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Top Podcasts for Packaging and Supply Chain Professionals

Top Podcasts for Packaging and Supply Chain Professionals

by | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog, Content Marketing, Marketing, Packaging, Supply Chain

Looking for ways to make your morning commute more productive? These 4 podcasts for packaging and supply chain professionals are on our must-listen list.

Highlights:

  • Download podcast episodes for on-the-go access to innovations, insights, and analysis from leading industry figures.
  • Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez is both highly approachable and insightful.
  • SupplyChainBrain’s episode on Trends in Packaging is a must-listen for packaging industry professionals.

It wasn’t all that long ago when the options for the morning commute were limited by what CDs you had in your car (or Walkman) or what was playing on the radio. With the rise of podcasts, we’re no longer stuck choosing between rowdy drive-time radio hosts or NPR. We’ve chosen 4 podcasts for packaging and supply chain professionals that offer top-notch industry analysis, insights, and conversations.

Podcasts are a series of digital audio files that enable users to subscribe and download, so listening on the go doesn’t mean using up your data plan. There are all kinds of podcasts out there on essentially every topic you can imagine. These 4 podcasts for packaging and supply chain professionals will feed your mind, expand your insights, and some might even make you crack a smile!

4 podcasts for packaging and supply chain professionals

1) Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez

We love supply chain and logistics analyst Adrian Gonzalez’s conversational podcast. Listen to a few episodes, and you’ll feel like you’re in on a conversation with your brightest professional contacts. Gonzalez’s easy-to-follow format on Talking Logistics gives it a friendly, casual feel, but it’s bristling with keen insights. The podcast features interviews with industry thought leaders and newsmakers, including supply chain and packaging executives from leading retail companies, academics, authors, and executives from 3PLs.

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2) SupplyChainBrain

SupplyChainBrain is a series of in-depth conversations with industry leaders, consultants, academics, and experts from every aspect of supply chain management, including packaging. Always current, the podcast has been producing weekly episodes since its launch in 2013. It covers topics like retail shifts, blockchain innovations, labor shortages, and the Internet of Things, and its excellent overview episode “Trends in Packaging: The State of the Art” is a must-listen.

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3) LogicalLogistics

Though the episodes are older, Bellair Expediting’s podcast is worth listening to, particularly for the packaging industry. It features interviews with executives and experts in transportation, logistics, packaging, and more.

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4) Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights

Research and advisory firm Supply Chain Insights hosts its weekly podcast, Straight Talk, which covers topics from global thinking to trends in data and packaging. Most episodes take the form of conversations and interviews with executives and experts, sharing supply chain and logistics insights.

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5 Podcasts for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals

5 Podcasts for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals

by | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog, Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chain

These podcasts bring the latest news and thought leadership in the supply chain and logistics industries right to your earbuds.

I used to think that podcasts were a hip form of new media that millennials used to further their iPhone addictions. Fast forward a few years, and the benefits of having news and entertainment in your earbuds has converted me to a podcast fan.

Podcasts are a series of digital audio files that listeners can subscribe to. Think of it as the DVR of your smartphone. Podcasts, like cable shows, come in all shapes and sizes. Their popularity has skyrocketed since the smartphone became as necessary as car keys, giving you to-the-minute facts and information, right in the palm of your hand.

If you’re looking to increase your podcast listening, here are five that highlight topics of interest to supply chain and logistics professionals.

5 supply chain and logistics podcasts

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1. Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez

Talking Logistics is an online video talk show and blog featuring interviews with industry thought leaders and newsmakers by supply chain and logistics analyst Adrian Gonzalez.

Gonzalez runs the show like a conversation with smart friends, making it easy to follow. Featured guests include supply chain and logistics executives from leading manufacturing and retail companies, professors from leading academic institutions, executives from third-party logistics and technology companies, and authors. The show provides supply chain and logistics professionals an interactive and engaging platform to learn and network with other practitioners and thought leaders.

2. Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights

Supply Chain Insights, a research and advisory firm, hosts this weekly podcast that covers a variety of topics, from global thinking to voice of the customer. Many episodes focus on technology and innovation. Nearly all of Supply Chain Insights’ podcasts feature executives and experts sharing their logistics insights. Straight Talk focuses on delivering independent, actionable and objective advice for supply chain leaders.

3. Supply Chain Brain

The SupplyChainBrain podcast features in-depth conversations with industry practitioners, academics, consultants, and other experts from every imaginable aspect of supply chain management and international trade. New episodes of the podcast have been published every Friday since its launch in 2013, touching on important topics like retail shifts, blockchain innovations, labor shortages, and the Internet of Things.

4. Inbound Logistics

A product of the leading magazine Inbound Logistics, this podcast provides relevant information within the supply chain management world, as told by influential thought leaders in the industry. Each episode features a different special guest, who brings his/her unique opinions regarding topics such as logistics, supply chain, cargo, freight, transportation, and education.

5. Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Cranfield University School of Management in Cranfield, England, has nearly 50 years of experience educating business leaders via masters, MBA, executive education, and consultancy programs. The Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management is celebrating 35 years of thought leadership in logistics, procurement, and supply chain management. The free podcast, Supply Chain and Logistics Management, covers topics such as logistics and transportation management.

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