The Supply Chain Podcast

Standalone AI tools aren't always connected to your supply chain reality, and that can present real problems. Fabienne Cêtre, EVP EMEA at Kinaxis, joins host Aaron McMillan live from Barcelona to discuss why enterprise AI is the only sustainable path forward, how organisations can build more adaptive supply chains and why customer outcomes should drive every technology decision. Plus why celebrati...

What does good AI actually look like in supply chain? Gabriel Werner, VP of Supply Chain Advisory at Blue Yonder, joins host Aaron McMillan live from Gartner's Supply Chain Symposium in Barcelona to discuss why specialised AI outperforms generic models, how Blue Yonder's NVIDIA partnership is shaping the AI Agent Factory, and why the organisations winning with AI right now started with the...

AI is transforming supply chain planning. But without the right foundations underneath it, the technology is working against you, not for you. Megha Gupta, SVP of Manufacturing Strategy and Transformation at o9 Solutions, joins host Aaron McMillan live from Gartner's Supply Chain Symposium in Barcelona to discuss what separates organisations genuinely getting value from AI and those still talk...

Is your supply chain plan already out of date? In this episode, Fraser Ironside, Senior Director of Business Consulting at Kinaxis, joins host Aaron McMillan to discuss how AI is transforming supply chain planning and where the real barriers to adoption still lie. Recorded live at Gartner's Supply Chain Symposium in Barcelona, Fraser covers agentic AI, data quality, human decision making and w...

Global supply chains facing disruption is nothing new. But what’s the one thing supply chain leaders can do right now to start driving resilience for their teams and organisations? In this week’s episode Blue Yonder’s Vice President of Supply Chain Advisory Shirell James answers this question with host Aaron McMillan. Shirell explains why visibility is no longer about preparing for every possible...

In this episode of the Procurement Magazine and Supply Chain Digital Podcast, host Aaron McMillan sits down with procurement industry titan Heidi Banks, VP of Global Supply Chains at Jabil. Celebrating her 25th anniversary with the company, Heidi shares her incredible journey from an entry-level rotation program to leading a massive digital transformation that manages $6 billion in indirect spend...

In this episode of the Supply Chain Digital Podcast, host Aaron McMillan sits down with Dean Bain, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Coupa, to explore the intersections of leadership, macroeconomic volatility, and cutting-edge technology. Bain shares his unconventional career trajectory—transitioning from childhood dreams of being a pilot to leading supply chain software divisions —and disc...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Supply Chain Podcast! In this episode, host Aaron McMillian sits down with Gregor Stuhler, a leading procurement technology expert and the visionary behind Scoutbee. Following Scoutbee's acquisition, Gregor has taken his mission to Coupa, leveraging their massive scale to transform the global supply chain.

In the third episode of the Supply Chain Podcast, Aaron McMillan, Senior Editor of Procurement Magazine and Supply Chain Digital, sits down with Rathna Sharad, the CEO and founder of FlavorCloud. As a visionary leader with decades of experience at the intersection of logistics and technology, Sharad shares her journey from building the foundational infrastructure of global trade to launching an AI...

The evolution of procurement from a back-office function to a strategic powerhouse requires a unique blend of curiosity and technical rigor. In the second episode of the Supply Chain Podcast, host Aaron McMillan sits down with Rob Turner, Director of Procurement and Supply Chain at Deliveroo (now part of the DoorDash group), to discuss his twenty-five-year journey through the industry. From his ea...

Host Aaron McMillan speaks with Abhijit Supekar, Senior Director of Global Supply Chain at Aeva, whose extensive cross-sector experience spans automotive, healthcare, industrial and advanced technology. With more than two decades of leadership in transformative operations, Supekar offers a clear-eyed perspective on what it truly means to build resilient supply chains in a world shaped by volatilit...

In this episode, we dive into the evolving intersection of AI, machine learning, and the human element in global supply chains. Join John Ham, Global VP of Planning and Logistics at JTI, as he shares insights on how JTI has successfully integrated AI/ML into its operations while ensuring the human aspect remains central to driving success. From sales forecasting transformation to building trust in...

Hello and welcome back to Episode 34 of the Supply Chain Podcast. Thank you for tuning in, don’t forget to come back every Friday for new episodes featuring leaders in the supply chain! On this week's episode, we are joined by Katya Hall, Director of Enterprise Analytics at McKesson Corporation. For those who aren’t familiar, McKesson is a global healthcare company with the responsibility of pharm...

