THE POD CAST (Proof of Delivery): Recent Episodes
Routeique Inc
Welcome to the first episode in The Proof of Delivery Cast’s series on Digital Twins.
In the introductory episode, hosts Mike Allan, Kaitlin Mercier, and Brent Bawel, discuss the vernal concept and applications of digital twins within the supply chain industry. In the following episodes within this series, we will dive deeper into digital twins, some real-world applications and use cases, and how Routeique is amongst the companies working to further progress within the digital twin field.
Key Takeaways:
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What is a digital twin (00:00 - 15:45)
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Introduction to Insight (15:45 - 22:26)
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Introduction to Foresight (22:26 - 29:50)
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Introduction to Oversight (29:50 - 35:40)
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Wrap up of Insight, Foresight, and Oversight (35:40 - 36:18)
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What companies can do to prepare for a digital twin (36:18 - 46:24)
Keep your eye out for the next episode in the series where we talk more in depth about how digital twins create better insight through improved visibility and transparency in real-time.
Tai Munro
Tai is an assistant professor of sustainability studies at MacEwan University. Prior to this position, Tai was the director of education development, assisting in the creation of micro-credential programs. Tai believes, “A learner is not a brain that comes to class for me to fill. They are people, collectively and individually, who have the potential to strive and fail, to grow and learn, to contribute and converse.”
MacEwan University
MacEwan University, located in Edmonton and founded in 1971, provides a transformative education in a collaborative and supportive learning environment. Through research and innovation that engages students, faculty and the community, creativity thrives.
Key Takeaways
- About Tai and MacEwan University
- Wha micro-credentials are and why they are important in today’s professional landscape
- Wha led to the decision to create supply chain micro-credentials
- Why Routeique was chosen as industry experts
- The future of the micro-credentials look like
Links
Tai’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taimunro/
MacEwan University’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/school/macewanuniversity/
MacEwan University
https://www.macewan.ca/home/
Luke
Luke is a founding partner and Chief Growth Officer of The Rubic. He is an innovative and result-oriented accomplished sales professional with 6 years of very diverse industry experience. A dynamic voice and bi-lingual presenter with a true entrepreneurial spirit that embodies the values and character of a sales “ hunter” with a proven ability to forge strong business connections and relationships in all levels of industry. Luke also has his BBA from Toronto Metropolitan University.
The Rubic
The Rubic is building a future where robots seamlessly integrate into diverse operations, transcending the limitations of traditional automation. Their vision is to create robotic solutions that are not only flexible but can also easily adapt to the evolving needs of an ever-changing supply chain market. By developing systems that effortlessly integrate into ongoing operations, they aim to revolutionize the way goods are moved around the world.
Key Takeaways:
- The early days of The Rubic
- How The Rubic aims to enhance the human workforce rather than replace it
- How The Rubic differs from traditional robotics solutions
- What facilities need before adopting The Rubic
- Why Calgary is a great place for entrepreneurship
Links
Luke’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbuc/?originalSubdomain=ca
The Rubic’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rubic/
The Rubic Website:
https://www.therubic.com/
Links:
Tee’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tee-ganbold-37aa50130/
David’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-aikman-2456b/
Open ESG’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/esg_dao?lang=en
Open ESG
https://www.openesg.com/
Open ESG’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/esgdao/
On this episode of The POD Cast, hosts Mike Allan and Kaitlin Mercier talk with guest, Dr. Matt Taylor, form the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute about how to get started on the path to employing AI.
Matt Taylor
Matthew E. Taylor (Matt) received his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in the summer of 2008, supervised by Peter Stone. He then completed a two-year postdoctoral research position at the University of Southern California with Milind Tambe and spent 2.5 years as an assistant professor at Lafayette College. He was then an assistant professor at Washington State University where he held the Allred Distinguished Professorship in Artificial Intelligence. In 2017, he temporarily left academia to help start an artificial intelligence lab in Edmonton, Alberta, with Borealis AI, the artificial intelligence research lab for the Royal Bank of Canada. He is now a tenured associate professor in computer science at the University of Alberta, a Fellow-in-Residence at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and remains an adjunct professor at Washington State University. He has been a PI or co-PI on over $6M USD in competitively awarded research funding from federal, state, and industrial sources, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has (co-)supervised 7 graduated PhD students and 5 MS students, as well as published over 120 peer-reviewed papers in conferences and journals. His current fundamental and applied research interests are in reinforcement learning, human-in-the-loop AI, multi-agent systems, and robotics.
