In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott W. Luton welcomes Don Hicks, CEO of Optilogic, and Taylor Wilkerson, Executive Director of Design for Life, for a powerful conversation about using supply chain design to help more people access essential medicines. Don and Taylor explain why many public health supply chains face the same complexity as the world’s l ... Show More
Yesterday
The Buzz: AI, Copper, Drone Delivery, and the Future of Supply Chain Leadership
From shifting commodity markets and explosive data center growth to drone delivery and AI-enabled workplaces, supply chain leaders are navigating change from every direction. In this episode of The Buzz, powered by Toyota Automated Logistics, Scott Luton and Dr. Rod Thomas are jo ... Show More
50m 55s
Aug 10
The Apparel P&L Has Broken: Tariffs Just Exposed What Was Already Failing
Most apparel companies don't have a demand problem. They have a lead time problem. In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott W. Luton and Scot Case welcome Maithili Shenoy, Founder and CEO of La Naia Collective, for a frank, frameworks-forward look at why the global appare ... Show More
1h 9m
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
Oct 2024
3053: The Future of Electronics Supply Chains: Challenges and Innovations
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer at Supplyframe, a leader in Design-to-Source Intelligence for the global electronics value chain. Richard brings decades of expertise in semiconductor supply chains and shares insights on the challenges ... Show More
44m 27s
Apr 2022
S1E7: Will There Be a New World Order in Supply Chain?
<p>In this episode, Ted and Tom discuss the possibility of a new world order, domestic trucking trends, and Chinese manufacturing in response to covid variants. Special guest Dr. Andrea Sordi, UT Knoxville Professor and Director of the Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain, share ... Show More
29m 20s
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
<p>For the July 2025 episode, co-hosts <a href='https://haslam.utk.edu/people/profile/ted-stank/'>Ted Stank</a> and <a href='https://haslam.utk.edu/people/profile/thomas-goldsby/'>Tom Goldsby</a> spoke with <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/amalia-londono-883aa63'>Amalia Londo ... Show More
