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Ryan Petersen

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The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

So we're bottlenecked in a place that we didn't plan.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

The bottleneck should be, I don't have enough customers wanting my thing.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

You'd like that to be in a B2B environment.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

That should be the bottleneck.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

But if it shows up somewhere else,

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Yeah, I'm not in control right now.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

It feels very uncomfortable.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I'm like, I don't want to just hire more people, especially if it's a temporary surge.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

So it feels out of control, and we need to get our handle on that.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And I hate that.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I want my problem always to be like, oh, I need to be more creative in my marketing and sales and like...

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

work on the pitch and the user experience and the things there.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And so, yeah, if you're bottlenecked in how much space we've had a number of it, this has been, we've had bottlenecks move all over the place during COVID.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And since how much space there is on ships has been a bottleneck for us, even as recently as last couple of weeks with this huge surge of new bookings following the relax, relaxation of the terrace.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

That's not right.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Like, there should not be a bottleneck for I can't get cargo loaded on a ship and therefore I can't help the customer or the customers getting this huge delay and getting loaded and getting their cargo delivered.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

It is a fact of the industry right now, but that bottleneck shouldn't be in a warehouse environment.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

You've got a picture of this flow of goods at the loading dock.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

You can choose where to put the bottleneck in the flow of those goods.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

So loading dock, unload, put away, pick, pack, outbound, and ship again.