The current market volatility is making disruptions commonplace, so how can you anticipate and navigate an ever-changing landscape?In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott W. Luton and Allison Giddens delve deep into the turbulent waters of supply chain management with industry experts Nathan Crocker and Drew Herpich from Nolan Transportation Group ( ... Show More
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The Never Normal: Successful Leadership in an Age of Constant Disruption
The real problem isn't that organizations don't have resilience plans. It's that those plans sit on paper, never operationalized, never tested, until the next disruption forces their hand. In this episode of Supply Chain Now's Never Normal series, Scott W. Luton is joined by regu ... Show More
1h 1m
Jul 3
The Buzz: Why Procurement Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
In this episode of The Buzz, powered by APL Logistics, Scott Luton and Kim Reuter are joined by Edmund Zagorin, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Arkestro, for a timely conversation on the latest supply chain and business news shaping the second half of 2026. From U.S. manufa ... Show More
58m 46s
Oct 2021
The supply chain's weak link
How disruption in a single port, factory or freight centre can cause global chaos. Ed Butler speaks with Stavros Karamperidis, an expert in maritime economics at the University of Plymouth, and Kent Jones, professor of economics at Babson College in the US. Meanwhile, chief econo ... Show More
17m 28s
May 2022
Special Encore: Transportation - Untangling the Supply Chain
<p>Original Release on April 26th, 2022: Global supply chains have been under stress from the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and inflation, and the outlook for transportation in 2022 is a mixed bag so far. Chief U.S. Economist Ellen Zentner and Equity Analyst for North American ... Show More
9m 47s
Apr 2022
Transportation: Untangling the Supply Chain
<p>Global supply chains have been under stress from the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and inflation, and the outlook for transportation in 2022 is a mixed bag so far. Chief U.S. Economist Ellen Zentner and Equity Analyst for North American Transportation Ravi Shanker discuss.< ... Show More
9m 31s
Dec 2021
Smart Talks with IBM and Malcolm Gladwell: Managing supply chain volatility in the height of the shopping season
Global supply chains have made headlines this year, with businesses in every industry and consumers all experiencing unprecedented volatility. How can companies stabilize this boundless bullwhip? In this episode of Smart Talks, Malcolm talks to Jonathan Wright, Global Managing Pa ... Show More
32m 55s
May 2021
How the World's Companies Wound Up in a Deepening Supply Chain Nightmare
By now, everybody knows that global supply chains are a mess. Not a day goes by where there isn't news of some shortage or bottleneck. Chips, shipping containers, lumber, you name it. So how did it happen and how does it get unwound? On the latest episode of Odd Lots, we speak wi ... Show More
49m 4s
Oct 2025
Building Smarter Supply Chains: Lessons from Crisis, Cost, and Technology
Gad Allon, Wharton Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, explores the current state of global supply chains—from the lingering effects of the pandemic and industrial disruptions to the trade-offs between cost efficiency and resilience—and explains how emerging tech ... Show More
12m 21s