The New Warehouse Podcast

We spend plenty of time talking about the robots coming into warehouses. Kevin has a question about the people working beside them: What are we preparing them to do next?

In this solo episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin Lawton draws on his operations experience and recent talk at ASCM’s CHAINge Conference. He focuses on workers whose jobs are changing and whether leadership is helping them keep up.

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What happens when a warehouse has plenty of freight to move but not enough forklift operators? For some 3PLs, that challenge can limit how much business they accept.

On this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin welcomes Arshan Poursohi, CEO and co-founder of Third Wave Automation, to discuss how shared autonomy makes autonomous forklifts practical for warehouses.

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Lower shipping costs for 3PLs sound like an easy win. But what happens when those savings come at the expense of service, customer satisfaction, or even someone's job?

On this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin welcomes back Ben Emmrich, co-founder and CEO of Tusk Logistics, to discuss how alternative carriers are changing parcel shipping and what operators should consider as they plan for 2027.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, featuring Francesco Cecci, cluster sales manager for e-commerce at Coesia. The Italy-based automation group brings cross-industry engineering experience to warehouse packaging and palletizing. 

Cecci explains how those capabilities address packing bottlenecks, material waste, and the challenges of automating existing facilities. He also explores how packaging decisions could be more closely tied to downstream shipping.

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Welcome to The New Warehouse Podcast. Ron Egan, senior vice president of sales at FORTNA, joins Kevin to discuss peak planning. FORTNA designs, integrates, and supports warehouse and parcel distribution systems. 

Egan shares where operations get caught, how to test readiness, and why faster picking alone won’t solve the problem.

The conversation tackles a costly question: How much automation does a warehouse need when its busiest days keep changing? 

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A customer shipping 10 million packages still couldn’t fill the trucks needed for daily departures. For Chris Guggenheim, that experience helped spark the idea behind ClearJet.

On this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, ClearJet’s founder and CEO explains how the company moves parcels using commercial passenger flights. Airport teams sort the packages, clear them for flight, and connect them with final-mile carriers. 

The discussion covers three problems familiar to warehouse operators: paying for underfilled trucks, finding room for more carriers, and waiting for returned merchandise. Guggenheim’s examples show how changing transportation between facilities could address each one.

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Welcome to The New Warehouse Podcast. In this episode, Kevin welcomes Yan Sim, founder of Operating Crew, to explore profitable fulfillment partnerships. Their conversation tackles a familiar challenge: winning business while protecting margins. Brands want savings, and 3PLs need enough profit to deliver reliable service.

Operating Crew helps brands improve their supply chains through 3PL selection, packaging, and parcel shipping. Sim explains how smarter carrier strategies, packaging changes, and proven retail capabilities can strengthen both businesses without another round of rate cuts.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where we take a closer look at freight performance. 

Guest Lance Healy, CEO and co-founder of Freight Facts, explains how shipper scores could reshape carrier relationships. His company turns carrier data into measurable insights about shipping operations.

The conversation explores less-than-truckload transportation, warehouse accountability, and better rate negotiations.

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Warehouses have invested heavily in better visibility inside the four walls. The yard can be a different story. On this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin sits down with Ilhan Kolko, President and Managing Director at Aviro360, a company focused on real-time yard visibility and gate automation.

Built out of logistics operator ConGlobal, Aviro360 combines computer vision, AI, and lightweight hardware to track what is happening outside the warehouse. Ilhan explains why many yards still operate with incomplete information, how that affects decisions, and where automation can unlock capacity.

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Warehouse automation has historically worked best in predictable environments. Physical AI could change that. On this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin sits down with Mason Cole, Director of Sales for North America at Sereact.

Sereact develops AI software and robotic systems designed to perceive, reason, and adapt inside warehouse operations. Mason explains zero-shot picking, AI-powered vision, and dual-arm robotics. More importantly, he shares how warehouse leaders should evaluate emerging technology without getting caught up in the hype.

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