Next Level Supply Chain with GS1 US

About Next Level Supply Chain with GS1 US

Take your supply chain game to the next level with GS1 US! Join our favorite supply chain experts, Reid and Liz, as they share secrets, stories, insights, and expertise on a broad spectrum of hot-button topics – from barcodes to artificial intelligence, and everything in between. Our hosts will answer questions like: What's next in supply chain automation and innovation? Will the next generation of 2D barcodes revolutionize commerce and machine learning? How does the simple concept of scanning at checkout contribute to the next level of transparency for consumers? How will intelligent automation – like, robots serving us cocktails for example - compete with our human intelligence? Take a deep dive with us in exploring these and other mind-bending topics about how the unique identification of everything makes anything possible.

Publisher

GS1 US

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jul 2021

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

64 of 125 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How the cold chain and restaurants are preparing for FSMA 204

   Host Reid and Liz Sertl interview Amanda Brondy of the Global Cold Chain Alliance and Patrick Guzzle of the National Restaurant Association about preparing for FSMA 204, revealing unique challenges and practical solutions for food traceability.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Who's Doing Your Shopping? The Rise of AI Agents

   Host Liz Sertl interviews Kristen Rodgers, Director at Plug and Play, exploring how AI agents are transforming shopping and the critical need for machine-readable product data and generative engine optimization.

3. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Records to Readiness: A Practical Path to FSMA 204

   Host Liz Sertl interviews FMI's Hilary Thesmar about practical steps for achieving FSMA 204 readiness through cross-functional collaboration and GS1 Standards.

Inside a recent episode

How the cold chain and restaurants are preparing for FSMA 204

Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Let me first of all start with lack of standardization. Our biggest concern overall is that we're less than two years away from this rule being implemented, and we still don't know how it's going to be implemented at the retail and restaurant level. Restaurants are generally governed and inspected by the FDA model food code. This isn't in the food code. This is in the code of federal regulations, which historically has not regulated restaurants. So there's a huge question here about how is this going to be implemented? And the reason why it's such a concern for us is because, and we can look at the summer as an example, most foodborne illness outbreaks, when this rule becomes applicable, the investigation starts at the retail level. […]

Who has been a guest on Next Level Supply Chain with GS1 US

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amanda Brondy
• Patrick Guzzle
• Kristen Rodgers
• Hilary Thesmar
• Amir Khoshniyati

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YouTube views

6,354,654

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 91 / 100

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Quality

96

Social presence

97

YouTube

86

Engagement

82

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