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Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Microsoft and Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute:AWS Invests $11 Billion in Georgia – Amazon Web Services boosts AI and cloud computing capabilities with a massive data center expansion, creating 550 high-skilled jobs and addressing rising energy demands.McDonald's Revamps with New McValue Menu – McDonald's unveils a budget-friendly menu featuring $5 deals, app-exclusive offers, and a star-studded campaign with John Cena to rebuild its value-centric brand.PetSmart Implements GreyOrange gStore Platform – PetSmart enhances inventory management and fulfillment nationwide with AI-driven technology from GreyOrange to streamline operations and elevate customer experiences.Stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights. Be careful out there!

In this Omni Talk Retail podcast episode, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga talk with Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyOrange, to discuss how RFID technology is transforming retail. Key topics covered include: 0:08 – Opening: Discussing RFID's impact on retail and the recent H&M store experience. 0:28 – Introducing Troy Siwek, GM and Partner at GreyOrange, and his background in retail and technology. 1:15 – Troy's preparation for the podcast, background in Omnichannel and retail tech, and transition to GreyOrange. 4:29 – Overview of GreyOrange: From supply chain automation to advanced in-store AI applications. 5:52 – How supply chain automation and AI intersect in retail innovation. 7:47 – gStore and AI in action: Real-world examples of automation in fulfillment and in-store operations. 8:45 – Moving from handheld to overhead RFID and the value of real-time inventory tracking. 9:42 – The benefits of RFID: Real-time inventory visibility, replenishment from the backroom, and increased conversion rates. 10:50 – How overhead RFID technology enables constant cycle counts, improving inventory accuracy. 12:29 – Enhanced customer experience: How RFID powers smart mirrors and interactive fitting rooms. 15:06 – Introduction to gStore and how it serves as an operational platform for retailers. 16:16 – RFID as an entry point for retail digital transformation, and how gStore integrates various in-store tasks. 18:59 – Why some retailers are investing in RFID and digital transformation now, especially with omnichannel demands. 20:58 – Use cases in merchandising: Compliance checks, inventory tracking, and heat mapping with G Store. 22:19 – How RFID technology supports product location in stores and enhances in-store experience. 24:03 – Scaling gStore: Considerations for store-to-store variations in RFID technology implementation. 27:13 – Challenges with scaling RFID and the importance of piloting across different store formats. 28:28 – Looking ahead: The future of RFID and other sensing technologies in retail, including the potential of single-platform analytics. 30:52 – The evolving consumer experience: How precise item location impacts omni-channel retail. 32:00 – Final thoughts: The role of real-time data and predictive insights in shaping modern retail. Music by hooksounds.com #rfidtechnology #retailautomation #inventorymanagement #retailinnovation #RetailPodcast #supplychain Sponsored Content

Today's guest is Akash Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's episode to explore the critical challenges currently facing manufacturing and logistics leaders and why AI is becoming an increasingly vital tool in addressing these obstacles. As global supply chains become more complex and demand greater efficiency, AI offers new ways to optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance decision-making. To access Emerj's frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.

Today's guest is Akash Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. In a special series focusing on software development challenges sponsored by Pieces, Akash joins us on today's program to talk about the challenges faced by AI startups in balancing short-term priorities with their long-term vision. Later, he and Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello explore the importance of prioritization, understanding the value of features, and striking a balance between progressing towards long-term company goals and meeting immediate operational needs. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Akash Gupta and Joe Lynch discuss thriving in an omnichannel world. Akash is the CEO of GreyOrange, a hardware-agnostic fulfillment orchestration platform and proprietary and certified third-party hardware. About Akash Gupta As Chief Executive Officer, Akash Gupta leads GreyOrange's strategic direction globally and is central to the company's culture of innovation. His primary focus is driving research and development and attracting the brightest talent globally as the company uniquely blends Artificial Intelligence, software design, robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and data science to transform fulfillment for companies worldwide. While still a student at Birla Institute of Tech and Science, a top-5 college in India, Akash teamed up with fellow student Samay Kohli to begin winning global robotic competitions and the success led them to found GreyOrange. He proceeded to build an R&D engine able to unite multiple software and robotic technologies to transform the fulfillment operations of companies around the world. Akash has led mentoring sessions and workshops at more than 25 educational institutions globally, including Stanford University, Louisiana University, MIT, IITs, and IIIT. Akash was named to MIT Technology Review's global list of “35 Innovators under 35,” has designed and implemented an active underwater Sonar Stabilization System at the University of Louisiana and served on the Chief Organizing Committee of RoboCup 2011-2012. About GreyOrange Re-defining fulfillment, GreyOrange Inc. provides a state-of-the-art hardware agnostic fulfillment orchestration platform, GreyMatter™, that responds to customer orders in real time as well as proprietary and certified third-party hardware. The company's solutions offer a competitive advantage by increasing productivity, empowering growth and scale, mitigating labor challenges, and reducing risk and time to market while also creating better experiences for customers and employees. Founded in 2012, GreyOrange is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices and partners across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Key Takeaways: Thriving in an Omnichannel World with Akash Gupta  GreyOrange is a provider of hardware-agnostic fulfillment orchestration platform and proprietary and certified third-party hardware. The company's solutions offer a competitive advantage by increasing productivity, empowering growth, and scale, mitigating labor challenges, and reducing risk and time to market. GreyOrange was founded on the fundamental reality that modern fulfillment demands cannot be met with technology built for a previous era. GreyOrange's solutions help businesses realize greater speed-to-fulfill, ability-to-fulfill, and margin-to-fulfill. GreyOrange's Warehouse Automation Evaluation (WAE) is the first step to helping businesses make the move to modern fulfillment. The GreyOrange WAE process follows 5 well-defined work steps: understand current operations, evaluate practices and identify opportunities, facilitate brainstorming session, analyze opportunities, and develop recommendations. GreyOrange is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices and partners across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Learn More Thriving in an Omnichannel World  Akash on LinkedIn GreyOrange on LinkedIn GreyOrange website Episode Sponsor: Wreaths Across America Wreaths Across America Radio - Wreaths Across America Episode Sponsor: Greenscreens.ai Greenscreens.ai's dynamic pricing infrastructure built to grow and protect margins. The Greenscreens.ai solution combines aggregated market data and customer data with advanced machine learning techniques to deliver short-term predictive freight market pricing specific to a company's individual buy and sell behavior. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a positive review, subscribe, and share it with your friends and colleagues. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast: Google, Apple, Castbox, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tunein, Podbean, Owltail, Libsyn, Overcast Check out The Logistics of Logistics on Youtube

