The Logistics Tribe

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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_crisis How great supply-chain organizations work: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/how-great-supply-chain-organizations-work Risk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/risk-resilience-and-rebalancing-in-global-value-chains

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 to 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: 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. 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/

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

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/

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/

In today's episode of The Logistics Tribe we will take a look at why and how the mainstream media has been covering the global supply chain crisis. The topic is getting a tremendous amount of attention right now. The President of the United States spoke out and intervened in the current transportation and supply chain situation and the headlines in major news outlets and the evening news around the world are full of supply chain stories and attempts to explain what’s going on. So we invited two journalists onto the show today who have been covering the world of transportation, logistics and supply chain for many years. We wanted to get their take on what the mainstream media is getting right, what they may be getting wrong, and what the impacts may be on the situation as a result of how this story is covered. Eric Johnson, is senior editor at the trade publication Journal of Commerce, and Emma Cosgrove is senior reporter for transportation and e-commerce topics at the online publication Business Insider. Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by our partner GreyOrange, a globale leader in AI cloud software and robotic automation that keeps inventory in motion. To learn more about GreyOrange, visit: https://www.greyorange.com/ To see GreyOrange robots and software in action, visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLcH2hQiILnteafeYh_qOA To connect with Eric Johnson on LinkedIn, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejohnson3242/ To connect with Eric Johnson on Twitter, visit: https://twitter.com/LogTechEric To subscribe to Eric Johnson's awesome free LogTech newsletter, visit: https://ericjohnson.substack.com/ To connect with Emma Cosgrove on LinkedIn, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmacosgrove/ To connect with Emma Cosgrove on Twitter, visit: https://twitter.com/emmacos To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of The Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/

The ongoing semiconductor shortage has been sending ripples across our supply chains for many months now, with no end in sight. But the story of what exactly is going on and what products and industries are affected keeps evolving. So we invited Richard Barnett, CMO at Supplyframe to give our audience of logistics and supply chain professionals on The Logistics Tribe Podcast a crash course on the situation. Richard is a bonafide expert on the value chains of global manufacturing companies. Together with our host Boris Felgendreher, he discussed the following topics: - Richard’s background in global supply chain management - How Supplyframe fits into the Siemens family of companies - The semiconductor situation prior to the pandemic. What were the important trends? - The challenges of matching semiconductor supply and demand and the difficulties of ramping up production - How the pandemic triggered a chain reaction and ripple effects across the supply chain. - How changed consumer behaviors influenced demand and how that affected different industries differently - How miscalculations and misjudgments of the situation contributed to the crisis and why the automotive sector was hit particularly hard - Why the automotive supply chain had missing or misaligned incentives that made the situation worse - What characteristics of the automotive supply chain made it particularly susceptible to disruptions of this kind - Did pure-play EV companies fare better during the crisis? - The regional concentration of semiconductor production and the geopolitical questions that the current situation raises - What is the European perspective vs. the US perspective? - What other disruptions might be lurking on the horizon? - How supply chains will evolve as a result of the current semiconductor shortage. - Predictions for how the situation will unfold over the next 12 months and a broader outlook for this decade - And much more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. The Logistics Tribe Podcast is supported by our partner GreyOrange, a globale leader in AI cloud software and robotic automation that keeps inventory in motion. To learn more about GreyOrange, visit: https://www.greyorange.com/ To learn more about Supplyframe, visit: https://supplyframe.com/ To connect with Richard Barnett, CMO of Supplyframe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbarnett/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of The Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/

This is the story of a brilliant mechanical engineer in his 20s named Max Olson who had a crazy idea of how to revolutionize container transportation on the ocean. Contrary to what everybody else in the industry is doing - building larger and larger container vessels for economies of scale - Max set out to design small, hydrofoiling, remote-controlled speed boats that could carry 3 standard size ocean containers from China to the US West coast in less than 5 days. Instead of the normal 15 days of transit time. How Max came up with this crazy idea, how the prototypes look like, and if his idea has any chance of becoming a viable business any time soon, all of that and more is covered in this episode of The Logistics Tribe. Hosted by Jonah McIntire. Links: Seachange: https://www.goseachange.com/ Max Olson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-olson-241471123/

Our guest today on The Logistics Tribe is Karsten Keil. Karsten is member of the Management Board at Schnellecke Logistics and heads up the the groups IT and Digitization efforts. Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Karsten talks about how Schnellecke, a traditional, family-owned, globally-operating logistics provider with more than 75 years of experience is managing innovations and their digital transformation efforts. Together Karsten and Marco touch on the following topics: - How digital innovation and transformation is managed at Schnellecke globally and how it fits into to IT organization - What the main innovations are that Karsten's team is currently working on - What trends in innovations are the most relevant for Schnellecke? The importance of IoT, Data Analytics, real-time SC visibility, robotics - What the advantages are of AGVs vs. AMRs. The transition from AGVs to AMRs. Why AMRs are the future? - Visibility and tracking - Is blockchain already a topic? What's the potential? Resilience advantages of decentralized systems - Drones for inventory management in combination with RFID tags - Does augmented and virtual reality play a role yet? How is it being used at Schnellecke for onboarding. What results have been accomplished. - AR used during the picking process. What worked, what didn't? - The potential and challenges of autonomous trucks - Sustainability at Schnellecke - Could autonomous truck OEMs become a threat to thee traditional logistics business? How Schnellecke sees this as an opportunity. The emergence of platforms to coordinate shop floor equipment and autonomous trucks - The emergence of digital freight forwarders - How Schnellecke works with startups. What are the biggest challenges? - How a traditional, family-owned business with more than 75 years of experience had to change its culture to stay innovative Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To connect with Karsten, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-keil-6090761a6/ To learn more about Schnellecke, visit: https://www.schnellecke.com/en To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/

