*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* On this episode, we host Paul Noble, Co-founder and CEO of Verusen, and Aaron Meredith, Director of Manufacturing Innovation at Georgia Pacific. The discussion covers the importance of experimentation, change management, and startup/corporate engagement. About The Future of Supply Chain: During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or...
Apr 21, 2021•31 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with John Urban, the now-retired co-founder and president of GT Nexus. John shares his experience founding, scaling, and selling his supply chain software business. Highlights from their conversation include: John Urban’s background (1:32) The innovations of GT Nexus “The slowest overnight success” (3:29) Challenges with over interest in visibility and whether visibility is a means to an end (6:20) Consulting with young companie...
Apr 14, 2021•32 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with AK Schultz, the CEO and co-founder of SVT Robotics. SVT Robotics connects businesses to robots, using its SOFTBOT Platform to enable clients to rapidly deploy enterprise robot technology. Highlights from their conversation include: SVT Robotics’ mission and AK’s introduction to automated logistics (1:27) Tackling the inefficiencies and barriers built into industry software that prevent them from communicating with each othe...
Apr 07, 2021•30 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Avi Gellar, co-founder of Maven Machines. They discuss the incredible opportunities to help trucking operations run more efficiently, successfully, and profitably with modern software platforms. Highlights from their conversation include: Avi’s MIT computer science background and how the trucking industry drew him in (1:10) The decision to have Maven’s home base in Pittsburgh (3:46) Building a cloud-based platform that inte...
Mar 31, 2021•29 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sat down with Rich Tompkins, VP of Southeast Operations at Veryable to discuss flex labor solutions and helping businesses navigate surge and scale issues in today's workplace environment.
Mar 24, 2021•25 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Tom Ruth, VP Americas at Quuppa. Headquartered in Finland with US offices in Washington D.C., Quuppa is a leading provider of Real-Time Locating Systems, using Bluetooth as a primary transport medium. Highlights from their conversation include: An introduction to Quuppa and Tom’s background and role at the company (1:09) The evolution beyond passive RFIDs in Real-Time Locating (5:26) How listening mode works for Quuppa’s ...
Mar 17, 2021•33 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with David Warrick, Microsoft’s Global Supply Chain GM. Together they look at how the supply chain industry is on the cusp of going from a stagnant system to being a “thinking, living, breathing supply chain.” Highlights from their conversation include: Microsoft’s global supply chain and David’s engineering background (1:22) David’s responsibility to make sure the right product gets to the right place at the right time (9:24) D...
Mar 10, 2021•37 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Nate Wells, SVP LTL Operations & Innovation at XPO Logistics. Together they look at the state of affairs in the LTL space, discuss ways XPO is pushing innovation, and talk about the idea of “finding your goldilocks”. Highlights from their conversation include: Nate’s responsibilities at XPO and his background (1:12) State of LTL in 2021 (5:28) Improving the LTL space with gamification (9:49) Simulation and optimizatio...
Mar 03, 2021•29 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this episode, we sit down with Bruce Welty, Founder and CEO of Quiet 3PF to talk about autonomous robots, warehouse logistics, and the future of e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment. About The Future of Supply Chain: During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, a...
Feb 24, 2021•49 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Mark Ford, COO of BlueGrace Logistics. BlueGrace is a mode-agnostic, full-service 3PL that, among other things, differentiates itself by how it handles LTL and truckload, its managed logistics, its transparency, live data, and more. Highlights from their conversation include: Overview of BlueGrace and Mark’s career (1:07) State of the market today and being flexible with changes (7:16) Managed transportation offering (12:...
Feb 17, 2021•35 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Rob Garrison, founder, and CEO of Mercado Labs. Mercado’s import management system connects importers with suppliers, partners, and products, connects product with demand, and connects team members together. Using a SaaS platform, Mercado looks to transform the first mile of logistics, a complex part of the supply chain that still relies heavily on spreadsheets and emails. Highlights from their conversation include: An intr...
Feb 10, 2021•38 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Trey Closson, director of maritime logistics at Georgia Pacific. As a part of Koch Industries, they are the largest US exporter of containerized ocean freight. 2020 was an interesting year for maritime freight and in this conversation, Santosh and Trey explore what 2021 and the future of the industry might look like. Highlights from their conversation include: The breadth of the supply chain efforts at Georgia Pacific and...
Feb 03, 2021•27 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, Santosh sits down with Katy George, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company to discuss her recent report on Industry 4.0 and the Lighthouse companies that are leading the way for innovation, automation, and worker adaptation in the new digitally-led environment.
Jan 27, 2021•36 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO for the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). ASCM is the largest non-profit association for supply chain professionals with 45,000 members in 40 countries with 300 partners across the globe. Together they discuss how the supply chain can make the world a better place. Highlights from their conversation include: An overview of ASCM, its work with individuals and organizations (1:06) Technology’s...
Jan 20, 2021•29 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Ilya Levtov, founder and CEO of Craft. Craft is building a modern platform for enterprise intelligence. Ilya discusses how Craft helps enterprises map, track, and spot risks living in the supply chain. Highlights from their conversation include: What Craft is focusing on building currently (1:02) Ilya Levtov’s background (1:48) Three modules of supplier discovery, evaluation and monitoring (4:21) Mapping a complex supply ...
