The Most Listened To Episodes From 100+ Supply Chain and Industrial Conversations
After hosting 100+ episodes and thousands of listens, a few clear patterns have emerged in what resonates most with the c suite, supply chain operators, warehouse leaders, and industrial investors. These are the episodes that get shared the most, generate the most replies, and keep getting discovered months after they aired.
I organized them by the problems you are actually trying to solve. Pick the section that matches what you are working on right now which are all linked on the Highest Rated Podcast Episodes Landing Page .
Thinking About Outsourcing Fulfillment?
Scott Weiss, Maersk — What separates a great 3PL partnership from a bad one, and how the biggest players in the world think about warehousing.
Jonathan Briggs, ShipMonk — How to evaluate whether you have outgrown your current provider, and what the ideal customer profile looks like for a scaled 3PL.
Luca Conner, Pack’N — Bootstrapping a 3PL from zero at 19 years old, 100% client retention, and what he looks for in an ideal client.
Joe Dunlap, BlueJ Advisors — When outsourcing makes sense vs. keeping it in house, and why warehouses are becoming infrastructure.
Your WMS Isn’t Working the Way It Should?
Casey Winans, Fullstride — What to fix in your operations before you buy a new system, and why most 3PLs hit a growth ceiling because of process, not software.
Kevin Natale, SKULabs — Scaling from spreadsheets to a real WMS, and the customer journey from garage to warehouse.
Bart Gadeyne, Optioryx — Using AI to fix picking routes and eliminate shipping air without ripping out your current system.
Vee Srithayakumar, Tecsys — What greenfield vs. brownfield WMS implementation actually looks like, and how product managers build for the warehouse floor.
Mike Myers, Lully — Improving warehouse efficiency without robots by optimizing the systems you already have.
Is Automation Worth the Capital?
Parth Pethani, Prologis — Where companies sit on the warehouse automation maturity curve, and why Prologis created a Robotics as a Service model.
Mohammad Nafisi, Cavalla — Why autonomy should be a last resort after you have fixed your processes, and what pilot programs actually prove.
Adrian Betts, Xpandur — Maximizing warehouse throughput with people before you spend on robots, and managing 500+ person operations.
Michael Schulte, Intralog — Using data to design racking and storage solutions that match how your warehouse actually operates.
Shipping Costs Eating Your Margins?
Chris O’Brien, Auctane/ShipStation — Multi carrier strategies that recover profit and why most shippers leave money on the table.
Keyan Bazargan, IronMargin — Finding hidden margin in last mile shipping without disrupting your supply chain. The highest ROI place to start cutting cost of goods sold.
Hillary Drake, Liminal Network — Using APIs to modernize your logistics customer experience without a full technology overhaul.
Your Next Facility Decision Is More Nuanced Than You Think
David Hickey, Hickey & Associates — Economic incentives that actually move the needle vs. ones that sound good on paper, and why utilities are becoming the new economic development partners.
Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Port of Long Beach — How port infrastructure shapes your distribution network, and why rail investment is the next big thing for supply chain efficiency.
John Gaglio, Newport Utility Consulting — The power grid reality behind your next warehouse lease, and what most tenants do not know about electrical upgrades until it is too late.
Ryan Robinson, American Eagle Solutions — Why electrical capacity is the new bottleneck in industrial buildings, and what operators need to know before signing a lease.
Neal Perry, Industry Coatings — The overlooked details of industrial building maintenance that affect your operating costs and tenant appeal.
Paul Lukehart, PL Programs — Project management lessons from Target and Amazon on how to avoid the common pitfalls that blow up timelines and budgets.
Looking to Buy, Build, or Reposition Industrial Assets?
Brandon Sedloff, Juniper Square — What 2,200 GPs are teaching us about the future of real estate capital flows and investor expectations.
Justin Rappel, Pacific Industrial — Where developers are finding acquisition and development deals in a supply constrained market.
Chelsea Tamuk Levane, Cabot Properties — How institutional capital is being allocated to industrial real estate globally.
Eric Ruehle, West Harbor Capital — The value add playbook for industrial assets in Southern California.
Rob Guthrie, Guthrie Development — How joint ventures create a win win approach to industrial development.
Rob Quarton, Walker & Dunlop — How to finance industrial acquisitions and what lenders are looking for at this point in the cycle.
Trying to Make Sense of the Market Right Now?
Jesse Gundersheim, CoStar — SoCal industrial market breakdown with real data on vacancy, rents, leasing activity, and where things are heading.
Nikhil Sathe, BGSA — What is actually driving logistics M&A, where valuations are heading, and why cash management is the top priority.
Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design
Nick Biondolillo, Cameo Consulting — Supply chain problem solving, warehouse rationalization, and what the freight data is telling us about the next 12 months.
Tim Judge, Agillitics — Why unified data is the foundation of an AI ready supply chain, and what most mid market companies get wrong.
Janet Ydavoy, 910 Advisors — From demand planning to distribution execution, and what the numbers are telling us about where the market is going.
Ralph Asher, Data Driven Supply Chain — Network design and optimization for companies rethinking their distribution footprint.
Rob Jensen, miiplan — Warehouse picking optimization using digital twins and data science to reduce overhead costs.
All episodes are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen. You can also find the full guide with direct links to every episode on the Highest Rated Podcast Episodes Landing Page .
If there is a topic we have not covered yet, or someone in the industry you think would make a great guest, reply to this email. The best episodes come from suggestions like yours.
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