Resilient Supply Chain — How Leaders Keep Business Moving
Resilient Supply Chain is for supply chain, operations, procurement and technology leaders who need practical ways to manage disruption, reduce risk and keep business moving.
Each Monday, former SAP Global VP and technology futurist Tom Raftery speaks with the executives, operators, founders and innovators redesigning how goods, information and decisions move through global supply chains.
These are candid conversations about what works in practice—not polished PR narratives or vague predictions. Guests explain how they are responding to supplier failures, geopolitical shocks, volatile costs, capacity constraints, changing regulations and rising pressure to improve both performance and sustainability.
The podcast examines:
- Faster planning and decision-making under uncertainty
- Supplier risk, sourcing strategy and business continuity
- AI, automation, visibility and operational intelligence
- Warehousing, logistics and fulfilment performance
- Scope 3 emissions, circularity and responsible sourcing
- The systems, incentives and organisational changes needed to turn data into action
The central question is simple: what helps a supply chain withstand disruption, adapt quickly and continue serving the business?
New episodes are published every Monday at 7am CET. Resilient Supply Chain+ subscribers also receive bonus analysis, highlights and briefings on emerging industry trends.
Follow Resilient Supply Chain for practical lessons from the people solving real operational problems—and building supply chains that perform when conditions do not go to plan.
Episodes
514 episodes
Supply Chain Mapping Takes Five Seconds. Action Is the Hard Part
Supply-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
Why an Autonomous Truck Won’t Automate Your Yard
An 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 Ye...
AI in Procurement: When ERP Is Too Late
What 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-foun...
Why Small Fulfilment Exceptions Become Big Supply Chain Problems
How 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
The Hidden Risk in Critical Mineral Supply Chains
How 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 re...
Why Supply Chain Agility Is Now a Competitive Advantage
What 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
The 5-Point EBITDA Opportunity in Reverse Logistics
What 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
Supply Chain Resilience Fails When Decisions Move Too Slowly
What 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 d...
Why Yard Automation Is Harder Than Autonomous Trucking
Most 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
When Critical Software Becomes a Supply Chain Risk
What 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 ...
Hormuz Is a Stress Test, Not a Black Swan
What 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 Str...
AI in Supply Chain: Automation Is Not Autonomy
Can 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 ...
Why Cross-Border Logistics Has No Spare Days Left
If 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 logisti...
Measure First: Stop Spending on the Wrong Carbon Fixes
What 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’...
The Logistics Blind Spot Hurting Cost, Service, and Emissions
What 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 ...
Poor Supply Chain Emissions Data Could Cost You More
What 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 ep...
Why the Ceasefire Won’t Fix Supply Chain Risk
A 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...
Why More Robots Don’t Always Fix Warehouse Performance
What 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 Transformation Isn’t Failing Because of Technology
What 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 ep...
Fuel, Freight, Fertiliser: The Iran War’s Supply Chain Cost
What 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 ...
The Real Supply Chain Bottleneck Isn’t AI. It’s Integration
If 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
Miss the Delivery Slot, Lose the Customer
What 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 e...
Industrial Safety Metrics Are Improving. Serious Harm Isn’t
If 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