The Ultimate Supply Chain Podcast

Everyone’s rushing to implement AI. But what happens when your data is fragmented across legacy systems; organizational silos block end-to-end decision-making; and, the underlying architecture was never designed for what you are asking it to do?

In this episode, Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights and one of the most respected industry analysts in supply chain planning and execution, goes beyond the technology. She challenges the mindset, the talent strategy, and the organizational design that determine whether AI scales across the enterprise or never moves past the test phase.

Are supply chains in 2026 being built around economics or geopolitics?

In the latest Ultimate Supply Chain episode, Oscar de Bok, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, joins host Louise Barber to unpack global trade disruption, healthcare and new energy logistics, the shift to China+Nearshore, and why forwarders are becoming strategic partners in resilience, not just execution.

DHL Supply Chain's Global Head of LLP and Supply Chain Orchestration, Jim Monkmeyer, breaks down what 4PL and supply chain orchestration really deliver: value that goes far beyond cost savings, works for businesses of any size, and depends on more than just the right technology.  

The tables turn on this episode: Lou, VP Global Marketing at DHL Supply Chain, usually the host, steps into the guest seat to talk B2B marketing in logistics: what it really means, how to understand complex customer needs, changing buying behaviors, and what it takes for logistics brands to actually stand out in a crowded, commoditized market.

Decarbonizing logistics isn't a single company problem, it's a systems challenge. In this episode, Lou is joined by Katharina Tomoff, SVP ESG at DHL Supply Chain, and Christoph Wolff, CEO of Smart Freight Centre, for a candid conversation on what sustainable logistics actually looks like in practice.

From GoGreen Plus and insetting to GHG Protocol standards and ecosystem collaboration, they explore what it takes to move from ESG ambition to measurable impact and where the industry still needs to do better.

What is defining the warehousing sector? How is it adapting to space, energy and labor challenges, and can rooftop solar reshape the sector’s sustainability story? In this episode of the Ultimate Supply Chain Podcast, Clare Bottle, President of the UK Warehousing Association, explores the strategic and sustainability future of the sector, and tells us which myths need busting once and for all.

What is shaping the service supply chain sector? How will data and AI transform operations? Are companies unlocking the profit potential of their post-sales activities? In the latest episode of the Ultimate Supply Chain Podcast, John Carroll (CEO of the Service Council) and Jose Davidov (Chief Customer Officer, Service Logistics, DHL) discuss all this and more.