Resilient Supply Chain — How Leaders Keep Business Moving
Resilient Supply Chain is a weekly podcast for supply chain, operations, procurement and technology leaders. Host Tom Raftery interviews executives, operators, founders and innovators about practical ways to manage disruption, reduce risk and keep business moving. The conversations cover supplier failures, geopolitical shocks, cost volatility, capacity constraints, and sustainability pressures—focusing on real-world strategies rather than PR narratives. Topics include faster planning, AI and automation, supplier risk, logistics and fulfilment, Scope 3 emissions, and the organisational changes needed to turn data into action.
Episodes
When the Right Supply Chain Decision Arrives a Month Late
Send me a messageA supply-chain decision can be perfectly correct, and still be useless if it arrives too late. Better forecasts matter, but the harder problem is turning uncertain, fragmented information into action while that information still has value.My guest is Benji Price, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Wild Ducks, who has worked with supply-chain planning teams globally. We look a
Supply Chain AI Can Scale the Data Problems Humans Used to Fix
Send me a messageAI can make supply-chain decisions faster. It can also scale the data problems people have been quietly correcting for years. Once machines start acting rather than merely reporting, inconsistent definitions, missing context and weak governance become operational problems.I speak with Sagar Paul, Chief Revenue and Growth Officer at The Modern Data Company, who brings nearly three
The Supply Chain Workarounds That Can Stop a Production Line
Send me a messageA production line can go down because two people are passing an Excel file back and forth with no audit trail. That is the uncomfortable reality behind this episode: some of the biggest supply-chain risks sit inside ordinary workarounds that nobody questions because, until they fail, they appear to work.My guest is Patrick Van Hull, now an Agentic Operations Consultant at Salesfor
98% Isn’t Enough: AI, Human Judgement and Mission-Critical Operations
Send me a messageA 98% response rate sounds excellent—until the missing 2% includes police and ambulance calls. That is the problem with judging automation by averages when the exceptions carry the greatest operational risk.My guest is Josh Gould, CEO of The Big Word, whose teams operate at the intersection of AI, human judgement and mission-critical language services. His experience exposes a wid
Supply Chain Labour Planning: Saving Today Can Increase Churn Tomorrow
Send me a messageCutting labour when demand dips can look like smart cost control. But if workers respond by finding more reliable work elsewhere, today’s saving can become tomorrow’s churn, hiring cost and capacity problem.My guest is James Terry of Indeed Flex, who has spent more than 15 years in staffing and workforce management. We look at what happens when labour planning is treated as an HR
Why More Supply Chain Visibility Doesn’t Guarantee Greater Resilience
Send me a messageMore supply-chain data does not automatically produce better decisions. Digital systems can expose risk, but they can also reproduce the same governance failures, blind spots and weak assumptions already embedded in the operation.My guests today are Lara Schilling, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Technical University of Denmark, and Professor Stefan Seuring,
AI Job Cuts Could Leave Your Supply Chain Short of Future Leaders
Send me a messageAI can cut routine supply chain work and reduce payroll costs. But eliminating entry-level roles could leave your business short of experienced leaders when the next disruption demands judgement.I’m joined by Friddy Hoegener, owner of Scope Recruiting and a former supply chain professional. His experience in procurement and recruitment exposes a gap between filling today’s vacanci
The Hidden Resilience Risk Inside Your Automated Warehouse
Send me a messageWarehouse automation can increase throughput while quietly creating a new failure point: maintenance that has not kept pace. When critical assets fail, the consequence is not an engineering inconvenience. It is downtime, lost service and interrupted revenue.My guest is Asim Akram, CEO of MultiSensor AI. We look at what happens when conveyors, motors, chillers and electrical system
Buying 120% to Serve 100%: The Supply Chain Cost of Food Waste
Send me a messageIf you’re buying 120% of the food required to serve 100% of your customers, you don’t have a waste problem. You have a forecasting, procurement and margin problem.My guest is Olaf van der Veen, co-founder of Orbisk, working with commercial kitchens to track where food is being lost. His point is blunt: much of that loss happens before anything reaches a plate, through overproducti
Hydraulics Waste 75% of Energy - Inflating Heavy Equipment Electrification Costs
Send me a messageHeavy equipment electrification has a hidden problem: the machinery itself can waste most of the energy you put into it. That means bigger batteries, higher capital costs and a weaker business case before the machine has even started work.My guest is Hiten Sonpal, CEO of Rise Robotics, who is working on replacing conventional hydraulics with belt-driven actuation. We get into why
