Modern Materials Handling Podcast

Talking Materials Handling: Innovating at Radial

Listen in as Deb Williams, Radial’s regional vice president of fulfillment service delivery, discusses why the global 3PL is adopting NextGen technologies. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Talking Materials Handling: Decarbonizing the supply chain

Listen in as Dave Tuttle, Breakthrough’s VP of sustainable solutions, discusses strategies to decarbonize transportation. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Interfacing is easy. Integration is hard

Listen in as Softeon's chief technology officer Mark Fralick discusses the ins and outs of integrating automation. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

The Technological Pivot

Listen in as Harpinder "Harpi" Singh discusses the state of the startup market and the art of the pivot to successfully adapt to a change in market direction. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Talking Materials Handling: Leadership for Engineers

Listen in as Mike Kotecki discusses his new book on one engineer's path to management. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Talking Materials Handling: The state of robotics

Listen in as Crystal Parrott, chair of The Robotics Group at MHI, discusses the state of warehouse robotics and MMH’s annual robotics survey, Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Talking Materials Handling: What’s up with Private Equity

Listen in as THL's Jim Carlisle discusses the investments his firm has made in supply chain, and his outlook for the future. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

Best Practices for Safe and Efficient Dock Operations

On this episode, St. Onge project manager David Dziwis walks us through best practices for safe and efficient dock operations.

Efficient Docks Create Efficient Warehouse Operations

On the first of two episodes looking at dock management, David Dziwis explains why docks are so important to efficient warehouse operations.

The Blue Dot Consumer: A discussion with Ken Hughes

Take your eye off what customers value and the game is over. Regardless of B2B or B2C markets, understanding the needs of the customer, what they value and how best to deliver on these needs is paramount to success.
Today, the Blue Dot Consumer—that blue dot on Google maps—is the world. Everything is shown from their perspective. They’re not “part of a big world,” they are the world. They are at the center and everything else revolves around them. They take a step left, your brand, your business model, your very proposition needs to take a step left with them—this is true customer empowerment at work.
In this podcast, Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director for Peerless Media’s Supply Chain Group, is joined by Ken Hughes, one of the world’s leading authorities on consumer and shopper behavior, to explore this metaphor and shed some light on how the shifting values of today's modern consumer—this Blue Dot Consumer—will surely make an impact the warehouse solutions of tomorrow.