The current crisis in global ocean freight has impacted supply chains, businesses and consumers around the world. It is one of the most important business topics of the year. And a lot has been written about it already, even in the mainstream press. But this episode of The Logistics Tribe Podcast offers one of the most clear and comprehensive analyses of the situation, yet. Our guest Jochen Gutschmidt has spent over three decades on all sides of the ocean freight equation. 20 years in leading roles at Maersk and 10 years at Nestlé and his most recent role at maritime intelligence and analytics firm Sea-Intelligence give Jochen a very unique perspective and a comprehensive understanding of the crazy dynamics that are in play during these unprecedented times in ocean transportation. Host of today's show is Jonah McIntire, serial entrepreneur in the logistics tech space with many years of experience in global freight, logistics and tech. Together, Jonah and Jochen are talking about the following topics and themes: - Jochen's three decades in the world of ocean freight - A snapshot of the ocean freight chaos in the last 18 months - What are the root causes of the crisis? Is COVID the only cause at play? - How is this crisis similar or different to previous situations ovre the last decade? - The most frequent question Jochen gets from his clients at Sea-Intelligence - The big picture: What keeps supply chain leaders up at night in the current situation? - Rate impacts on major lanes: Asia-Europe, Asia-NA - Rate impacts in spot market vs. long service contracts - Have the costs for carriers and forwarders actually gone up in line with the rate increases? - How will the sudden carrier windfalls be used? - An analysis of the COVID-induced shipping crisis - The role of the sudden change in consumer behavior in the US during the pandemic and how it differed from consumer behavior in Europe - How temporary or permanent is the crisis? - Are we dealing with a "fork in the road" situation for the entire industry? - What will post-pandemic common rates look like? - Predictions for the carrier's business strategies post-COVID. Will they go back to rock-bottom rates and price wars? - What lessons can be learned for supply chain leaders? - and more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To learn more about Sea-Intelligence, visit: https://www.sea-intelligence.com/ To connect with Jochen Gutschmidt, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gutschmidt/ To connect with Jonah McIntire, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/

This episode of The Logistics Tribe is about the current state and future of intralogistics planning. Our host Marco Prüglmeier sat down with Tobias Herwig. Tobias is part of the management team at ipolog, an intralogistics and production planning software company based in Germany. He’s also the host of “Fabrik der Zukunft”, a German speaking podcast about the factory of the future. So both Marco and Tobias are intralogistics experts and in this episode they discussed the following topics: - Tobias's career and background in logistics inside of factories - ipolog, an intralogistics and production planning software company - The importance of visualization of data vs. the and importance and utility of using virtual reality for intralogistics planning - Does AI play an important role yet? - The challenge of collecting data - Integrating AGVs and AMRs into intralogistics simulations - How to integrate the virtual planning world with the real-world on the shop floor (digital twins vs. digital models) - Newest 3-D visualization technology at NVIDIA (Omniverse) and how ipolog is planning to use it - Tobias's predictions for the future of logistics planning and logistics in general (automation, autonomous transports, integrated digital models, etc.) - Tobias's own podcast "Fabrik der Zukunft" (factory of the future) - And much more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. For more information on ipolog, visit: https://www.ipolog.ai/en/optimization-areas/logistics-planning/ To connect with Tobias, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-herwig/ For more information about Tobias's podcast "Fabrik der Zukunft", visit: https://podcast.fabrikderzukunft.com/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/

Today's episode of The Logistics Tribe is dedicated to the topic of MQTT. MQTT is a messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). If you work in logistics and supply chain management, you really need to get up to speed on this very important technology that is such a key enabler for connecting devices, vehicles, assets, sensors, etc. Our guest Dominik Obermaier is a key expert in this field. He is CTO and co-founder at HiveMQ and also the co-author of the book “The Technical Foundations of IoT”. Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Dominik discusses the following topics: - The history of the MQTT protocol, dating back to 1999 - How and why MQTT has really gained recognition and traction in the last 10 years - The analogies between http is for the internet of humans and MQTT for the internet of things - Why MQTT is conquering the world of logistics already, without people even realizing it - The challenges of connectivity that MQTT can address - How MQTT makes data transfer as efficient as possible through so called publish/subscribe architecture - How and why Dominik got interested in MQTT and how he built a company around it - Why everybody driving a modern car is already using MQTT today - MQTT as a key component of Industry 4.0, connected factories and connected cities - MQTT in logistics: connecting devices, vehicles, assets, sensors, etc. - How does the implementation of MQTT technology work and why it can be set up so quickly - Some predictions for the future of the internet of things and for MQTT - And much more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To connect with Dominik, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobermai/ To learn more about HiveMQ, visit: https://www.hivemq.com/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/

