Quuppa Podcasts

Highlights from their conversation include: The Manna story (0:19) Drone delivery technology today (1:01) Actions regulators can take to accelerate drone delivery technology (4:09) The ideal environment for drone delivery (7:13) Manna’s launch in the U.S. (9:11) How Manna differentiates itself in the market (11:24) Economics of the drone delivery n…

Highlights from their conversation include: Avi’s MIT computer science background and how the trucking industry drew him in (1:10) The decision to have Maven’s home base in Pittsburgh (3:46) Building a cloud-based platform that integrates with all areas of a trucking company (8:43) Measurable transformation in use cases (14:53) Focusing on the driv…

Highlights from their conversation include: What is MacroFab? (1:01) MacroFab’s future plans after acquiring Series C funding (3:04) Misha’s journey into supply chain logistics (5:10) Addressing the emerging trend of reshoring (8:26) Will Mexico become North America’s manufacturing floor? (12:03) The world of manufacturing electronics (14:28) Nears…

Highlights from their conversation include: The genesis behind SpringTime Ventures (0:53) Making the move to Supply Chain investing (6:09) Exciting investment opportunities in 2023 (9:31) Investments in Paccurare and Blue Cargo (12:33) Business Building Advice as a Seed Investor (17:44) Common mistakes founders make in seed stage (20:06) Investing …

Highlights from their conversation include: An introduction to Quuppa and Tom’s background and role at the company (1:09) The evolution beyond passive RFIDs in Real-Time Locating (5:26) How listening mode works for Quuppa’s locators and how it differs from beaconing (12:35) Tracking assets and building processes around that (17:07) A reference of l…

Highlights from their conversation include: Introducing the panel (0:42) Recapping Manifest (1:49) Where is supply chain today? (5:09) What’s the lasting impact of COVID on the supply chain? (8:28) Then and Now for Supply Chain Logistics (17:19) What are the hot and hype trends in 2023? (30:40) How the valuation of companies will change in the futu…

Highlights from their conversation include: What o9 is building in the space (0:24) Stanton’s journey into supply chain sustainability (2:10) How does the o9 digital brain work for companies (4:42) How the platform manages data (7:21) o9’s commitment to sustainability (10:32) Data points that help companies become more sustainable (14:16) The gover…

Highlights from their conversation include: What Activant Capital is building in the space (0:22) David’s journey to VC and supply chain (1:43) Every company becoming a supply chain company (4:25) What’s exciting in supply chain in 2023? (7:23) Last mile logistics (10:15) Where should businesses invest in technology in the future (14:09) Sustainabi…

Highlights from their conversation include: What is Factored Quality? (0:27) How Prince got into the world of supply chain (1:44) What should people know about the quality control function in supply chain? (4:05) How Factored provides streamlined solutions for high-level brands (6:41) The data set of suppliers that Factored is building (12:56) How …

Highlights from their conversation include: Addressing the lack of labor force in the supply chain (1:26) The role digitization continues to play (4:45) Will sustainability continue to be an important topic in 2023? (8:33) Supply chain regionalization (10:42) Nearshoring and reshoring (13:55) Cost prioritization (15:13) Final predictions for 2023 (…

Highlights from their conversation include: Microsoft’s global supply chain and David’s engineering background (1:22) David’s responsibility to make sure the right product gets to the right place at the right time (9:24) Dealing with the demand for the latest Xbox (10:31) End-to-end visibility and turning events into supply chain events (12:21) Is …

Highlights from their conversation include: Nate’s responsibilities at XPO and his background (1:12) State of LTL in 2021 (5:28) Improving the LTL space with gamification (9:49) Simulation and optimization (15:28) Leaning into data and automation (19:14) Quick takes about current events in the supply chain (23:40) XPO Logistics is a top-10 global p…

Highlights from their conversation include: Overview of BlueGrace and Mark’s career (1:07) State of the market today and being flexible with changes (7:16) Managed transportation offering (12:17) Focusing on the things that give you a competitive advantage (17:07) How technology benefits employees (19:22) Balancing internal development with externa…

