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We had the pleasure of hosting Courtney Lipkin, a partner at Susa Ventures. Courtney shared her unique venture capital journey, from her initial career in law to her exploration into academia and urban planning at Stanford. Her path eventually led her to the world of venture capital.
⏳ How the supply chain tech space still has plenty of space for technological progress, holding substantial untapped opportunities
💣 How venture companies are looking for strong, visionary teams who can be enriched when you have the right guidance
🚀 What types of companies in the supply chain space pique her interest
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Dr. Pedro Reyes Highlights:
Future-Focused: Students are now being taught not just to predict the future, but to shape it. They’re the pioneers of the next era of supply chain.
Education Evolving: They're reshaping curricula to ready students for an unpredictable future in supply chain. Emphasis on real-world scenarios and embracing volatility.
Making Mistakes: Dr. Reyes stressed the power of learning from real world errors and teaches it in his classroom. 🌟
Tech in Teaching: From utilizing tools like ChatGPT for insights to immersing students in realistic supply chain challenges.
Looking Ahead: The integration of IoT, AI, and blockchain means tomorrow's professionals must be tech-savvy, adaptable, and always learning.
Education is no longer just about the ‘what,’ but the ‘how’ and ‘why.’ Exciting times ahead for the next wave of supply chain professionals! 🌊📘
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Dr. Muhammad Azmat, an esteemed assistant professor and deputy program director at Aston University, known for his expertise in disruptive technologies, consumer perspectives, and innovative business applications. Join us as we explore his journey, the impact of technology on supply chain evolution, and his passion for empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while offering valuable advice to students seeking to shape the future of supply chain.
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We had the pleasure of interviewing Avi Moskowitz, CEO and co-founder of PrettyDamnQuick. PrettyDamnQuick helps brands provide clear delivery promises on checkout, assigning every order to the carrier that will deliver it on time for the lowest rate. With a focus on last-mile delivery innovation, optimizing speed, cost, and eco-impact while tailoring delivery promises based on customer factors, PrettyDamnQuick aims to provide a realistic and clear delivery promise to customers for better customer retention, higher conversion rates, and lower shipping costs.
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Chapters:
Chapter 1: IntroductionTimestamp: 00:17-00:43
Chapter 2: Avi's BackgroundTimestamp: 00:50-02:08Avi shares his background in starting up companies and the challenges he faced with logistics, fulfillment, and delivery
Chapter 3: Innovation in LogisticsTimestamp: 05:25-07:10Avi explains the challenges of delivering in a matter of hours and the efficiencies that it introduces
Chapter 4: PrettyDamnQuickTimestamp: 08:45-10:33Avi introduces PrettyDamnQuick and explains how it helps brands formulate a clear delivery promise on Checkout
Chapter 5: OnboardingTimestamp: 27:23-30:14Avi explains the onboarding process and how brands can quickly benefit from the solution by starting with checkout
Chapter 6: Cost OptimizationTimestamp: 30:14-33:49Avi discusses how PrettyDamnQuick helps brands optimize costs by taking into consideration various factors like shipping location, delivery speed, and package weight
Chapter 7: Supply Chain TransparencyTimestamp: 35:37-37:14Avi discusses how supply chain transparency is a key part of success in every stage of the process
Chapter 8: ConclusionTimestamp: 38:16-39:06
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Lucid Green was founded in 2018 by Paul Botto and Larry Levy with the mission of creating trust and transparency in the cannabis space. They have created a QR code that is embedded into compliance labels of any cannabis product which resolutes to a consumer page providing information such as dosage recommendations, reviews, certificate of analysis related to that exact batch etc.
Lucid Green also helps brands create loyalty programs through their unique codes on packages, allowing them better data insights for decision making. Prior to this technology companies had an extremely manually intensive process trying to manage all documentation leading up label production with lots of wasted time and potential mistakes throughout the value chain.
