), health care, real estate, manufacturing, technology and service companies.

Find Frazier & Deeter on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frazier-&-deeter-llc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrazierDeeter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frazierdeeter

Past episodes of Frazier & Deeter’s “Business Beat” can be found here.

ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: Georgia Sen. Brandon Beach

April 29, 2019 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: Georgia Sen. Brandon Beach

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**Geoff Smith and GA Sen. Brandon Beach on “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith”**

ATL Developments with Geoff Smith: An Interview with Ga. Senator Brandon Beach

Host Geoff Smith speaks with Georgia State Senator Brandon Beach on the process of improving transportation infrastructure in the state, how drivers of economic development has changed in recent years, the importance of transportation in economic development, and creating better coordination across local jurisdictions in Metro Atlanta.

Senator Brandon Beach, Georgia Senate District 21 and Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee

Senator Brandon Beach was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2013. He represents District 21 which includes portions of Cherokee and Fulton counties. Senator Beach is the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. He is also a member of the Economic Development, Higher Education and Science and Technology committees. Sen. Beach served as the Chairman of the Public Private Partnership Committee (P3 Committee). Under his leadership, the P3 Committee was able to acquire key local transportation projects approved for Cherokee and North Fulton.

Sen. Beach was named Executive Director of the North Fulton Community Improvement District (CID) in January 2018. Previously, he was President of the North Fulton CID and President & CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. Under his leadership, the North Fulton CID has invested more than $20 million to help bring more than $100 million in new infrastructure for the District area.

Geoff Smith, Host of “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith”

Geoff Smith is the host of “ATL Developments with Geoff Smith” and a mortgage banker with Assurance Financial. Possessed with a strong passion for helping his community, Geoff works closely with people and their families so they may live comfortably in fantastic homes and neighborhoods in the booming Atlanta area.

Geoff is an active member of his community serving on the Board of Directors of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, as well as holding the position of chairman for the Chamber’s Education Committee. He is also Secretary of the Roswell Youth Baseball Association and coaches his sons in football, baseball and basketball. Geoff enjoys golf, camping and traveling with his wife and two sons. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

Logistics

April 29, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Logistics

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Logistics

This week I sat down with Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. We talked about how the state of Georgia places a great deal of priority on maintaining and expanding our transportation infrastructure. Jannine shared how effective logistics management can foster significant economic development.

She also discussed how the entities that comprise our logistics capabilities across the various modes gives rise to growth opportunities for small businesses around the area. This comes from the need for “last mile” carriers who can move the freight to its final destination from larger distribution centers, as well as countless other ways to provide vendor/supplier services to larger companies that need to extend their capacity.

We also were pleased to have VP of Business Development for NOWaccount, Kim Humphreys on the show. We talked about how their merchant services solution provides B2B companies experiencing some delayed payment of invoices access to aging AR funds in 3-5 days for only a 2.5% fee.

With this already-earned capital can fund new growth and/or allow a company to be able to afford to take on larger orders that could otherwise not be possible.

Special Guests:

Jannine Miller, Director, Center of Innovation for Logistics, Georgia Department of Economic Development