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Supply Chain - Unfiltered

Supply Chain - Unfiltered

Institute for Supply Management® 76 Episodes Jul 22, 2026

Supply Chain — Unfiltered, presented by the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®), is a podcast that delivers 20-to-30-minute episodes covering everything about end-to-end supply chains. It features industry experts discussing the profession's impact on financial markets, geopolitics, and world trade. The show aims to provide raw and transparent insights into how supply chains function and their critical role in keeping the world operational, as highlighted during the 2020 pandemic. Listeners gain a new perspective on the global economy and their contributions to it.

Episodes

Sustainable Procurement Under Pressure
Sustainable Procurement Under Pressure Jul 22, 2026 1659 Sustainability can feel like a moving target when elections, tariff headlines, and shifting regulations keep rewriting the rules. We sit down with Kris Spriano, former Vice President of Programs and Development at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) and current Product Materials Manager at Arista Networks, to get honest about what’s really happening inside procurement teams and wh
How to Be the Change Agent Who Redefines Resiliency
How to Be the Change Agent Who Redefines Resiliency Jul 8, 2026 1656 Change is easy to describe and brutally hard to deliver, especially in supply chain and procurement where every shift touches customers, suppliers, systems, and frontline teams. We sit down with Manish Kapoor, founder and CEO of Growth Catalyst Group, to get honest about what separates a thought leader from a true change agent and why execution is the part that tests your leadership the most.We di
Why The Need for Speed Dictates Decision-Making
Why The Need for Speed Dictates Decision-Making Jun 24, 2026 1908 Stability is the word we all want to hear in supply chain, but Lucas Cunha thinks we should stop waiting for it. The pace of AI, the churn in global trade, and the squeeze of nonstop deadlines are pushing logistics, procurement, and operations teams into a new reality where adaptability is the real baseline for survival. We dig into what that means on the ground when you are trying to keep materia
How Procurement Teams Turn Data Into Value
How Procurement Teams Turn Data Into Value Jun 10, 2026 1442 Data is quietly becoming the most negotiable asset in business and the easiest one to misuse. We sit down with Charlotte de Brabandt, Ph.D., an expert in procurement, digital transformation, and AI-driven sustainability, to make sense of what it means to treat data like an economic engine rather than a pile of reports.We walk through Charlotte’s AI data economy model and the four forces it balance
Data Management Is a Dirty Job But Everyone Has to Do It
Data Management Is a Dirty Job But Everyone Has to Do It May 27, 2026 1392 76% of leaders say data-driven decision making is the goal, but most people still don’t trust the data they’re looking at. That contradiction is not just frustrating, it’s expensive. We talk with Susan Walsh, founder of The Classification Guru, about what actually breaks procurement data and supplier master data over time, and why “just add AI” won’t fix a messy foundation.We get practical about d
Hyper Agility
Hyper Agility May 13, 2026 1690 Disruption isn’t a phase you “get through” anymore. It’s the environment, and it’s forcing supply chains and organizations to evolve beyond classic agility into something bigger: hyper agility. We sit down with Dr. Charlotte de Brabandt to unpack what hyper agility really means and why she sees it as a true superpower for teams that need to sense change early, respond fast, and still stay grounded
Keys to Quickturn Hiring Amid Global Supply Chain Chaos
Keys to Quickturn Hiring Amid Global Supply Chain Chaos Apr 29, 2026 1543 Scaling globally is exhilarating right up until the “how fast can we hire” question meets reality. A new client award or a winning bid can force a rapid ramp in a country where you have no entity, no local payroll, and no clear view of employment law. That’s when opportunity turns into internal panic, and the clock starts ticking on delivery dates, revenue, and credibility. We sit down with Rebecc
Future of Work and the Auspice of Emerging Markets
Future of Work and the Auspice of Emerging Markets Apr 15, 2026 1420 Trillions in new factories are coming, supply chains are shifting closer to home, and yet the biggest constraint is not equipment or real estate, it’s people. We sit down with Isaac Hagan, Senior VP of Emerging Verticals at ManpowerGroup, to unpack what “emerging talent markets” really mean right now and why they often look like familiar industries under extreme transformation: manufacturing, semi
Thriving at the Intersection of AI, Ethics, and Profit
Thriving at the Intersection of AI, Ethics, and Profit Apr 1, 2026 2194 Your supply chain decisions can feel like you’re parked in the middle of a busy intersection with traffic coming from every direction: operational pressure, ethical expectations, AI disruption, and the constant demand for profitability. We sit down with Burkhard Schemmel, senior sales leader at Maersk and founder of the Research Institute of Alterocentric Business Ethics, to make that chaos workab
Why Patience and Feedback Fast-Track LLM Success
Why Patience and Feedback Fast-Track LLM Success Mar 18, 2026 2115 A 20-year veteran retires, and suddenly the “way we do it” disappears with them. That is the reality across manufacturing, maintenance, and field service right now, and it shows up everywhere: longer onboarding, inconsistent work, safety gaps, and teams stuck relearning the same fixes under pressure.We talk with Siva Kumar Lakshmanan (Siva), CEO of DeepHow, about a practical way to capture tribal
The True Trajectory of Automation, Robots, & Where Humans Fit In
The True Trajectory of Automation, Robots, & Where Humans Fit In Mar 3, 2026 1995 This episode explores how robotics, AI, and automation are reshaping manufacturing, supply chains, and the future of work. In this episode of Supply Chain Unfiltered, host Melanie Stern sits down with Myron Moser, alliant Strategic Advisory Board Member and Chairman Emeritus at Hartfiel Automation. A 35-year veteran in industrial automation and robotics, Myron unpacks what’s hype, what’s real, and
Consumer Packaged Goods, Bulk Products, and What to Expect from a 3PL
Consumer Packaged Goods, Bulk Products, and What to Expect from a 3PL Feb 18, 2026 1504 How should consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and bulk product manufacturers adapt when tariffs shift, retailers pivot, and consumer demand becomes unpredictable?In this episode of Supply Chain  - Unfiltered, presented by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), host Melanie Stern sits down with Jesse Jones, Vice President of Operations at WSI, a national third‑party logistics (3PL) provide

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