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FutureChain podcasts will bring you lessons from leaders in the industry on the evolution of supply chain management, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics solutions. FutureChain.org
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Listen to this informative podcast where Meagan Cunningham of FutureChain interviews Saket Saurabh, an entrepreneur with a passion for data and infrastructure who co-founded Nexla — a provider of reliable, consistent, and trusted data products. Learn how today’s best-in-class data technologies have revolutionized supply chain management from an entrepreneur and data scientist’s perspective.Timestamp:01:23 How Saket’s Passion for Data Integration Started03.07 Saket’s Experience Working with th...
Listen to this informative podcast where Meagan Cunningham of FutureChain interviews Saket Saurabh, an entrepreneur with a passion for data and infrastructure who co-founded Nexla — a provider of reliable, consistent, and trusted data products. Learn how today’s best-in-class data technologies have revolutionized supply chain management from an entrepreneur and data scientist’s perspective.Timestamp:00:00 Introduction01:23 How Saket’s Passion for Data Integration Started03.07 Saket’s Experien...
A Textiles engineering professional specialising in advanced e-textiles and Smart textiles.Episode Notes:00:08 – Introduction02:18 – Hobby or Personal Passion04:04 – RFiD Thread Overview05:14 – Challenges in Retail 202107:50 – Challenges in Garment Recycling 202109:21 – Barcodes & RFID Challenges10:18 – What is RFiD Threads12:50 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Manufacturing14:26 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Retail18:29 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Brands19:13 – RFiD Threads Adding Valu...
Listen to the visionary for the only automotive trade association that represents OEMs, suppliers and mobility companies. Get the inside track on the evolution of internal combustion (ICE) supply chains to electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous vehicle (AV) supply chains.Episode notes:3:31 the automotive supply/value chain. Operating at the intersection of innovation, production and policy.4:55 semiconductor supply shortage impact on automotive supply chains resulting in loss of 1-2M units of p...
How Bid Ops has automated supplier negotiations and brought artificial intelligence to supply chain management. Strategic sourcing trends for 2021 and so much more!Episode notes:John Cooper/Industrial Exchange on increased SKUs increasing management costs 7:12. ‘Spend fragmentation’ 8:17. Volatility and disruption 8:43. Massive congestion at ports 9:07. Instability associated with economic inequality 9:46. Strategy for identifying mission critical processes 10:09. Increasing optionality and p...
Randall Pappal, veteran of OEM (GM) and Tier 1 supply chains talks about the global automotive supply chain.Episode notes:Shape’s role in the Automotive supply chain 3:05. Body exterior supply chain 4:14. GM supply chain 5:22. Automotive supply chains in Mexico (Nemak, Metalsa, Vitro) 6:15. Automotive supply chains in Asia 7:53. Single sourcing 10:23. Obstacles to nationalizing supply chains 12:11. Continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and Kaizen 12:44. ROI from process methodologies 14:...
PeakSpan supply chain and procurement growth-stage investment strategy. Episode notes: PeakSpan mission 6:37. PeakSpan supply chain technology platforms 9:54. Efficiency targets for investments 13:46. Distinction in investments at 3-5M vs 25M+ 17:29. Value of Zenefits, Netsuite and Oracle perspective 18:27. Why supply chain? 21:01. Cold chain 23:35. Front of the house vs back of the house software adoption 28:03. Omnichannel 29:10. Valuing cost-saving as much as revenue generation 29:40....
Master class on innovation. Footwear and apparel supply chain to surprise and delight customers 2:47. Innovation at PVH to build in sustainability to dress shirts with Unify 3:55. Influence and negotiation to build global supply chain for 10M units of “whiter white” fabric 7:23 (largest sustainability success story). ROI of top line sales and market share 8:07. Challenge of operating in real time addressed by influence from “legal to landfill” 10:11. Apparel and footwear as a relationship bus...
Episode Notes:Retail supply chains 3:56.Omni-channel for top-line growth 6:49.Holiday retail 7:58.Optimizing processes for demand forecasting 8:42.AI analysis for demand planning/forecasting 9:47.Curbside retailing 11:21.Supply chain optimization 13:30.Right product, price, inventory 14:41.Leveraging existing investments in tools and solutions to maximize ROI 15:34.Internal processes vs external partners 19:10.Finding ‘best of breed’ solutions to offer customers omni-channel options 20:35.Bre...
Early and late-stage supply chain investing in software and hardware. LeanLogistics 2:24. Kiva Systems (robotics) 2:55. Steelwedge (supply chain planning) 3:09. Optiant (inventory planning) 3:20. Macropoint (supply chain visibility) 3:28. Llamasoft 3:34. Shipmonk 3:41. Pre-COVID investing climate 4:59. Virtual brokerage of freight 5:23. Ecommerce logistics 5:28. Blockchain, robotics 5:30. Flexport valuation $1B Softbank investment 5:38. AI/ML supply chain decision-making for optimization...
