Highlights from their conversation include: Post-Brexit fallout for supply chain (1:30) How the pandemic has changed the VC playbook (4:18) Market opportunities around sustainability (5:23) Innovation in mobility (10:28) Leading and Lagging European OEMs (12:54) Temperature of the European venture markets (17:15) Biggest lessons learned since starting cargo.one (34:52) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at...
Nov 17, 2021•21 min
Highlights from their conversation include: What cargo.one is building (1:15) How Oliver and Moritz started two businesses together (2:18) cargo.one’s ideal customer profile (5:49) How air freight handled operations for years and how that’s shifting (8:09) Value add for freight forwarders (10:54) Building an organization that provides technology that scales (14:15) Generating value on both sides of the marketplace (19:08) Importance of cargo.one’s aggregation and workflow (21:13) Global ambition...
Nov 10, 2021•40 min
Highlights from their conversation include: David’s story and pivoting from his original idea (1:36) Tapping into the European road freight market (4:57) Balancing organic and inorganic growth (9:12) Understanding what motivates the team around you (13:39) Re-inventing business models, including with autonomous trucks (17:06) Fostering trust with carriers and shippers (21:10) Managing a wide network of carriers (24:23) Employees contribution to sennder’s culture (28:09) David’s effective habits ...
Nov 03, 2021•35 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Michael’s backstory in logistics and autonomous vehicles (2:21) Ryder and Gatik’s collaboration (6:17) Autonomous vehicle diagnostics, hardware, and maintenance (8:49) Dealing with different drivetrains (15:39) Building scalable solutions across geographies (18:58) Locking down a solid playbook for scalability (20:38) Developing transparent and collaborative partnerships (22:12) A bullish outlook on autonomous vehicles (25:38) Gatik, the leader in midd...
Oct 27, 2021•27 min
Highlights of this conversation include: Transfix’s origin story (1:35) Applying software to create a competitive advantage and drive people toward the future (5:05) With every segment of the supply chain being digitized, where is the digitalization really accelerating? (9:10) Learning to harmonize the digital and the physical to become a world-class 3PL (14:14) Addressing criticism of margins in digital freight brokerage and driving value (18:30) Full truckload vs. less than truckload and liste...
Oct 20, 2021•49 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Building a next-generation transportation management system (1:03) Announcing Rose Rocket’s Series A and discussing bringing a horizontal software to address multiple trucking verticals (6:09) Providing transparency with a platform layer (11:30) How Rose Rocket solves problems for its customers (15:36) The Rose Rocket shipper portal and a freemium model (17:21) Three points on what makes Rose Rocket stand out (19:56) Business best practices, pricing st...
Oct 13, 2021•35 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Mike background and growth and expansion at Pure Storage (1:33) Mike’s responsibilities as VP of Operations (6:22) Current state of the hardware supply chain (8:56) Risk mitigation lessons learned from previous disasters and disruptions (11:44) Visibility in the supply chain (14:08) Preparing for the worst and planning for the best (19:54) Near-shoring and manufacturing renaissance in North America (23:23) Startup collaboration (25:20) Opportunities fo...
Oct 06, 2021•28 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Nulogy’s fit in the supply chain and Jason’s background at Kellogg’s (1:12) E-commerce acceleration (5:38) Defining co-packers (8:22) Typical customers using Nulogy (12:46) Problems that Nulogy addresses (14:30) Operational effectiveness and on-time and full metrics (18:20) Nulogy University’s role in business building (20:18) How culture scales as a business grows (25:54) Founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Nulogy provides a technological platform f...
Sep 29, 2021•28 min
Topics in this conversation include: How Craig coined Chattanooga as the “Freight Alley” and decided to found Freightwaves there (1:58) How the Sonar Freight Forecasting Platform works (11:38) Bull or Bear outlook for the freight markets moving forward? (24:20) The current state of digitizing freight (31:42) The biggest lessons learned in building Freightwaves & the purpose of the media arm (41:20) Where new founders should be focusing their efforts (48:00) Craig has led the Freightwaves tea...