Dashboard Theatre: Why More Supply Chain Visibility Still Fails at Execution
Send me a messageSupply chains have more operational data than ever, yet warehouses still miss carrier cut-offs, misallocate labour and react too slowly when conditions change. The problem is often not seeing what is happening. It is turning that signal into the right action quickly enough to protect cost and service.I’m joined by Scott DeGroot, Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Instit
Supply Chain AI Needs Better Sensing, Not Smarter Models
Send me a messageAI models are getting smarter at an astonishing pace. But if they can't reliably sense what's happening across your supply chain, they'll still make poor decisions. The real bottleneck may not be intelligence at all, it may be the quality of the physical data feeding it.I'm joined by Doron Hazan, who leads AI at Wiliot, to explore why the next step in AI for su
No Carbon Data, No Market Access: Supply Chains Face a New Rule
Send me a messageCarbon data is moving out of annual reports and into the transaction itself. If your product-level information is incomplete, market access, customer trust and supply-chain decisions can all suffer.My guest is Stephen Jamieson, Chief Marketing Officer for SAP Sustainability. We examine why Scope 3 emissions, digital product passports and product carbon footprints are becoming oper
Supply Chain Mapping Takes Five Seconds. Action Is the Hard Part
Send me a messageSupply-chain mapping can now take five seconds. The harder problem is deciding which supplier risks matter, who owns the response, and whether procurement can act before the data creates paralysis.I’m joined by Justin Dillon, founder and CEO of FRDM, whose work focuses on human-rights, geopolitical and sustainability risk beyond tier one. As import restrictions, tariffs and custom
Why an Autonomous Truck Won’t Automate Your Yard
Send me a messageAn autonomous truck does not create an autonomous yard. Without aligned decisions, reliable data and clear ownership, smart assets become expensive distractions.I’m joined by Matt Yearling, CEO of YMX Logistics; Chad Fox, Manager and Delivery Lead at Miebach Consulting; and Kurt Neutgens, CEO and co-founder of Orange EV. Together, we examine why supply chain resilience still break
AI in Procurement: When ERP Is Too Late
Send me a messageWhat if your ERP only sees the supplier decision after the real battle is already over?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Spencer Penn, CEO and co-founder of LightSource, a direct procurement AI platform. Spencer brings a practical view from high-pressure hardware and autonomous systems environments, and we look at why procurement, data, visibilit
Why Small Fulfilment Exceptions Become Big Supply Chain Problems
Send me a messageHow many fulfilment failures start as “just this once” exceptions?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Leo Rodriguez, VP at River Plate Inc., a Southern California 3PL working across e-commerce, retail, warehousing, distribution, freight logistics, kitting, and assembly. We look at fulfilment through the lens of supply chain resilience, risk, data,
The Hidden Risk in Critical Mineral Supply Chains
Send me a messageHow much do we really know about the minerals powering the energy transition?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Johan Oosthuizen, a responsible sourcing specialist based in South Africa, working across mining, operations, supply chain governance, and regulatory due diligence. His perspective matters because he works in the uncomfortable gap betwee
Why Supply Chain Agility Is Now a Competitive Advantage
Send me a messageWhat if supply chain resilience is already too slow for the world we’re now operating in?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of ASCM, the Association for Supply Chain Management. Abe has watched supply chain move from a quiet back-office function to a boardroom priority, and this conversation gets into why that shift matters now,
The 5-Point EBITDA Opportunity in Reverse Logistics
Send me a messageWhat if returns are hiding 4–5 points of EBITDA in plain sight?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Terry Boyle, CEO of Trove, to explore one of retail and logistics’ most neglected pressure points: reverse logistics. Terry’s argument is blunt and useful: if brands care about supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk, data, and visibility, they
Supply Chain Resilience Fails When Decisions Move Too Slowly
Send me a messageWhat if your biggest supply chain risk isn’t disruption, but the time it takes to decide what to do next?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Robbert de Looff, Industry Commercial Lead for Chemicals at OMP, to explore why supply chain resilience now depends on more than better forecasting. In a world of energy price spikes, shipping disruption, raw
Why Yard Automation Is Harder Than Autonomous Trucking
Send me a messageMost supply chains talk about AI and automation. Meanwhile, many yards are still running on pen, paper, radio calls, and chaos.In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Adam Newsome, CEO of Lazer Logistics, Blaine Dirker, CTO at Lazer and leader of Yard Nexus, and Pini Usha, CEO of Buffers AI, to unpack one of the most overlooked bottlenecks in modern lo
