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Today we will take a look at what Google, in particular Google Cloud, is up to when it comes to Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Google Cloud has been active in this space for a couple of years now and it’s starting to become clear now why it may actually be a great match. Our guest today is Hans Thalbauer who has a rich history in Supply Chain tech, and is now the Managing Director of Google Cloud’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing capabilities. Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Hans covers the following topics: - Hans’ path from Austria to Silicon Valley - What prompted Google to enter the field of Supply Chain? - Google's Supply Chain Twin - The different data segments that can be leveraged for Supply Chain Management: Private segment (e.g. ERP data), community Segment (e.g. orders, tracking data), public data segment (e.g. weather, traffic, health data) - Google's Supply Chain Pulse - How Artificial Intelligence can be applied to SC data - Why Google is not creating applications, but is partnering with SCM solution providers instead - How to make it easier for companies to connect and exchange data: EDI, API, Google’s Data Warehouse (BigQuery), even GMail. - Google’s flexible Data Model - Last-Mile Solutions - Google Cloud Fleet Routing - An example of how weather and climate data can be combined with agricultural satellite data to predict impacts harvests - Dynamic ETAs for truck transports leveraging real-time Google Maps data - Sustainability KPIs and Scope 3 data - How to measure the impacts of your sustainability efforts. - On a 10-year time frame: What does the future of supply chain and logistics operations look like? - Hans’ prediction of the “post outsourcing” world - and much more

In today's episode we discuss a timely topic that is on the minds of many of our listeners: Is now actually the right time to start working for a logistics tech startup? Our guests today are Frederic Krahforst and Jonah McIntire. Frederic is the Co-Founder and CEO of the logtech startup TradeLink and Jonah has founded and successfully sold two logtech startups and is currently working for Transporeon, an established logtech company. Regardless of whether you are a seasoned professional with more of a corporate background, whether you have some experience in startup environments, or whether you are starting fresh out of university, startups, especially in the supply chain and logistics area, can be a very attractive career opportunity. But with all the uncertainty around the economy, an increasingly difficult startup funding environment, etc. there are a lot of things to consider. So today’s episode is a very valuable resource for all of you. Another helpful resource and tool is the new The LogTechies Job Board. LogTechies is the first hand-curated job board for the field of Logistics Technology. That’s were, Boris Felgendreher, founder and host of The Logistics Tribe and other logistics podcasts, posts the coolest logtech jobs at those companies that he currently finds the most interesting. Right now, the board features really cool logtech jobs at Sennder, Flaschenpost, Fernride, TradeLink, Noyes Technologies. And there are many more to come. You can find the LOGTECHIES Job Board at www.logtechies.com

We invited two prominent journalists back onto the show who cover the exciting fields of logistics, supply chain, logtech and e-commerce. Emma Cosgrove writes about logistics with a focus on e-commerce for Business Insider and Eric Johnson is Senior Editor for Technology at The Journal of Commerce where he leads coverage and analysis of technology's impact on global logistics and trade. Our host Boris Felgendreher wanted to know what stories from the recent weeks and months Emma and Eric thought were the most interesting and deserved to be discussed in more detail. So the three ended up diving into the impact that the economic downturn is having on the logtech startup ecosystem, the appointment of Amazon Executive Dave Clark to the role of CEO at Flexport and they also talked quite a bit about how journalist like Emma and Eric go about their jobs covering the industry and what you the audience can do to show up on their radar and get a chance of getting coverage. So there is some real actionable advice here as well that we hope you will find useful. Helpful links: Journal of Commerce: https://www.joc.com/technology/logistics-technology-providers/money-still-flowing-complex-logistics-tech-market_20220708.html Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-insiders-say-dave-clarks-an-awkward-fit-for-flexport-2022-6 Eric Johnson's Substack: https://ericjohnson.substack.com/ The LogTechies Job Board (The coolest Jobs in Logistics Technology - Personally curated for You): www.logtechies.com Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Eric Johnson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejohnson3242/ Emma Cosgrove on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmacosgrove/