The Zero100 Podcast

We’ve spent the last decade building better control towers and gathering more data than ever. So why is the supply chain still slowing down when a disruption hits? VP, Research & Advisory Jenna Fink and Senior Director, Research & Advisory Justin Gillebo unpack why visibility isn’t the problem anymore, the tough realities of 3PL data ownership, why physical freight automation (like driverless trucks) might actually outpace our control rooms, and how leaders can finally bridge the gap between control room insights and real-world execution.

This week, Chief Content Officer Matt Davis sits down with Arun Krishnan – SVP, Global Supply Chain & Strategy at AstraZeneca – to explore the Holy Grail of modern operations: the self-healing supply chain. Pulling back the curtain, Arun shares how AI and human judgment are combining to automate the routine, eliminate the guesswork, and protect patient safety at scale, all while bringing a genuine sense of joy back to the team by freeing them up for higher-level work.

With AI capabilities evolving quarter-on-quarter and executive leadership demanding immediate ROI, treating digital transformation as a static, once-a-year roadmap is a trap. Fresh off the floor at Zero100 Live EU – our flagship London gathering for operations and supply chain leaders – Matt Davis (Chief Content Officer), Lauren Acoba (VP, Head of Research & Advisory), and Caroline Chumakov (VP, Research & Advisory) sit down for a real-time debrief, unpicking why intelligence is no longer the bottleneck in supply chain, how agentic AI is shifting human roles toward high-stakes judgment, and why the real path forward lies in rewiring cross-functional workflows into end-to-end Power Threads.

For years, the default rule of global logistics was simple: when a shipping lane gets blocked, you reroute. But with the Strait of Hormuz functionally closed, the Red Sea facing persistent conflict, and drought constraining the Panama Canal, the “just reroute it” playbook is officially broken. This week, Geraint John (VP, Research & Advisory) sits down with Oliver Sawbridge (Senior Director, Research & Advisory) to unpack why temporary workarounds and inventory buffers are no longer enough, breaking down how compounding climate and geopolitical risks at key global chokepoints are forcing leading operations teams toward regionalized network design for true resilience.

With AI evolving month-on-month and boardrooms demanding instant tech strategies, the old binary choice of “build versus buy” is starting to look like a trap. On this episode of The Zero100 Podcast, Justin Gillebo (Senior Director, Research & Advisory) sits down with Kelly Coutinho (VP, Research & Advisory) and Rahul George (Director, Data Products) to unpack why enterprise tech strategy has shifted into a new triad: build, buy, or partner. Tune in as they explore why building has become cheap while ownership hasn’t, how to evaluate when a “bolt-on” AI solution makes sense, and why your ultimate goal shouldn't be predicting 2029, but building the operational agility to adapt when it arrives.