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- Orchestrating the Chaos out of your Intralogistics Operations (Wolfgang Hackenberg, Co-Founder, Synaos)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Ho do you orchestrate your intralogistics operations when you have AGVs and AMRs from different vendors, traditional forklifts, conveyor belts and people working side-by-side in your warehouse and production facilities?
Our guest today is Wolfgang Hackenberg, one of the founders of Synaos, a startup based in Germany that is building a hardware-agnostic intralogistics management platform.
Together with our hosts Boris Felgendreher and Marco Prüglmeier talk about the following topics:
The short version of what Synaos is trying to accomplish with their integrated software platform to manage intralogistics operations
Wolfgang's background in the automotive industry and as a startup founder
The VDA 5050 interface standard and the role the automotive OEMs played in the development
Continuous realt-time optimization: How to calculation 250.000 solutions per second
The typical situation in toady's intralogistics operations with a very heterogenous landscape of hardware
The current and future capabilities of the VDA 5050 standard. How global is the standard and how does it compete internationally?
What criteria buyers should use to evaluate systems like the one Synaos develops
How much of intralogistics will be automated in the future vs. requiring manual intervention?
What the challenges are around integrating manual, analog systems and personnel with automation
Wolfgang's vision for logistics in the future
And much more
Helpful links:
Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/
Synaos: https://www.synaos.com
Dr. Wolfgang Hackenberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-hackenberg/
Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/
48 min - How to do better Route Planning and Optimization (Florian Merget, Co-Founder, Greenplan)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Today we will take a deep dive into the world of route planning and route optimization. Our guest Florian Merget is co-founder of Greenplan, a startup that was recently spun out of DHL. Greenplan’s algorithm promises to do a better job at planning and optimizing routes for last mile, road freight and even field service management.
Together with our host Boris Felgendreher, Florian talked about the following topics:
The origins and founding story of Greenplan. The recent Management Buyout and new setup for Greenplan outside of DHL
How route planning/optimization has evolved over the years
What factors are driving the need and demand for route planning/optimization
The difference between algorithms and AI in route planning and the pros and cons of each
How Greenplan is different from other route planning solutions
The data quality problem
How route planning solutions fit into existing IT infrastructure and can be integrated with TMSs and ERPs
The changing role of dispatchers
Greenplan's plans for the future
and much more
Helpful links:
Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/
Greenplan: https://greenplan.de/en-us
Florian Merget on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greenplan-florian-merget/
Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
45 min - SLAM - The Key Technology for Autonomous Vehicles in Logistics (Prof. Cyrill Stachniss, University of Bonn)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
In today's episode we will take a deep dive into the topic of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM).
SLAM is a method used for autonomous vehicles such as AMRs in logistics for example that lets you build a map and localize your vehicles in that map at the same time. SLAM algorithms allow vehicles to map out unknown environments.
It’s one of those things we should all know about in more detail in order to understand how autonomous vehicles in logistics are able to do what they do.
Today's guest is a leading expert in the field of SLAM.
Cyrill Stachniss is a full professor at the University of Bonn and heads the Photogrammetry and Robotics Lab.
In his research, he focuses on probabilistic techniques for mobile robotics, perception, and navigation. The main application areas of his research are autonomous service robots, agricultural robotics, and self-driving cars. He has co-authored over 250 publications, has won several best paper awards, and has coordinated multiple large research projects on the national and European level.
This podcast is hosted by Marco Prüglmeier.
