Scott Luton speaks with Marcia Taylor, owner and CEO of Bennett Family of Companies, about resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the evolution of transportation. They explore how Bennett grew from 15 trucks and 30 trailers into a diversified transportation and logistics organization, why listening to customers shaped its expansion, how the company ha ... Show More
Sep 11
The New Rules of Global Supply Chain Strategy
Supply chains used to be built primarily around cost and efficiency. Abe Eshkenazi says that era is over. Today’s leaders have to balance AI, resilience, geopolitical risk, talent, cybersecurity, and a level of disruption that makes predicting what comes next nearly impossible. I ... Show More
46m 18s
Sep 9
Inside Gallo's Grape-to-Glass Supply Chain
Most wine drinkers picture a boutique vineyard. Andrew Rice says the real story is scale: hundreds of rail cars, thousands of truckloads, and a regulatory maze most consumers never see. In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton and special guest co-host Wanda Johnson speak ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 4
The Buzz: From Silicon to Steel - The Supply Chains Behind AI
The digital economy may get the headlines, but behind every AI breakthrough, electric vehicle, automated warehouse, and data center is a complex physical supply chain making it possible. In this episode of The Buzz, powered by Toyota Automated Logistics, hosts Scott Luton and Kar ... Show More
54m 52s
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
Aug 2023
Episode 63: AI in the supply chain
<p>As ChatGPT and other AI language models made significant progress this year, it has prompted all industries, including the supply chain, to think about how AI can drive efficiency. </p><p>In this podcast episode, Alex Hersham, Co-founder and CEO at Zencargo and Tamir Strauss, ... Show More
17m 33s
<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
