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 Started 03.07 Saket’s Experience Working with the World Bank 04:57 Challenges of Data Integration (Poshmark Success Story) 07:51 H ..read more

A Textiles engineering professional specialising in advanced e-textiles and Smart textiles. Episode Notes: 00:08 – Introduction 02:18 – Hobby or Personal Passion 04:04 – RFiD Thread Overview 05:14 – Challenges in Retail 2021 07:50 – Challenges in Garment Recycling 2021 09:21 – Barcodes & RFID Challenges 10:18 – What is RFiD Threads 12:50 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Manufacturing 14:26 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Retail 18:29 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Brands 19:13 – RFiD Threads Adding Value to Customers 20:06 – Adding Value to the Circular Economy 22:01 – Global Recognition for ..read more

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 production (after auto production had ceased completely in 2020). 8:28 reinforcing US domestic semic ..read more

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 14:17. Supply chain management solutions (Plex) 15:17. AI/ML critical to solutions 16:15. Metrics to eva ..read more

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 business 12:03. KPMG model to drive innovation connected to strategy, mission and vision 12:30. Consumer c ..read more

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. Breaking down the omni-channel experience 22:17. ‘Headless approach’ 26:26. Digital transforma ..read more

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/efficiency investment theme 6:12. COVID impact on investing 7:35. Crisis, normal, crisis product dev ..read more

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 Australia and the EU. Persequor is co-leading a new effort at USC to drive technology and food safety. Persequo ..read more

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