Together Marco and Cyrill cover the following topics:
A definition and explanation of SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)
Where is SLAM being used
How the SLAM algorithm actually evolved over time and what Carl Friedrich Gauss has to do with it
The different categories of SLAM systems, how they work and what use cases they are best suited for
How SLAM systems are deployed in the world of logistics
Advantages of SLAM for robots in logistics
What problems and issues to look out for when implementing SLAM in logistics and warehouse situations with highly repetitive or highly dynamic environments
What the latest fields of research to advance SLAM technology are
Helpful links:
Webinar with JYSK and GreyOrange: https://bvl-digital.de/webinare/sendeplan/how-flexible-automation-helped-jysk-cope-with-the-unexpected-peaks-during-the-pandemic-and-support-their-ecommerce-growth/
YouTube Video on SLAM with Cyrill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87S82fh4rI4
Another YouTube Video on SLAM with Cyrill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRCJ2fegcc
To connect with Cyrill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrill-stachniss-736233173/
47 min - How Real is the US Truck Driver Shortage? (Steve Viscelli, Political Sociologist, University of Pennsylvania)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Steve Viscelli is a political sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania where he studies freight transportation and autonomous trucks.
He's also the author of the book "The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream" in which he explains how long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue-collar jobs in the US to one of the toughest.
His current book project "Driverless? Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker" explores self-driving trucks and their potential impacts on labor and the environment.
Steve has appeared on CBS News 60 Minutes and most recently on an episode of the Lex Fridman podcast.
In this episode of The Logistics Tribe, Steve talks to our host Jonah McIntire about the following topics:
Steve's views on the common narrative that the truck transportation industry in the US is about 80.000 drivers short and that the shortage is only getting worse because many drivers are nearing retirement age
The problem of getting people into the profession vs. keeping people inside the profession
What the reasons are that a lot of drivers are leaving the trucking profession and what they are leaving the profession for
What Steve thinks about various initiatives from the current US administration, for example the "under 21 program"
What the wage and working conditions are really like in different segments of the truck driving business
How real is the infamous 80.000 driver shortage number?
How driver training programs work and how they need to be improved
Potential solutions to the various structural problems in the industry
What role existing and new technology can play
Why drivers are still paid by the mile and what problems arise from that approach
Why the driver shortage is a very "convenient narrative"
What influence can transportation procurement professionals play in improving driver conditions
and more
Helpful Links:
Steve Viscelli's website: https://www.steveviscelli.com/
Steve Viscelli's podcast episode with Lex Fridman: https://youtu.be/a3Wpy6gE4So
Jonah McIntire (Hoste) on LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire
Boris Felgendreher (Founder of The Logistics Tribe) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
Our great supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/
BVL Webinar “How flexible automation helped Jysk cope with the unexpected peaks during the pandemic and support their ecommerce growth” on Feb 24, 2022: https://bvl-digital.de/webinare/sendeplan/how-flexible-automation-helped-jysk-cope-with-the-unexpected-peaks-during-the-pandemic-and-support-their-ecommerce-growth/
54 min - So, where are we with Supply Chain Visibility? (Tobias Larsson, Altana AI, Founder of Resilience360)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Supply Chain Visibility is an evergreen topic in the industry. But it feels like after so many years, there are still a lot more questions than answers about what visibility you actually need to run a global supply chain and how best to achieve it. The last couple of years have made that painfully obvious.
Today's guest has been trying to tackle the issue from various angles for many years. Tobias Larsson is the founder of Resilience360 and leads supply chain solutions at Altana AI.
Together with Jonah McIntire, serial logistics tech entrpreneur and another "veteran" of the field, Tobias discusses the following topics:
Tobias' background as the founder of Resilience360 and his role at Altana AI
How Altana is trying to build the "Google Maps" of Supply Chains
The current state of visibility across the extended supply and value chain
How 2020 and 2021 put supply chains on the radar of senior management
A look back at the history of how companies have tried to gain supply chain visibility over the years
How supply chain technology has evolved over time
From "dots on a map" to predictive ETAs and exception management
Views that Tobias holds that are "contrarian" or non-mainstream
Supply chain risk and ways to assess it
The importance of value chain visibility
Some recommended "no-regrets" moves supply chain leader should make to get better supply chain visibility
Jona's unconventional idea to look at betting markets as predictors of supply chain risk
What would be game changers for the field of supply chain visibility
And much more
Helpful links:
To connect with Tobias on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-larsson-6a953b/
To connect with Jonah on LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire
Altana AI: https://altana.ai/
Our great supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/
To connect with Boris (founder of The Logistics Tribe) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
41 min - 2022 Supply Chain Predictions with Knut Alicke (Partner, McKinsey)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Today's guest on the show is Knut Alicke. Knut is partner at McKinsey. He’s based in McKinsey’s Stuttgart office where he is leader of the firm’s work in manufacturing and supply chain.
