Automation Unpacked: Tales from The Warehouse

SVT Robotics

Automation Unpacked: Tales from The Warehouse is a captivating podcast that delves into the complex world of industrial automation across the supply chain. With insightful discussions, industry expert interviews, and real-life stories, our goal is to support, guide and inspire people on their journey to automate warehouse facilities. Brought to you by SVT Robotics.

Episodes

  1. 01/16/2024

    E10 The 411 on ASRS technology with Hai Robotics

    In this episode, our guests from Hai Robotics, Chief Revenue Officer Brian Reinhart and Director of Sales Hunter Senn join us to discuss the evolution of ASRS technology. They dive into the importance of storage density and throughput, the role of software in automation, and the impact of consumer demand on the industry. They emphasize the need for a consultative approach, scalability, and reliability in designing automation systems and fostering long-term relationships with clients. What the evolving landscape of ASRS technology looks like and its applications in various industries. The importance of storage density and throughput in designing automation solutions. Why the role of software and communication protocols in automation system is so crucial How to successfully meet market demands and prevent inventory management issues through automation.

    53 min

  2. 10/17/2023

    E09 Enhance Manufacturing & Warehouse Operations w/Andrew Jackson from Vecna Robotics

    In this episode, Andrew Jackson, Account Executive at Vecna, discusses the importance of safety processes in the face of automation. He highlights the role of automation in improving worker satisfaction, enhancing efficiency, and minimizing risk. From conducting risk assessments to implementing interactive AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots), Andrew unveils the potential of automation to create a more secure and productive work environment. Safety as a Priority: Andrew emphasizes the significance of safety risk assessments and the need for a systematic approach to prevent workplace incidents. Enhancing Efficiency: The implementation of AMRs and AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) leads to increased throughput, improved adaptability, and time savings, enabling workers to focus on critical tasks. Intelligent Systems: Andrew explains how AMRs utilize advanced sensor technologies, such as LiDAR, to interact and adapt to their environment, ensuring safe operations and enabling efficient decision-making. Overcoming Resistance to Change: Andrew addresses the fear of automation and highlights the importance of successfully integrating automation into workplaces by promoting worker collaboration, demonstrating the benefits, and dispelling misconceptions.

    43 min

  3. 09/06/2023

    E08 The Future of Warehousing: AMR Strategies - Steve Simmerman from Locus Robotics

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Steve Simmerman, Head of Global Alliances at Locus Robotics, to discuss the best way to utilize AMRs in your warehouse. They discuss everything from Robots-as-a-Service to worker Safety. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert in engineering, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Steve brings to the table. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Intro 07:50 3PLs & Robotics 09:30 Choosing an AMR system 11:28 Optimizing Picking Workflows 13:32 Worker Safety & Robots 18:45 How fast are the bots? 19:31 Optimizing the Whole Process 22:02 Robots-as-a-Service 24:30 Remaining Flexible 26:24 Integrating Robots 30:58 Repurposing Real Estate 32:27 Handling Returns 35:23 SVT & Locus 37:28 AI 39:56 Advice for the Automation Journey 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/introduction * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/meet-the-svt-partner-team 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-robotics/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, or have topics you’d like us to cover in future conversations, drop us a comment below. 🙏

    42 min

  4. 08/15/2023

    Ep 07 Digitize your Warehouse: All about WMS feat. Guy Courtin

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Guy Courtin, Vice President of Industry and Alliances at Tecsys, to discuss digitizing your warehouse using software like WMS'. He takes us through the journey from manual tracking to a lights-out, fully automated warehouse and how this affects day-to-day operations. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert in engineering, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Guy brings to the table. 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Digitizing an Analog Warehouse with a WMS 04:22 Things to consider in a WMS Vendor 08:10 Having interoperability is crucial 12:00 A lot of warehouses are still manual 14:00 Why is it so hard to choose automation? 23:54 Importance of Upgrading to a WMS 32:00 De-risking Automation 35:05 Unveiling Tecsys SOFTBOT 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/i... * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/me... 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-... * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, or have topics you’d like us to cover in future conversations, drop us a comment below. 🙏

    41 min

  5. 07/26/2023

    Ep 06 A Developer's Perspective on the SOFTBOT Platform with Amanda Seiken

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Amanda Seiken, Director of Engineering at SVT Robotics, to discuss how the SOFTBOT Platform affects the day-to-day operations from an engineering and operations perspective. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert in engineering, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Amanda brings to the table. 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Intro 06:00 Coping with stressful deployments 08:55 How the SOFTBOT Platform works 13:00 Troubleshooting capabilities of the Platform 14:25 How does the Platform help day-to-day? 18:00 What does it look like during peak? 19:45 Power of a flexible integration 22:45 Most misunderstood aspect of automation 25:10 What makes a successful deployment? 27:55 How does the Platform decrease risk? 29:00 Are robots replacing humans? 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/introduction * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/meet-the-svt-partner-team 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-robotics/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, or have topics you’d like us to cover in future conversations, drop us a comment below. 🙏

    33 min

  6. 06/29/2023

    Ep 05 "Not only is SVT an agnostic provider.…we don’t ask anybody to change" with Jay Blinderman

