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Beacon Beat, episode 1.

AJ Lockington
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September 10, 2026
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In the first episode of Beacon Beat, AJ talks to a supply chain director about running freight from the numbers: what to measure, what to ignore, and how to get finance and supply chain looking at the same picture.

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