In this episode we have invited Head of Quuppa Services team Adrien Berthou. You will learn more about the Services team and how can they help our partners and customers around the world to deliver projects successfully.By Quuppa

Highlights from their conversation include: How Dr. Griffis got started in Supply Chain (0:23) Illicit supply chains and unfair labor practices (2:01) How major businesses are addressing headline risks (7:37) Risk factors in adjusting supply chains (14:47) The resiliency of certain supply chains (18:45) How legislation will shape supply chain pract…

Highlights from their conversation include: An introduction to what Mercado Labs is working on and who Rob is (1:14) Rob’s take on the current state of imports (6:21) Why Rob thinks things will normalize by the end of April (9:55) Data’s role in dealing with uncertainty (13:43) Benefits of having an import management system in place (16:14) Plan, b…

Highlights from their conversation include: Harry’s journey into the world of fulfillment (1:01) How should businesses be thinking about eCommerce and fulfillment today? (3:52) Cost vs capability (9:40) The impact of technology on fulfillment (14:22) Pros and Cons of Amazon’s FBA (16:48) Zone skipping and microfulfillment (20:23) Predictions for eC…

Highlights from their conversation include: How Shaily got started in Supply Chain (1:38) Who are the key customers of GlobalFair? (3:25) The challenge of securing building materials worldwide (4:37) Benefits of finding a streamlined solution for sourcing materials (10:21) Sourcing contractors while balancing customer acquisition (12:05) Biggest le…

Highlights from their conversation include: The breadth of the supply chain efforts at Georgia Pacific and Trey’s background in philosophy and urban development (1:13) Current state of ocean freight (4:23) Will there be a leveling of the playing field between west and east coast ports? (9:10) What’s top of mind for international logistics in 2021? …

Highlights from their conversation include: The coverage at Bloomberg Intelligence (1:14) How intertwined we are with international activity (2:46) Chip manufacturing (5:06) Reducing our dependency on China (7:11) Sovereignty over the semiconductor supply chain (10:05) The magnitude of investment required (15:22) What you should be keeping tabs on …

Highlights from their conversation include: Introducing Nexxiot (1:28) The Dan MacGregor story (3:44) The pillars of Nexxiot: hardware, software, analytics (4:54) Partnerships across the industry (8:55) The importance of bringing Nexia to market (15:52) Distinguish capabilities, enablement, and value (21:25) Untapped areas of the supply chain (25:0…

In this episode we have invited a special guest Steve Statler, SVP of Marketing at Wiliot, also known from his Mr Beacon Podcast. Steve talks about his mission to enable Massive IoT with their latest innovations. Maybe you have already heard about the IoT Pixels, which are stamp sized, battery free energy harvesting sticker tags which cost only 10 …

Highlights from their conversation include: An overview of ASCM, its work with individuals and organizations (1:06) Technology’s impact on the supply chain in the near future (7:36) Competencies incoming professionals need to develop and the skill gaps that exist (11:40) Long-term benefit of professional development for company and employee (15:23)…

Highlights from their conversation include: Introducing Solvento (1:17) The Jaime Tabachnik story (2:03) Breaking down the problem (4:47) What this industry needs (15:47) FinTech vs supply chain business (18:01) Customer success story (23:19) Untapped areas of opportunity (27:32) What’s open in Jaime’s browser (32:19) Dynamo is a VC firm led by sup…

Highlights from their conversation include: About RRD Supply Chain Solutions (1:25) The John Marrow story (3:56) Combining marketing and supply chain (5:48) RRD partnerships (8:38, 15:38) The most vital part of RRD’s tech stack (10:44) The value of being healthcare focussed (12:34) An untapped area of logistics (18:04) Dynamo is a VC firm led by su…

Highlights from their conversation include: Why nearshoring is important (1:40) Benefits to industry stakeholders (6:39) Hurdles we have to overcome (13:30) What this means for a seed investor (17:37) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.…

