Practical intelligence for moving freight better.
Inbound Logistics Podcast covers the systems, relationships, and operational choices behind modern freight movement. Episodes move from AI dock scheduling and freight audit data to DSCSA compliance, multimodal resilience, pallet visibility, and 3PL-shipper expectations.
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Inbound Logistics Podcast is a supply chain trade show built around practical decisions. It follows the people, systems, and constraints that move freight through warehouses, fleets, docks, carriers, and logistics providers. The tone is professional and direct. Episodes usually begin with a clear business problem, then work through what operators are changing in response. One conversation frames strong fleets in 2026 around discipline, data, and the need to stop chasing bad freight. Another looks at freight bill audit and payment as a data challenge where technology only works when governance and human expertise are already in place. AI appears often, but the show treats it as an operational tool rather than a magic answer. The most useful AI discussions focus on dock scheduling, document extraction, customer knowledge tools, internal guardrails, scorecards, and measurable business outcomes. Compliance gets similar treatment. A DSCSA episode explains serialization through manufacturers, logistics service providers, wholesalers, product data, and counterfeit prevention. The show also spends time on resilience. Multimodal logistics is presented as a way to manage disruption, tariffs, cost spikes, and unpredictable freight flows without pretending disruption can be eliminated. Visibility is a constant theme. Guests discuss spot bots, pallet tracking, RFID tags, cellular capabilities, warehouse data, and the need to know where goods and assets are moving. Even pallets become a source of intelligence rather than background equipment. Relationship management matters too. The 3PL-shipper episode emphasizes service level agreements, daily reviews, weekly planning, monthly results, quarterly strategy, and crisp expectations. Inbound Logistics Podcast works best for listeners who already care about freight but want clearer language for the tradeoffs. It is not a consumer tech show. It is built for shippers, carriers, 3PLs, warehouse leaders, logistics software teams, and supply chain operators who need examples they can test against their own workflows. The result is a steady, businesslike guide to the hidden mechanics behind delivery promises.
Made for: The show is for shippers, carriers, 3PL leaders, warehouse operators, logistics software teams, and supply chain managers. It also fits business listeners who want the operational details behind AI, compliance, visibility, and freight resilience.
What sets it apart: Inbound Logistics Podcast stands apart by tying industry trends to specific operating choices: dock schedules, bill audits, pallet data, serialization workflows, service reviews, and fleet profitability. It keeps the discussion close to the work instead of floating above it.
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A fleet technology discussion grounded in bad freight, deadhead miles, and faster data for better decisions.
Strong fleets in 2026, Mark Hill argues, begin with operating discipline: resisting bad freight, staying close to proven capabilities, and knowing the posture and metrics behind each move.
Chad Hodges explains how drug serialization data travels from manufacturer to warehouse to wholesaler.
The Inbound Logistics Podcast treats drug serialization as a day-to-day supply chain problem rather than a distant compliance topic. Chad Hodges, Vice President of Operations for MD Logistics, explains how DSCSA compliance helps protect the pharmaceutical supply chain from…
A clear, practical review of how multimodal planning and freight visibility can ease disruption-driven cost pressure.
Supply chain disruption is framed here as a coordination problem, with tariff pressure, shifting regulatory demands, and geopolitical instability pushing shippers toward steadier freight management.
Pallet usage data may reveal supply-chain shifts before they become obvious elsewhere.
Inbound Logistics' conversation with Jonathan Parks, IGPS' Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, treats the pallet as quiet infrastructure with a larger role than it usually gets.
Beauty news with the business model showing.
Weekly logistics news with operational weight.
Vietnam’s growth story, told by operators.
This episode explores the transformation of global supply chains through technology, focusing on data-driven systems and the shift from legacy software.
Inbound Logistics Magazine's video podcast with Amy Roach and PCS Software CEO Mark Hill focuses on what strong fleets will do differently in 2026.
Inbound Logistics Podcast talks with Hana Testani, CEO of Intelligent Audit, about freight bill audit and payment, AI, and logistics data.
Chad Hodges says MD Logistics has grown from one Plainfield, Indiana site in 2006 to five cGMP-compliant facilities, including Reno in 2011 and Garner, North Carolina in 2023.
Bill Heaney discusses how multimodal logistics can help shippers navigate supply chain disruptions caused by tariffs, regulatory changes, and geopolitical instability.
An Inbound Logistics Podcast episode on "Pallets as Supply Chain Intelligence Tools" frames pallets as tracked assets, not plain shipping platforms.
Avnet's Sean Pittman says the company is using AI to cut inventory risk, speed customer responses, and build an internal knowledge-based toolset from documents and data sets.
Chris Kane and Andrew Byer explain that successful 3PL-shipper relationships depend on mutual trust, shared objectives, clear measures, and financial value for both parties.
Laurie Boyer, Head of Content Marketing at EasyPost, explains smart load planning as algorithmic packing and loading that accounts for size, weight, fragility, delivery sequence, carriers, and retail rules.
Jim Ritchie, President and CEO of Redstone Logistics, describes a 51% growth year and attributes the company’s model to talented people and solutions-based logistics.
Emily Gerbers of MD Logistics explains how shared warehouses prioritize technology upgrades around client growth, product launches, and regulatory requirements.
Jose Minarro discusses navigating cross-border trade challenges amid tariff changes in 2025.
Luis Bazan, director of the FAR International Bridge, discusses how cross-border supply chain operations are navigating tariffs and trade war pressures.
George Swartz discusses Loadsmart's evolution from freight brokerage to digital and managed transportation solutions, addressing current challenges in the transportation market.
ProTrans and ClearFlame discuss their partnership for sustainable transportation solutions.
Joe Hinrichs and Wes Norris discuss top trends in manufacturing and supply chain for 2024 on a new co-branded podcast.