The SupplyChainBrain Podcast
Bob Bowman
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.
Episodes
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Feb 11, 2022 • 24min
The ABCs of ESG: Are Supply Chains Making Progress?
Can global businesses meet ethical standards for behavior even as they’re struggling to survive?Support the show
Feb 2, 2022 • 23min
Dr. Lisa Williams Is Blazing Paths in Both Supply Chain Academia and the Business World
You might say that Dr. Lisa Williams had accomplished quite enough in her academic career.Support the show
Jan 20, 2022 • 19min
The Fashion Apparel Supply Chain Has a Visibility Problem
Is sustainability in fashion in the apparel supply chain?Support the show
Jan 12, 2022 • 19min
Can Manufacturers Prevent Another Microchip Shortage?
The global shortage of microchips has had a devastating impact on multiple industries, not least automotive manufacturers, who are expected to have lost some $210 billion in 2021 because they couldn’t get enough chips to drive the systems in their vehicles. But how did we get to this state of affairs? Support the show
Jan 6, 2022 • 19min
It’s Story Time in Supply Chain Land!
Megan Preston Meyer was enjoying a highly successful career as a supply chain expert for numerous companies. Something was missing, though — what she calls “the stories that data doesn’t tell.” Support the show
Dec 15, 2021 • 18min
Bridging the Supply Chain Talent Gap
The supply chain is hanging out the “Help Wanted” sign. But where will we find the right people?Support the show
Dec 8, 2021 • 14min
How PepsiCo Beverages Coped With COVID
How has PepsiCo Beverages of North America, with more than $22.5 billion in net revenue, 65-plus manufacturing sites and 420 distribution centers, managed to keep operations going during the COVID-19 pandemic?Support the show
Dec 1, 2021 • 20min
Human Rights in the DRC’s ‘Artisanal’ Cobalt Mines
Are workers’ rights in the mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo being sacrificed to the world’s hunger for cobalt?Support the show
Nov 17, 2021 • 22min
Leaving China Isn’t As Easy As You Think
Think it will be difficult to bring back manufacturing to the United States? Getting out of China isn’t so easy either.Support the show
Nov 11, 2021 • 19min
Are U.S. Manufacturers Making a U-Turn on Reshoring Plans?
It wasn’t too long ago that we began seeing signs of a return of manufacturing from China back to the U.S. Has someone flipped the script?Support the show