Jan 13, 2021•25 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Dean Tomazic, EVP and CTO of FEV to discuss the role that alternative fuels can shape the future of logistics. FEV (Forschungsgesellschaft für Energietechnik und Verbrennungsmotoren) is an engineering service provider in the mobility and energy management domain with 6,700 employees globally. FEV seeks solutions to the future challenges within the global transportation industry and among other things, focuses on the advan...
Jan 06, 2021•28 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Sam Ryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Zeelo to talk about personalized bus service for employees and the organization's critical care policy in response to COVID-19.
Dec 30, 2020•27 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Justin Lum, Director of Strategic Alliances at Locus Robotics, to talk about robotics, AI, and a new approach to e-commerce fulfillment and warehouse automation.
Dec 23, 2020•25 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Jeremy Bodenhamer, co-founder and CEO of ShipHawk, and together they discuss what it means for a business to “Adapt or Die”, the title of Jeremy’s new book. Founded in 2012, ShipHawk is a packing and shipping software for high-volume retail, wholesale, and eCommerce ERP-connected companies to lower their packing and shipping costs so they can compete with eCommerce giants. Highlights from their conversation include: Intro...
Dec 16, 2020•30 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Carolyn Mooney, CEO and co-founder of nextmv (pronounced next move). Nextmv positions itself as the first real-time, end-to-end decision automation platform. Highlights from their conversation include: Carolyn Mooney’s path from missiles to food delivery to nextmv (1:08) Using Dash to experiment and simulate and Hop to solve optimization (4:10) Customer benefit use cases (12:42) Practically implementing the nextmv API (14...
Dec 09, 2020•21 min
This week, on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Tom Lefaivre, president and CEO of Anchor Harvey Components. Anchor Harvey is known for having a data-driven approach and for how it controls the inputs into the process to ensure that parts are identical no matter when they are made in the process. Highlights from their conversation include: Introduction to Anchor Harvey and what sets it apart (1:02) Having a data-driven approach to forging (4:32) Commonly forged products (6:39) Monit...
Dec 02, 2020•24 min
In this week's episode, we sit down with Gautam Narang, Co-Founder and CEO of Gatik to talk about middle mile logistics and autonomous vehicles.
Nov 25, 2020•22 min
In this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Sean Coakley, chief commercial officer at Capstone Logistics. Capstone is the largest warehouse services company in the country, and Sean focuses on strategic and tactical growth. Highlights from their conversation include: An overview of Capstone Logistics and Sean’s path in the industry (1:05) Weighing the added value from a new partner against the risk it could bring to the relationship with the customer (5:04) 3PL’s b...
Nov 18, 2020•28 min
In this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Ryan Yost, vice president and general manager of the printer solutions division at Avery Dennison. By utilizing radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions, Avery Dennison has become a key player in facilitating supply chain visibility around the world. Highlights from their conversation include: Ryan’s foray into supply chain and RFID (1:06) RFID’s adoption curve in the supply chain (5:46) Ways RFID has evolved recen...
Nov 11, 2020•31 min
*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Ben Jones, Co-Founder, and CEO of Ohi to talk about micro-fulfillment, micro-warehousing and the future of shipping logistics.
Nov 04, 2020•31 min
On this week’s episode, Santosh talks with Jeff Dangelo, founder of Turvo. Turvo is a collaborative logistics platform that focuses on interaction between organizations in the supply chain. Highlights from their conversation include: Introduction to Turvo and Jeff Dangelo (1:09) Why Jeff doesn’t see Turvo as a TMS (6:52) Discussing the fate of the broker over the next few years (13:12) Productivity gains seen by customers and brokers (17:04) Where Turvo is situated in the future of the supply ch...
Oct 28, 2020•37 min
Santosh is joined by David Boardman, co-founder and CEO of Stockpile Reports for this week’s episode. Founded in 2012, Stockpile Reports set out to deploy an easy to use, timely, and cost-effective inventory management platform. Using advanced image processing and computer vision, Stockpile Reports creates a system of record for bulk assets with automated, real-time volumetric results. Highlights from their conversation included: Using advanced image processing to help bulk materials companies e...
Oct 21, 2020•28 min
In this week’s episode, Santosh is joined by Peter Tirschwell and Eric Johnson from IHS Markit and its Journal of Commerce (JOC). Eric, the JOC’s senior editor for technology, is the show’s first returning guest after appearing on the show’s 38th episode. Peter is the vice president for maritime and trade business at IHS Markit and is responsible for all content appearing in JOC publications, websites, events and other products. Their conversation about the state of the container shipping indust...
Oct 14, 2020•41 min
In this episode of the Future of Supply Chain podcast, we spoke with Priya Rajagopalan, CPO of FourKites. We discussed integrating technology to bring real-time tracking and data to the supply chain space.
Oct 07, 2020•30 min
On The Future of Supply Chain this week, Santosh connects with Brad Klaus, CEO at Haven. Haven is dedicated to making global trade as efficient as it can be, using technology to simplify and streamline operations. Highlights from their discussion include: Brad’s experience in the international logistics software world (1:13) International TMS execution workflows (5:14) Localization challenges to delivering a TMS at scale globally (10:13) Improving access to high-quality data in international fre...
Sep 30, 2020•33 min
