Logistics Collective - The Podcast

We are pleased to syndicate a podcast from "ChainReaction" a platform that is posting thought provoking content about the future of supply chain.  In this first podcast, our own Malcolm Pope is interviewed by Michael Ostroumov, CEO of FLOX (A new collaborative platform for the logistics industry powered by AI). The broad ranging interview covers some of the successes, challenges and oppo...

In a recent survey,  we promoted on LinkedIn, and we had some interesting results. We asked the question: Considering the forward options for fuelling our LGV's (heavy trucks & lorries) in the future, 10 years’ time - what will be most popular? The results were interesting! Hydrogen (ICE or Fuel Cell) 41% Electric 36% HVO 14% Biomethane 9% So the purpose of this interview is to potentially...

This is the second in our series of podcasts exploring sustainability and the logistics industry. We have one familiar voice and also someone new to introduce you to. This edition explores the motivations to be more sustainable and how age generations have differing perspectives on the criticality of the journey to net zero. Focusing on the younger generations that will be consumers and customers...

We have another in the ALAS! series of podcasts with Keith Holdsworth of Perception Group. We are following a track of understanding how future supply chains can become more sustainable, the trade-off of working capital against sustainability, the impact of poor forecasting on sustainability, whether we are delivering to "want" or "need" criteria, whether it is more sustainable...

Over the next year, the Logistics Collective is planning a series of podcasts exploring sustainability and the logistics industry. In this edition, we focus on the potential within the smaller changes that add to the profitability and sustainability that all LSPs should focus on. We have a three-way discussion between Malcolm Pope and two industry luminaries in sustainability: Stephen Fitter  is a...

In this podcast, we explore the world of robotics and AI with Michel Spruijt. As president of Brain Corp International, Michel is responsible for all partner support, team expansion, and the oversight of general operations in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. His role involves driving business development across key markets, fostering collaboration with industry leaders, and pushing the boundaries of what AI...

In our latest episode we speak to Colby Varley - Vice President of Sales - Principal for Advanced Transportation Services Inc (ATS). We explore the history of Colby's career and spend time understanding how an asset-light transportation business works, delivering fresh produce from their home base of Salinas, California, to the rest of the USA. It was fascinating to understand the key strength...

Welcome to our latest podcast from the Logistics Collective, we present another in the ALAS! with Keith Holdsworth of Perfection Group. In this episode, we ask, "Can our Logistics Providers survive and prosper with only achieving a single % figure EBITDA?".   We discuss the commoditisation of the logistics market, the benefits of added value services, the ability to optimise to further p...

In this podcast, we interview Philip Roe, President of Logistics UK is the largest trade association representing logistics business of all modes across the UK & Ireland. In addition, Philip is a Board Director of the CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport). Prior to this, Philip had senior (to C-suite) roles in both DHL and TDG. In this episode, Philip speaks to the work that...

In this podcast, we revisit Richard Smith of the RHA, who kindly offered to be the first person interviewed on this channel nearly two and a half years ago. There is much to catch up on with regard to the developments in the industry, most concerningly around the increasing numbers of hauliers that are sadly failing financially. We look to the future, and it was great to hear that several professi...

The final episode of this trilogy on Retail & Supply Chain Technology examines the possibilities of the future. It encompasses the growth of the circular economy and how the democratisation of RFID through both price reduction and Digital Product Passports could catalyse the growth of new industries. There are a few rants on "greenwashing" and "dumb Transport Management Systems&...

In this episode, we continue the story of Mark Tailford and his entertaining and entrepreneurial journey in innovation. We focus on the more recent past and into the present, including the radical changes he drove in the world of retail. There's a little more name-dropping (John Lewis, Matalan, Morrisons, etc.). There's a Scandinavian sojourn to Finland and some world-first development of...

