Ep #40 Leroy Pinckney Jr, Senior Operations & Supply Chain Leader (Veteran)

Ep #45 Billy Malady: Head of Operations. Speaker. Author

Billy Malady has been a leader in distribution operations for over 15 years and at all levels; from the boardroom to the warehouse break room.  Always cool to chat with folks who have that full end to end perspective.  He's "fixed" a lot of operations but not in the ways you may think.  Check out his new book today "Nobody Told Me It Would Be Like This: 100 Stories from the Frontline of Operations & Customer Care." [https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Told-Would-Like-This/dp/B0GYVYSQ1H] -Why is there such a perceived gap between where execs think their ops teams should be vs. where the ops team sees themselves? -In articles you've been in you state "the foundation and the fixes to problems in distribution are always the same."  Why is this? Lots of Shop Talk in this episode about operations!

Ep #44 Janielle Myers, Global Operations & Supply Chain Exec

Janielle Myers has done (and is doing) a lot in the supply chain space. A great example and mentor for the new generation of leaders! - Should supply chain leaders embrace "wearing many hats" or should they silo and specialize? - What about Burn Out?  Real or not?  How to mitigate. - Starting with motorcycles but now at a Space Company, Loft Orbital, and why something about space makes it one of most rewarding and inspiring things she's ever done. - What she REALLY thinks about Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning (SIOP). - How she uses skin moisturizers as an alert system to warn her, she's not setting proper boundaries (just listen; we'll explain it!)

Ep #43 The Raymond Corporation, Derrick Miller Senior Sales Manager

Work in distribution? Then you know Raymond products. But I had the chance for a second time to learn so much more about them chatting with Derrick Miller, Senior Sales Manager.  Amazing episode to learn not just about the value they bring, but how they think like, connect with, and understand the operational realities of distribution! -What is the feedback Raymond receives from ops leaders everywhere about what they REALLY want/need? -How have you become so deeply engrained in ops everywhere and what solutions and services have you molded to provide the best for ops leaders? -What do you do with the surge of data you're now able to put at the fingertips of ops leaders? -Should everyone jump on the "robots train"?

Ep #42 Zimark | Smart Pallet Tracking for Warehouses & 3PLs with Hilla Herzog Manor

Hilla Herzog Manor is the VP Strategy @ Zimark | Smart Pallet Tracking for Warehouses & 3PLs. And they have built and are building some amazingly valuable warehouse tools for operators. Cameras on forklifts tracking movement into bins and in the facility? Yes please. Shipping control cameras at the dock compiling proof of loads. Yup. Vision to one day rid all operations of manual scanning? YES PLEASE! This is just scratching the surface too. Great episode to listen to and find out more! These guys are inside the warehouses building their solutions from real feedback from real people working there. Because they know the truth: The best feature in the world is worthless if the forklift operator ignores it.

Ep #41 Real-Time Warehouse Operational Visibility. Sarit Tamir Founder & CEO Seeteria

Sarit Tamir is Founder & CEO at Seeteria, which I must say, is a very cool start up with a great solution for a problem in large distribution centers: it's hard to see everything at once! But if your site has cameras already inside and Wi-Fi, they have all they need to start working the magic! They're eliminating the invisible middle in warehouse operations by providing real time visibility right to your phone with alerts and all the data you could want to your computer. The platform translates video into live operational signals such as dwell time, congestion, dock activity, and workflow delays without requiring WMS integration. Check them out today and see the whole flow clearly!