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.
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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?
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.”
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?
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?
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?
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.
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?
Nov 4, 2021 • 20min
Beyond the Robots: Keys to Successful Supply Chain Automation
When it comes to automating the warehouse, buying the robots is just the beginning.
Oct 28, 2021 • 24min
‘Sourcing Can Change the World.’ Here’s How.
Can ethical sourcing practices really “change the world”?
Oct 21, 2021 • 24min
Robots in the Warehouse: A Necessity for Survival?
Over the years, the technology of robotics in the warehouse has evolved from something that’s nice to have to an absolute necessity.
