The Future of Supply Chain: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Trey Closson, director of maritime logistics at Georgia Pacific. As a part of Koch Industries, they are the largest US exporter of containerized ocean freight. 2020 was an interesting year for maritime freight and in this conversation, Santosh and Trey explore what 2021 and the future of the industry might look like.Highlights from their conversation include:The breadth of the supply chain efforts at Georgia Pacific and Trey’s background in philosophy and urban development (1:13)Current state of ocean freight (4:23)Will there be a leveling of the playing field between west and east coast ports? (9:10)What’s top of mind for international logistics in 2021? (13:00)Incentives for carriers to have more competitive rates (16:18)What is the next opportunity for founders to explore? (21:31)Thinking about engagement with start-ups (25:32)Understanding the virtuous cycles of mutual benefit (26:58)With more than 30,000 employees globally and 180 locations worldwide, Georgia Pacific is a household name. They are one of the world’s leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging, building products and related chemicals. Find out more at gp.com/about-usAbout 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.

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, Santosh sits down with Katy George, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company to discuss her recent report on Industry 4.0 and the Lighthouse companies that are leading the way for innovation, automation, and worker adaptation in the new digitally-led environment.

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO for the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). ASCM is the largest non-profit association for supply chain professionals with 45,000 members in 40 countries with 300 partners across the globe. Together they discuss how the supply chain can make the world a better place.Highlights from their conversation include:An overview of ASCM, its work with individuals and organizations (1:06)Technology’s impact on the supply chain in the near future (7:36)Competencies incoming professionals need to develop and the skill gaps that exist (11:40)Long-term benefit of professional development for company and employee (15:23)Upscaling warehouse workers (21:04)Compelling reasons for someone to consider a career in the supply chain (24:48)ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of supply chain. ASCM is driving innovation in the industry with new products, services, and partnerships that enable companies to further optimize their supply chains, secure their competitive advantage, and positively impact their bottom lines. Find out more at https://www.ascm.org/about-ascm/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.

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Ilya Levtov, founder and CEO of Craft. Craft is building a modern platform for enterprise intelligence. Ilya discusses how Craft helps enterprises map, track, and spot risks living in the supply chain.Highlights from their conversation include:What Craft is focusing on building currently (1:02)Ilya Levtov’s background (1:48)Three modules of supplier discovery, evaluation and monitoring (4:21)Mapping a complex supply chain network (7:16)Sample of a customer’s experience (13:03)Benefits for Craft’s customers (18:08)Craft’s position in the future of the supply chain (21:32)Founded in 2015, Craft is an enterprise intelligence company helping organizations make data-informed business decisions. Their platform provides comprehensive, validated, and always up-to-date commercial data, analytics, and actionable insights. Find out more at https://craft.co/craftAbout 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.

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Dean Tomazic, EVP and CTO of FEV to discuss the role that alternative fuels can shape the future of logistics. FEV (Forschungsgesellschaft für Energietechnik und Verbrennungsmotoren) is an engineering service provider in the mobility and energy management domain with 6,700 employees globally. FEV seeks solutions to the future challenges within the global transportation industry and among other things, focuses on the advancement of electronic control systems, connected vehicles, and automation.Highlights from their conversation include:Background on FEV as a company and Dean’s role (1:07)State of alternative energy drive systems starting with hybrid vehicles (5:38)Electric Trucks (9:00)Utilizing hydrogen (10:58)Use case of battery electric vehicles in logistics (17:12)Technical breakthroughs needed (21:47)Dealing with the impact of regulation (24:32)Evolutionary progress and predictions for 2021 (26:30)FEV is an internationally recognized leader in the design and development of internal combustion engines, conventional, electric, and alternative vehicle drive systems, energy technology, and a major supplier of advanced testing and instrumentation products and services to some of the world's largest OEMs. Find out more about FEV at https://www.fev.com/en/who-we-are/company-history.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.

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Sam Ryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Zeelo to talk about personalized bus service for employees and the organization's critical care policy in response to COVID-19.

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Justin Lum, Director of Strategic Alliances at Locus Robotics, to talk about robotics, AI, and a new approach to e-commerce fulfillment and warehouse automation.

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Jeremy Bodenhamer, co-founder and CEO of ShipHawk, and together they discuss what it means for a business to “Adapt or Die”, the title of Jeremy’s new book. Founded in 2012, ShipHawk is a packing and shipping software for high-volume retail, wholesale, and eCommerce ERP-connected companies to lower their packing and shipping costs so they can compete with eCommerce giants.Highlights from their conversation include:Introduction to Jeremy Bodenhamer and ShipHawk (1:16)The state of the shipping industry (4:57)The purpose of the ShipHawk modules (7:06)Benefits for the customers in adopting ShipHawk (10:08)Writing the book “Adapt or Die” and the focus on behind the buy button (12:14)The five APIs of the Apocalypse (18:31)Robots work, people rule (23:24)Why Jeremy wrote the book (28:15)ShipHawk accounts for SKU data at the item level to provide a baseline for rating and automation that removes the human element from the carrier selection and fulfillment process. Because it looks at the individual items within an order, ShipHawk automatically accounts for split shipments, drop shipments, multiple boxes, volume, location and other variables that often end up costing more than expected or disrupting fulfillment. Find out more at shiphawk.com/about/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.

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Carolyn Mooney, CEO and co-founder of nextmv (pronounced next move). Nextmv positions itself as the first real-time, end-to-end decision automation platform.Highlights from their conversation include:Carolyn Mooney’s path from missiles to food delivery to nextmv (1:08)Using Dash to experiment and simulate and Hop to solve optimization (4:10)Customer benefit use cases (12:42)Practically implementing the nextmv API (14:53)Simulating thousands of decision paths and selecting the most optimal one (16:43)Could this be used to help with vaccine distribution? (18:50)Nextmv’s tools allow users to encode, test, and manage decisions in the cloud, so they can scale their business with predictable performance and lower cost. Find out more at nextmv.io/aboutAbout 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.

This week, on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Tom Lefaivre, president and CEO of Anchor Harvey Components. Anchor Harvey is known for having a data-driven approach and for how it controls the inputs into the process to ensure that parts are identical no matter when they are made in the process. Highlights from their conversation include:Introduction to Anchor Harvey and what sets it apart (1:02)Having a data-driven approach to forging (4:32)Commonly forged products (6:39)Monitoring the steps in the process (10:27)Developing a process control system (11:51)Is there an unraveling of globalization or just a course correction for supply chains? (15:48)Staying relevant and offering value to customers (20:11)Streamlining workflows (22:05)Anchor Harvey is a data-driven aluminum forging company with a century-long legacy in precision manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management. They’ve modernized the age-old aluminum forging process by introducing sophisticated technology to monitor and control every step of the operation, ensuring part consistency from 1 to over 1,000,000. Find out more about Anchor Harvey at anchorharvey.com/about/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.