Talking Logistics Podcasts

Final mile is not simply the last step in the delivery process — it’s also the final moment of truth, where the customer experience is either won or lost for many companies. But delivering on that promise is getting harder. Expectations for speed, visibility, flexibility, and reliability continue to rise, while operational complexity keeps growing. ... Read more The post [Video] Final Mile Excelle...

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. This introduced a new layer of uncertainty for global trade. As we all know, tariffs directly influence sourcing decisions, pricing, and broader supply chain strategy, so any shift in tariff authority or refund eligibility carries ... Read more The post [Video] N...

If you operate a delivery fleet, the question is always the same: how do you deliver orders on time, undamaged, and at the lowest possible cost — with the fewest vehicles, miles driven, and drivers? It’s a complex optimization problem with a lot of moving parts, which is why most leading fleet operators rely on ... Read more The post [Video] How AI Is Unlocking Hidden Capacity In Delivery Fleets a...

Jackson Wood, Director of Industry Strategy, Global Trade Intelligence at Descartes, discusses the increase in tariff evasion and customs fraud enforcement, as well as the creation of the Trade Fraud Task Force. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Import Tariffs: A Top-Tier Enforcement Priority In The U.S. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez .

All through 2025, companies have been dealing with numerous challenges: cost pressures, regulatory changes, new tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty — and the outlook for 2026 is more of the same. The simple truth is that the ‘way things were’ isn’t coming back. In this episode, Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief of Relationship Development at TranzAct Technologies, ... Read more The post [Video] Leadi...

Since 2017, Descartes has conducted an annual benchmark survey of global transportation professionals to identify the strategies, tactics, and expectations for the industry. In this episode, Mike Hane, Director, Product Marketing at Descartes shares some of the key findings and takeaways from this year’s report. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Insights From Descartes’ 2025 Transp...

This Talking Logistics episode is part of a special series we’re calling “Powering the Breakthrough in Logistics.” Talking Logistics’ host Adrian Gonzalez is a big supporter of Breakthrough T1D (the leading charity focused on finding a cure for type 1 diabetes) and the word “breakthrough” got him thinking: What type of breakthroughs do we need ... Read more The post [Video] AI, Networks, And The R...

Global trade management has always been a highly complex, risky, and strategic business process, despite it being underappreciated at many companies historically. However, if there is one good thing about the tariff wars we’re in at the moment is that global trade management is now in the spotlight, including the role and importance of Global ... Read more The post [Video] AI Innovations In Global...

For years, outsourcing was the default strategy for transportation management. But the tide is turning. In this episode, we explore why more companies are taking control of their transportation operations by bringing them back in-house. What’s driving this shift? How are technology, talent, and AI enabling smarter, faster, and more resilient logistics? And what should ... Read more The post [Video...

Pando and JBF Consulting published a research report titled, “The State of AI in Logistics 2025” with data and insights gathered from in-depth interviews with senior supply chain and logistics executives across several industries. In this Talking Logistics episode, Abi Manohar, CTO and Co-Founder of Pando.ai, and Mike Mulqueen, Executive Principal for Strategy & Innovation ... Read more The post [...

2025 has been a roller coaster ride for supply chain and global trade executives. It’s not just that new tariffs have been implemented on U.S. imports from virtually every country in the world, it’s that these tariffs keep changing, sometimes within just a few days. All of this back-and-forth change is adding risk and complexity ... Read more The post [Video] Five Practical & Effective Ways To Mit...

When it comes to working with suppliers, customers, and logistics service providers, most companies still take a “What’s In It for Me?” approach to business relationships instead of a “What’s In It for We?” approach. The problem is with the mindset and approach each side has traditionally taken, according to Kate Vitasek, faculty member at ... Read more The post Rethinking Business Relationships i...

We’re still in the first quarter of 2025, but we already have a strong contender for Word of the Year: tariffs. Since inauguration day, tariffs have dominated the headlines, with so many back-and-forth changes happening almost on a daily basis, it’s been difficult for supply chain and global trade professionals to keep up. One of ... Read more The post [Video] The Logistics of the De Minimis Entry...

Here we are at the beginning of 2025. What developments and trends will shape the year ahead? Well, if we learned anything from 2020 is that predicting in January what will happen in the weeks and months ahead is a fool’s errand. All we can say for sure is that 2025 will be unpredictable, risky, ... Read more The post [Video] Crisis, Chaos, And The Road Ahead: The New Era Of Supply Chains appeared...

In April 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they had experienced cargo theft or other types of freight fraud in the past year. Almost half said they had experienced theft or fraud in ... Read more The post [Video] Combating Fraud in the Freight Industry...

Waste and inefficiencies still exist in many areas of transportation management. One area that is getting a lot of attention, especially in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, is transportation procurement. Why has the time come to reimagine and transform transportation procurement? What factors are driving this need? How can technology help make transportation procurement ... Read more The post...

If you’ve seen the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you know the following quote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Nowhere is that truer than in the supply chain and logistics realm, and especially when it comes to technology. With so much ... Read more The post [Video] Navigating the Big Trends in Logistics Technology: How to Position...

2025 is just around the corner and many companies are developing their transportation budgets and strategies for the coming year. Are you going to be proactive in driving change and continuous improvement in 2025 or will you take a “let’s wait and see what happens” approach? Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief of Relationship Development at ... Read more The post [Video] The Dangers of Doing Nothing...

So, how resilient is your supply chain? The honest answer for many companies, which they learned the hard way during the Covid pandemic, is that their supply chains are not very resilient — that is, not able to adapt and recover from disruptions very quickly and effectively. That is why, over the past few years, ... Read more The post [Video] Operational Resilience in Action: A Practical Guide for...

One of things companies have learned about e-commerce is that everything can go right up to the time a customer clicks the “Buy” button, but if you don’t get the rest of the order fulfillment process right, it can have negative consequences — not only with regards to customer experience and satisfaction, but financially too. ... Read more The post [Video] Omnilife: An E-commerce Fulfillment and De...

There is a common thread among many logistics professionals: they almost all fell into this industry — that is, they didn’t study supply chain or logistics in college, or they didn’t start their careers in the field, but they eventually landed in the industry, fell in love with it, and have never looked back. Why ... Read more The post [Video] Choosing A Career In Logistics appeared first on Talki...

If you’re a transportation executive, you’re always looking for ways to reduce costs, improve service, satisfy customers, and help the business meet its financial and strategic objectives. There are many ways to reduce waste and improve efficiencies in transportation management, and in this latest installment of “Profiles in Transportation Management Excellence,” Jeff Bishop, Category Manager ......

Forced labor has been a problem in supply chain management for a long time. The good news is that over the past few years governments and companies have been taking action to help eradicate this problem. That said, it’s not an easy problem to solve. In a survey we conducted with members of our Indago ... Read more The post [Video] Mitigating Forced Labor Risks: Strategies For A Resilient Supply Ch...

If you’re on the front lines of transportation management, you know there’s never a dull moment in this industry. Whether you’re navigating the ebbs and flow of capacity and rates, or you’re dealing with new regulations or customer requirements, finding the right balance between cost, service, risk, and compliance is more difficult than ever. Since ... Read more The post [Video] Key Factors Shapin...

One of the things many companies learned during the height of the Covid pandemic is that they really didn’t have good visibility across their end-to-end supply chain — at least not beyond their Tier 1 suppliers and partners. Fast forward to today and having multi-tier transparency and traceability is more important than ever. What trends ... Read more The post [Video] The New Visibility: Unlocking...