LConnect
LConnect
Podcast Description
LConnect is a media and insight platform founded by Louis Yiakoumi, sharing real stories and strategic thinking from leaders in automotive logistics, supply chain, and beyond. Through interviews, surveys, and industry commentary, LConnect connects decision-makers and highlights transformation across the sector. Flagship features include “In Conversation With…”, “Behind the Exec”, and independent research used by OEMs, logistics firms, and suppliers globally.
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The podcast focuses on automotive logistics, supply chain management, and transformation within these sectors, featuring episodes that cover topics such as sustainability, the impact of digitalization, and leadership lessons from notable figures in the industry, including insights on choosing logistics service providers and managing supply chain disruption.

LConnect is a media and insight platform founded by Louis Yiakoumi, sharing real stories and strategic thinking from leaders in automotive logistics, supply chain, and beyond. Through interviews, surveys, and industry commentary, LConnect connects decision-makers and highlights transformation across the sector. Flagship features include “In Conversation With…”, “Behind the Exec”, and independent research used by OEMs, logistics firms, and suppliers globally.
In this conversation, Carlos Vázquez (Global Purchasing & Supply Chain Procurement for Transport & Logistics, Stellantis) charts the shift from “control & continuous improvement” to scenario planning—and now to resilience and antifragility. He outlines why today’s end-to-end means connecting factories, customers and multi-tier suppliers worldwide; how IT and AI should move data → information → action; and why people remain the differentiator. We dig into open, co-designed RFQs, real partnerships with LSPs, sustainability embedded by design (and by regulation), and the skills new leaders need to orchestrate complex networks across 10+ brands. Practical advice for LSPs: bring a clear, distinctive value proposition, anticipate needs, and avoid pure commodity plays.

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