Supply Chain Management Review Podcast

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Supply Chain Management Review Podcast is a business podcast hosted by scmr, with 53 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

scmr hosts Supply Chain Management Review Podcast, a business show with 53 episodes published.

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  Episode #20

  Talking Supply Chain: How AI can turn warehouse visibility into action

  Sep 24, 202642 minS2

  Supply chain organizations have become better at seeing disruptions. Dashboards, control towers and connected equipment can alert teams when something goes wrong. The harder task is determining why it happened, choosing a response and confirming that the response worked. On this episode of Talking Supply Chain, host Brian Straight speaks with Michael Becher, vice president of digitalization and AI at Körber Supply Chain , about closing that gap in warehouse operations. Their conversation covers equipment downtime, predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, AI agents and the safeguards needed before systems take action on their own.

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  Episode #19

  Talking Supply Chain: Why worker voice belongs in supply chain risk management

  Sep 2, 202646 minS2

  Worker wellbeing is often treated as a compliance or ESG responsibility. Carmel Giblin, president and CEO of the Ethical Supply Chain Program, argues that it should instead be viewed as an operational capability. In this episode of Talking Supply Chain, Giblin explains why audits alone cannot provide continuous visibility, how trusted grievance mechanisms reveal risks workers may not disclose during an audit, and why more reports do not necessarily indicate a worse supplier. She also discusses measurable returns from worker-wellbeing programs, the role AI can play in identifying patterns and why human interaction remains essential when workers are vulnerable.

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  Episode #18

  Talking Supply Chain: 20 years of transformation with Abe Eshkenazi

  Aug 27, 202648 minS2

  Over the past two decades, supply chain has moved from a largely behind-the-scenes operational function focused on cost and efficiency to a strategic enterprise capability that touches everything from growth and customer experience to geopolitics, sustainability and national security. Few people have had a better vantage point on that transformation than Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). On this episode of Talking Supply Chain, host Brian Straight speaks with Eshkenazi about how the profession has changed during his tenure, why COVID represented a turning point for supply chain, the rise of the chief supply chain officer, AI and the continuing importance of people, and the challenges the industry still has not solved.

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  Episode #17

  Talking Supply Chain: Moody’s David Weeks on why supply chain risk management can’t stand still

  Aug 20, 202646 minS2

  Supply chain disruptions are no longer exceptional events. They are part of the everyday operating environment—and that means the way companies manage risk has to change with them. On this episode of Talking Supply Chain, host Brian Straight speaks with David Weeks , director and supply chain industry practice lead at Moody’s , about how supply chain risk has evolved and why many of the approaches organizations have traditionally relied upon are no longer enough. Weeks brings experience from both sides of the equation, having worked in supplier quality, auditing, procurement, continuous improvement and supply chain risk management before advising organizations on building more resilient supply chains.

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  Episode #15

  Talking Supply Chain: Cleo CEO Mahesh Rajasekharan on why orchestration is supply chain’s next frontier

  Aug 6, 202638 minS2

  Supply chain leaders have invested billions in visibility platforms, automation and AI. Yet many organizations continue to struggle with execution, revenue leakage and increasingly complex operations. On this episode of Talking Supply Chain, Brian Straight speaks with Mahesh Rajasekharan, president and CEO of Cleo, about the findings from the company’s 2026 Global Supply Chain Executive Report and why supply chain orchestration is emerging as the next competitive differentiator. The discussion explores how leading organizations are moving beyond resilience, redefining supply chain performance and using AI to connect planning with execution rather than simply automating individual tasks.

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