https://chain.io Supply chain integration platform en https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/bootstrapping-supply-chain-tech-with-manjot-singh/ podcasts/bootstrapping-supply-chain-tech-with-manjot-singh Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Manjot Singh, Founder and CEO of SummitEdge, joins Brian Glick to talk about what it actually looks like to walk away from Amazon and build a supply chain tech company without venture capital. The conversation gets into the real trade-offs of staying bootstrapped, how consulting and product work reinforce each other in surprising ways, and how AI is opening up capabilities that simply weren't on the table a few years ago. https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/selling-trust-in-logistics-with-brittany-caskey/ podcasts/selling-trust-in-logistics-with-brittany-caskey Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Brian Glick sits down with Brittany Caskey, Chief Commercial Officer for Logistics at DP World, to talk about relationships, sales qualification, and what it actually takes to stay customer-first when the growth ambitions are enormous. It's a candid conversation that gets into the parts most sales discussions skip, from what customers do to hold themselves back to why the best qualification move is sometimes one your prospect doesn't expect. https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/culture-and-scale-in-european-trucking-with-pavel-kveten/ podcasts/culture-and-scale-in-european-trucking-with-pavel-kveten Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Brian Glick speaks with Pavel Kveten, CEO at Girteka Logistics, to dig into what it really takes to build and sustain culture at a major European asset-based trucking company. Pavel is one of those rare executives who spent his entire career at one company, and he has a lot to say about what that vantage point makes possible. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/stop-telling-your-software-the-same-thing-twice/ blog/stop-telling-your-software-the-same-thing-twice Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Freight operators were re-triaging the same problems every day until they stopped looking. So we taught Checks to remember the decisions they already made and to watch for the moment something needs them again. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/chainio-sponsors-2027-ai-agents-hackathon-hamburg/ blog/chainio-sponsors-2027-ai-agents-hackathon-hamburg Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chain.io is sponsoring the AI Agents Hackathon in Hamburg. Here is why we keep showing up for the people building the future of logistics. https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/culture-customs-and-resilience-with-margie-shapiro/ podcasts/culture-customs-and-resilience-with-margie-shapiro Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Brian Glick sits down with Margie Shapiro, CEO of Shapiro, a family-owned customs brokerage and freight forwarder founded in 1915, to talk about what it takes to lead a century-old company through constant change. From building a remote culture to navigating one of the most turbulent tariff environments in recent memory, Margie brings a grounded, people-first perspective to the challenges facing the industry today. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/multi-team-billing/ blog/multi-team-billing Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI is moving control closer to the people doing the work. Parent billing lets large organizations keep centralized financial control without pulling that power back from the field. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/empower-your-team-by-building-on-top-of-your-stack-not-around-it/ blog/empower-your-team-by-building-on-top-of-your-stack-not-around-it Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The same qualities that make your best people great employees — proactive, customer-focused, innovative — are the qualities that have them trying every new AI tool they can find. Your job is to give them a place to do it. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/private-equity-in-supply-chain-with-john-anderson/ blog/private-equity-in-supply-chain-with-john-anderson Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Brian Glick sits down with John Anderson, Operating Partner at Greenbriar Equity, to unpack the role of private equity in the transportation and logistics industry. John shares insights from over two decades of investing in and operating supply chain businesses, offering a clear view into how private equity firms evaluate companies, create value, and drive growth. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/paint-by-numbers-or-blank-canvas-you-now-get-both/ blog/paint-by-numbers-or-blank-canvas-you-now-get-both Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 90% of what any freight forwarder, 3PL, or shipper needs to integrate is the same as what everyone else in the industry needs. Agent bookings. Carrier milestone updates. Invoice delivery. ASN automation. Solved problems, established patterns, known best practices. The other 10% is where your operation is actually different — and where your real competitive advantage lives. Most integration platforms are built for one or the other. We just made Chain.io the platform for both. https://chain.io/blog-resources/feature-releases/ai-checks-shipment-history-awareness/ feature-releases/ai-checks-shipment-history-awareness Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Checks now compares each shipment against its prior version, so you only see the shipments whose situation recently changed. That's the difference between 200 alerts and 8. https://chain.io/blog-resources/videos/customer-testimonial-emo-trans-andy-richardson/ videos/customer-testimonial-emo-trans-andy-richardson Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chain.io/blog-resources/feature-releases/share-data-between-custom-processors/ feature-releases/share-data-between-custom-processors Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chain.io's new executionContext feature lets your custom processors share data within a single flow run — making logistics integrations cleaner, more reliable, and easier to maintain. https://chain.io/blog-resources/videos/customer-testimonial-oia-global-michael-asa/ videos/customer-testimonial-oia-global-michael-asa Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/tpm-tech-2026-event-preview-with-eric-johnson/ podcasts/tpm-tech-2026-event-preview-with-eric-johnson Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT In this special TPM Tech Preview episode, Brian Glick sits down with Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce to go behind the scenes of TPM and TPM Tech. Eric explains how the conference has evolved from its transpacific shipping roots into a broader forum for containerized supply chains, global economics, geopolitics, and technology—and why an editorial-first approach remains central to its credibility. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/why-we-built-ai-checks/ blog/why-we-built-ai-checks Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT After 25 years in logistics IT, I built the tool I wished I had: AI Checks automatically applies complex requirements to spreadsheets, finding problems before shipments go wrong. No more manual reviews. No more promises you can't keep. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/why-supply-chain-teams-should-embrace-regular-solution-review-meetings/ blog/why-supply-chain-teams-should-embrace-regular-solution-review-meetings Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bridge the gap between business and IT teams with regular solution review meetings. Learn how this simple practice improves alignment, reduces surprises, and helps supply chain teams work more efficiently. https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/navigating-change-and-tech-innovation-with-greg-slawson/ podcasts/navigating-change-and-tech-innovation-with-greg-slawson Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Greg Slawson joins Brian Glick to share insights from a career spanning automotive manufacturing, global consulting, logistics tech startups, and leading freight forwarders. The conversation dives deep into how large organizations approach decision-making, how to handle cultural differences in global logistics, and what the future holds for technology in the industry. https://chain.io/blog-resources/blog/how-chain.io-runs-world-class-incidents/ blog/how-chain.io-runs-world-class-incidents Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Learn how Chain.io uses a disciplined, blameless process to resolve tech incidents fast—and why the same approach helps supply chain teams stay calm, act fast, and build resilience. https://chain.io/blog-resources/podcasts/ai-automation-and-forward-deployment-with-dan-bailey/ podcasts/ai-automation-and-forward-deployment-with-dan-bailey Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT In this episode of Supply Chain Connections, Brian Glick sits down with Dan Bailey—co-founder of Nexcade and former COO at Sedna—to talk about building AI automation for freight forwarders, the critical role of change management in software adoption, and why “forward-deployed” engineering might be the key to making AI useful in complex, real-world workflows.