Sep 22, 2021•52 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Alan had been running UPS Ventures when he last appeared on the show. What he’s been up to since then. (1:45) Looking at the changing landscape for the last mile in fulfillment, delivery, and returns (7:35) Three key takeaways (12:07) Data science driving operations (17:50) What will separate the winners from the losers in the next five years (23:27) Heavyweight drones and electric airplanes (27:00) Trends in outsourcing return logistics (31:47) Big an...
Sep 15, 2021•40 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Peter’s background in journalism (1:22) Eric’s focus on technology (2:28) Extreme increases in freight benchmarks and decreases in service (4:30) Frustrations in container shipping detention (11:10) Slowdown in circulation of assets (13:25) E-commerce boom’s impact on distribution centers and more (19:28) When this boom will peak (23:00) Demand for visibility tools (25:56) International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union negotiations and automatio...
Sep 08, 2021•41 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Jeppe’s background (1:22) Overview of Maersk Growth and its dedicated investment and portfolio management teams (2:51) Making investments that are future-minded (5:46) Having a steady, long-term commitment (8:18) Exciting supply chain opportunities (11:55) Exposing an old industry to new technology (14:35) Challenges with getting to prime market fit (17:29) The next big disruptors and investment opportunities in the supply chain (21:01) Rapid-fire topi...
Sep 01, 2021•27 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Sunny and taking on the challenge of creating Fulcrum Manufacturing (1:12) The urge to use technology to improve manufacturing (4:08) What Fulcrum provides for customers (8:07) Fulcrum’s one-stop shop solutions for companies of various sizes (16:00) Removing inefficiencies (19:01) Shifts in process control methods (21:41) Benefits realized by customers and overcoming resistance to cloud computing (24:35) Marketplace volatility in the North American sup...
Aug 25, 2021•35 min
Topics in this conversation include: Norton Transport’s humble beginnings: delivering buses (1:45) Defining driveaway services for commercial vehicles and manufacturers (5:16) Cultivating a genuinely unique culture for Norton drivers (12:36) New tech, carbon-neutral trucks, and low emission vehicles (21:50) Opportunities for innovation in the driveaway industry (28:20) Justin and the crew at Norton have built an impressive business brick by brick over the years in the driveaway space. You can le...
Aug 18, 2021•34 min
Siva and Santosh span a number of topics including the global pandemic and: Starting a global logistics career by sailing on a container ship (1:25) Managing a global supply chain during a global pandemic (4:32) Inventory management by customer segmentation (10:30) Technology at the forefront of risk management innovation (18:20) On-shore, Near-shore, and vendor diversification as a defense strategy (21:32) The priority of digital enablement for supply chain in 2020 (28:20) Siva and Solvay are s...
Aug 11, 2021•34 min
Topics include: David’s early years, life struggles, & turning points (1:25) The wild career ride from nearly being fired to CEO of Honeywell (6:15) Top 3 lessons for growth-stage CEOs (20:55) The one thing David is most proud of from his time at Honeywell (30:45) What will change (and stay the same) in the “new normal” ((38:00) Thanks to David for joining the show! We enjoyed the exciting and insightful conversation together. You can learn more about David and his brand new book by visiting...
Aug 04, 2021•44 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, Santosh sits down with James Coombes, CEO and Co-Founder of Vector AI solutions for paperwork and documentation for businesses.
Jul 28, 2021•26 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Daley’s journey with startups and venture backing (1:15) How Engage works with Atlanta’s unique nexus of innovation in the southeast (3:58) Corporate engagement with startup growth (7:40) Thinking differently about ROI (11:46) Making sure that CEOs are on board with innovation cycles (19:55) Perpetrators of innovation theater (23:26) Dealing with the innovator’s dilemma (25:29) How founders should prepare for their first Fortune 500 sales meeting (31:2...
Jul 21, 2021•42 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Kyle’s realization that shipping containers were integral to the supply chain (1:19) Data as a fundamental gatekeeper to the supply chain (4:04) Understanding the journey a container goes through (6:43) How Vizion triangulates data sources and creates a fully automated data pipeline (12:40) Massive volume of ocean shipping (14:21) Seeing 10 years of e-commerce growth play out over nine months (16:20) The benefits of API to customers (19:26) User succes...
