Episode Details

In today’s complex global supply chains, warehouses are anything but simple. This week, our Roboteon’s Dan Gilmore joins us to discuss how to turn this complexity into an advantage, using robotics to address key challenges like labor shortages, operational complexity, and e-commerce growth. In our conversation, Dan emphasizes the need for strategic automation implementation, involving workers in the process, and adopting flexible technologies, whilst discussing the importance of proper training, updating KPIs, and considering the entire warehouse ecosystem when automating.

Come join us as we discuss the Future of Supply Chain.

Guest: Dan Gilmore, Roboteon

Dan Gilmore is Chief Marketing Officer at robotics software platform provider, Roboteon. He has been a frequent writer and speaker on warehouse technologies for many years, including being the founder of Supply Chain Digest. Earlier is his career, he was head of the supply chain practice at analyst firm Meta Group, later acquired by Gartner. He has also had roles at NCR, Pitney Bowes, Forte’ Industries, and RedPrairie, now JDA.

Host: Richard Howells, SAP

Richard Howells has been working in the Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer, podcaster, and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, Industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.

Host: Nicole Smythe, SAP

Nicole Smythe is a marketer, blogger, and podcaster in the Digital Supply Chain and ERP space at SAP. With a Master’s degree in Global Supply Chain Management and va