AMII
AMII’s mission is to make artificial intelligence and machine learning the primary drivers of sustainable growth for Alberta’s economy – through great research, advisement and education.
We began in 2002 as the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning (AICML), a joint effort between the Government of Alberta and the University of Alberta (UAlberta). Originally funded through the Alberta Ingenuity Fund, the research centre soon became known as the Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning after being brought under the umbrella of Alberta Innovates. In 2017 the centre rebranded as Amii, becoming part of the CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy and launching as a not-for-profit in the heart of Edmonton’s downtown core. Over its twenty-year history, and thanks to forward-looking investments by Alberta Innovates and the Government of Alberta, Amii has built a world-class team of researchers at the University of Alberta and affiliated institutions. Since our inception, we have increased research capacity in AL/ML nearly nine-fold, starting with four co-founding members at the University of Alberta and now funding the research of 28 Fellows (including 23 Canada CIFAR AI Chairs) and eight Canada CIFAR AI Chairs at universities across Western Canada.
Key Takeaways
- What is AMII and what they do to optimize the supply chain
- Who is Matt Taylor and why he entered this industry
- What are the biggest challenges to the supply chain that AMII is working to solve
- What is the next big thing coming to the industry
- Advice for people in supply chain, where they should be looking and focusing their efforts
Important Links
Matt Taylor LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewedmundtaylor/?originalSubdomain=ca
AMII
https://www.amii.ca/
AMII LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amii/
AMII Twitter
https://twitter.com/AmiiThinks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
On this episode of The POD Cast, hosts Mike Allan and Kaitlin Mercier talk with guest, Rene Grzeszick, co-founder and CTO of MotionMiners.
Rene Grzeszick
Rene is co-founder and CTO of MotionMiners, the primary responsibility of his work being the area of data analysis. Rene received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in computer science from TU Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany, in 2010 and 2012 respectively. He later joined the university’s Pattern Recognition in Embedded Systems group in the Department of Computer Science as a Ph.D. student. He has always been interested in the area of pattern recognition, which was a heavy area of focus for his research at Dortmund.
Motion Miners
In 2014, Sascha Feldhorst conceived of the concept for MotionMiners while jogging, originally imagining it as a fitness tracker. This concept would lead to the eventual founding of MotionMiners in October of 2017 with partners René Grzeszick and Sascha Kaczmarek. During the first two years, MotionMiners was closely associated with the Fraunhofer Institute, but since the summer of 2019 they have been completely spun off. Motion-Mining® makes it easy for companies to perform analysis regarding efficiency and ergonomics for process optimization. Utilizing MotionMiner’s sensors and AI, you can automatically carry out analysis with 80% less effort than conventional methods. MotionMiners aims to provide the world’s most flexible and comprehensive analysis toolbox for human activities.
Key Takeaways
- What is MotionMiners and how it works with businesses to analyze and optimize manual processes.
- How integrating your operations own data can help optimize even better.
- How MotionMiners and the industry as a whole have evolved and changed AI and machine learning methods.
- How the recent years have driven the interest of digitization and data driven optimization.
- Common process and ergonomic recommendations and insights provided by MotionMiners.
- The difference between making changes and making well-informed, data-driven changes within your operation.
- How the desire for ergonomic changes has increased over the years.
Important Links
Rene’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rene-grzeszick/?originalSubdomain=de
MotionMiners
https://www.motionminers.com/en/
MotionMiners LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/motionminers-gmbh/
MotionMiners Twitter
https://twitter.com/MotionMiner
Mike Allan, and co-host Kaitlin Mercier , speak with CEO of Provision Analytics, Erik Westblom, about traceability and compliance in the supply chain of food. Provision Analytics creates a single platform to capture and analyze all food safety and quality data, all while streamlining supplier management, traceability, and food safety culture.
Mike Allan, and co-host Kaitlin Mercier, sit down with president of FactorChain, Bill McGraw, about micro-factoring in supply chain by utilizing technology to analyze risk to more accurately and effectively help businesses in the industry.
Mike Allan, and guest-host Brent Bawel, talk with Dr. Dustin Feld about how technology can "always help as a vehicle to make the world better, easier, and also more interesting." Dr. Feld has always been interested in optimization and technology, characterizing himself as a "full-blooded nerd." As one of the co-founders of adiutaByte, he hopes to provide real-world applications using science and technology for optimization to every industry, with a special interest in transport and mobility.
We're incredibly excited to bring you the Proof of Delivery Cast, hosted by Mike Allan, and Kaitlin Mercier. In this Trailer, hear from Mike about what this show will be offering, and what to expect in the coming episodes.