Nezar Akeel, Founder & CEO of personal fitness startup MaxFit, discusses with William the obstacles entrepreneurs will face launching a new hardware product and offers valuable advice about setting cost and timeline expectations, partnering with experts and suppliers, and maintaining their vision for the product, even when the journey gets tough.

Steve Polakowski, President of ESG Automotive Inc., joins William to talk about the current and future states of the mobility space, and how collaboration between electrical and electronics engineering and supply chain teams will improve and accelerate the launch of new mobility technologies and vehicles.

Product design and development specialist James Utley, Principal at Dialexa, sheds light on the significance of Design Thinking and involving supply chain team members for a more holistic approach when creating a new product that accurately addresses customers' needs and challenges.

Supply chain expert Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, host of the "Let's Talk Supply Chain" podcast and one of the Top-100 Influential Women in Canadian Supply Chain, provides her insight on the benefits of involving logistics earlier in new product development, not only to reduce costs and timing, but also to improve cross-functional collaboration and workflows.

Sustainability expert, thought leader, and the founder of Enterprise for a Sustainable World, Stuart L. Hart, joins host William Crane to discuss how companies can develop more sustainable products and make money doing it.

IndustryStar's Matt Forster, Co-Founder & VP Operations, moderates a Q&A session with William about Supply Chain's role in new product development and the importance of infusing supply chain intelligence early on during the process.

William discusses Plan for Every Part with Tony Lancione, Co-Founder & VP Supply Chain Solutions at IndustryStar.

A brief overview of the IndustryStar podcast: Supply Chain Innovation.