随着 DeltaTrak 继续庆祝家禽业女性，我们正在与合规经理 Shari Y 交谈。她的公司在西南部销售鸡蛋。在这个行业工作了十二年之后，她说食品安全、食品质量和法规合规是她的热情所在。Shari 本身就是一位开拓者，因为她激励了组织中的其他女性追求管理职位。她拥有一席之地，她的努力确保亚利桑那州及其他地区的客户有足够的安全鸡蛋作为早餐。

问：你能描述一下你所做的事情吗？

Shari： 我负责监督食品安全、动物福利和员工安全方面的监管和客户要求。

问：您为什么选择这个职业以及为什么您在目前的职位上呆了这么久。

莎丽：  2008 年，我认识了比尔·希克曼，然后于 2009 年开始为他工作。我意识到这是我的激情所在：食品安全、法规遵从和食品质量。这真的成了我的激情所在。我觉得自己会从这个行业退休。

问：您所在的行业面临的最大挑战是什么？

Shari： 可能是耕种的权利。每个人的生活中都需要鸡蛋，而要找到一个不受周边影响的适合耕种的地方越来越难。你必须利用农村地区进行耕种。

问：您认为当今最大的供应链问题是什么？

Shari: I think it would probably be customer knowledge. The reason I say that is because almost everybody I know that supplies eggs, (that’s what I know about the most), thinks customers aren’t educated enough. Let’s take cage free for example. From a voter’s (perspective), they want cage free eggs because they think the chicken is better off. But from a food safety standpoint, people need to know the risks involved with cage free such as the (lack of) cleanliness of the barn and the egg. I just don’t think customers are educated on what they are purchasing. It’s that way with a lot of things. Let’s take “Sweet’N Low” for example. I don’t think customers were educated on the effects of saccharin (in the past). If customers were more educated, I don’t think the supply chain would shoot from the hip so much.

Just in the past couple of years we struggled with transportation. Outside drivers were few and far between and gas prices were really crazy. So we hired a transportation director and he purchased a lot larger fleet. (Now) we have a lot more of our own drivers.

Question: How have DeltaTrak products helped you to manage the cold chain?

Shari: I think they (data loggers) are required by some customers for a reason. Because they work. We’ve gone from your five dollar one to the twenty-five dollar one and everything in between. We have found that they (data loggers) save us from losing a load of eggs, giving us the ability to prove the compliance of the temperature in transit. Your DeltaTrak customer support is second to none. You can let (DeltaTrak Territory Manager) know his calls are appreciated. I wouldn’t use anyone else. He doesn’t have to worry that we’re going to buy from anyone else. He’s always really great.

Question: Did you lose any loads before you started using DeltaTrak loggers?

Shari: Oh yeah. We have. And they (eggs) had to go to the breaker plant for pasteurization because they didn’t meet the Shell Egg rule for carton products. They are sold as liquid eggs. Our number one goal is to sell eggs in a carton.

Question: The International Women’s Day theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, which highlights the importance of challenging biases and misconceptions in the interest of creating a more inclusive and gender-equal world. In what ways do you think you challenge biases and misconceptions?

Shari: : I realized in 2009 when I first came to this company, because it’s agriculture and farming, that it is very much a man’s world. With the regulatory emphasis on food safety, they (the company) hired me to write the food safety and animal welfare programs. When I would go to the Manager’s Meeting in 2009 and 2010 I was one of the only women in the management group.

周二晚上，我们参加了经理会议，我环顾了一下房间，发现男女比例大约各占一半。这让我印象深刻。我想，因为其他女性看到了我的成就，所以她们有了（动力）向上发展，不害怕与男性并肩工作，比男性更出色，有资格成为经理。

问：那么，感觉怎么样？你为后来的女性铺平了道路。

Shari：  2009 年经理会议上还有一位女性，她五六年前就退休了。得知公司尊重女性并提供平等就业机会，我感到非常高兴。

问：您认为当今女性专业人士面临的最大问题是什么？

莎莉： 试图兼顾家庭和事业，因为这就像是两份全职工作。

我们很高兴与对家禽业产生积极影响的女性交谈，她们也因此对社区产生了积极影响。下周我们将结束妇女历史月的庆祝活动，敬请关注。