In this Roundup, we explore the G20 Summit's surprising effects on startups, the cross-border evolution of ONDC, Reliance, Tata, and Nvidia's digital revolution in India, GreyOrange's audacious switch to SaaS, and First Cheque's incredible achievements in the jewellery industry.Learn why NavIC support is crucial and how Nvidia's partnerships are helping India reach new heights in AI. Watch our episode with Pramod Ghadge(Co-founder & CEO of Unbox Robotics) on building a robotics and automation: https://youtu.be/KVq0JrS5Yvc?si=KT-wE66R1xzBdUSU Topics: 00:00 Intro01:24 Apple's iPhone 1502:45 G-20's impact on the startup ecosystem, The Saudi- India startup bridge07:48 ONDC going global09:52 NavIC - a major step towards technological self-reliance13:38 Reliance, Tata and Nvidia collaboration17:25 GreyOrange to raise $80-million19:50 GIVA and Firstcheque's 75X success20:10 Fundraises of the week21:41 Talk of the town - “VCs don't value companies” 24:15 New and exciting interviews coming up on The Startup Operator25:00 Catch us live on 28th september Don't miss the latest insights and opportunities in India's dynamic startup ecosystem.  Subscribe now and join the conversation! Like, share, and comment on this episode for more impactful updates. Don't forget to press the bell icon.

Jim Stirewalt started his career as an entrepreneur at the urging of his father. After growing and selling his company and learning the art of sales he jumped into enterprise sales, growing and leading international sales teams for iconic companies such as Kronons, SAP, and IBM.  As Vice President of SAP, leading the Fashion and Retail business Jim helped grow the business by 247% in his final two years. Jim was head of World Wide Sales for IBM Watson Customer Engagement. During this time, he led the transformation of a 1,600-person sales team in charge of $1.6B in software sales. Furthermore, he helped lead an AI initiative to disrupt markets leading to a pipeline of new business over $100M. He later was part of a $2B divesture of the IBM Watson Customer Engagement business. He also has been the Chief Revenue Officer of CoreMedia Corp, President of Marketplacer, and SVP and Managing Partner of GreyOrange. Jim has vast experience in business, ranging from start-ups to global enterprises. Show Notes:4:00 – Jim's origin and the beginning of his fascination for building businesses. Jim talks abouthis entry into graphic design and the development of his small business and how he grew it intoa full-service agency over a 7-year span.13:45 – Jim breaks his journey into three parts: entrepreneurialism (“hustle and sell”), thepower of the network, and execution.19:00 – Jim talks about how he took the sales leader skills that he learned early on in his careerand took it into his role in corporate America.23:00 – Bob asks Jim's advice that he would give to young people who might have a friend or apeer or mentor who is approaching them and trying to give them executive coaching. Jim'sadvice, “seek people's feedback actively.” Quote - “Pride is the biggest hindrance to growth.”28:15 – Jim is in the second stage of his career. He discusses the failures andsuccesses he has experienced and the lessons he is learning. The importance of knowing theproduct, the value proposition, and how it fits into the market. The 3 key elements of asuccessful deal are: First, execution sponsorship, second, business value assessment, third, mutually agreed sequenceof events.40:00 – Jim applies his learnings to a direct-to-consumer model. Jim discusses the consumptiongap.50:20 – Bob asks how Jim handles the complex changes and difficulties he experienced in hiscareer. Jim talks about his experience before announcing a vast change in the company.53:45 – Bob talks about how there will be times in your career where you will be facing achallenge or obstacle that is high stress and high stakes and you're asking yourself, “how am Igonna execute this particular challenge?” Bob gives the advice to operate with a high level ofcharacter and integrity and be honest and take good care of your people. Jim advises toembrace the situation wholly and to force yourself to be adaptable.59:00 – Bob and Jim discuss how to embrace the challenging times we have faced and willcontinue to face. Jim talks about the importance of adaptability and resilience.1:04:00 – Bob asks Jim if he has ever found himself in a spot in his career where the timing wasbad, where the product or service was “past its sell date,” or the economy was moving inanother direction and how did he pivot out of these times.1:10:00 – Jim shares his experience and the challenges of scaling small, start-up companies.Jim shares the quote, “fail fast forward,” meaning to make a plan, learn from it, readjust, execute.1:15:30 – Bob begins asking rapid-fire questions. Jim gives advice for young people whenfacing adversity, what books he is reading at the moment, the “imposter syndrome," how pridecan be connected to insecurity, and more. Quote - “I grow the most when I am in a place whereI am being stretched.”

Raju Reddy is the Founding Patron of Kakatiya Sandbox - building an ecosystem that nurtures innovation and entrepreneurship in rural Telangana, India. Previously, Raju was a CEO of Sierra Atlantic that was acquired by Hitachi Consulting. He is a Board member of several public and private organizations including RAND Corp, Healthcube, Eltropy, GreyOrange. Raju is an Alum of BITS, Pilani. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theindustryshow/support

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of GreyOrange, Samay Kohli. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Samay discusses the labor shortages facing warehouses and where 'real, tangible' AI is making a difference in helping fulfillment agents optimize their workflows. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show! 

Hi folks, and welcome once again to This Is Robotics: Radio News, Episode #19For two years running now, we are the #1 Robotics News Podcast worldwide…and you my dear folks put us at #1. Thank you very much.Thanks for joining us todayTopping the news of the month is Walmart with its blockbuster 5-year plan filled to the brim with automation and robots.  A story we call: Walmart Goes All-In for Robots.In short, it's a massive upside for the entire robotics industry.That's sure to prompt other retailers to follow suit. Some already have and are ahead of Walmart. Even Walmart's suppliers are sure to speed things up as well. Got to get those gazillions of cans of Campbell's soup shipped to Walmart's 4700 stores either fast or faster.Walmart vendors winning out: Symbotic, GreyOrange & Alert Innovation. Check out the Robotiq blog for the full storyThen we're off to a factory automation story circa 1803, the world's very first automated factory, from which the reverberations, here 200 years later, still ring out loudly. The noted historian Simon Winchester wrote about it, and he'll narrate what happened. The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry.As he does, think about robot-driven automation in today's warehouses and factories. There's a lot of relevance for where today's automation is headed.Following Simon and the world's first automated factory from 1803, is our piece on Australian robotics. Once high-flying, Australian robotics went into an eclipse after the 2014 budget cuts. Listen to the sadly haunting news clip from 2014 that recounts the tragedy. And now the country wants a return to its former glory. Here, a decade on, is that possible? Know this, the world needs Australian robotics and Australian innovation. It's a tragedy that the government let it wither. Can Australia now make a comeback? Is Australian Robotics Making a Comeback?

“If we talk about the future of work from here, the employers and the employees have to understand what can be in person, what can be remote, for what you need to come together, what can be sort of executed while you're all alone”In today's episode of The Shape of Work podcast, our guest talks about diversity in a team and making the best decision for the team. We welcome Atma Godara, Human Resources Manager at Netflix, Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service.Atma is an HR veteran who has an overall experience of more than a decade. He did his Bachelor of Engineering from Punjab Engineering College and his Master's Degree from Tata Institute of Social Science. He is a seasoned HR veteran who has worked in various HR roles in various organisations such as Reliance Industries Limited, GreyOrange, Oyo, etcEpisode HighlightsHow do you make sure your team is diverse?How to decide what works best for your team?How to instil motivation in an employee?How will the future of HR change in the coming years?Follow Atma on LinkedinProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast Host: Archit SethiAbout Springworks:Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:SpringVerify— B2B verification platformEngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company cultureTrivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-buildingSpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, andSpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

In Focus: Retail Automation.Are robots taking over the retail industry? E-commerce had a transformative effect on retail operations but now the booming demand for warehouses to speed-up last-mile deliveries is set to bring another round of dramatic change in retail.Robots are well established in industrial settings but advances in AI and robotic SaaS platforms are increasingly working alongside humans in the retail industry, and having a dramatic effect on warehouse operations and how retailers and brands make their businesses more efficient and productive. In the latest episode of our ‘In Focus' series, we examine why forward-looking leaders are investing in intelligent automation; and the challenges and opportunities presented by robotics. Host Karl McKeever sits down with guests John Toler, CEO of US retailer Plow & Hearth and Samay Kohli, CEO of automated warehouse company, GreyOrange. Presented by GreyOrange.

With the economy returning to narrow growth, Ian discusses Britain's stupendous levels of borrowing with S&P Primary Credit Analyst Frank Gill and GDP figures with Victoria Clarke, from Santander Corporate and Investment Banking. Also on the show: Samay Kohli from GreyOrange explains how warehouse automation could help reduce shortages of food and veg.

Today's guest on The Logistics Tribe Podcast is Prof. Roland Siegwart. Roland is director of the Autonomous Systems Lab in Switzerland, director of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zurich and a world-renown robotics expert. He is one of the pioneers in the field of autonomous mobile robots, which are quickly spreading throughout warehouses and logistics operations around the world. Our host Marco Prüglmeier talked to Roland about the following topics: - Roland's work with AMRs dating back 30 years - His first book on the topic - How he got into the topic of AMRs - His early foray into mail delivery robots, 30 years ago - The history and evolution of AMRs - The main differences between AMRs and AGVs - The challenges of AMRs in logistics operations - Why AMRs will replace AGVs over time - The current state of robot technology, laser technology, camera technology, SLAM and what Roland and his teams are working on - Good and bad use cases of drones - The roles of robots on last mile delivery - Roland's vision for the logistics of the future and the prospects of autonomous driving - Will robots eliminate logistics jobs - and more Helpful links: Prof. Roland Siegwart on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-siegwart-85466912/ Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/

