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The SupplyChainBrain Podcast
Author: Bob Bowman
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The SupplyChainBrain Podcast features in-depth conversations with industry practitioners, academics, consultants and other experts on every aspect of supply-chain management and international trade. Available for streaming or downloading.
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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?
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.