This interview is a milestone for us in a couple of ways. Firstly, this is the first podcast that has no script guidance (we always have an outline script to understand what we are covering), so this is a bit of a freer conversation than normal. Secondly, and most importantly, we are talking to Mark Tailford, who is simply one of the architects of retail supply chain visibility and has an amazing...

Welcome to the second episode of our podcasts with the legend that is Jim Tompkins. In this episode, we go from the chaos of "whack-a-mole" through toilet paper (!) during the recent pandemic, climate change, and disruption of world trade but then hit the calmer seas of finding out who inspired Jim by underscoring his work and how he found out that life is just not fair. We discuss the w...

Welcome to Season 3 of Logistics Collective – The Podcast. We start with a legend of supply chain. A thought-leading academic, serial entrepreneur, author (31 books published so far) and most of all thought leader in business and supply chain. Our interviewee has helped businesses globally define their future and is still defining the future of supply chain after 5 decades engaged in the industry....

Welcome to the final podcast from the Logistics Collective in 2023. It has certainly been a busy year in the land of podcasting for us, with a significant increase in both output and audience. In this episode, we hear the fascinating story of an innovation award-winning entrepreneur that together with her husband set their sights on saving people's lives which has resulted in building a busine...

Welcome to the 4th and final episode of Old Dogs, and in this episode we turn to prophecy and seek to examine the future! Why are we asking the dumbest questions of AI?  We think about the impact of this on broader society, and recommend a read of "The End of Work" by Jeremy Rifkin Why do LSP customers tender too frequently and without thought and preparation? How can LSPs demonstrate mo...

You have been really patient, thank you! (We have had a huge amount of production work to do on forthcoming content) The old dogs are back for the third episode! We move on considerably in this episode and consider the future of logistics eSourcing (and if you are in business development for an LSP you may be really interested in some of the conclusions!) So from our LSP call to action, through pe...

Our thanks for patiently waiting for the next episode of ALAS! Did you know that it takes 5 times as long to produce one of our podcasts as it does to record it? That we use AI-powered software to improve and balance the sound quality? That our podcasts have been listened to by thousands of people and our followers are rapidly increasing? But all of this matters little in comparison to the potenti...

Information systems are at the core of every logistics operation. Yet many of the most utilised systems have a long history (decades!) behind them. Have our day to day operations moved significantly over the last 20 years? Certainly! There is a design parallel to the development of electric cars, the sub-optimal starting point being to utilise an existing internal combustion engined car and bolt o...

In this second episode of “Old Dogs: Legacy or Prophecy” we move into the reasoning why two independent, and arguably competing, technology companies were “persuaded” to collaborate to develop one of the first uses of sophisticated eSourcing technology for distribution solution sourcing. It covers the rationale of why these systems were brought together, what their combined strengths and we lead o...

We are out in the Logistics Collective Time Machine again and asking you to join us in an exploration of the past and future of buying logistics. I am joined by two leading lights in the world of technology and logistics, Tom Wahnsiedler (a 40-year veteran of IT, having served in local government, FMCG, retail, logistics, property, social enterprise, and consultancy.  During that time, he conceive...

Welcome to the second episode of our series ALAS! musings about advanced supply chain and logistics by the vibrant and venerable Keith Holdsworth & Malcolm Pope. Following on from our first episode on forecast (or informed guessing as Malcolm still insists), we ask a slightly vexed question as to whether the logistics function is an outlying orphan to other business processes. On the bright si...

The next interviewee in this season of Logistics Collective - The Podcast is a phenomenally interesting senior leader in the realm of logistics and supply chain, but who now has founded her new business, Ryhall Leadership to pursue her passion for creating high-performing teams with a clear focus to especially help women achieve their potential in leadership positions. Her solid belief is that the...

We are introducing a new concept for Logistics Collective Podcasts. We are calling it ALAS! but we're not going to explain why, it is all explained in the podcast. 2 "experienced" supply chain professionals that have known one another for 2 decades are off for a ramble down the supply chain whilst discussing the beverages and snacks they are consuming. One half of this discussion is...