Hermann Ude is the former CEO of DHL Freight and DHL Global Forwarding, a former corporate board member of Deutsche Post and now sits on a number of supervisory boards, including his role as chairman of the supervisory board at Transporeon. Hermann has a strong interested in the impact the logistics industry has on the environment and on climate change in particular. He holds many key insights into how the industry has to evolve and what role technology can play to drive down the environmental impact of the logistics sector. This episode is hosted by Jonah McIntire. Helpful links: Hermann Ude on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hermann-ude/ Prof. Alan McKinnon, a resource Hermann recommends on the topic: https://www.alanmckinnon.co.uk/ Jonah McIntire on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire/ Tracks, a digital platform mentioned on the podcast: https://www.tracks.eco/ Transporeon: https://www.transporeon.com/en Our supporters GreyOrange: www.greyorange.com

Supply chains improve by leveraging the newest technologies and latest trends. The use of automation technology and robotics has emerged in recent years as a staple for modern organizations seeking to improve supply chain their processes, resilience, efficiency. Jeff Cashman, a Senior Executive Leader in Technology and Leadership, joins our hosts to explain automation's role in the supply chain and the innovative and use-case of robotics.  Jeff Cashman is a senior supply chain leaders with extensive experiences in business development, strategy, and international marketing. Most recently Cashman served as Chief Business Officer for GreyOrange, a global technology company unifying AI-driven software and mobile robotics to modernize order fulfillment and optimize warehouse operations in real time.

Today's guest on The Logistics Tribe is Ajesh Kapoor. Ajesh is the founder and CEO of SemiCab. Semicab is a US-based logtech startup that is bringing multi-enterprise collaboration to the world of truck transportation. Semicab offers tech-enabled services and connects shippers and carriers on a collaborative transportation platform. Ajesh took our host Boris Felgendreher on a deep dive tour on how the idea for SemiCab emerged, how he started the company, why SemiCab is so unique in its approach, what value the platform creates for shippers and carriers what the company's growth plans look like and much more. Helpful Links: SemiCab: https://www.semicab.com/ Ajesh Kapoor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajesh-kapoor-a6555b/ Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Our supporters, GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/ The LOGTECHIES Job Board - The Coolest Jobs in Logtech, curated by Boris Felgendreher: http://www.logtechies.com/

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Akash Gupta, Co-Founder & CTO of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is the leading warehouse automation company in the World, and has single handedly put India on the global map of robotics technology excellence. Samay & Akash were fascinated by robotics since their college days and decided to turn their passion into a business. Years later, GreyOrange is one of the most massive successes in our ecosystem, generating value by working on cutting edge technology. They have clients in over 30 countries, are valued at almost a Billion Dollars, thus making them a perfect manifestation of what happens when motivation, intent and passion meet. To decode this uniquely phenomenal journey, I sat down with Akash, the CTO & Co-Founder of GreyOrange. Through the conversation we uncover the journey of how GreyOrange got started, understand the value of Naivety and Intent, while we dive deeper into building a diverse talent pool to target a robotics software problem statement, have incredible foresight and grasp what it means to scale. (Time Stamps Coming Soon) About our sponsor: Stride Ventures, which is one of India's leading Venture Debt Funds, becoming synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading institutions. The fund has a portfolio of over 60+ diversified companies, having deployed more than Rupees 1500 Crore to date. In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred venture debt lender in the Indian Ecosystem. To know more about this phenomenal fund, visit - https://strideventures.in/ Hope you liked the 111th Episode on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Building a Global Robotics Company from India! That was it from this Episode, thanks again for tuning in! :) If you liked the episode, do share with your friends or drop us a quick review! Also, do follow us on social media to stay updated with all new episodes: Twitter: https://twitter.com/isv_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indian-silicon-valley-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast/ Gallery of all Episodes: https://airtable.com/shrTOFf1z5UT0q9p8 You can also subscribe to the YouTube Channel of the Podcast : https://www.youtube.com/c/IndianSiliconValley/ "If you never try, you never know" Stay Tuned, Keep Building.

Welcome to Five & Thrive: a weekly podcast highlighting the Southeast's most interesting news, entrepreneurs, and information of the week, all under 5 minutes.  The Company Coming Up: I met with this founder a few weeks ago and his product is pretty legit. The name of the company is called XComms. The use case is interesting. The easiest way I can explain it is like an Amber Alerts for a company. Let's say you have a business with 1000, 2000, 10,000 + employees and you have to get a message out to the entire company as quickly and urgently as possible. Enter XComms:  https://www.xcomms.com/   Frank, the CEO, emailed me and is looking for a technical lead and possible CTO. He will be speaking at the upcoming Atlanta Startup Convos on June 8th at 8:00 a.m. if you want to see the product live. Link in the show notes.     Companies to Apply To: Which three companies are worth applying to right now? Apptegga which raised $37M in March is hiring like crazy particularly on the sales side. Gavin Harris is the VP of Sales and has done it before with AirWatch which was acquired by VMWare. Apptega reduces the cost and burden of managing cybersecurity and compliance audits.    Another company with 10+ open positions is Grayscale. Ty Abernethy is the CEO and they are looking for folks in Customer Success, Engineering and Enterprise Sales. Grayscale is a feature-rich candidate engagement tool for recruiters.     Lastly, CivicEagle is hiring for some key roles. Damola Ogundipe is the CEO they are hiring for specifically a VP of Sales, Talent Acquisition Manager, and a Senior Data Engineer. CivicEagle's goal is to be the world's dominant player in public policy software and they are well on their way.    Beta Product of the Week:  Cartet    Rekemo, the CEO, is solving the problem of too many tabs during the ecommerce experience. If you're someone who gets lost in the cacophony of checkouts Rekemo's private beta Chrome extension aggregates your checkouts in one simple, seamless experience. C-A-R-T-E-T   Events to Put on the Calendar: Last week we had ATLUnlocked at the Atlanta Tech Village. 5 of the technology hubs got together to clink glasses and talk shop. Also, on June 8th, we have an Atlanta Startup Convos.     Best Blog Post of the Week: YC's Advice to Founders - The high level theme if you are planning to raise in the next 6-12 months, it would be sage to re-evaluate your plan, extend your current runway and make sure you do everything to grow responsibly which means limiting your burn exposure.   Raise Your Glass: Lastly, two companies who have had mega-rounds in Atlanta include Sean of Stord led by FranklinTempleton Ventures. Shout out to Sean and team! Also, the sneaky whale that was announced was of course GreyOrange out of Roswell, Georgia. Do not sleep on Roswell, do not sleep on Peachtree Corners, do not sleep on places like Norcross and definitely Alpharetta…or Gwinnett. Anyways, GreyOrange which provided robotic solutions for the automated warehouse raised $110M from Mithril Capital and Blackrock and are hiring over 300 folks. A great example of a silent killer in the Southeast.     Annnnd, that's 5 minutes.   Thank you for listening to Five and Thrive. We provide 5 minutes of quality information, so you can thrive in the upcoming week. Please subscribe to the show and spread the good word!    Resources discussed in this episode:   Climbing Companies: xcomms Cartet Events: Atlanta Startup Convos Event Blog of the week: YC advises founders to ‘plan for the worst' amid market teardown Russell Center Raise your Glass: Apptega raises $37M Stord raises $100+ Million GreyOrange raises $110M How you can get involved:  Visit atlantaventures.com/ if you're interested in learning more about Atlanta Ventures.    Where you can find us: Website: www.atlantaventures.com/ Twitter: @atlantaventures Instagram: @atlventures Facebook: @AtlantaVentures LinkedIn: @Atlanta-Ventures YouTube: Here

