She Supply Chains
She Supply Chains is the weekly podcast celebrating women shaping the future of supply chain, logistics, operations, and manufacturing. Hosted by Courtney and Katie, each episode features candid conversations with leaders, innovators, and rising stars from procurement to production. Guests share hard-earned lessons, career growth strategies, and actionable insights on navigating challenges like global supply chain disruptions, demand planning, sustainability, and leadership transitions. Whether you’re a supply chain professional, operations manager, or aspiring leader, you’ll discover fresh perspectives, practical tools, and inspiring stories to fuel your career. New episodes every week — because supply chains need more voices like yours.
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Sunday Apr 19, 2026
Sunday Apr 19, 2026
This episode of She Supply Chains features Sharron and Trea Northern, a dynamic duo who have navigated over two decades in the industry as a dual-career couple. Throughout their journey across Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas, the Northerns explain that their success is rooted in a fundamental commitment to partnership and alignment, which included intentionally deciding whose career would take the "lead" at different stages of their life. The conversation also explores leadership and the evolving workforce, with Trea highlighting how vulnerability and grit are essential for building a culture where employees "root for each other," while Sharron discusses the critical need for critical thinking and AI fluency. The episode concludes with evergreen advice on resilience, specifically the "three-prong pie" analogy, which emphasizes that life is rarely perfectly balanced across health, family, and career.
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📱LinkedIn | Sharron
📱LinkedIn | Trea
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
How dual-career couples find fulfillment at work
Supply Chain Trends for 2025: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence
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Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Sunday Apr 12, 2026
Innovation in supply chain is the core focus of today's conversation. Courtney and Katie sit down with Veena Radhakrishna, the Co-Founder and Head of Software at Cartesian Kinetics, to discuss how her team builds robotics specifically for warehouses.
The discussion explores the challenges of automating legacy (brownfield) warehouses, which represent 80% of existing facilities. These sites are often overlooked by the first wave of automation due to high costs, floor prep requirements, and potential downtime. Veena explains how her team’s modular approach allows for rapid, non-disruptive installation in just 8 to 10 weeks—a timeline virtually unheard of in the industry.
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📱LinkedIn | Veena
📱Cartesian Kinetics Inc
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
Why We Invested in Cartesian Kinetics? — Kae Capital
Automating Brownfield Warehouses With Cartesian Kinetics
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Sunday Apr 05, 2026
Sunday Apr 05, 2026
Supply chain leadership meets community impact in this episode. We are joined by Toni Scott, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Second Harvest Heartland, who shares her journey from a 20-year career at General Mills to leading one of the nation's largest hunger-relief organizations.
Toni Scott describes the supply chain as a complex, end-to-end "puzzle". This problem-solving mindset is now applied to Second Harvest Heartland, where she manages a "neighbor-first" strategy that prioritizes community needs over traditional corporate margins. A major focus of her leadership has been "shortening the line" by utilizing data and advocacy to address the root causes of hunger, such as housing and childcare, rather than just providing emergency food support.
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📱LinkedIn | Toni
📱Second Harvest Heartland
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
Lean Principles: A Mechanism for Nonprofit Organizations' Growth and Sustainability
Feeding Dignity: A 2026 Blueprint for Food Aid in a Divided World
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Sunday Mar 29, 2026
Sunday Mar 29, 2026
This episode explores the supply chain and sustainability. Julie Johnson, the owner and winemaker of Tres Sabores, shares her story of moving to Napa in 1980 and building a winery based on "love and osmosis". She discusses the "three flavors" in every glass: the vine, the terroir, and good company.
The conversation dives deep into the heart of authentic winemaking, exploring how Julie honors the diverse cultures of the valley and the indigenous history of the land. She also provides invaluable advice for women looking to break into the male-centric viticulture industry, emphasizing education, community, and hands-on experience
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📱tressabores.com
📱Instagram | Tres Sabores
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The Environmental Impact of Wine Bottles
Understanding Regenerative Viticulture
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Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
This week we are thrilled to welcome Jim Wetzel, a true supply chain expert and "constructive disruptor". Jim’s journey spans from his start as a sheet metal worker to leading digital transformation as the former CEO of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. He spent over three decades at General Mills in roles that often didn't even exist before he stepped into them.
Today, we’re diving into why 90% of AI projects fail, the difference between management and leadership, and how to stop serving up "no sandwiches" to your boss.
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📱LinkedIn | Jim
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
Set the Right Mindset for Smart Manufacturing
IoT & Manufacturing: How Innovation Transforms the Value Chain
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Sunday Mar 15, 2026
Sunday Mar 15, 2026
In this episode of the She Supply Chains podcast, we dive into the world of supply chain strategy with Manika Bhargava, the Director of Integrated Supply Chain at Dow. Manika shares her journey from being one of only eight people in her MBA class to major in supply chain to leading a global team in Mumbai that acts as a strategic "Global Capability Center" (GCC) for Dow. The discussion explores how these centers have evolved from simple cost-savings hubs into "innovation engines" that harmonize global processes and drive digital transformation through AI.
Manika also offers tactical advice on process improvement, emphasizing the need to avoid "over-engineering" by staying focused on the end-to-end objective and sitting with teams to find the "hidden" bottlenecks not found in handbooks.
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📱LinkedIn | Manika
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
India's Global Capability Centres (GCCs) Take Strategic Role In Global Enterprises By 2026
Supply Chain Trends for 2026 – From Agentic AI to Orchestration
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Monday Mar 09, 2026
Monday Mar 09, 2026
This conversation highlights major career transitions: Katie has returned to manufacturing and engineering at General Mills after 15 years, while Courtney celebrates six months at 3M. We dive into the realities of "supply chain complexity," discussing the need to move away from the "tyranny of the urgent" toward long-term resiliency and architectural efficiency. Finally, in honor of Women’s History Month, we reflect on the importance of sharing "hidden figure" stories and conclude with a special birthday request for listeners to leave ratings and reviews to help boost the podcast’s visibility.
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
Managing Supply Chain Risk in Uncertain Times
2026 in Manufacturing: Policy Risks and Opportunities
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Sunday Mar 01, 2026
Sunday Mar 01, 2026
In this episode, Maria Villablanca, a prominent supply chain influencer and CEO, explains why 90% of transformations fail. As the co-founder of Future Insights Network and host of the Transform Talks podcast, she brings insights from over 200 interviews with global executives. Maria identifies the root cause of failure as a neglect of the human element and a lack of a clear "why" behind the change. She advocates for a strategy where technology is the final step, implemented only after defining outcomes and aligning people and processes.
The conversation also redefines the "leader of the future," prioritizing commercial savvy and people skills over technical abilities like coding. Maria encourages leaders to become vocal storytellers of their business value to navigate the current "flock of black swans".
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📱LinkedIn | Maria
📱mariavillablanca.com
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
Corporate Ozempic: If you want to understand how AI is trimming corporate America
Foot Locker COO names 4 skills crucial to supply chain leaders
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Sunday Feb 22, 2026
Sunday Feb 22, 2026
In this episode of the She Supply Chains Podcast, Kristy Ryan, Chief Operating Officer at Move for Hunger, breaks down how she transitioned from a diverse background in insurance into the world of logistics. She describes Move for Hunger as a logistics nonprofit that views waste and inefficiencies as underutilized capacity rather than failures.
A major focus of the conversation is the "Charity Freight" model, which Kristy helped launch to address the fact that 55 truckloads of food and beverage items are lost per shipper annually. This reverse logistics model captures value by redirecting surplus food through existing lanes without adding new trucks or emissions. Kristy also challenges the misconception that nonprofits are less efficient than the private sector, arguing that missions deserve discipline and that efficiency is the most compassionate option because it ensures resources reach those in need faster.
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📱LinkedIn - Kristy
💻Learn more on the topics discussed here:
ReFED Insights: How Food Waste Reduction Is Taking Shape In 2026
Food Logistics: Top 5 Food Waste Trends to Expect in 2026
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Sunday Feb 15, 2026
Sunday Feb 15, 2026
In this special "Kidsode," our host Courtney is put in the hot seat by a very special guest interviewer: her daughter, Harper! They dive into the "why" behind the podcast, the hurdles of starting something new, and what it feels like to find your voice in a male-dominated industry.
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