COVID-19 has reset the bar for food chains. Consumer confidence in the safety of our food chains is damaged, both in terms of those buying products and those manufacturing the products (think meat). The US FDA has gone all in on their New Era of Smarter Food Safety plan, which pushes technological advances and requires significant traceability reporting across 16 categories of fresh foods. Many countries are using this FDA work as a template for their own regulatory bodies, including Australi...
Dr. Manjeet Singh, DHL’s Director of Global Operations Science and Analytics, talks about how machine learning and artificial intelligence are changing the world of supply chain management.Episode Notes:Convergence of data collection, processing power, techniques resulting in products like autonomous vehicle, SIRI and the jobs to support them 3:44. Meta data and raw data 6:38. There will never be full autonomy 7:38. DP DHL 9:18. DHL Supply Chain 9:48. Retail supply ch...
Beyond COVID-19: how will healthcare providers leverage AI and analytics to minimize "supply chain disruption" in the post-pandemic era?Episode Notes:Supply, device and testing demand 4:10. Emergency Response Inventory Services Fulfillment Provider model 9:45. Financial epidemic caused by supply chain disruption 12:04. Amazon as a potential services fulfillment provider 14:04. McKesson, Amerisource, Bergen and Cardinal Health 16:15. Financial liquidity, Cares Act 20:...
Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist specializing in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. Episode Notes:Data science in SCM 4:56. Small data 6:09. Historical sales/stockouts/marketing expenses data 6:40. Importance of data culture 9:11. Challenge of developing in house machine learning expertise 11:32. Statistical models for determining demand patterns 12:12. Open source, Python and R 14:47. Forecasting models 17:24. Building...
Dr. Farid Harche formerly of British Telecom, Wipro, IBM and DHL talks about artificial intelligence in SCM.Episode Notes:Digital transformation in SCM 5:04. Machine learning and deep learning 10:30. Priority should be to organize data 13:03. Fail rate on solutions as high as 80% 13:35. Recommended SCM solution: C3.AI 14:53. Bias in data 19:10, 32:09. Data sovereignty 21:39. Blockchain 21:54. The importance of standards over regulation 23:33. GS1 2...
Ashutosh Prasad, founder and CEO of KoiReader Technologies, talks about operational automation and edge computing.Episode Note:i2 supply chain system 13:30. Supply chain fragmented from a process & systems perspective 15:19. Arrival of NVIDIA, open source, AI 15:54. Edge computing 17:57. CargoWise 19:36. ROI of AI-based systems 22:10. Lean innovation 23:48. Auto classification of shipping goods through natural language processing 26:04. Warehouse au...
Brian Reed of GEODIS discusses supply chain management solutions.Episode Notes:Planning and forecasting 4:47.Goal of building a platform 23:48.Blue Yonder, i2 25:01. SAP, Oracle 24:43. ROI: 25:03. 3PL, 4PL 31:56. Blockchain 36:45. ML, AI 40:06. Importance of service (GEODIS, Ernst & Young) with tools 55:12.
Jeremiah Pomerleau uses his experience with GoPro as a case study on building out procurement, logistics and global trade systems.Episode Notes:Procurement 1:59. Air and ocean freight cost reduction 45-50%. Trade lane 7:44. Total Landed Cost 14:47. Trade compliance cost 24:32. Freight payment provider 28:19. Visibility/supply chain event management system 36:13. NetSuite 38:55. One Network 39:31. Excel for independent analysis 40:27. Shopify 41:42....
Mike McComb, VP of Sales at Pitney Bowes for Global Ecommerce discusses what role Pitney Bowes plays in industry supply chains.Episode Notes:Ecommerce growth 4:35. Challenges for PB and shippers/brands/retailers/marketplaces 6. How fulfillment companies are responding with technology to deal with costs, labor, efficiency 8:20. Reverse logistics 11:30. SCM tools and platforms 16:30. FourKites aggregates transportation data 16:44. Fenix Commerce pre-shopping cart sku-le...
Chris Winston discusses his personal and home care product experience with J.R. Watkins and Clorox.Episode Notes:Clorox supply chain 14:10. Supply chain management solutions used 22:30. Netsuite 24:50. Shopify, Magento 25:17. KPIs 26:15. Customization 27:14. ROI 28:12. Future of solutions 30:19. Break 31:14. Impact of tariffs on global CPG supply chain is to move away from China 31:36. Impact of COVID-19 on supply chain 35:40. Domestic suppliers building capacity 37:10. Demand for handwashing...
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