When Critical Software Becomes a Supply Chain Risk
Send me a messageWhat happens when the software your business depends on simply disappears?In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by Wayne Scott, GRC Solutions Lead at Escode, the world’s largest source code and cloud escrow provider. We talk about a risk hiding in plain sight: critical software, SaaS platforms, and cloud services that businesses depend on every day, but may not be
Hormuz Is a Stress Test, Not a Black Swan
Send me a messageWhat happens when one chokepoint stops being reliable, and global supply chains discover just how fragile “efficient” really was?In this Resilient Supply Chain+ bonus episode, I unpack the fallout from the continued disruption of the Strait of Hormuz following the Xi-Trump summit, and what it means for supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk, data, visibility, and operationa
AI in Supply Chain: Automation Is Not Autonomy
Send me a messageCan AI make better supply chain decisions, or just make bad ones faster?In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by Simon Bezrukov, Chief AI Officer at Bristlecone, for a grounded conversation about AI in supply chain, resilience, risk, data, visibility, and the uncomfortable bit nobody likes to put on the first slide: accountability.Simon’s core point is sharp: AI ag
Why Cross-Border Logistics Has No Spare Days Left
Send me a messageIf one jammed parcel can cost you a day, what does that say about your supply chain visibility?In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by James Edge, CEO of Landmark Global, the cross-border e-commerce logistics arm of Bnode Group. James works right at the messy intersection of logistics, tariffs, customs, data, visibility, final mile, and customer expectations. In o
Measure First: Stop Spending on the Wrong Carbon Fixes
Send me a messageWhat if your biggest carbon win is not where your team is looking?In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by John Beath, CEO and Chief Technical Director of John Beath Environmental. John brings a process engineer’s eye to sustainability, which means fewer slogans and far more practical questions about supply chain resilience, risk, data, visibility, and what actuall
The Logistics Blind Spot Hurting Cost, Service, and Emissions
Send me a messageWhat if your supply chain isn’t underperforming, you just can’t see it clearly enough? Cost, service, and emissions all suffer when logistics data is fragmented.In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Constantine Komodromos, founder of VesselBot, to explore a problem hiding in plain sight: most companies still don’t have a single, real-time view of the
Poor Supply Chain Emissions Data Could Cost You More
Send me a messageWhat happens when weak carbon data stops being a reporting problem and starts raising your cost of capital?Because that’s no longer hypothetical. It’s starting to hit financing, insurance, and risk in the real world.In this episode, I’m joined by Cynthia Lai, former banker, executive coach, and board advisor, with nearly 20 years’ experience in tier-one banking, including HSBC and
Why the Ceasefire Won’t Fix Supply Chain Risk
Send me a messageA ceasefire is in place, so why are supply chains still under pressure?Because a half-open chokepoint can be harder to manage than a fully closed one.In this second bonus episode of Resilient Supply Chain+, I break down what the war on Iran means for supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk, data, and visibility over the next 6-12 months. This isn’t about headline panic. It’s
Why More Robots Don’t Always Fix Warehouse Performance
Send me a messageWhat if the real bottleneck in warehouse performance isn’t the tech, but the people, decisions, and systems needed to make it work together? Keith Moore says it plainly: software is easy, people are hard.In this special Resilient Supply Chain roundtable, I’m joined by Mor Peretz, CEO of CaPow, Keith Moore, CEO of AutoScheduler, and Gonzalo Benedit, CRO of Aera Technology, to unpac
Supply Chain Transformation Isn’t Failing Because of Technology
Send me a messageWhat if the real reason transformation stalls isn’t the tech, but the fact that everyone is making decisions with a different rubric?And what happens when you start training AI on processes built 30 years ago?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Don Mahoney, Global Head of Products and Innovation at SNP Group. Don has had a ringside seat to some of
Fuel, Freight, Fertiliser: The Iran War’s Supply Chain Cost
Send me a messageWhat happens when a war hits not just oil, but fertiliser, LNG, jet fuel, shipping, and food? This isn’t just geopolitics. It’s a live stress test for global supply chains.In this first bonus episode of Resilient Supply Chain+, I break down how the US and Israel’s war on Iran is rippling through global trade, energy markets, inflation, and food systems, and why this matters right
The Real Supply Chain Bottleneck Isn’t AI. It’s Integration