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This episode of the "Supply Chain Innovators" podcast featured Kacper Nowicki, Co-Founder and CEO of Nomagic, a company that is working towards revolutionizing the way e-commerce retailers manage their warehouses through the use of robots. Nomagic's solution involves automating the manual tasks in warehouses using robots. The company offers a full-service solution with remote operators, including monitoring and maintenance.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Host introduces the show and guest (0:00-0:49)Chapter 2: Guest's Background
Guest shares his background (0:55-1:21)Chapter 3: Robotics and Automation in Warehousing
Guest discusses the potential for robots to interact with humans in the physical world (2:42-3:27)Guest talks about the need to automate tasks in warehousing and how their company offers robots as a subscription service (5:27-7:08)Guest discusses the importance of coverage and autonomy for their robots as well as the evolution of warehousing and the need for automation (7:45-11:51)Chapter 4: Picking Use Case
Guest explains the use case for picking items from bins and completing orders (15:02-16:41)Chapter 5: Monitoring and Maintenance
Guest discusses the importance of monitoring and maintenance for their robots (17:34-18:45)Chapter 6: Future of Robotics and Automation
Guest talks about the exciting potential for robots to handle certain tasks in warehouses (19:16-21:23)Guest discusses the company's plans for expansion and improving coverage (23:36-24:44)Guest emphasizes the importance of society and changes in the industry (25:31-26:12)Chapter 7: Conclusion
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David Baur and Naik Londono are the founders of AELER, a company that is reinventing shipping containers and the entire ecosystem around them. David is from a microengineering background and Naik has experience in biotechnology as well as industrial IoT companies.
They admire Procter & Gamble for their willingness to test new technology, that creates change in the industry.
AELER's main offering focuses on efficiency, sustainability, and transparency by using state-of-the-art technology embedded within their containers to offer full visibility during transport. The goal of this technology is to provide customers with flexibility and peace of mind when shipping goods across different countries.
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Summary:In this podcast interview with Matthew Haber, CEO and Co-Founder of Cofactr, he explains that it’s commonly known that it is easier to scale a software product than a hardware product, but it really doesn't have to be this way. Cofactr solves this problem by taking care of the logistics and procurement that happens before the factory. They provide software, and infrastructure for hardware teams so that they can focus on what they need to have happen. Cofactr's typical customers are high growth hardware startups in higher compliance industries such as Rocketships, medical devices, robots. Cofactr takes care of many of the compliance issues for its customers and prides itself on being low risk, secure, and low effort for the customer. 🖱Links:Check out CofactrCheck out Supply Chain Innovators 👋 Follow:Linkedin: Matthew HaberLinkedin: CofactrLinkedin: Taylor CamarenaLinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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The podcast discusses a new 4D infrastructure for building the industrial metaverse that enables companies to incorporate AI-based automation into their operations. The platform promises to solve supply chain problems by identifying blind spots and providing data-driven insights. The company creates live digital twins that sync all sensors, people, and processes together in space and time, offering frictionless measurement of real-world environments. The podcast also touches on the idea of artificial intelligence cannibalizing itself, and the importance of mindset and pursuing perfection in entrepreneurship.
🖱Links:
Check out Worlds.io
Check out Backbone Social
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Dave Copps
Linkedin: Worlds.io
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Vice President of Community Engagement for Procurated, Jennifer Doherty. Procurated is a company that takes care of vendor performance management, vendor directory and vendor evaluation, three procurement challenges in one solution.
You will hear:
✔️ How Procurated is helping your taxpayer dollars be of good use
✔️ The top two trends Jennifer is seeing in procurement that are changing the industry
✔️ How reviews are helping people across the country improve the quality of the suppliers they choose
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the CEO of SupplyShift, Alex Gershenson. SupplyShift is an end-to-end supply chain data management, responsible sourcing, and supplier engagement platform.
You will hear:
✔️ How focussing on responsibility gives you a hedge against disruption
✔️ Why procurement professionals are looking at environmental and social metrics
✔️ How companies may recognize the need for responsible sourcing solutions but aren't sure where they should focus
🖱Links:
Check out SupplyShift
Check out Backbone Social
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Alex Gershenson
Linkedin: SupplyShift
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Chief Accounting Officer of Full Tilt Logistics, Jessica Novich. Full Tilt Logistics is not only women-owned but also a multigenerational family-owned 3PL company based out of Reno NV.
You Will Learn:How FTL came back from losing 70% of their revenue and workforce How diversifying their business plan not only saved their company but expanded it The trick to truck drivers embracing new technology What it is like to be a woman in a male dominated industry“If they don’t understand their technology and aren't utilizing it, then it can be detrimental to the operation”
Is Full Tilt Logistics Right For you?
If you are looking for a family-owned company that cares deeply about their customers, employees and carriers. A Freight Logistics and Transportation Company located in Reno NV. A company that seizes opportunities that ultimately steers efficienciesFTL offering:
TransportationWarehousing & DistributionFreight Brokerage Services🖱Links:
Check out Full Tilt Logistics
Check out Backbone Social
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Jessica Novich
Linkedin: Full Tilt Logistics
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of CartonCloud, Vincent Fletcher. CartonCloud provides powerful freight and logistics management software for SMEs. You Will Learn:How their combined warehouse and transport management system can improve your bottom line, increase productivity, slash admin by up to 80%, and reduce error marginsWhy the quality of their implementation and support teams are just as important as their sales teamWhat Vincent would do differently if he could go back to starting the company Is CartonCloud Right For you?CartonCloud is ideal for a 3rd party logistics company doing warehousing and/or transport and is between 2 and 25 million with a staff of 2-150 people.If you are looking for one software that can take care of your freight and logistics🖱Links:Check out CartonCloudCheck out Logistics IndexCheck out Backbone Social 👋 Follow:Linkedin: Vincent FletcherLinkedin: CartonCloudLinkedin: Taylor CamarenaLinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of Orderful, Erik Kiser. Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies.
