Smart Supply Chain Podcast is a podcast produced by ALOM hosted by Sarah and Shireen Garrison featuring industry experts offering insight and perspective on a variety of trending supply chain topics.
Inside The Port of Oakland: Reshaping Global Supply Chains
Global trade is being reshaped by tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, changing sourcing strategies, technology innovation, and growing sustainability expectations. Few organizations have a better vantage point on these forces than the ports connecting global producers with U.S. markets.
Smart Supply Chain Podcast hosts Shireen and Sarah Garrison welcome Ron Brown, Maritime Marketing and Commodities Representative at the Port of Oakland, for an inside look at the forces changing global trade and supply chain operations. Located just 30 miles from ALOM headquarters, the Port is an important international gateway for materials moving through our customers' global supply chains. Drawing on more than two decades at the port, Brown discusses changing cargo flows and sourcing decisions, lessons exposed by COVID-era disruption, and the growing importance of flexibility and visibility.
The conversation also explores automation, AI, information sharing, and the Port's efforts to advance zero-emission technologies and more sustainable freight movement. For supply chain and logistics leaders, the episode offers a timely perspective on navigating an increasingly complex global trade environment.
27 Jul 2026
Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Supply Chain: An Inside Look
Healthcare organizations are under constant pressure to accelerate innovation while ensuring every product meets the highest standards for quality, compliance, and patient well-being. Success depends on operational excellence supported by experienced people, technology innovation, and trusted supply chain partners. Hosts Shireen and Sarah Garrison welcome Fabio Paniza, Director of Operations at Johnson & Johnson, for a discussion relevant to medical and other highly regulated healthcare industries on the operational priorities driving current and future supply chain performance within one of the world's leading life sciences companies.
23 Jun 2026
AI-Driven Supply Chains: The Human Advantage
AI is reshaping how organizations plan, predict, and make decisions. At the same time supply chain leaders face growing pressure to identify and prioritize contingency plans for a growing number of disruption scenarios in an increasingly uncertain and risky world. These decisions are made by people. In this episode of Smart Supply Chain, hosts Shireen and Sarah Garrison sits down with Northeastern University professor and award-winning author of The Humachine, Dr. Nada Sanders to explore why clean data, supply chain agility, and human-AI collaboration have emerged as the key to manage risk and create more agile supply chains.
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