Jul 14, 2021•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 episode, we sit down with Ed Clarke, Co-Founder and CEO of Yojee to talk about smart dispatching, route optimization, and accountability and control with logistics. 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, and how we can c...
Jul 07, 2021•28 min
Highlights from their conversation include: The vision of FloorFound—to expand the lifespan of retail products and enable sustainability efforts (1:15) Chris’ background and how that led him to FloorFound (2:45) Oversized returns and impact on repeat buyers (5:27) Pandemic acceleration of oversized eCommerce market (8:11) Defining re-commerce (10:41) Benefits about partnering with FloorFound (14:25) The heavy lifting FloorFound does behind the scenes and dealing with current supply chain limitat...
Jun 30, 2021•37 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Detailing the raising of the second fund and how the pandemic elevated the conversation around the supply chain (0:56) Multiple layers in the supply chain is becoming increasingly important (4:56) The state of ports and container data (7:06) Trade finance (12:09) Brokers and leverage (15:28) E-commerce penetration in the UK now (18:45) Inventory insurance and Amazon (21:19) Last mile investment (24:27) Reverse logistics and nano fulfillment (27:39) Lar...
Jun 24, 2021•34 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 Dan Covert, Director of Supply Chain R&D at Ahold Delhaize to talk about grocery logistics, distribution, and innovation in the supply chain. 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, and how we...
Jun 16, 2021•36 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Steve Wen’s entrepreneurial path to starting Dray Alliance (1:23) Reducing inefficiencies of delivering shipping containers with a DoorDash-style system (5:30) Using data-driven insights to help drivers become more efficient (7:21) Use case of how Dray Alliance is implemented (9:05) Container visibility and transparency (11:37) Assessing the current state of ports (13:22) Dealing with criticism of digital brokerage (16:45) Technology freeing up human c...
Jun 09, 2021•24 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Matt Silver, CEO, and co-founder of Forager, to discuss how they’ve built a platform and a marketplace for cross-border freight. With more than 10,000,000 North American cross-border shipments a year, Highlights from their conversation include: Forager’s origin (1:03) Matt’s path from making music videos to working in logistics (2:10) Orchestrating cross-border shipments and synchronizing with all the parties involved (7:18...
Jun 02, 2021•38 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Tracy Black, operating partner at NewRoad Capital Partners. Together they discuss exciting opportunities in the supply chain world and provide a VC perspective on the industry. Highlights from their conversation include: Tracy Black’s introduction into the supply chain and venture capital (1:21) NewRoad’s VC strategy (5:21) The questions that startups need to be asking (9:27) Tracy’s experience at J.B. Hunt from growth to c...
May 26, 2021•26 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 Ken Braunbach, VP of Transportation at Walmart to talk about retail, eCommerce transportation, and logistics as well as growth opportunities for the future.
May 19, 2021•24 min
This week on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Steve Denton, CEO of Ware2Go, a UPS company. Together they discuss doing business with everyone, the geospatial considerations involved with that, and optimizing the supply to better reach customers. Highlights from their conversation include: Ware2Go helps small and mid-sized businesses get closer to their customers to compete in the world of e-commerce (1:15) Steve’s path to Ware2Go (2:58) How Ware2Go got its initial funding (6:15) Th...
May 12, 2021•34 min
This week on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Zvi Schreiber, founder, and CEO of Freightos, to discuss the intersection of international logistics and marketplaces. Highlights from their conversation include: Zvi Schreiber’s background in software engineering and computer science and his transition to logistics (1:25) Balancing being connected to the tech world and being a CEO working to scale up an organization (3:31) Modernizing international shipping for customers (5:28) Key m...
May 05, 2021•30 min
On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh sits down with Michael Krakaris, the co-founder of Deliverr, to talk about the rapidly changing world of e-commerce. Highlights from their conversation include: Deliverr’s origin and emphasis on ultra-fast shipping, simple pricing, and easy on-boarding (1:19) The acceleration in e-commerce trends (4:58) Lower tolerance for longer delivery times (11:58) Supply shocks filled by smaller businesses (13:57) How Deliverr benefits retailers,...
Apr 28, 2021•32 min