Send me a messageIf your AI strategy can’t show hard ROI, it’s not a strategy at all. And if your supply chain still runs on phone calls, emails, and patchy partner data, resilience is weaker than it looks. In this episode, I’m joined by JP Wiggins, CEO of 1Logtech, co-founder of GLog which became Oracle Transportation Management, co-founder of 3G TMS, and a former SAP transportation leader. JP ha
Miss the Delivery Slot, Lose the Customer
Send me a messageWhat happens when last-mile delivery stops being a logistics function and starts becoming a strategic differentiator?It changes how you think about cost, resilience, sustainability, and even customer retention.In this week's episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Nishith Rastogi, Founder and CEO of Locus, to explore why last mile has become one of the mo
Industrial Safety Metrics Are Improving. Serious Harm Isn’t
Send me a messageIf your safety metrics are improving, are your people actually safer? Or are you just getting better at measuring the wrong things?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by John Dony, CEO and co-founder of the What Works Institute, and Mike Swain, Technical Enablement Manager at Evotix, to unpack a stubborn problem hiding in plain sight: why serious inju
Finding the One Thing That Can Break Your Supply Chain
Send me a messageIs your supply chain one nut away from failure?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Jonathan Doller, Senior Solution Consultant at Logility (now part of Aptean), to explore how AI is reshaping supply chain resilience - beyond the hype, and into real operational impact. At a time of tariff shocks, port disruptions, climate risk and talent pressure, t
AI Can Find Suppliers. Humans Still Own the Risk
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Ricky Ho, Founder of SourceReady, to explore how AI is reshaping sourcing, supplier discovery, and supply chain resilience in an era of tariff shocks, sanctions risk, and geopolitical uncertainty.We unpack why sourcing is still stubbornly relationship-driven, and why that’s becoming a structural risk. You’ll hear
Why Supplier Data Is Breaking Supply Chain Resilience
Send me a messageOver 50% of companies say they’re getting garbage supplier data. Over 40% never hear back at all.And we’re basing ESG disclosures, compliance filings, and climate targets on that?In this episode, I’m joined by Lily Hogan, Senior Product Manager at 3E, to unpack why supplier data remains one of the biggest hidden risks in supply chain resilience and sustainability. In a world of ti
Why Scope 3 Is the Real Resilience Problem in Construction
Send me a messageIf 98% of your emissions sit in your supply chain, what does that say about your resilience when things start to break?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Keith O’Flynn, Group Supply Chain Sustainability Manager at John Sisk & Son. Construction is often labelled slow, conservative, and carbon-heavy. But beneath the surface, it’s becoming a stre
Surplus Inventory and Idle Assets Are Draining Margin
Send me a messageThree corporate jets as “excess assets.”Absurd? Yes. Rare? Not really. What does that say about how companies handle surplus?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Gordon Zellner, CEO and founder of Evergreen Trading, to unpack a problem most organisations quietly struggle with: surplus that turns into risk, waste, and financial drag.Excess inventory,
The Supply Chain Leverage That Could Stop Deforestation
Send me a messageThe EU Deforestation Regulation has been delayed — but the clock is still ticking. Are supply chains really ready?Deforestation has long been treated as a distant, upstream issue. With the EU Deforestation Regulation postponed until 31 December 2026, some companies may be tempted to pause. That would be a mistake. The expectations are clear, the data requirements are real, and the
Unauditable ESG Data Is Becoming a Supply Chain Liability
Send me a messageIs ESG really about sustainability, or is it quietly becoming a hard economic filter for who gets to trade, raise capital, and survive?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Nisha Kohli, Founder and CEO of CorpStage, to unpack why ESG has shifted from glossy reporting to something far more consequential for supply chain resilience, risk, and competitiveness. Nisha has spent over two de
AI Won’t Fix Safety Until Your Data Does
Send me a messageAI won’t fix broken decisions. Capital markets are driving sustainability. And climate risk is already a safety issue.So why are EHS and sustainability still treated as separate systems?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Catryna Jackson, Global Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability Advisor at Evotix, and Monique Parker, Chief Sustaina
Steam Still Runs Industry. That’s the Decarbonisation Problem
Send me a messageIndustrial heat powers half of manufacturing - and almost no one is talking about it.What if one of the biggest supply chain emissions problems has been hiding in the boiler room all along?In this episode, I’m joined by Addison Stark, CEO and co-founder of AtmosZero, to tackle one of the most overlooked risks in industrial sustainability: steam. A 160-year-old technology that stil