Jonah McIntire is the founder of TNX Logistics, an AI-based road transportation procurement platform that Jonah just sold to Transporeon. He is also author of the book "Supply Chain Visibility: From Theory to Practice". Jonah holds many contrarian views around logistics and supply chain tech in particular. So this conversation turned into a wide-ranging thought-provoking discussion with our host Boris Felgendreher on the following topics: - Why startups are much less about a grand vision and more about trial-and-error and opportunism - What the first version of TNX Logistics looked liked like and why that didn’t work - What actually did work and how - What the “whiteboard rationale” was for launching TNX in New Zealand in “stealth mode” and what the reality ended up looking like - The acquisition of TNX by Transporeon - Jonah’s views on the success of Sennder in the European road transportation market. What he admires the company for and what he perceives as “tech-washing” on behalf of Sennder, Uber Freight, Convoy and others - An analysis of the economic models of Uber Freight, Convoy, Flexport - The valuation premium of digital freight forwarders vs. traditional freight forwarders - Why Jonah is bearish on drones in logistics but very bullish on autonomous vehicles and why that technology deserves more attention - Why the vision of humans and AI working together in unison and AI only replacing the boring and mindless tasks that humans don’t like to do may be wrong - Is AI in logistics and supply chain actually making jobs better or not? - How to think about breakthrough technologies that will suddenly change an entire industry. Analogies to the Manhattan project - And much more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To connect with Jonah McIntire, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/

Erik Wirsing is leading Global Innovations at DB Schenker, one of the largest logistics providers in the world, with over 75.000 people and over 17 billion Euros in annual revenue. In that role, it's vitally important to keep a close eye on the trends, technologies and innovations that are changing the industry. And as change is happening faster and faster it's more important than ever to frequently adjust your point of view on the innovations and technologies that really matter So our host Boris Felgendreher sat down with Erik to find out what Eric has actually changed his mind on recently. The result is a wide-ranging conversation about the following topics: - Managing teams, partners and relationships remotely. Connecting with people emotionally via digital tools. Fresh views on home office and remote work during and after the pandemic - Additive manufacturing and 3D printing. Example: 3D-printed face masks. Can logistics providers benefit from a world were items and spare parts can be produced locally as opposed to transported. - New business models for logistics providers. - Cargo drones and Volocopter, a company DB Schenker invested in - The tolerance and appetite for trying new, unproven things that may not work inside a large "conservative" organization - Examples of great ideas on paper that failed to work in practice and what lessons were learned - Autonomous driving: A topic the Schenker organization changed its mind on in just the last few weeks. Why and how? - The prospects of Hyperloop technology - The speed of electrification of heavy-load truck transport - The sudden rise and popularity of cargo bikes for inner-city transport - Space logistics and satellite technology - and more Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To learn more about DB Schenker, visit: https://www.dbschenker.com/global To connect with Erik Wirsing, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-wirsing/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/

Bern Grush, Chief Innovation Officer for Harmonize Mobility, Inc., is a Canadian transportation innovator trained in Human Factors Psychology and Systems Design Engineering from the Universities of Toronto and Waterloo (Ontario), respectively. He brings a unique urban-sensitivity to vehicle automation from both a human-social perspective and a complex-systems perspective. Bern is the principal author of the 2018 textbook “The End of Driving: Transportation Systems and Public Policy Planning for Autonomous Vehicles”. He is the inventor of a management platform for transit-user microsubsidies being piloted in the EU, and the project leader for ISO technical standard 4448: “Sidewalk and kerb operations for automated vehicles” for ground-control operations. In today's episode of The Logistics Tribe, Bern talks to our host Marco Prüglmeier about the opportunities and challenges related to deploying autonomous mobile delivery robots on our inner city sidewalks. Links to resources mentioned in this episode: White Paper "The Last Block: Towards an international standard to regulate and manage sidewalk robots: https://citm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harmonize-Mobility_The-Last-Block_21.02.01.pdf 
 White Paper "Draft international standard for ground-based automated mobility: Loading and unloading at the curb and sidewalk: http://endofdriving.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Whitepaper-A-Draft-International-Standard-for-Ground-based-Automated-Mobility.pdf 
 Paper "Footway Robots and Business Improvement Areas". http://endofdriving.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Footway-Robots-and-Business-Improvement-Areas-Grush-final-2021-04-30.pdf 
 Article in Cities Today: "New standards on the way for delivery robots": https://cities-today.com/new-standards-on-the-way-for-delivery-robots/ Please subscribe to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future episodes. To connect with Bern, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bern-grush-1b5120/ To connect with Marco Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ To connect with Boris Felgendreher, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/