The SupplyChainBrain Podcast

The “vested” model for creating successful supply chain relationships is more than 25 years old. How’s it holding up?

When tariffs are slapped on supply chains, who pays the tab?

A new platform draws on the principles of genetics to supercharge inventory decisions across warehouse networks.

What’s going to happen to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement?

How are retail and CPG weathering the storm?

Supply chain success depends on visibility into the entire supplier base.

Welcome to the dawn of global water bankruptcy.

Getting “first-mile” visibility of soft commodities is a hard problem.

Another memory chip shortage? How soon we forget.

Should the federal government prop up the ailing U.S. commercial shipbuilding sector with subsidies?

What’s it take to prove that your product was “Made in USA”?

Is agentic AI “running loose” in your supply chain?

When it comes to ensuring data security and compliance, manufacturers’ AI systems are woefully unprepared for hostile threats. 

Are we experiencing a god complex — obsessed with creating things in our own image?

In decades past, manufacturers fled the U.S. for Asia in search of lower production expense. But sourcing decisions today are a lot more complicated than that.

How can manufacturers manage the risk of depending on a single supplier for critical raw materials?

Can a domestically based manufacturing industry meet the needs of the defense sector?

In an era of dazzling technology, are we forgetting what really makes supply chain organizations run?

What are companies getting wrong about psychological safety in the workplace?

When it comes to meeting customer expectations for delivery in the e-commerce era, the shortest distance can be the biggest challenge.

Advanced manufacturing promises to transform rural America. But the primary education system must step up to support it.

E-commerce is responsible for an explosion in the number of alternative parcel delivery networks.

Does blockchain still hold relevance for global supply chains, or was it a passing fad?

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When it comes to assessing business health, is the logistics real estate market a mirror for the economy at large?

Why is corporate language so empty, vague and unoriginal?

Supply chains are becoming the new frontlines of geopolitics.

High tariffs aren’t enough to bring manufacturing back to the United States. What will it really take to make that happen?

The order-management lifecycle is ripe for automation — especially in the form of artificial intelligence.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman is joined by industry thought leader Bart De Muynck, to tackle the eternal question in supply chain management: What do shippers want? 

Artificial intelligence — especially agentic AI —  is making traditional category management smarter.

The United States’ dependence on basic minerals from China and other foreign sources is a huge problem, both from an economic and defense perspective.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Gary van Tassel, director of terminal and distribution center operations at software provider INFORM.

The U.S. economy appears to be in decent shape – but there could be some dark clouds massing on the horizon.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Maneet Singh, CIO and chief digital officer of Odyssey Logistics, about the prospects, promise and limitations of artificial intelligence.

When it comes to innovations in warehouse technology, “state of the art” is a constantly moving target.

SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman talks with Jim de Vries, founder of Enhance International Group, who is serving as project manager and program investigator for a new survey of defense supply chains,.

If you’ve been paying attention to the tech news in the several years, you might have acquired the impression that artificial intelligence is on a steady unstoppable climb.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Curtis Spencer, chief executive officer of Bloodhound Tracking Device, Inc.

A case study about automating “wall-to-wall” inventory counts in the warehouse.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Mario Cordero, chief executive officer of the Port of Long Beach.