Your Pension May Be Financing Supply Chain Risk
Send me a messageCan your pension quietly sabotage your climate and supply chain goals without you ever knowing?What if one of the biggest risks to resilience isn’t logistics or energy, but where your money sleeps at night?In this episode, I’m joined by Scott Ryan, founder and CEO of Investature, to unpack a part of the sustainability conversation that’s usually ignored. Finance. Specifically, the
Supply Chain Incentives Matter More Than Blockchain
Send me a messageWhat if sustainability didn’t rely on good intentions, ESG reports, or awareness campaigns… but on incentives that actually change behaviour?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Sunny Lu, Founder and CEO of VeChain, to unpack how blockchain can move sustainability from theory into action across global supply chains and everyday decisions.Sunny has b
Why Freight Is the Blind Spot in Supply Chain Resilience
Send me a messageFreight is one of the biggest sources of supply chain emissions — so why is it still treated as an afterthought?In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Jared Spude, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at Breakthrough, to unpack why freight has become sustainability’s blind spot — and why that’s now a resilience risk no supply chain leader can ignore
Paperwork Errors Still Break Supply Chain Resilience
Send me a messageWhat if the biggest threat to your supply chain isn’t a typhoon, strike, or cyberattack, but a mistyped HS code?This week I’m joined by Yeelen Knegtering, Co-Founder and CEO of Klippa, a company tackling one of the most underestimated risks in global trade: the explosion of paperwork, compliance demands, and manual processes that quietly delay planes, stall ships, burn carbon, and
Bad Data Is Slowing Supply Chain Decisions
Send me a messageWhat if the biggest risk in your supply chain isn’t geopolitical shocks or new regulations, but the data you trust every single day?This week, I’m joined by Andy Kohm, co-founder and CEO of SCIP, a supply chain intelligence platform built to clean, connect, and operationalise data across ERPs, PLMs, control towers, and the spreadsheets nobody admits to using. Andy has spent more t
Heat Stress Is the Climate Risk Your Supply Chain Is Missing
Send me a messageWhat happens to your supply chain when it gets too hot for workers to show up?In this episode I’m joined by Kevin Vranes, Chief Product Officer at Worldly, a platform working with tens of thousands of suppliers to generate real sustainability intelligence across global supply chains. We dig into why climate exposure, labour disruption, tightening disclosure rules, and escalating N
Resilience in Food Supply Chains Starts in the Soil
Send me a messageWhat if 70–95% of your emissions sit on farms you’ve never even seen?And what happens to your supply chain when those farms face depleted soils, rising costs, and climate shocks all at once?In this episode, I’m joined by Rhyannon Galea and Kristjan Luha from eAgronom, a team helping thousands of farmers across Europe shift to regenerative practices and generate the credible primar
AI and Proactive Maintenance for a Resilient Supply Chain
Send me a messageWhat if your supply chain could spot a breakdown before it happened?In this episode of The Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Taylor Smith, Chief Marketing Officer at Honeywell Productivity Solutions and Services, and Elton Saunders, Senior Director of Solutions and Services at Peak Technologies. Together, we explore how AI, data, and proactive maintenance are transform
The Maths of Supply Chain Resilience: What Happens When Algorithms Drive the Last Mile
Send me a messageIn this debut episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I chat with Rich Savoie, Co-founder and CEO of Adiona, about how data-driven optimisation and electric fleets are transforming last-mile logistics. Rich’s work with giants like Coca-Cola and Australia Post proves that sustainability and resilience aren’t trade-offs, they’re multipliers.You’ll hear how Adiona’s algorithms
Small Fleets, Big Impact – Linxup’s Resilient Sustainable Revolution
Send me a messageWhat if your fleet could drive further, burn less fuel, and cut emissions, all without adding a single new vehicle?In this final episode under the Sustainable Supply Chain name (before we evolve into the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast next week), I sit down with Naeem Bari, Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Linxup, to explore how telematics is transforming small- and medium-
Inside the Future of Resilient Supply Chains: AI, Scope 3, and the Power of Supplier Data
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Jamie Barsimantov, VP of Supply Chain Strategy at Sphera, to explore what it really means to build a sustainable, resilient, and data-driven supply chain in 2025.Jamie brings a fascinating perspective, from his early days as an environmental researcher to founding SupplyShift and now helping global enter
The Quiet Warehouse Problem AI Drones Can Finally Fix
