The Future of Supply Chain: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast

Highlights from their conversation include:About Zebra Technologies (1:16)The Mark Wheeler story (1:57)Acquisition of Fetch Robotics (3:31)How Zebra enabled customers through the pandemic (6:40)Intelligent edge solutions (8:06)RFID as a technology (13:39)Outlook for the supply chain (17:34)Advice for entrepreneurs (19:03)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups.Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/

Highlights from their conversation include:An overview of Capstone Logistics and Sean’s path in the industry (1:05)Weighing the added value from a new partner against the risk it could bring to the relationship with the customer (5:04)3PL’s build versus buy discussion (8:35)Analyzing the 3PL and shipper relationship (13:30)Creative deal structures (18:55)Insights on disruption and change in the future of the industry (21:41)Quick takes on recent supply chain news, including the distribution of coronavirus vaccines (24:18)Positioned to help customers reduce warehousing and transportation costs, Capstone is a leading North American supply chain solutions partner with more than 500 operating locations,14,500 associates, and 60,000 carriers. They have capabilities in freight management, warehouse and distribution center support, last mile delivery, supply chain analytics and optimization, and more. Find out more at https://www.capstonelogistics.com/About The Future of Supply Chain:During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.

Highlights from their conversation include:The Philipp story (1:26)Explaining emissions (4:06)How Climatiq approaches variation (5:48)How to better steward the environment (9:04)Businesses’ willingness to pay for sustainability consciousness (11:27)ROI associated with carbon emissions accounting (12:57)Implementing Climatiq’s software (15:05)Making investments in climate related technology (17:48)Selling climate oriented SaaS products (18:50)Advice for supply chain founders (20:29)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from their conversation include:Clay’s background (2:09)Dynamo fellowship (3:23)Career-wide impact (4:29)Mentorship within the fellowship (13:51)What makes Dynamo different (16:48)Summarizing the fellowship (20:17)Favorite portfolio projects (22:23)If you could do the fellowship again… (24:25)Moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee (27:07)Why YOU should do the fellowship (29:55)Application details (30:36)Application: https://www.dynamo.vc/blog-posts/join-dynamo-ventures-fellowship-program-2Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage and enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from the conversation:How Parade got started (1:18)Defining capacity management (5:20)The ideal Parade customer/partner (9:10)How capacity management is typically dealt with (10:57)Benefits of working with Parade (12:47)How Parade implements AI (16:52)How Parade interfaces with the TMS (20:33)Lessons from selling into freight brokerages (23:02)The future for the brokerage industry (25:11)Rapide fire round: the slowdown in North American trucking, sustained strength in industrial demand, favorite daily habit (27:11)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from their conversation include:Ryan’s foray into supply chain and RFID (1:06)RFID’s adoption curve in the supply chain (5:46)Ways RFID has evolved recently (9:17)Optimizing the visibility that RFID provides (11:45)Use cases for determining ROI with RFID (17:40)Comparing and contrasting emerging technologies with RFID (23:48)Trends in demand for RFID in 2020 and beyond (27:14)Avery Dennison is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials, including radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Find out more about Avery Dennison at https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us.htmlAbout The Future of Supply Chain:During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together. Listen to more episodes at https://www.dynamo.vc/podcasts

Highlights from their conversation include:About TexAmericas Center (TAC) (1:12)The Eric story (1:42)How TAC is enabling better logistics for its industrial customers (3:58)How TAC is able to have such strong coverage (6:30)Eric’s perspective on nearshoring (8:43)How transportation managers are restrategizing with TAC (10:44)TAC success stories (14:19)Inventory levels through TAC’s facilities (17:21)How TAC leverages technology to better its service (19:19)Which supply chain areas entrepreneurs should focus on (20:45)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from their conversation include:What’s being built at Semicab (1:08)The Ajesh story (2:50)The problems Semicab is solving for its customers (5:04)Semicab as a collaborative platform (9:24)Getting scale behind new technology (11:58)Benefiting from Semicab’s advantaged approach (16:03)Integrating with Semicab (18:05)When Semicab is not a great solution (19:27)How Semicab is promoting ESG goals (21:18)Rapid-fire round: signs of a pending freight recession, the future of digital freight brokerage, favorite book (23:01)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from their conversation include:Milk Moovement’s mission (1:20)The Rob story (2:30)Breaking down the dairy industry (5:10)The data farmers are interested in (8:40)The benefits of leveraging Milk Moovement (11:11)The scale of Milk Moovement (13:32)The grand vision for Milk Moovement (15:05)Benefits of taking daily walks (18:02)Valuable business lesson (19:58)If you could take up an opportunity in supply chain… (21:27)Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

Highlights from their conversation included:Using advanced image processing to help bulk materials companies eliminate that year-end surprise (1:14)How bulk materials companies used to assess their inventory (5:53)Interpreting pixels captured by smartphones, drones and more for attributes of a stockpile (9:38)Sample use cases for image acquisition and data integration (13:00)Attitude shifts in inventory management in 2020 (17:37)Offering a bundled option compared to a white label option (19:35)Focusing on a problem to solve and partnering to provide a complete solution (23:23)Projecting the future of Stockpile Reports (25:22)Stockpile Reports enables companies to become the market leaders by solving their most difficult inventory, operations, and financial problems with their Every Pile, Any Time™ mindset. Turn your biggest headache into an asset you can leverage to create competitive advantage through material visibility across your enterprise supply chains. Find out more at stockpilereports.com/about-us/.About The Future of Supply Chain:During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.