Supply Chain Superintelligence

"Digging rare earths is easy. Building an industry is hard." Join us for the most important summer travel guide you probably never asked for: ten mining sites with enormous global significance, and plenty of reasons why you wouldn't want to visit any of them. In this summer special of Supply Chain Superintelligence , Prewave Director of Product (Resilience) Sarah Naber and host Thoma...

"If you don't get the wheels of a car, there's no point getting the engine in." With the Strait of Hormuz under pressure, an industry-wide insolvency crisis brewing in Europe, and the EV transition rewriting decades-old supplier networks, how do automotive supply chains stay coordinated when every part of the system is moving at once? In this episode of Supply Chain Superintellig...

“Supply chains have become a bargaining chip in political negotiations.” As Europe ramps up defence spending in response to geopolitical instability, supply chains have become a central pillar of economic security. But that creates a challenge. From rare earth dependencies to semiconductor chokepoints, the pressure to understand and control supply networks is growing rapidly across both industry a...

“For decades, we focused on cost optimisation and single sourcing. Today, true resilience requires regional diversity and building real options.”  With geopolitical conflicts threatening critical chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, supply chain dependencies have again become front-page news. As governments and companies face unprecedented scrutiny, the fragility of our interconnected world is m...

“If China cuts us off from critical materials, European supply chains have a real problem.” In this episode of Supply Chain Superintelligence , Marco Felsberger speaks with Nils Poel, Head of Public Affairs at Prewave, about how geopolitics is redefining regulation, trade policy, and supply chain strategy in Europe and beyond. From the “Donroe Doctrine” and spheres of influence to the EU’s Critica...

“The main risk right now for all economies is the level of uncertainty.” In this episode of Supply Chain Superintelligence , Marco Felsberger speaks with Christiane von Berg , Head of Economic Research for Benelux and the DACH region at Coface , about how macroeconomic uncertainty translates into real supply chain and business risk. From tariffs and trade disruptions to inflation, recession in man...

“Why do supply chain disruptions keep catching companies off guard… even when the risks are known?” Black swans, gray rhinos, goldfish memory – in this episode of Supply Chain Superintelligence , Marco Felsberger speaks with Knut Alicke , supply chain and operations expert, about why organisations repeatedly underestimate risk and forget hard-earned crisis lessons. From COVID and Fukushima to chip...

“Supply chain AI means creating value and efficiency. That translates to competitive advantage.” AI accelerates decisions, but trust and guardrails determine what it can automate. With so much at stake for the automotive industry, what is the future of agentic AI in supply chains?  Automotive supply chains are a major battleground for competitiveness — and the old efficiency-first playbook can’t k...

“Forced labour is at our door. Look at the hospitality sector in Europe. Look at agriculture. There are people in slave-like conditions” What do we do when the tech we use, the clothes we wear, and the cars we drive are made, in part, with coercion?  In this powerful conversation, Markus Löning – leading legal expert on human rights and former politician – unpacks the realities of forced labour in...