In this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman talks with Jim de Vries, founder of Enhance International Group, who is serving as project manager and program investigator for a new survey of defense supply chains, conducted under the auspices of MxD, The Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute. The Trustworthy Supply Chain Transparency Survey seeks to learn the sources of all raw materials and components that make up the U.S. defense supply chain, which lags other major industries in having access to this critical information. Manufacturers of all goods, and defense products in particular, are encouraged to participate in the survey. For more information, and to become a part of this important initiative, contact [email protected].

This conversation was recorded at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Edge 2025 conference in National Harbor, Maryland.