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Jay Blinderman, VP of Partner Success at SVT Robotics, to discuss how they tackle complex problems in automation integration. and learn how they consistently beat aggressive deadlines If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert with years of experience, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Jay brings to the table. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Introductions 02:33 - What problems does SVT solve? 05:29 What does post-automation purchase look like? 10:26 Key Players for a successful deployment 12:47 What does a successful project look like? 14:22 Current options for integrating 16:05 Integrators & SVT: What’s the difference? 17:33 SVT Key partnerships 22:03 Biggest OEM benefit w/ SVT Partnership 22:33 What is “Tech Agnostic”? 24:14 Handling ever-changing APIs 25:10 Branching from tradition 27:30 SVT’s Pricing Model 29:21 SVT beats aggressive deadlines 32:59 SVTs cost is always the biggest surprise 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/introduction * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/meet-the-svt-partner-team 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-robotics/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, or have topics you’d like us to cover in future conversations, drop us a comment below. 🙏

    35 min

  7. 06/08/2023

    E04 3PLs, WMS Upgrade Path, and Integration: Keeping Pace With Supply Chain Shifts with Brian Shuckle

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Brian Shuckle, Strategic Account Executive, at SVT Robotics about integration issues that arise during the lifecycle of a WMS. Brian also discusses the future landscape of automation and what a successful deployment looks like. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert with years of experience, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Brian brings to the table. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Introduction 04:05 Automating 3PL facilities 10:21 The future landscape of integration 14:17 How to support integration 23:08 Risk of large automation deployments 26:43 What is Tech Agnostic when dealing with workflows 31:46 Common use cases 35:04 Upgrading your WMS 38:47 When to automation 42:25 Prepping for automation 45:48 More than an integration platform 49:55 What a successful deployment looks like 51:04 Automation can be simple 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/introduction * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/meet-the-svt-partner-team 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-robotics/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us! 🙏

    52 min

  8. 05/23/2023

    E03 Evaluating Your Unique Warehouse Automation Needs W/ Brian Stroup

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Brian Stroup, Director of Solution Architecture, at SVT Robotics about designing the perfect automation solutions for supply chain warehouses. Brian talks about how he got into the industry and the types of problems customers come to them with to solve, such as integrating custom solutions. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert with years of experience, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Brian brings to the table. 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Introduction 03:20 When should you start looking for help in deploying automation in your warehouse? 05:12 What do you do after you pick your technology that you want to deploy? 07:21What are some of the challenges that arise during integration? 10:02 Ramifications of tech-debt! 12:15 Supporting Tech-debt 17:24 Adding on to an existing solution 21:02 Questions to ask as an Operations Team deploying automation 24:10 Questions to ask for IT deploying automation 26:53 Biggest misconception in automation 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/introduction * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/meet-the-svt-partner-team 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-robotics/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us! 🙏 Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: ⁠https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/

    28 min

  9. 05/17/2023

    E02 How Critical is System Visibility in Warehouse Automation? Insights from 24 Years in Supply Chain W/ Steve Thorne

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Steve Thorne, Vice President of Product Success at SVT Robotics about lessons learned from his experience of OVER 24 years in automation solutions for supply chain operators. Steve talks about how he got into the industry and the types of problems customers come to them with to solve, such as visibility and logging. He also warns what happens when these best practices aren't followed. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert with years of experience, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Steve brings to the table. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Introduction 02:25 What is your favorite thing about the industry? 03:35 What kind of problems did you solve for customers? 06:13 What are some of the challenges that arise during projects? 09:26 Importance of Visibility and Logging 17:32 Integration is difficult 22:09 Custom Code in Integration? 23:58 SOFTBOT Platform Overview 28:23 Homegrown WMS with SOFTBOT Platform? 30:08 Pre-built Integrations with SVT 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/i... * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/me... 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics/ * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-... ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us! 🙏

    35 min

  10. 05/17/2023

    E01 Lessons from Deploying $500M in Supply Chain Automation w/ Nick Leonard

    In this conversation, Chloë Lind interviews Nick Leonard, Senior Vice President of Product at SVT Robotics about lessons learned from deploying over $500 million in automation solutions for supply chain operators. Nick talks about how he got into the industry and the types of problems customers come to them with to solve, such as increasing facility capacity and optimizing processes. He also discusses the challenges that arise when scoping out new solutions and integrating them with existing systems. One common challenge is that customers may have a specific operational need for automation, but may not understand how to translate that into an automated solution. If you're interested in learning about automation in the supply chain industry and want to hear insights from an expert with years of experience, be sure to watch this episode. You won't want to miss the valuable lessons and perspectives that Nick brings to the table. Join for FREE today and map out your path to automation: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 📑 CAN'T-MISS MOMENTS 00:00 Introduction 00:56 How did you get your start in automation? 01:52 What kind of problems did you solve for customers? 02:51 What are some of the challenges that arise during projects? 05:28 Scoping an automation project 06:48 Discuss data models 08:40 Top reasons projects fail 11:30 Why integration is difficult 14:15 Adding more automation for changing business 15:30 Dealing with deadlines 👉 START HERE *Join the AppDirectory for FREE and map out your path to automation. Explore use cases and find solutions that are compatible with your existing WMS: https://appdirectory.svtrobotics.com/ 💬 GET HELP FROM SVT ROBOTICS * Talk to an Automation Advisor: https://calendly.com/svt-automation/i... * Partner with Us: https://calendly.com/meet-with-us-/me... 🤖 CONNECT WITH US * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svtrobotics * Twitter: https://twitter.com/svtrobotics * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svtrobotics/ * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svt-... ✅ SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANY EPISODES If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us! 🙏

    17 min
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Automation Unpacked: Tales from The Warehouse is a captivating podcast that delves into the complex world of industrial automation across the supply chain. With insightful discussions, industry expert interviews, and real-life stories, our goal is to support, guide and inspire people on their journey to automate warehouse facilities. Brought to you by SVT Robotics.

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