BONUS EPISODE: A Conversation With Industry Thought Leader Bart De Muynck | SupplyChainBrain

BONUS EPISODE: A Conversation With Industry Thought Leader Bart De Muynck

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

November 12, 2025

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On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman is joined by industry thought leader Bart De Muynck, to tackle the eternal question in supply chain management: What do shippers want? The conversation was recorded at the 2025 EDGE Conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in National Harbor, Maryland.

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