Modern Supply Chain Management would be impossible without the powerful technologies that enable it. Our guest on today's episode of The Logistics Tribe is John Atherton, Global Lead for Supply Chain & Operations at the Accenture Amazon Web Services Business Group, a joint venture between Accenture and AWS. Together with our host Boris Felgendreher, John talks about the following topics: - John and Boris' joint history at GT Nexus, the first cloud-based global supply chain platform - The evolution of cloud technology as the key enabler for modern supply chain management - Why just about any company with a global supply chain still has major gaps in their supply chain visibility - The IT infrastructures that global organizations rely on to manage their global operations and supply chain management - What advancements that have been made to improve the quality of supply chain data. What role Machine Learning and AI can play - The advent of a new breed of digital freight forwarders and if their technology stacks enjoy an advantage - How the upcoming downturn will effect funding opportunities for logtech startups - Amazon Web Services plans and ambitions in the area of logistics and supply chain management - How Accenture and AWS are partnering up to drive supply chain technology into global organizations - and much more Helpful links: The Accenture AWS Business Group: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/cloud/aws-business-group John Atherton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnatherton-accenture/ Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Our supporters GreyOrange: www.greyorange.com

This week in Indian Startup News, Paytm Mall's Valuation Drops 99.5%, Vedantu Lays Off 400+ employees, Ola Scales Down Food Delivery Business. In Acquisition and funding news, Swiggy Acquires Dineout, Phonepe acquires wealthdesk and openq, GreyOrange Raises $110 Mn and more. Paytm Mall's Valuation Drops 99.5%: Once valued at $3 Billion, Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led Paytm Mall's valuation has now come down by more than 99.5% and is currently valued at $13 Million. This comes after Jack Ma led Alibaba and Ant Financials exited the company, selling their 43.32% stake back to the company, for just 42 crore Rs. This happened as Paytm Mall decided to pivot to an open platform for e-commerce by joining Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform, which is an initiative by the Indian Govt to democratize the e-commerce market in India Vedantu Lays Off 400+ employees: Vedantu has announced that it will lay off 424 employees. This is in addition to the 200 employees the edtech unicorn laid off earlier this month. Main reasons behind these layoffs as told by their CEO Vamsi Krishna is long term sustainability and that company wants to reduce costs. Ola Scales Down Food Delivery Business: Ola has, for the third time, announced that it will scale down its food delivery business and the company will instead focus on quick commerce business. Before this, Ola had started Ola Cafe in 2015, bought Foodpanda in 2017 and then again forayed into food business by taking a multichannel approach in 2019 by setting up 50 cloud kitchens, and launching brands like Khichdi Experiment, The Biryani Experiment, Paratha Experiment and The Daily Diner. Swiggy Acquires Dineout: Food-delivery giant Swiggy has announced that it will be acquiring dining out and restaurant tech platform - Dineout, best known for discovering restaurants and making table reservations, and it currently has over 50,000 restaurant partners in the country. Phonepe acquires wealthdesk and openq: Walmart-backed digital payments platform PhonePe has announced acquisition of two wealth management startups–WealthDesk ($50 Mn) and OpenQ ($25 Mn) for $75 Mn. This acquisition will allow Walmart to move into investment and wealth management space, something its principal competitor Amazon got involved last year in, by investing in Smallcase. GreyOrange Raises $110 Mn: Robotics firm GreyOrange has raised $110 Mn in growth financing, led by it's existing investor Mithril Capital Management. Greyorange designs, manufactures, and deploys AI-based robotic systems, which helps large ecommerce and retail firms to automate routine tasks at their warehouses.

