Supply Chain Pioneers
Welcome to the Supply Chain Pioneers podcast, where we highlight industry leaders on the forefront of innovation and technology in planning, procurement, and logistics. Hosted by your supply chain pro to know Ulf Venne. ------ About Ulf Venne: Over the past 10 years, Ulf Venne has been instrumental in raising awareness of supply chain risk management and helping clients improve their supply chain resilience and agility. He has authored and published multiple articles and white papers on resilience, agility and sustainability tools and methodologies in numerous books and magazines and was recognized as a 2023 Supply Chain Pro-to-Know. Ulf Venne is the world 1st supply chain thought memer and a regular conference speaker, workshop moderator, and LinkedIn as well as Youtube Content creator. Before joining Everstream Analytics, Ulf Venne worked as a supply chain operations lead in the telecom industry, where he received multiple awards for supply chain excellence and his implementation of a supply chain risk management program. Ulf Venne holds a Magister Artium degree in Sinology (Chinese culture and language) and Economics from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulf-venne-a885a633/ https://www.youtube.com/@ulfv
Episodes

Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
David Thornewill talks Supply Chain: Cyber, Risks, and Humans
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
#supplychainmanagement #supplychain #procurement #logistics #supplychainrisk #supplychainriskmanagement #cyber #itsecurity
Are you interested what a state-of-the-art cyber risk strategy looks like? Would you believe me, if I say was put into practice by a supply chain professional? Listen to David Thornewill on Supply Chain Pioneers to find out more.
David Thornewill is a former CISO and CIO for one of Germany's biggest companies in Revenue and Employees. Cyber risk is for a while now the biggest risk that keeps C-Level executives up at night. And it is a ever changing topic with emerging technologies as AI. In this episode we talk about:
- His paths from supply chain to cyber security
- His view on how cyber risk is used today
- How to build a cyber risk strategy
- The secret art of blocking emails
and much more!
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Also check out our other episodes with terrific guests like Jan-Henner Theissen, David Shillingford, Greg Cronin, Gary S. Lynch, Seckin Ozkul and many more!

Monday Jan 15, 2024
SCP Newsflash: Taiwan Elections, Red Sea, and Japan Earthquake
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This is a new format I want to try out for Supply Chain Pioneers. Tell me what you think about it, please!
In this episode with my co-host Mirko, we are looking into the three major events that were unfolding at the start of 2024:
- Recent elections in Taiwan
- The Red Sea Crisis
- Japan Earthquake
We are deep diving on these events, look at the supply chain impact, analyze mitigation measures and future implications.
Are we bound to see another year of massive disruptions ahead of us? When is it ever going to stop? Well, we'll find out and when it happens we will also cover it here.

Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Supply Chain Pioneers Holiday Special: Movies, Music and Supply Chain Passion
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Today's episode is special in oh so many ways and what a line-up. Listen to David Shillingford, Jan-Henner Theissen and Greg Cronin on Supply Chain Pioneers! 🎄
It was a lot of fun to record this holiday special episode and what a great team to do it with. It is the first ever fully unedited episode of Supply Chain Pioneers. I wanted to provide you an authentic experience here and the cast made that really easy to go with that style!
What we are covering in this lighthearted episode of Supply Chain Pioneers:
- Personal story: When Supply Chain meets Christmas
- Christmas movies and Supply Chains
- Christmas songs and Supply Chains
- Learnings from 2023
- Wishes for 2024
Do you have a supply chain meets christmas story?
Hope you can enjoy this episode, you can listen to it on any podcast platform or see the video on YouTube at 'Ulf talks Supply Chain'. Don't forget to rate the episode and follow!
And obviously check out our other episodes with guests like Greg Cronin, Sascha Teifke, Clara Beuttenmüller, Seckin Ozkul and many more.

Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Greg Cronin (x2) talk supply chain: Father, son and love for technology
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
#supplychain #procurement #logistics #planning #business #generation #fatherson
In this episode of Supply Chain Pioneers we talk to Greg Cronin, C-Level Executive, entrepreneur, advisor, and supply chain throught leader and Greg Cronin, Senior Director at Everstream Analytics. The passion for supply chain runs deep within the Cronin family and has passed on through generations. What drives this family to building state-of-the-art supply chains?
We will discuss:
- Why father and son joined supply chain?
- What makes the Cronin family successful?
- Is supply chain a big topic at home?
- Aliens and a risky business
Also check out our other episodes. Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
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Have fun!
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Gary S. Lynch talks Supply Chain: Books, Risks and Firefighting
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
#supplychain #supplychainmanagement #procurement #logistics #businesscontinuity #author
Gary is founder and CEO of Uncertainty Advantage Corp and it is named after one of his books. Gary has more than 30 years of experience in cyber risk management, risk management and supply chain risk management and a true expert of the craft.In this podcast we talked about:- Why he doubled down on supply chain risk management- Consulting the US Government- Key findings in his books and the process of authoring- What keeps his passion going- Firefighting 👨🚒 👩🚒and a lot more. A really insightful discussion sprinkled with lots of throwbacks to previous disasters and how companies have or have not dealt with them properly. Also it is the longest Supply Chain Pioneers episode yet!You can find Supply Chain Pioneers on all podcast platforms as well as on YouTube at 'Ulf talks Supply Chain'.
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tim Nelson talks Supply Chain: Slavery and Freedom
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
#supplychain #logistics #procurement #slavery #humanrights #sustainability #esg
Today is Anit-Slavery Day and it is very fitting that Tim Nelson CEO of Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance shares his story with us.
He coincidentally heard about the topic of modern slavery on a business trip and the rest is history. His organization is freeing people around the world from slavery and they need your support!
In this episode we talk about:
- His journey of fighting slavery
- How his organization supports global cooperations
- The value of fighting slavery
- The role of data and analytics
Please support Hope for Justice, go to their website to find out more: https://hopeforjustice.org/
Supply Chain Pioneers is available on all podcast platforms as well as on YouTube on Ulf talks supply chain.
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Sascha Teifke talks supply chain: Crisis and Continuity all for the Company
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
This week we listen to Sascha's story. Sascha Teifke is Senior Manager Physical & Personnel Security / Crisis Management at ZF Friedrichshafen AG and early on understood the value of joining forces with supply chain management teams. Security and business continuity are synonymus with crisis management for decades in company.
Supply chain is a late adopter of crisis management principles and the exchange between these functions just makes so much sense.
In this episode you can learn:
- How to manage a crisis
- How to prepare for a crisis
- How to guide a crisis when you are far far away
- How to implement preventive measures
Overall an episode with a wealth of knowledge, but what both of us really want to inspire you to do, is to look for opportunities to collaborate with your security and business continuity department. And both of us playing in bands can tell you about collaboration and being in sync, maybe there is something to that in there as well.
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Sam Dailey talks supply chain: Pressure, Growth and Coaching
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
#supplychain #supplychainmanagement #logistics #procurement #podcast #growth #pressure #coaching #supplychainrisk
In today's episode we hear Sam Dailey's story. Sam Dailey is the founder of Growth Mode Coaching, where he helps clients to develop robust leadership development programs and addresses the challenging problems that leaders face every day. As you will hear his story is very unique and will bring you a very different and new perspective on supply chains and startups. I promise it's really unique and interesting.
It also is a record breaking episode as it is the longest Supply Chain Pioneer ever, every minute is worth it:
- We talk about Sam's journey from consulting, investing into supply chain
- Why he left supply chain management
- What changed his view on life and his new goals
- Advice for leaders on how to motivate their organization
Let's all get inspired by Sam today. Looking forward to your feedback on the episode!

Let's Collaborate
You want to be on supply chain pioneers or know a pioneer that should be on? Don't hesitate to reach out!
You can contact me on LinkedIn: Ulf Venne | LinkedIn
Looking forward to hear from you.










