Lidia Yan the CEO and Co-Founder of NEXT Trucking. NEXT is venture-backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Brookfield Ventures. In January 2019, we closed $97M in Series C funding, bringing them to $125M in total funding.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• NEXT - the APPLE of trucking
• How NEXT achieved profitability in their first year
• Rapid scaling from 100 to more than 200 employees
• How it is to be a female in a male-dominated industry
• The USD60 billion DRAYAGE market
• Work for a cause, not for applause and seek respect not attention because it lasts longer. 

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Dan Bartel is the Chief Procurement Officer at Schneider Electric, which provides energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. Schneider combines world-leading energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services into integrated solutions for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries; with combined revenue of about 26 billion euros.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Three main pillars of Schneider’s procurement 
• Where is Procurement heading in 3 years
• How Schneider is building relationships with startups and vendors
• Key KPIs on how they measure success
• Procurement and the CEO agenda
• Helping suppliers be more efficient
• Skills procurement professionals should have
• “Take chances and never stop learning”

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Robert Blackburn. Robert is the President and Chairman of the Board at BVL International, the largest logistics non-profit organization in Europe. He is also the SVP of Global Supply Management for Stanley Black and Decker, a global leader in the manufacturing of industrial and household tools.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• What is BVL and what makes it the largest supply chain organization in the world 
• Challenges of BVL’s member organizations
• Transport infrastructure management in Asia Vs Europe
• People, upgrades and automation
• Digital tech vs physical pins on maps 
• Sustainability at Stanley Black and Decker
• Investing in training people before implementing the technologies to be used
• Best career advice 

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Fabrice has been working for more than 20 years in supply chain, from Railways at Alstom, to Industrial Robots at ABB across Europe, America, and Asia ; at Agilent Fabrice is in charge of Procurement and Logistics, a team of +1000 people with sites located in US, Danemark, Germany, China, Malaysia, and Singapore.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Handling supply chain in a high complexity and low volume environment like Agility
• How to sell an automation project to the business to balance cost vs ROI
• Engaging people to embrace transformation - how Agilent does it
• How people, tools, and culture helps in achieving maximum results.
• The most difficult talent to find in supply chain
• Life-long learning 

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Vivek Sunder is the Chief Operating Officer of Swiggy. Sunder has over 20 years of experience in the FMCG industry and has been working at the intersection of business and technology across several leadership roles and geographies. In his previous stint at P&G, Sunder held the position of managing director for P&G’s East Africa operations.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Swiggy became the top food-delivery platform in India
• How they deliver in 34 minutes in a traffic moving 7km/hour
• Swiggy’s plan on using drone delivery and cloud kitchens
• How they added 60000 new restaurants in the last 6 months
• Hiring Leaders and what to look for
• The difference between working in a start-up vs an MNC.

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Dr. Dirk Holbach is currently the Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Laundry & Home Care at Henkel Global Supply Chain.

With more than 20 years of experience in supply chain, operations, purchasing and sales, Dirk has held various roles on a local, regional and global level at Henkel.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Reducing energy consumption by more than 50%.
• Using biodegradable packages for Henkel.
• How Henkel keeps up with new tech in supply chain. Plus top-down and bottom-up approach to implementing it.
• E-commerce ready products. 
• How Henkel drives gender diversity in their operations.

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Michael has a 30-year career in executive positions both in Australia and internationally in the logistics, supply chain, retail and property sectors. Previous roles include Chief Executive Officer of Coates Hire, Linfox and Westgate Holdings, as well as Non-Executive Director of Australia Post.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Toll reorganization, impact on their financial situation and future outlook
• The $265 million investment in Toll City – one of Toll’s biggest projects
• Toll for sale – a rumor or a fact?
• How is Toll changing its tech infrastructure layer
• How have clients changed their expectations of their 3PL
• Environment and instant gratification
• “I think we need to employ and engage people through different avenues and we need younger people in our business.”

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Alessandro is the Chief Information Officer for Merck Healthcare. One of the largest healthcare groups in the world.

In 2016, he has been elected “The Inspirational Leader of the Year” within the Merck BioPharma division.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Transitioning from FMCG to Healthcare. And from Supply Chain to being a CIO
• Merck and self-driving supply chain 
• Learn fast, fail fast, and try fast
• Ecommerce in healthcare and its growth
• Ensuring traceability through IoT and blockchain - are we there yet?
• What are the two elements key to digital transformation success
• Skills needed in the future

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Parag is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic advisory firm. Parag’s newest book is The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019).

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Why European trade with China is bigger than that of the USA even before the trade war. 
• How trade-war accelerated supply chains shifting out of China.
• How a technocratic government helped with the development of a country.
• Labour automation and supply chain innovations in Asia
• What is a Super App and how it is relevant to the industry? 
• Why the future is Asian.

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GoGoVan is Asia's leading on-demand logistic, transportation service provider. Eugene is taking care of the company's direction and strategy, overall planning, execution and management, global expansion and development and mergers and acquisitions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Eugene’s journey of 20 years and experience in the startup space.
• How did the collaboration with Alibaba help GoGoVan implement its services in China?
• GoGoVan and network utilization
• Why GoGoVan is considered as the Uber for logistics?
• Three Customer Segment of GoGoVan – how do they each operate
• How does GoGoVan handle liabilities and unexpected events?
• “The last thing you want, especially for a young company like us, is to hire and then fire.”
• “We try very hard to create an environment in a company that allows people to grow, to be heard and that allows people to learn.”

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