What are the downstream consequences of the lockdowns in China for global logistics and supply chain management? That's what we discuss in this episode of The Logistics Tribe with Bjorn Vang Jensen. Bjorn is a well-known industry figure and a veteran of the global logistics business. He has seen the world of supply chains from many different angles. From the ocean carrier perspective, from the 3PL perspective, from the perspective of a manufacturing brand with a global footprint and now as an advisor at the consulting firm Sea Intelligence. In this episode Bjorn talks to our host Boris Felgendreher about the perfect storm of transportation and supply chain disruption that is brewing on the horizon as a result of the Lockdowns in China. Bjorn offers some very keen observations and assessments about how that crisis situation there will inevitably spill over and cause all kinds of first, second and third order effects across global logistics and supply chains. Helpful links: Bjorn Vang Jensen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornvangjensen/ Sea Intelligence: https://www.sea-intelligence.com/ Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Our supporters GreyOrange: www.greyorange.com

The demand for logistics robots is exploding and so are the choices of different types of robots from different vendors. In this episode of The Logistics Tribe we discuss how to choose the right robots for your specific needs and how to get them up in running in your logistics operations quickly. Our guest today is Victor Splittgerber, the founder and CEO of WAKU Robotics. Victor and his team have set up a platform called Lots of Bots that makes that helps companies to select and implement the right logistics robots. Whether you need robots for transport, picking, commissioning, even cleaning, Lots of Bots offers robots from over 150 different vendors. This episode is hosted by Marco Prüglmeier. Helpful links: WAKU Robotics: https://www.waku-robotics.com/en Victor Splittgerber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-splittgerber-93547290/ Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/

Today we have Joachim Schaut from DB Schenker on the program to talk about how the logistics provider is helping to digitally transform the supply chains of its customers. Joachim leads the company's Intercontinental Supply Chain Solutions. That's an area where DB Schenker is making some big technology plays and where they have built partnerships with some state-of-the-art technology vendors to transform the way global logistics and supply chains are managed. Together with our host Boris Felgendreher, Joachim discusses the key technologies that enable the digital transformation of global supply chains, the role of cloud platforms, end-to-end visibility, data quality and much more. Helpful links: DB Schenker's Intercontinental Supply Chain Solutions: https://www.dbschenker.com/de-en/products/ocean-freight/intercontinental-supply-chain-solutions Joachim Schaut on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-schaut-a8a00a171/ Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/

The Logistics Tribe met Steffen Bersch, the CEO of SSI Schäfer, at the recent International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Test Days. SSI Schäfer is a big global player in the area of modular warehousing and logistics solutions. The company was founded in Germany in 1937 and today operates across six continents with more than 10,500 employees. Steffen was also recently elected as the new Chairman of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association, which has more than 240 member companies. Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Steffen discusses the current state and future of standards for operating autonomous mobile robots in intralogistics operations, how technology is revolutionizing warehousing and manufacturing operations, what the future holds for the industry and much more. Helpful links: Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/ SSI Schäfer: https://www.ssi-schaefer.com/en-at The IFOY Awards: https://ifoy.org/en/ Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/ Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/

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/

On today's episode of the BVL Digital Podcast we have another interesting international guest. Akash Gupta is one of the two founders and the Chief Technology Officer of GreyOrange. GreyOrange combines smart warehouse and fulfillment robots with an AI-enabled platform and has become one of the major global players in this fast-growing, quickly evolving field. Akash is a young guy from India, where he started his company ten years ago in his early twenties. GreyOrange may not be a household name here in Germany yet, but that could be about to change because GreyOrange is making a major push into the European marke. So, it's time to take a closer look at what Akash and his team at GreyOrange is up to. Together with our host Boris Felgendreher Akash discusses the followin topics: - Akash's journey from rural India to meeting his co-founder through a college robot competition to founding GreyOrange - The state of warehouse and fulfillment automation during the founding days of GreyOrange - How the field has rapidly evolved in the last 10 years - The challenges of logistics and fulfillment in 2021 and how GreyOrange's technology is addressing key issues like peak season - The technology behind GreyOrange: Smart robots and the AI-enabled GreyMatter platform - The importance of interoperability - The role of AI - The company's expansion across the globe and into Europe - And more Helpful links: GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/ BVL.digital: http://bvl.digital/ BVL: https://www.bvl.de/

