Supply Chain Innovators

Responsible Sourcing Network Built By Climate Scientist

On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the CEO of SupplyShift, Alex Gershenson. SupplyShift is an end-to-end supply chain data management, responsible sourcing, and supplier engagement platform. 
 
You will hear:
✔️ How focussing on responsibility gives you a hedge against disruption
✔️ Why procurement professionals are looking at environmental and social metrics 
✔️ How companies may recognize the need for responsible sourcing solutions but aren't sure where they should focus 
 
🖱Links:
Check out SupplyShift
Check out Backbone Social
 
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Alex Gershenson 
Linkedin: SupplyShift
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators
 

How Diversification Saved this Reno Trucking Company

On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Chief Accounting Officer of Full Tilt Logistics, Jessica Novich. Full Tilt Logistics is not only women-owned but also a multigenerational family-owned 3PL company based out of Reno NV. 
You Will Learn:
How FTL came back from losing 70% of their revenue and workforce 
How diversifying their business plan not only saved their company but expanded it 
The trick to truck drivers embracing new technology 
What it is like to be a woman in a male dominated industry
 
“If they don’t understand their technology and aren't utilizing it, then it can be detrimental to the operation”
 
Is Full Tilt Logistics Right For you?
If you are looking for a family-owned company that cares deeply about their customers, employees and carriers. 
A Freight Logistics and Transportation Company located in Reno NV. 
A company that seizes opportunities that ultimately steers efficiencies
FTL offering:
Transportation
Warehousing & Distribution
Freight Brokerage Services
 
🖱Links:
Check out Full Tilt Logistics
Check out Backbone Social
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Jessica Novich
Linkedin: Full Tilt Logistics
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators

Automate Your Warehouse and Freight Transport with Ease

On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of CartonCloud, Vincent Fletcher. CartonCloud provides powerful freight and logistics management software for SMEs.
 
You Will Learn:
How their combined warehouse and transport management system can improve your bottom line, increase productivity, slash admin by up to 80%, and reduce error margins
Why the quality of their implementation and support teams are just as important as their sales team
What Vincent would do differently if he could go back to starting the company
 
Is CartonCloud Right For you?
CartonCloud is ideal for a 3rd party logistics company doing warehousing and/or transport and is between 2 and 25 million with a staff of 2-150 people.
If you are looking for one software that can take care of your freight and logistics
🖱Links:
Check out CartonCloud
Check out Logistics Index
Check out Backbone Social
 
👋 Follow:
Linkedin: Vincent Fletcher
Linkedin: CartonCloud
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators

How to Future-Proof Your EDI Infrastructure

On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of Orderful, Erik Kiser. Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. 
You Will Hear:
About a modern API approach to the legacy flat file data trading business to business process. 
The key to spending less resources when onboarding partners. 
How the API brings the average go live time from 8-12 weeks to 9 days or less. 
“Offer a modern API approach to this legacy flat file data trading business to business process but also bringing the go live time down.”
 
Is Orderful Right For you?
Orderful is different from other companies as they solve problems with technology, not humans. 
The API is agnostic on the backend system. 
Are you spending too many resources onboarding partners? 
Links:
Check out Orderful
Check out Backbone Social 
 
Follow: 
Linkedin: Erik Kiser
Linkedin: Orderful 
Linkedin: Taylor Camarena 
LinkedIn: Supply Chain Innovators 
 

Bringing New-Age Technology to Flatbed Freight

On today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we spoke with the Co-Founder of EXO Freight, Kurtis Tryber. EXO Freight is a dedicated flatbed freight brokerage that combines flatbed transportation with new-age and custom built technology for customers and freight drivers.  
 
You Will Learn:
How their new financial factoring, and corporate charge card work. 
Why they are bringing advanced technology to flatbed freight.
How they keep drivers when drivers have a lot of options.
What their funding round looked like and how they see the industry evolving.
 
“It would be nice to get some new blood in the space and that's what we are going to see with venture capital fueling into the industry”
 
Is EXO Freight Right For you?
 Exo Freight has all of the digital aspects as other freight. So, if you are looking for a more digital relationship with your carriers rather than phone and fax, EXO Freight is right for you!

High-Speed Robotics for Sortation & Order Consolidation

In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Pramod Ghadge about how UnboxRobotics is transforming the speed of sortation and order consolidation in the supply chain.
 
 
You Will Learn:
How they found challenges in the supply chain and decided to automate them with robotics.
The large impact it has when automating the package sortation and consolidation in a facility.
Built for e-commerce, retailers, and logistics enterprises.
How these robots are delivering 2-3x more than other industrial robots.
 
 
Is Unbox Robotics Right For You?
Built for: E-commerce, retailers, and logistics enterprises. Can be used in a compact space, and is built for small to large companies across the whole supply chain.
Timeframe to install: Can be installed in less than 2 weeks as well as improves the productivity of a person in warehouse by more than 3x.
Example: can process more than 30k packages using only 23 robots.
 

Transportation as an Employee Benefit

In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Ryan McManus about how transportation as an employee benefit can help companies’ current workforce, attract future employees and remove that transportation barrier to your company’s success.
 
Backstory and purpose:
How SHARE Mobility chose an industry and then looked for an opportunity and problem to solve.
Why your employee's commute is the first link in the supply chain.
Why transportation as an employee benefit is inevitable.
How you can lower your carbon footprint for ESG reporting, reduce carbon footprint.
“Giving a family an extra 5k a year can be life-changing”
 
About SHARE Mobility:
Great for 100 -200 employees, 2-3 shifts, and the workforce coming from an urban area.
Think about this like employee health insurance. You can have your own plan or you can be a part of a group plan. Think bout that as an employee benefit.
Account SHARE Mobility and they book through the app, then it works like a school bus.
Company process: set up with HR and use technology to figure out benefits first.
Rider process: create a login on the app, book through the app, meet at a location, ride bus/van with fellow employees

How Topl Uses Blockchain to Create a More Transparent Supply Chain

In today’s episode of Supply Chain Innovators, we speak with Timothy Marx, the President of Topl. Topl empowers corporations, startups, and nonprofits to unlock the value of their positive global impact, by using the world's first blockchain built for impact tracking, tokenization, and transaction.
 
Backstory and purpose:
How companies can use their positive global impact to create more capital, to do more positive for the world.
Why transparency to customers on products they are purchasing is the future.
The additional transparency can enable new ways of doing business and have a bottom-line impact.
Topl not only has the blockchain layer but also has applications built on top of the blockchain.
Blockchain and new products: There are two layers, the Blockchain layer, and the products:
Blockchain layer customers:
A supply chain traceability or tracking platform that wants to add blockchain to the already existing tool.
Corporations or large enterprises that want to start tracking along the blockchain so they take the platform that exists, plug into API and then into the blockchain. This in turn will let them write to the blockchain.
Blockchain + new products:
Coming in early 2023 they will be able to give impact companies the ability to connect with stakeholders like never before by focussing on brand awareness and enhancement.
Tools that can not only help brands tell their stories but also help the certification agencies see and understand what is happening at every touch point.
Carbon credits and tracking capabilities.
Build impact economies, combine registry and traceability.
Imagine brand journeys from farm to fork, following jewelry from the design house to someone's footsteps, proof that every aspect of a Tea company's journey is certified organic and fair trade.