Hello and welcome to Episode 33 of the Supply Chain Podcast. Thank you for joining us today, and don’t forget to come back every Friday for new episodes featuring leaders in the supply chain. On this week's episode, I am joined by Colin Earl, founder and CTO of Agiloft. Agiloft is a product and solution provider for organisations in the supply chain, ranging from small enterprises to U.S. governme...

Hello and welcome to the Supply Chain Podcast. Thank you for tuning in, don’t forget to come back every Friday for new episodes featuring leaders in the supply chain. On this week's episode, I am joined by Bruce Dahlgren, CEO of MetricStream. MetricStream is the independent market leader in enterprise and cloud applications for Governance, Risk, Compliance and Quality Management. We discuss risk a...

Hello and welcome to the Supply Chain Podcast. Thank you for joining us today, and don’t forget to come back every Friday for new episodes featuring leaders in the supply chain. On this week's episode, I am joined by Mohneesh Saxena, the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Management at Locus. Locus is a global decision-making platform that automates human decision-making in the supply c...

Hello and welcome to episode 30 of the supply chain podcast! Thank you for tuning in, don't forget to come back every Friday for new episodes featuring leaders in the supply chain. On this week's episode, we are joined by Denis King, CEO of Solace. Solace helps enterprises become real-time by giving them everything they need to make their business operations event-driven. On this week's episode we...

Hi everyone and welcome to the supply chain podcast. Thank you for joining us today, don’t forget to come back every Friday for a new episode with special guests from the leading companies in the supply chain.  On this week’s episode, I talk to Matt Gunn, Director of Industry Strategy at Slync.io. Slync.io is the first logistics operating system, purpose-built to orchestrate collaboration, au...

Hello and welcome to the supply chain podcast. Thank you for tuning in, if you're enjoying our weekly uploads, don't forget to tune in every Friday for new episodes! On this week's episode, I am joined by Nishita Henry, Chief Innovation Officer and Adam Mussomeli, Principal of Supply Chain and Network Operations Lead at Deloitte. Today we will be discussing how to make supply chains more responsiv...

Welcome to episode 27 of the Supply Chain Podcast! The podcast where we speak to the leaders in the supply chain industry about all things tech, procurement and logistics. Stay tuned for weekly episodes every Friday! Today we are joined by Ken Koenemann, VP of Supply Chain and Technology at TBM Consulting Group and Dploy Solutions. Dploy Solutions is a manufacturing software that combines digital...

Welcome to the 26th episode of the Supply Chain Podcast! We'd like to thank everyone for the support so far on the podcast! Don’t forget to come back every Friday for a new episode with special guests from the leading companies in the supply chain.  On this weeks podcast, we talk to Shari Diaz, Innovation, Strategy and Operations Director for IBM Sterling. Stay tuned to listen to insights reg...

Welcome to the 25th episode of the Supply Chain Podcast! We'd like to thank everyone for the support so far on the podcast! Don’t forget to come back every Friday for a new episode with special guests from the leading companies in the supply chain.  On this week’s episode, we talk to Glen Rabie, CEO at Yellowfin. Yellowfin is an analytics and business software company focused on helping busin...

Hi everyone and welcome to the supply chain podcast. Thank you for joining us today, don’t forget to come back every Friday for a new episode with special guests from the leading companies in the supply chain.  This week we are joined by Zsofia Agnes Nagy, she is a supply chain advisor and specialist with a company she launched just last year which we will be touching on later in the podcast....

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Supply Chain Podcast! We hope you are enjoying our weekly episodes so be sure to stay tuned for insights from the leaders in the supply chain every Friday. On this week's episode, I am joined by Himanshu Palsule, President and CTO at Epicor. Today we will be discussing disruptions and challenges the supply chain faced even before COVID and how these escalated during CO...

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Supply Chain Podcast! We hope you are enjoying our weekly episodes so be sure to stay tuned for insights from the leaders in the supply chain every Friday. In this week's episode, I talk to Jim Swift, CEO of Cortera, an information provider to companies in the supply chain regarding financial spend and risk. We discuss monitoring the current financial health of the sup...