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 video, we take a look at the top 10 Indian AI startups building innovative solutions for the world. #10 Staqu Technologies: Founded by Anurag Saini, Atul Rai, Chetan Rexwal and Pankaj Kumar Sharma in 2015, Staqu Technologies is using their AI-powered flagship product called JARVIS (Joint AI Research For Video Instances and Streams) to monitor and identify criminals through CCTV cameras. #9 TartanSense: Founded by Jaisimha Rao in 2015, TartanSense is an agritech startup that's building AI-powered robots. Their flagship product is their precision spraying robot for farmers called BrijBot. While running through their farms autonomously, BrijBot uses cameras to capture images of the crops and accesses each of them individually using computer vision to see if they need to be sprayed with pesticides. #8 Signzy: Founded by Ankit Ratan, Ankur Pandey and Arpit Ratan in 2015, Signzy is helping banks and financial institutions to offer a smooth and secure digital onboarding for their customers. One of the ways they do this is through their video KYC – which enables users to simply upload their documents and images and Signzy's APIs do the work of extracting information from those documents. #7 Mad Street Den: Founded by husband-wife duo Anand Chandrasekaran (a neuroscientist) and Ashwini Asokan (product designer), along with Costa Colbert in 2013, Mad Street Den is an experience management startup. Their flagship product Vue.ai monitors a customer's behaviour on a website to recommend the products they might like. #6 Safe Security: Founded by Rahul Tyagi, Saket Modi and Vidit Baxi in 2012, Safe Security started its journey as Lucideus in IIT Bombay to help businesses predict cyberattacks and provide them actionable insights to protect themselves before it happens. They are doing this through their SAFE (Security Assessment Framework for Enterprises) Platform. #5 Yellow.ai: Founded by Anik Das, Jaya Kishore Reddy, Raghu Ravinutala and Rashid Khan in 2016, Yellow.ai (formerly known as Yellow Messenger) helps businesses automate their customer experience by offering chatbots and voicebots. #4 Niramai: Founded by Geetha Manjunath along with Nidhi Mathur in 2016, Niramai offers a revolutionary non-invasive, non-touch and radiation-free thermal screening device that uses their proprietary AI technology to detect early-stage breast cancer. Once, their device takes a thermal image of a woman's breast – this image is analysed by their AI-powered diagnostic engine called Thermalytix which detects any abnormalities early on. #3 Emotix: Founded by Chintan Raikar, Prashant Iyengar and Sneh Vaswani in 2014, Emotix launched their first personal robot called Miko in 2017 and their latest Miko 2 was launched in 2019. They have built a personal robot for kids which is capable of understanding the child's mood, behaviour and interests to engage them in educational conversations while creating a personal bond – as it can remember the child's face, name and voice. #2 FarEye: Founded by Gaurav Srivastava, Gautam Kumar, Kushal Nahata in 2013, FarEye has built a portfolio of SaaS-based products that are helping e-commerce and logistics companies to manage their supply chain and logistics from a single platform. They are helping companies make crucial real-time decisions like how many drivers are in an area, identify the best option, provide the drivers with the most time-efficient route and also optimise the deliveries by bundling multiple orders from one area. #1 GreyOrange: Founded by Akash Gupta and Samay Kohli in Gurugram in 2011, GreyOrange's robots are making warehouses more efficient and less labour intensive. But at the center of their robots is their AI-enabled brain called GreyMatter which helps them connect and communicate with each other at all times.

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/

Kaylee Nix digs into the way different types of companies utilize different types of robots on this episode of At Your Doorstep. She welcomes John Seidl, partner at GreyOrange, to talk about the differences in robotics strategy and how companies can leverage robotics, no matter what size they are.Follow At Your Doorstep on Apple PodcastsFollow At Your Doorstep on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

In today's video, we take a look at the top 10 Indian hardware startups building products for India and the world. #10 Openapp: Founded by Gotama Gowda, Siddesh Keluskar and Rajshekhar Jenne in 2014, Openapp builds smart IoT-enabled locks for their customers. Right now, their smart locks are being used across more than 500,000 and it is India's smart lock maker. #9 AjnaLens: Founded by Abhijit Patil, Abhishek Tomar, Gaurav Godbole, and Pankaj Raut in 2014, AjnaLens builds AI-powered mixed reality glasses. They launched their first product AjnaBolt for the Indian military in 2020 before launching their enterprise product AjnaX earlier this year. #8 DrinkPrime: Founded by Manas Hota and Vijender Reddy in 2016, DrinkPrime began its journey as WaterWala in 2014 with the goal of bringing structure to India's disorganised drinking water space by providing 20L waters cans on demand. Today, they have built their own smart water purifier which is being used by 25,000 of their customers to get clean drinking water for a monthly subscription. #7 Makers Hive: Founded by Harsha Reddy Ponguleti, Pranav Vempati and Suren Marumamula in 2018, Makers Hive's flagship product, KalArm, is India's first fully functional bionic hand, which only costs between ₹3.5-4 lakh which is about a tenth of the cost of similar products outside of India. #6 Atomberg Technologies: Founded by Manoj Meena and Sibabrata Das in 2012, Atomberg Technologies used their prototype energy-efficient motor to manufacture energy-efficient ceiling fans for Indian consumers. Since the launch of their energy-efficient ceiling fans in 2015, Atomberg Technologies has sold more than 1 million units. #5 Smartron: Founded by Mahesh Lingareddy, Rohit Rathi and Narsi Reddy Posham in 2014, Smartron manufactures everything from laptops, smartphones and electric bikes. However, they plan on launching their own home automation products in the future – which will be powered by their own AI-powered ecosystem called TronX. #4 Emotix: Founded by Chintan Raikar, Prashant Iyengar and Sneh Vaswani in 2014, Emotix builds an AI-powered personal robot for kids called Miko. The latest version of these personal robots is called Miko 2 – which uses AI and computer vision to engage with children in educational conversations. The startup has successfully sold their products across more than 140 countries. #3 GOQii: Founded by serial entrepreneur Vishal Gondal in 2014, GOQii sells wearable fitness devices that can track vital health statistics like oxygen levels, blood pressure and heart rate. Today, they are already the second-largest wristband wearables company in India, behind only Xiaomi. While they manufacture their products in China, the startup has now committed to moving their manufacturing to India. #2 Boat: Founded by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta in 2016, Boat started their journey by selling charging cables, before moving to products like earphones, speakers and smart-watches. In just five years of their launch, Boat has managed to build the world's largest wearable brand out of India – while raking in ₹701 crore in revenue and making ₹49 crore profit in the process in FY20. #1 GreyOrange: Founded by Akash Gupta and Samay Kohli in 2011, GreyOrange manufactures smart robots that are used by companies around the world to increase efficiency and productivity in their warehouses. While GreyOrange is an Indian startup, the majority of their revenue comes from outside India, making them a perfect example of a hardware startup building from India for the world. They are also planning to go public soon by taking the SPAC route in the US.

In this episode, Springworks' Head of Marketing - Abhash Kumar talks to Atma Godara, Production HR Generalist- APAC at Netflix about the challenges of working with people across geographies, and how it is important to deal with the nuances. Atma talks about the importance of communication within the team and shares some hacks to motivate employees.At Netflix, Atma oversees the APAC region in creating respectful and safe environments for production of Netflix originals with a special emphasis on mental wellness and well-being, anti harassment and end-to-end support for key people issues for studios across APAC.Prior to this, Atma was associated with OYO as Lead Digital Transformation and Change Management. He had led the end-to-end creation and execution of HR technology for APAC and Middle East regions, and had also been responsible for Europe, LATAM, and North America geographies with respect to Performance and Talent roll-out.An alumnus of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, previously, Atma has led compensation and HR business partnering at GreyOrange, before working with RIL and BHEL. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:One format doesn't fit allThe challenging part of working  across different geographies is different cultures. While working at GreyOrange, Atma worked with people from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. His role was the implementation of core HR along with talent and performance.People from different countries have different temperaments and influences.  It becomes a challenge when you try to use the same communication format across all the geographies. Atma supports his statement with an example-“If I'm talking to someone from the Japan team, and then in the next video call, if I'm interacting with someone from the Vietnam or North American team, communicating things in the same way to everyone always becomes trickier. “He gives a very specific example this time-“When I was in Oyo, I was implementing a talent performance technology platform across different countries. One of our team members from the Middle East team was quick in providing the information to me because he had already implemented the platform  before. Since the team in the Philippines and Vietnam were new to the entire HR technology, I had to reduce my pace by 10 times.If I go at the same pace across geographies, it will be said that the platform was successfully implemented in the Middle East, but in Vietnam, Thailand, or the Philippines."Therefore, it is the HR Leader's role to explain the importance of going at different paces in different countries to the concerned.  If this is not ensured, digital transformation initiatives can turn out to be a failure.Connect with Atma Godara on LinkedIn and TwitterProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast host: Abhash Kumar

#GreyOrange bringing 200 #newjobs to #RoswellGA; #FultonCo Schools offering online choices; Schools easing #maskmandate in May #NorthFulton #LocalNews  - - - - - - The North Fulton Neighbor Podcast is local news for Roswell, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, and all North Fulton County.  North Fulton Neighbor Register Here for your essential digital news.  This podcast was produced and published for the North Fulton Neighbor by BG Ad Group on 4-27-2021 For advertising inquiries, please email j.southerland@bgadgroup.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner of Blume Ventures. Blume Ventures is an institutional venture capital fund with more than 225 Million Dollars in Assets Under Management. Blume is a homegrown fund, which has scaled exponentially since it was founded in 2010 having institutionalised its approach bagging portfolio companies like Unacademy, Dunzo, WebEngage, Purplle, GreyOrange, Milkbasket, HealthifyMe and more, it has invested cumulatively invested in more than 145 companies to date. Blume is definitely one of the most successful VC Funds in India making it the much coveted cheque that all aspiring Founders hope to receive. Karthik Reddy is one of the most prominent figures of the Indian Venture Ecosystem. With tons of experience under his belt, his wisdom and insights are unparalleled. I loved speaking with Karthik and picking his brain on a lot of abstract thoughts around Venture Capital, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Through this Episode we discuss the following: 1. (03:28) : How Indian Venture Capital is Changing & is Capital just a Commodity now? 2. (12:35) : What counts as a Win for LPs, Investors & Founders ? 3. (23:04) : What makes the top 1% Founders truly Special? 4. (29:30) : The Paradox of Pattern Recognition in Venture Capital 5. (40:09) : What is the value add of Board of Directors & how can Founders look at them? 6. (50:03) : Karthik's Decision Making Process 7. (58:05) : Productivity Hacks & More - Parting thoughts by Karthik Here is the 40th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Demystifying Venture Capital! Thank you all for tuning into this Episode! Karthik shares some great value on LinkedIn & Twitter, do check him out and follow him for great insights & value! We're available on Instagram & Twitter. Feel free to drop in your feedback! Do not forget to Subscribe to our WhatsApp Newsletter. I, Jivraj, am reachable on LinkedIn & Twitter! "If you never try, you never know" Stay Tuned, Keep Building.

Esya's Mohit Chawdhry speak with Saket Gupta, Technical Architect at GreyOrange, on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework. This is the fourth episode in our series on the topic: 'Non-Personal Data.' To know more on this, read our Policy Brief here. Follow us on twitter: @esyacentre

“Alpharetta Tech Talk,” Episode 16: Samay Kohli, GreyOrange GreyOrange uniquely combines robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to shape the fulfillment industry and help their customers respond to “Amazon customer experience” expectations. CEO Samay Kohli joined host John Ray to discuss this and much more in a fascinating interview. “Alpharetta Tech Talk” is produced virtually […] The post Alpharetta Tech Talk: Samay Kohli, GreyOrange appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

In this episode, host Kevin Lawton talks to CEO & Co-founder of GreyOrange, Samay Kohli about GreyOrange's solutions. They discuss GreyMatter, Ranger robots and their new Command Center.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=PT7mU4_SaQlWJLQbdhvpmmyAeCdusbdFECFdobnmlvKzdNoOv-vvvrIsb9ACG35f-xAmEG&country.x=AU&locale.x=AU)

In this episode, host Kevin Lawton shares part five of his interviews from the floor at ProMat 2019. Including interviews with Berkshire Grey, Locix, GreyOrange, Pineberry Manufacturing, VARGO, Vecna Robotics, and ROEQ.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=PT7mU4_SaQlWJLQbdhvpmmyAeCdusbdFECFdobnmlvKzdNoOv-vvvrIsb9ACG35f-xAmEG&country.x=AU&locale.x=AU)