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#44 - Steel Tariffs Hit 50%, and the Alarming Data on AI in Procurement

Aug 25, 2026

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#44 - Steel Tariffs Hit 50%, and the Alarming Data on AI in Procurement

Aug 25, 2026

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#43 - Bab el-Mandeb Under Siege, Micron Locks Down the Memory Chip Supply Chain, and China Protects Its Own

Jul 30, 2026

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#42 - Hormuz on a Knife's Edge, Amazon Bets on Robots, and China Challenges the Chip Market

Jul 16, 2026

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#41 - World Cup 2026, AInflation on Hardware, and Supplier Risk

Jul 2, 2026

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#40 - Oil prices still soaring, power-hungry AI, supply chains under attack

Jun 18, 2026

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#39 - "Made in Europe" vs China, drones reshaping military Procurement, and the AI chaos

Edoardo Arbizzi · Apr 30, 2026

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#38 - Hormuz Toll in Bitcoin, Hasbro Hacked and China's Supply Chain Crackdown

Edoardo Arbizzi · Apr 15, 2026

Illustration: a world map with blue shipping routes and container ships, a red crisis zone over the Middle East with two blocked routes, and Australia with crates of lithium and cobalt beside the Australian flag.

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#37 - Persian Gulf and supply chains, critical minerals and the EU-USA deal that changes the rules

Edoardo Arbizzi · Apr 1, 2026

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#36 - Aluminum and tariffs in full turmoil, oil reignites inflation and LEGO teaches net zero Procurement

Edoardo Arbizzi · Mar 18, 2026

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#35 - Strait of Hormuz paralyzed, India signs another deal and Stellantis under investigation

Edoardo Arbizzi · Mar 5, 2026

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#34 - Super Bowl, F1 and PFAS: when Procurement becomes spectacle and nightmare

Edoardo Arbizzi · Feb 18, 2026

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#33 - A $2 Trillion Deal, Gold Soars, and the Secret Behind Procurement That Works

Edoardo Arbizzi · Feb 4, 2026

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#32 - Venezuelan Oil Is Back in Play Overnight, Saudi Arabia Nationalizes Procurement, and a New Must-Listen Interview

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jan 15, 2026

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#31 - 🎄🎅 Christmas 2025: What Toy Procurement Teaches Us

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jan 2, 2026

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#30 - Rare Earths Locked Down, Made in Italy Under Investigation, and a New Podcast Episode

Edoardo Arbizzi · Nov 26, 2025

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#29 - The US Goes Crazy for Protein, the NFL’s “Green” Gets Real, and Compri Bene’s New Podcast

Edoardo Arbizzi · Nov 12, 2025

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#28 - Nexperia Under Siege, Halloween Caught Between Tariffs and Missing Candy, and Digital Procurement with Xylem 🎙️

Edoardo Arbizzi · Oct 29, 2025

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#27 - Chinese Drones Dominate Conflicts, the Olympics Head Into the Final Stretch, and the Cursed Guacamole

Edoardo Arbizzi · Oct 16, 2025

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#26 - Foot Locker Sold, Temu vs Shein War, and the EUDR Delayed Again

Edoardo Arbizzi · Oct 2, 2025

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#25 – Albania Appoints AI Procurement Minister, Boeing in Chaos, and Record Fraud Scandals

Edoardo Arbizzi · Sep 18, 2025

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#24 – Apple Shifts Course, Costa Rica in the Dark, and U.S. Truckers Under Scrutiny

Edoardo Arbizzi · Sep 4, 2025

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#23 – Nintendo vs. Tariffs, Sustainable Packaging, and MedTech Conquering Asia

Edoardo Arbizzi · Aug 21, 2025

Illustration: a manager in a green jacket moves chess pieces against a giant made of factories representing China, with a burning globe, the nickel price and stacks of papers on CO2 targets and ESG.

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#22 – Teijin and Schneider Electric Supply Chains and the Cobalt Crisis

Edoardo Arbizzi · Aug 7, 2025

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#21 – Middle East in Flames, Amazon Breaks Records, and Matcha in Crisis

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jul 24, 2025

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#20 – Tariffs 2.0, Floods, and McLaren’s Circular Supply Chain

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jul 10, 2025

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#19 - Bombs on Tehran, skyrocketing prices and Labubu that sent the supply chain into chaos

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jun 26, 2025

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#18 - Between luxury cars and space supply chain

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jun 12, 2025

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#17 - Container cost increase, tariff workaround, EUDR news

Edoardo Arbizzi · May 28, 2025

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#16 – India vs Pakistan vs Supply Chain, Energy Crisis, and Defense Procurement

Edoardo Arbizzi · May 15, 2025

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#15 – Spain in the dark, but the EU focuses on bureaucracy

Edoardo Arbizzi · May 2, 2025

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#14 – Tariffs, Scandals, and an Automotive Crash

Edoardo Arbizzi · Apr 17, 2025

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#12 - Delayed payments, a struggling supply chain, yet the U.S. reclaims the Panama Canal

Edoardo Arbizzi · Mar 20, 2025

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#13 - Insane tariffs, strategic fundraising, and clients who mean business

Edoardo Arbizzi · Mar 20, 2025

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#11 - Panama Canal in Crisis, Raw Materials at Risk: Who Will Save Procurement?

Edoardo Arbizzi · Mar 6, 2025

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#10 - US & China Cripple Our Supply Chain, While the EU Regulates

Edoardo Arbizzi · Feb 20, 2025

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#9 - AI, Inventory Under Pressure & The CPO of a Corporate Giant

Edoardo Arbizzi · Feb 5, 2025

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#8 - Goodbye margins in the USA, AI use cases, and Procurement Managers 5.0

Edoardo Arbizzi · Jan 20, 2025

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#7 - Between CSRD & Co., Year-End Is Just the Beginning

Edoardo Arbizzi · Dec 20, 2024

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#6 - Defense, Terminology Differences, and AI Culture: Procurement Puts on a Helmet

Edoardo Arbizzi · Dec 5, 2024

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#5 - Stop and Go: Schengen suspended, EUDR detectives and titanium in crisis!

Edoardo Arbizzi · Nov 21, 2024

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#4 - Trump, tariffs and CBAM: what a headache 🤯

Edoardo Arbizzi · Nov 7, 2024

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#3 - Caffè, batterie, e podcast 🎙️

Edorardo Arbizzi · Oct 24, 2024

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#2 - Reshoring, Boeing in trouble, and GPU for procurement 🤖

Edoardo Arbizzi · Oct 10, 2024

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Edoardo Arbizzi · Sep 26, 2024