Highlights from their conversation include: Clay’s background (2:09) Dynamo fellowship (3:23) Career-wide impact (4:29) Mentorship within the fellowship (13:51) What makes Dynamo different (16:48) Summarizing the fellowship (20:17) Favorite portfolio projects (22:23) If you could do the fellowship again… (24:25) Moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee (27…

Highlights from their conversation include: What Craft is focusing on building currently (1:02) Ilya Levtov’s background (1:48) Three modules of supplier discovery, evaluation and monitoring (4:21) Mapping a complex supply chain network (7:16) Sample of a customer’s experience (13:03) Benefits for Craft’s customers (18:08) Craft’s position in the f…

Celebrate 10 years Quuppa with us! This is the third and last episode of a birthday-special that tells stories from the first decade of Quuppa. Three of our Co-Founders are looking back at 10 years of Location Technology. Antti takes a dive into the past. What a deep dive! 10 years of Quuppa, location technology and doing business. We are sure ther…

Highlights from their conversation include: About Partstat (1:11) The Dennis Menefee story (4:39) Capital inventory pre-purchasing (7:31) How Partstat makes money (12:38) Challenges Partstat customers face (17:31) How Partstat views nearshoring (23:18) Untapped areas in the supply chain (28:21) The most interesting read (31:16) Dynamo is a VC firm …

Volker Gau, CTO der Bornemann AG, erklärt was technisch drin steckt in den Lösungen von Bornemann und warum eine Kombination von mehreren Technologien die Zukunft von Ortung ist. Die Bornemann AG war ursprünglich mehr auf die Ortung im Außenraum, also GPS, fokusiert. Bereits seit einigen Jahren wird es immer wichtiger auch den Innenraum mit Technol…

Highlights from their conversation include: Background on FEV as a company and Dean’s role (1:07) State of alternative energy drive systems starting with hybrid vehicles (5:38) Electric Trucks (9:00) Utilizing hydrogen (10:58) Use case of battery electric vehicles in logistics (17:12) Technical breakthroughs needed (21:47) Dealing with the impact o…

Celebrate 10 years Quuppa with us! This is the second episode of a birthday-special that tells stories from the first decade of Quuppa. Three of our Co-Founders are looking back at 10 years of Location Technology. Fabio travels back in time - all the way to the time before Quuppa was founded. Which also might include some stories about a tech giant…

Highlights from their conversation include: About OSM Worldwide (1:14) The Gaston Curk story (2:43) Defining “parcel injection” (4:22) The underlying business model (9:47) How Dr. Squatch leverages OSM (10:50) eComm volumes for the rest of the year (14:38) An important lesson about parcel capabilities (16:54) The competition of the larger private p…

Lars Bornemann, CEO der Bornemann AG, erzählt wer er ist und was seine Firma macht. Womit fing alles an und wie passt Quuppa da jetzt rein? Und ein bisschen geht es auch um Bornemann als besonderen Arbeitgeber. Die Bornemann AG gibt es seit 31 Jahren. Bereits seit 20 Jahren beschäftigt sich das Team, welches mittlerweile an 10 Standorten tätig ist,…

Highlights from their conversation include: The Matt Hertz story (1:10) About Second Marathon (5:08) How to establish supply chain competency (7:58) Perspective on delivery times (12:10) Advice for high-growth companies (19:58) Matt’s favorite summer activity (26:30) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on see…

Celebrate 10 years Quuppa with us! This is the first episode of a birthday-special that tells stories from the first decade of Quuppa. Three of our Co-Founders are looking back at 10 years of Location Technology. Kimmo starts with a nostalgic review of his first decade with Quuppa. How was Quuppa founded? Why was Levi such a special trip with the w…

Highlights from their conversation include: What’s being built at Manna (1:10) The Bobby Healy story (1:48) What drones are best suited for (4:23) How Bobby chose the enabler route (11:00) Safety at Manna (14:27) Varying designs for drones (19:38) Deterrents of drone expansion (25:12) The economics of drone delivery (29:33) Advice for rising founde…

