About the Author
Joe H | Digital Strategy & Communications for The Turman Group
Joe H writes the Blackberry Pallet blog and works in Digital Strategy & Communications for The Turman Group. His articles draw from his work at Blackberry Pallet and across Turman Group member companies, covering pallet manufacturing, U.S. hardwood and forest-products manufacturing, supply chains, market conditions, forestry, and regulatory developments affecting U.S. suppliers and exporters. He also writes about digital strategy, technology, and the use of AI as a business tool.
Regulatory and industry articles are generally approached from the perspective of U.S. wood-product suppliers and manufacturers, with a focus on what changing requirements mean in practice for their operations and downstream customers. Research for these articles relies primarily on regulatory text, government and other official sources, industry data, and information drawn from actual manufacturing and supply-chain operations.
Articles by Joe H
Research & AI Transparency Statement
My articles, reports, analyses, and commentary are developed through a research-driven workflow that combines direct source review, my own analysis and judgment, and AI-assisted research and writing tools.
I prioritize primary and official sources whenever they are available. Depending on the subject, these may include laws and regulations, government guidance and implementation documents, public records, court filings, official datasets, company materials, technical documentation, and other direct source material. Secondary sources may be used for additional context or to identify information worth investigating, but commentary, opinion, and unsourced claims are not treated as factual authority.
For regulatory topics, I work from the applicable regulatory text and official guidance as directly as possible. My goal is to identify what the governing source actually requires, what the responsible authorities have said about its application, and what those requirements mean for the businesses and supply chains being discussed. Where analysis or interpretation is necessary, I try to distinguish it from requirements or explanations stated directly by an official source.
I use AI tools, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and NotebookLM, throughout the research and writing process. They may be used for source discovery, document analysis, comparison of source material, identifying gaps or inconsistencies, organizing information, testing reasoning, drafting, and improving clarity. Different tools may be used for different purposes depending on the research task.
AI-generated summaries, citations, interpretations, or factual claims are not treated as source authority. Material claims are checked against the underlying source material before I rely on them. AI can assist with the research and analysis, but it does not determine my opinions, conclusions, or editorial decisions.
I remain responsible for what I publish, including the selection and use of sources, the accuracy of the final article, and any analysis or conclusions presented.
The following blog articles provide additional detail on how I use AI as part of a human-controlled research, analysis, and writing workflow: