Women in Supply Chains Show What They're Made Of: Mary Lamie of Bi-State Development

Mackenna Moralez sits down with Mary Lamie of Bi-State Development to talk about what it's like to be a woman in a male-dominated field and how she is opening up more opportunities for the future generation of supply chain leaders.

Mackenna Moralez

Oct 29, 2020

St. Louis Regional Freightway, a Bi-State Development Enterprise

Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez sits down with Women in Supply Chain Forum™ award winner Mary Lamie, Executive Vice President of Multi Modal Enterprises of Bi-State Development to talk about what it's like to be a woman in a male-dominated field and how she is opening up more opportunities for the future generation of supply chain leaders.

To view the full list of Women in Supply Chain Forum™ award winners, please click here.

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Consumer Goods Forum

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Training/Onboarding

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Learning debt — the growing backlog of learning that accumulates when work evolves faster than employee training and learning can happen — builds underneath.

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Mentorship Programs

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A logistics officer who oversaw the combat readiness and maintenance for thousands of vehicles and serialized equipment from the United States to the Middle East has supply chain experience.

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Mentorship Programs

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Build the workforce others say cannot be built. Expand access where others see scarcity. Use technology to create capacity where none seems to exist. And leave behind a pathway.

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Mentorship Programs

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The Integration Group’s Linda McCahill Talks Earning and Sustaining Credible Voice at the Leadership Table: Women in Supply Chain Forum ™ Award

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Linda McCahill, VP, human resources, The Integration Group, was named a recipient of the 2025 Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award, in the Trailblazers category.

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Companies are expected to create more jobs in the supply chain as production gets reshored to the United States.

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There isn’t a lack of people interested in the industry. Instead, it’s a misalignment between how companies hire, how they train, and the tools they expect people to work with once they arrive.

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Training/Onboarding

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AI Drives Highest Job Cuts in Technology Sector Since August 2024

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AI led all reasons for job cuts for the third month in a row, followed by bankruptcy, closings and restructuring.

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Training/Onboarding

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