The SupplyChainBrain Podcast

Rethinking Visibility: Keeping Tabs on Your Ocean Container, and Beyond 09.10.2026 22:51 ↓

What does shipment “visibility” really mean? Depends on where the shipment is.

How AI Can Fix the Lead-Time Guessing Game 02.10.2026 22:48 ↓

Can AI fix the frustrating lead-time guessing game?

How Quickly Can Supply Chains Recover From a Major Disruption? 25.09.2026 20:39 ↓

With the end of a supply chain disruption, you might breathe a sigh of relief. But don’t hold your breath waiting for things to get back to normal.

The Rise of Physical AI: Is This the Era of the Autonomous Warehouse? 18.09.2026 21:34 ↓

Is physical artificial intelligence the key to creating autonomous warehouses? 

‘The Great Fracturing’: A Whole New World of Trade Relations 11.09.2026 25:26 ↓

The world is fractured, and it’s not healing anytime soon.

Protecting Against Malware in Open-Source Software Libraries 28.08.2026 24:19 ↓

How do we stop malware from infecting open-source software libraries?

‘Too Hot to Ignore’: A Report on Extreme Heat in Garment Factories 21.08.2026 27:22 ↓

The heat is on in garment supply chain factories. Why aren’t brands taking action?

PepsiCo’s Big Sustainability Push in APAC 14.08.2026 19:38 ↓

The latest edition of PepsiCo’s ambitious Greenhouse Program aims for “proven solutions” in Asia-Pacific and potentially beyond.

Why Aren’t We Getting Our Money’s Worth From Transportation Spending? 07.08.2026 22:16 ↓

Billions of federal dollars committed to building and maintaining the nation’s transportation infrastructure — and what do we have to show for it?

How Geopolitical Strife Is Fueling Nearshoring Strategies 31.07.2026 21:12 ↓

Even supply chains that are largely confined to one region are affected by global events.

A Big Step Toward a U.S. Domestic Battery Supply Chain? 24.07.2026 17:38 ↓

A new agreement aims to scale lithium-ion battery cell production in the United States.

A New Project to Build AI ‘From Scratch’ 17.07.2026 24:37 ↓

What does it mean to “redesign AI from the ground up”? 

How AI Is Reshaping Procurement: Hype or Reality? 10.07.2026 24:38 ↓

A 170-year-old manufacturer is on the cutting edge of AI.

25 Years of ‘Vested’: Crafting Effective Relationships With Supply Chain Partners 26.06.2026 23:33 ↓

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

The Tariff Conundrum for Supply Chains: Pass Along, or Absorb? 12.06.2026 19:41 ↓

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

A ‘Genetic’ Algorithm for Warehouse Network Inventory Strategy 05.06.2026 23:18 ↓

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

Renegotiating USMCA: A Preview 29.05.2026 21:28 ↓

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

Podcast | The State of Retail and CPG, in 2026 and Beyond 15.05.2026 19:48 ↓

How are retail and CPG weathering the storm?

Due Diligence in Supplier Management: What Companies Are Missing 08.05.2026 23:39 ↓

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

UN Report Sounds the Alarm: We Are in ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ 01.05.2026 20:54 ↓

Welcome to the dawn of global water bankruptcy.

The Challenge of Getting ‘First-Mile’ Visibility of Soft Commodities 24.04.2026 24:17 ↓

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

How to Survive Another Semiconductor Shortage 17.04.2026 20:02 ↓

Another memory chip shortage? How soon we forget.

Government Subsidies for Shipbuilding: A ‘Misplaced Obsession’? 10.04.2026 21:06 ↓

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

You Say Your Product Is ‘Made in USA’? Prove It! 07.04.2026 17:26 ↓

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