He advises clients on a variety of topics including supply chain management, digital supply chains and advanced analytics, and supply chain transformations.
Knut is also the author of a highly regarded book on supply chain management, and a professor at University of Karlsruhe, teaching supply chain management.
We asked Knut to give us his Supply Chain Predictions for 2022 and the conversation turned into a discussion on a variety of topics like the increased visibility of supply chain as a function, labour shortages and mismatches and the role that automation plays, container shipping rates, logtech startups and so much more. This show is hosted by Boris Felgendreher.
The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by GreyOrange, a global leader in the areas of AI-enabled warehouse robotics and fulfillment automation.
GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/Helpful links:
To connect with Knut Alicke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/knut-alicke/
To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder and host of the Logistics Tribe, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
How COVID-19 is reshaping supply chains: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/how-covid-19-is-reshaping-supply-chains
Demand Planning in a Crisis:
https://www.scmr.com/article/demand_planning_in_a_crisisHow great supply-chain organizations work:
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/how-great-supply-chain-organizations-workRisk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/risk-resilience-and-rebalancing-in-global-value-chains
45 min - Newest Logistics Hall of Famer Lynn Fritz on Humanitarian LogisticsThe Logistics Tribe Podcast
Lynn Fritz is the latest member to be inducted into the International Logistics Hall of Fame.
Lynn is a true visionary in the global logistics industry. He was the Chairman and CEO of Fritz Companies until May 2001 when it was acquired by UPS.
Afterwards Lynn founded the non-profit organization Fritz Institute with his own funds to support NGOs around the world with humanitarian logistics.
Today Lynn is regarded as the founder of logistics for humanitarian organizations. So, of course, we are very honored to have Lynn as a guest on The Logistics Tribe.
Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Lynn talks about the following topics:
How Lynn started in logistics in San Francisco in the 1970s
How Lynn built the Fritz Company freight forwarding business for 35 years and then sold it to UPS in 2001
How and why The Fritz Institute with its focus on Humanitarian Logistics was started
The important differences between humanitarian and every day logistics
The tsunami disaster in 2004 as a case study for the challenges of humanitarian logistics
The role of technology in disaster preparation and response
The very human story of how a local Bollywood Fan Club helped out during a disaster response
The inevitability of more serious disasters being brought on by climate change
The responsibility of the logistics industry to combat climate change. How climate change can be an opportunity for logistics
How Lynn walks the walk on sustainability with his Lynmar wine estate
Important links:
The Fritz Institute: http://www.fritzinstitute.org/index.htm
The International Logistics Hall of Fame: https://www.logisticshalloffame.net/en/
To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of The Logistics Tribe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/
To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder and host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by GreyOrange, a global leader in the areas of AI-enabled warehouse robotics and fulfillment automation.
Link to an upcoming webinar with GreyOrange and Active Ants, organized by the German Logistics Association (BVL). This webinar is in German language only.
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und maschinelles Lernen (ML) zur E-Fulfillment Automatisierung und Optimierung
https://bvl-digital.de/webinare/sendeplan/kuenstliche-intelligenz-ki-und-maschinelles-lernen-ml-zur-e-fulfillment-automatisierung-und-optimierung/
37 min - MIT professor Yossi Sheffi on how to solve our global supply chain, pandemic and climate change problemsThe Logistics Tribe Podcast
Today's guest is Dr. Yossi Sheffi. Yossi is professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).
He is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis and supply chain management, which are the subjects he researches and teaches at MIT, both at the MIT School of Engineering and at the Sloan School of Management.
He is also a very prolific author of several books including:
The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected
Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business (and When Not to)
The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19
His latest book, "A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World" was just published a couple of weeks ago.