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sit down with Jackie Wu, CEO and co-founder of Corvus Robotics, to explore how AI and autonomous drones are redefining inventory management, and what that means for the future of supply chain resilience.Most warehouses today still rely on people with barcode scanners trudging up and down aisles, a slow, error-prone,
How Boat Builders Can Cut Emissions at the Design Stage
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sat down with Ollie Taylor, Founder & Director of Marine Futures, to talk about one of the toughest nuts to crack in sustainability, decarbonising the marine industry. Boats, big or small, don’t often top climate discussions, yet their materials, manufacturing, and fuel use carry a hefty footprint.Ollie explains
Data, AI and Lean Principles: How to Cut Waste and Carbon in Supply Chains
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sit down with Dag Calafell, Director of Technology Innovation at MCA Connect, to explore how data and digital tools are reshaping manufacturing and supply chains. With more than 25 years of experience in steel and automotive, Dag has seen first-hand how waste creeps into processes, and how technology can help elimin
Ethical Swag: How Sustainable Promotional Products Are Changing Supply Chains
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sit down with Tara Milburn, founder and CEO of Ethical Swag, a certified B Corp reshaping the promotional products industry. Too often, branded merchandise ends up as waste or is produced under questionable conditions. Tara and her team are proving there’s a better way, where every procurement choice can align with values,
Fixing Scope 3 with AI: Supplier Engagement, Data Accuracy, and Decarbonisation Levers
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sat down with fellow Irishman Paul Byrnes, CEO of Mavarick AI, to explore how manufacturers can use AI and data to tackle the notoriously difficult challenge of Scope 3 emissions.Paul brings a unique perspective, rooted in both deep data science and hands-on manufacturing experience, and he didn’t shy away from the
Smart Supplier Relationships: The New Engine of Sustainable Supply Chains
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I sit down with Sam Jenks, Chief Revenue Officer at Kodiak Hub, to explore why supplier relationship management (SRM) is no longer a “nice-to-have” but a mission-critical capability.Sam shares his journey in procurement technology and explains why traditional supplier management approaches, spreadsheets, siloed system
How to Decarbonise a Fleet: The Playbook You Actually Need
Send me a messageFleet sustainability isn’t just about going electric, it’s about smart planning, cultural buy-in, and tackling operational friction head-on. In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Steve Saltzgiver, Director of Fleet Success at RTA Fleet, who brings over 40 years of public and private sector experience in managing and modernising fleets.We get into t
Beyond Compliance: The Business Case for Measuring Scope 3 Emissions
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I’m sharing a replay of one of my favourite conversations—my chat with George Wade, co-founder of Zevero. George’s story is a fascinating one: he began in waste management, only to realise that the biggest opportunities to cut emissions weren’t in bins or pallet wrap, but deep within supply chains. That insight led hi
The Silent Risks Hiding in Your Supply Chain (and How to Spot Them)
Send me a messageIn this week’s episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m bringing you a replay of my conversation with Rhea Rakshit, VP of Product at Sayari. While I’m away on holidays, it felt like the perfect time to revisit one of the most insightful discussions we’ve had this year, on ESG, supply chain transparency, and the shift from “tick-the-box” CSR to something far more strate
Cutting Scope 3: How AI and Data Are Driving Sustainable Supply Chains
Send me a messageSupply chains are responsible for the majority of global emissions, yet they remain the hardest to decarbonise. In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sit down with Saskia van Gendt, Chief Sustainability Officer at Blue Yonder, to explore how data, AI, and end-to-end visibility are changing that equation.Saskia brings two decades of sustainability experience ac
Why Procurement Must Become a Profit Centre
Send me a messageProcurement’s role is changing, or at least, it should be. In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Conrad Snover, CEO of ProcureAbility, to unpack why procurement still struggles to evolve beyond a transactional role, and what it’ll take to transform it into a true driver of value.We covered a lot, from why most procurement teams still don’t have a
How to Stress-Test a Supply Chain for Climate Risk
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Ollie Carpenter, Director of Environmental Risk Analytics at Risilience, to unpack how global businesses are moving from climate ambition to action, through risk-informed decision making.Ollie and his team work with companies like Nestlé, Burberry, and Maersk, helping them build digital twins of their operati
How Digital Twins Cut Travel, Cost, and Emissions