Gemeinsam mit unserem Partner INDUTRAX erweitern wir das Blickfeld und schauen was sonst noch so drinsteckt in unserer Ortungstechnolgie, neben dem Punkt auf der Karte. Eine Folge, die für bestehende Quuppa Nutzer, und alle die es werden wollen, höchst interessant ist. Denn wir schauen über den Rand hinaus und diskutieren was sonst noch so geht auß…

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Un nuevo episodio con Minsait, socio de Quuppa. En este episodio Mikael, Sales Manager para Europa de Quuppa, habla con Alejandro, Phygital Manager de Minsait, sobre cómo se puede aumentar la seguridad gracias a la tecnología de localización. Nuestro partner Minsait es experto en aumentar la seguridad con la ayuda de la tecnología de localización. …

Highlights from their conversation include: About UPS Capital (1:11) The Jeff Iannone story (1:39) What UPS offers (2:18) Managing risk exposure (3:14) Thinking about claims management (4:48) When considering insurance partnerships (7:15) How underwriting is improving (9:05) Making a plan amongst shortages (10:52) Rethinking supplier relationships …

Einzelhandel und Gastronomie müssen digitaler werden. Kann Ortungstechnologie der Schlüssel zum Erfolg sein? Unser Partner Pyramid ist Experte für genau diese Fragen. In unserer neusten Podcast Episode teilt Angelito, Key Account Manager für Polytech und PLS Professional bei Pyramid, sein Wissen und gibt Einblick in die über 30 Jahre Erfahrung von …

Highlights from their conversation include: About Haul (1:22) The Tim Henry story (1:58) The driver shortage issue (7:00) A secular solution (12:48) Getting screened for Haul (15:26) The Haul customer experience (18:23) California Assembly Bill 5 Impact (21:40) Most important lesson from selling to fleets (26:43) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply c…

We talked quite often about the benefits of Location Technology for Industry 4.0, but what happens beyond the dot on the map? A question our newest podcast episode answers. Nico is Head of Development for INDUTRAX and he discusses with Fabio, our Chief Growth Officer, what happens behind the dot on the map if you use Location Technology. More about…

Highlights from their conversation include: What Mark’s building in Africa (1:15) Mark’s background and career journey (2:17) The freight opportunity in Africa (3:34) Who Amitruck serves best (5:59) How Amitruck helps solve the issue (7:03) Driver recruitment and relations (8:55) Amitruck’s technology enablement (10:50) Working on the underlying fu…

Björn ist PR-Manager und Pascal ist Business Consultant bei DextraData. Die beiden sprechen mit Chiara darüber, wie Ortungstechnologie dabei helfen kann Zeit im Unternehmen sinnvoller zu nutzen. DextraData macht seit über 20 Jahren das, was sie tun, richtig gern und richtig gut. Seit 1995 unterstützt DextraData Unternehmen mit vielfältigen IT-Lösun…

Highlights from their conversation include: Carolyn Mooney’s path from missiles to food delivery to nextmv (1:08) Using Dash to experiment and simulate and Hop to solve optimization (4:10) Customer benefit use cases (12:42) Practically implementing the nextmv API (14:53) Simulating thousands of decision paths and selecting the most optimal one (16:…

In this episode Mikael, Sales Manager for Europe at Quuppa, talks with Alejandro, Phygital Manager at Minsait, about how safety can be increased thanks to location technology. Our partner Minsait is expert in increasing safety with the help of location technology. Thanks to their solution "Phygital" the Quuppa technology can be brought to the next …

Highlights from their conversation include: About Wyebot (1:07) The Roger Sands’ story (2:20) Current connectivity status quo (3:46) The wireless intelligence platform (8:08) Internet connectivity today (11:31) How ROI decisions are thought through (13:27) Necessary organizational adjustments (17:17) Selling and servicing WiFi capability (19:53) Un…