This episode of The Logistics Tribe is hosted by Marco Prüglmeier and covers a wide spectrum of topics: the Semiconductor shortage, supply chain disruptions during COVID, climate change, globalization and the role technology can play to tackle all of those issues.
Happy listening!
Important links:
To learn more about Yossi Sheffi: https://sheffi.mit.edu/
To connect with Marco Prüglmeier: Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/
To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by GreyOrange, a global leader in the areas of AI-enabled warehouse robotics and fulfillment automation.
Boris recently recorded a podcast episode with Akash Gupta, the young co-founder and CTO of GreyOrange. That episode is now live on the BVL Digital Podcast, the official podcast of the German Logistics Association (BVL): https://bvl-digital.de/podcast/87-ai-enabled-smart-robots-in-fulfillment-and-warehouse-automation/
45 min - A Last Mile Digital Forwarder for IKEA, Decathlon, Migros and Metro (Aike Festini, CEO and Co-Founder, Luckabox)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
Aike Festini is CEO and Co-Founder of Luckabox, an innovative startup from Switzerland.
Over 40% of delivery costs are incurred during the last miles of the delivery process. Here, traditional delivery services often experience problems with coordination.
Luckabox is helping prominent brands and retailers like IKEA, Decathlon, Migros and Metro with this last, essential phase of the delivery process.
Luckabox coordinates all steps necessary for an efficient and cost-effective delivery.
Aike and her team consider themselves a “Last Mile Digital Forwarder”.
In this episode of The Logistics Tribe Podcast, Aike gives our host Dana von der Heide a behind-the-scene look at how she and her team have built the company from scratch, what the major pain points are that they serve for their customers, where the company is headed next, and much more.
Happy listening!
Important links:
To learn more about Luckabox: https://www.luckabox.com/en/
To connect with Aike Festini, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aikefestini/
To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/
To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by GreyOrange, a global leader in the areas of AI-enabled warehouse robotics and fulfillment automation.
Boris recently recorded a podcast episode with Akash Gupta, the young co-founder and CTO of GreyOrange. That episode is now live on the BVL Digital Podcast, the official podcast of the German Logistics Association (BVL): https://bvl-digital.de/podcast/87-ai-enabled-smart-robots-in-fulfillment-and-warehouse-automation/
31 min - An Update on The Logistics Tribe, a New Startup and a New Book (Boris Felgendreher and Marco Prüglmeier)The Logistics Tribe Podcast
In this episode of The Logistics Tribe, Boris Felgendreher, founder of The Logistics Tribe, talks to his fellow Tribe podcast host Marco Prüglmeier.
First they give an update on how The Logistics Tribe has been received after the first 25 episode. What shows have been performing best, in which markets The Tribe has been trending on the Apple Podcast charts and how the Tribe will evolve over time.
Next, they dive into the startup that Marco launched and got VC funding for this year. Noyes Technologies is on a mission to define the space of nano-fulfillment. What that means and how the company is planning to turbo-charge the booming Q-Commerce space, all of that and more is covered in this episode.
Then, they dive into the book that Marco published this year on the topic of innovations in logistics.
The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by GreyOrange, a global leader in the areas of AI-enabled warehouse robotics and fulfillment automation.
Boris just recorded a podcast episode with Akash Gupta, the young co-founder and CTO of GreyOrange. That episode will air soon on the BVL Digital Podcast, the official podcast of the German Logistics Association (BVL). Links below.
Links:
Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/
Noyes Technologies: https://www.noyes-tech.com/
Marco's new book: https://www.huss-shop.de/item/Innovations-in-Logistics-engl.html
BVL Digital Podcast: https://bvl-digital.de/podcast/
GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/
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About The Logistics Tribe
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Boris Felgendreher, Dana von der Heide and Marco Prüglmeier invite you to listen to The Logistics Tribe, a weekly podcast about the world of global logistics and supply chain management.
You can follow the hosts on Linkedin:
Boris Felgendreher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/
Dana von der Heide: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/
Marco Prüglmeier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/
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