Send me a messageHow do you show a customer the inside of a wind turbine nacelle, or onboard engineers to hazardous industrial equipment, without ever leaving their desks?In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Matt Trubow, Commercial Director at Hidden Creative, to explore how immersive technology is changing the way engineering organisations sell, train, and transf
What Quantum Could Actually Fix in Supply Chains
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Dr Erik Garcell, Director of Quantum Enterprise Development at Classiq, to explore how quantum computing is moving from theoretical buzz to practical tool, and what that means for supply chains.We talked about why quantum’s real strength lies in optimisation: solving incredibly complex problems like route pla
You Can Automate Booking. You Can’t Automate the Uh-Oh Moments
Send me a messageAir freight has long been the wild west of logistics, complex, opaque, and often wasteful. In this episode, I sat down with Chris Condon, founder and CEO of Aircon and the mind behind Captain Cargo, to unpack how AI and automation are reshaping air freight for the better.Chris brings decades of freight forwarding experience and has built a platform specifically to help small and m
Why Procurement Now Sits at the Centre of Supply Chain Risk
Send me a messageProcurement has come a long way, from back-office cost-cutting to a central role in driving sustainability, risk management, and supply chain resilience. In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Pierre Laprée, Chief Product Officer at SpendHQ, to unpack what that transformation looks like in practice.Pierre shares sharp insights on how procurement t
Batteryless Tracking Could Change Supply Chain Visibility
Send me a messageWhat if you could track products across your supply chain without relying on batteries or manual barcode scans?In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I speak with Eric Biel, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Powercast, about how wireless power and RAIN RFID are unlocking smarter, more sustainable logistics. Eric explains how ambient RF energy can power sensor
Short Break, Big Plans - Fresh Supply Chain Insights Next Week!
Send me a messageHey everyone, Tom Raftery here.Just a quick note to let you know that Sustainable Supply Chain is taking a short break this week. I’m recharging the batteries and preparing a fresh lineup of episodes packed with insights on ESG, circularity, digital transformation, and decarbonisation.I'll be back next Monday June 22nd at 7am CEST with brand new content, but in the meantime,
Six-Second Wins: Designing Waste Out of Supply Chains with Intelligent Automation
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I had a cracking chat with René Schrama, Chief Commercial Officer at Peak Technologies. We dug into the evolving landscape of supply chain automation and what it truly means to “leverage automation intelligently” today.René shared how supply chain leaders are moving beyond full-scale automation projects and instead focusing
How Better Data Can Cut Food Waste Across the Supply Chain
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Gary Loh, CEO of DiMuto, who brings a refreshing perspective on fixing the fractured agri-food trade. Gary’s insights shine a light on the 30% of food wasted globally and how digital tools like AI, IoT, and blockchain can help us reduce that figure.We discuss why traditional silos, where growers, packers, shipp
Inside Origin Cargo Management: A Smarter Path to Supply Chain Resilience
Send me a messageIn this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Jim McCullen, CTO of Century Supply Chain Solutions, to unpack how technology—particularly AI—is quietly but effectively reshaping the logistics space.Jim’s been with Century for over 30 years, which is practically unheard of in tech. We discussed what’s kept him there so long, and how he’s used that time to
Solving Supply Chain Fragmentation: Why Visibility Starts With Better Data
Send me a messageWhat if the data you already have could unlock massive sustainability and profitability gains in your supply chain?In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Danny He, CEO of Soapbox, who makes a compelling case that the real barrier to progress isn’t a lack of technology, it’s fragmented data and disconnected workflows.We unpack how most supply chains
From Waste to Wealth: How Urban Mining Can Solve the Critical Metals Shortage
Send me a messageWhat if I told you that most of the platinum and palladium in old diesel vehicles ends up lost or landfilled, even though these are some of the world’s most critical and valuable materials?In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sit down with Don Weatherbee, CEO of Regenx, to explore how his company is turning waste into opportunity. Regenx has developed a low-e
Rethinking Supply Chain Planning: AI, Risk, and Sustainability with JF Gagné
Send me a messageUPDATE: Since recording this episode JF has informed me he's no longer working with Pendulum.AI is everywhere right now, but is it actually helping supply chain leaders make smarter, more sustainable decisions?In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by JF Gagné, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Pendulum, who’s spent over two decades building A