You Will Hear:About a modern API approach to the legacy flat file data trading business to business process. The key to spending less resources when onboarding partners. How the API brings the average go live time from 8-12 weeks to 9 days or less.“Offer a modern API approach to this legacy flat file data trading business to business process but also bringing the go live time down.”
Is Orderful Right For you?Orderful is different from other companies as they solve problems with technology, not humans. The API is agnostic on the backend system. Are you spending too many resources onboarding partners?Links:
Check out Orderful
Check out Backbone Social
Follow:
Linkedin: Erik Kiser
Linkedin: Orderful
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
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On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder of EXO Freight, Kurtis Tryber. EXO Freight is a dedicated flatbed freight brokerage that combines flatbed transportation with new-age and custom built technology for customers and freight drivers.
You Will Learn:How their new financial factoring, and corporate charge card work. Why they are bringing advanced technology to flatbed freight.How they keep drivers when drivers have a lot of options.What their funding round looked like and how they see the industry evolving.“It would be nice to get some new blood in the space and that's what we are going to see with venture capital fueling into the industry”
Is EXO Freight Right For you? Exo Freight has all of the digital aspects as other freight. So, if you are looking for a more digital relationship with your carriers rather than phone and fax, EXO Freight is right for you! -
In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Pramod Ghadge about how UnboxRobotics is transforming the speed of sortation and order consolidation in the supply chain. You Will Learn:How they found challenges in the supply chain and decided to automate them with robotics.The large impact it has when automating the package sortation and consolidation in a facility.Built for e-commerce, retailers, and logistics enterprises.How these robots are delivering 2-3x more than other industrial robots. Is Unbox Robotics Right For You?Built for: E-commerce, retailers, and logistics enterprises. Can be used in a compact space, and is built for small to large companies across the whole supply chain.Timeframe to install: Can be installed in less than 2 weeks as well as improves the productivity of a person in warehouse by more than 3x.Example: can process more than 30k packages using only 23 robots.
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In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Ryan McManus about how transportation as an employee benefit can help companies’ current workforce, attract future employees and remove that transportation barrier to your company’s success. Backstory and purpose:How SHARE Mobility chose an industry and then looked for an opportunity and problem to solve.Why your employee's commute is the first link in the supply chain.Why transportation as an employee benefit is inevitable.How you can lower your carbon footprint for ESG reporting, reduce carbon footprint.“Giving a family an extra 5k a year can be life-changing” About SHARE Mobility:Great for 100 -200 employees, 2-3 shifts, and the workforce coming from an urban area.Think about this like employee health insurance. You can have your own plan or you can be a part of a group plan. Think bout that as an employee benefit.Account SHARE Mobility and they book through the app, then it works like a school bus.Company process: set up with HR and use technology to figure out benefits first.Rider process: create a login on the app, book through the app, meet at a location, ride bus/van with fellow employees
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In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Timothy Marx, the President of Topl. Topl empowers corporations, startups, and nonprofits to unlock the value of their positive global impact, by using the world's first blockchain built for impact tracking, tokenization, and transaction. Backstory and purpose:How companies can use their positive global impact to create more capital, to do more positive for the world.Why transparency to customers on products they are purchasing is the future.The additional transparency can enable new ways of doing business and have a bottom-line impact.Topl not only has the blockchain layer but also has applications built on top of the blockchain.Blockchain and new products: There are two layers, the Blockchain layer, and the products:
Blockchain layer customers:
A supply chain traceability or tracking platform that wants to add blockchain to the already existing tool.Corporations or large enterprises that want to start tracking along the blockchain so they take the platform that exists, plug into API and then into the blockchain. This in turn will let them write to the blockchain.Blockchain + new products:
Coming in early 2023 they will be able to give impact companies the ability to connect with stakeholders like never before by focussing on brand awareness and enhancement.Tools that can not only help brands tell their stories but also help the certification agencies see and understand what is happening at every touch point.Carbon credits and tracking capabilities.Build impact economies, combine registry and traceability.Imagine brand journeys from farm to fork, following jewelry from the design house to someone's footsteps, proof that every aspect of a Tea company's journey is certified organic and fair trade.