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Max and the SupplyChainHeroes

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Your entrepreneurial podcast. Interviews with and experiences of professionals in supply chain management.

Business supply chain industry 4.0 digitalisation logistics procurement distribution e-procurement ludwig meister max meister e-trade
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Episodes

Artificial Intelligence at Linde

June 17, 2020 21:04 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MB

In this episode of Max and the Supply Chain Heroes Max tries to de-mystify the topic of artificial inteligence in combination with supply chain issues. Due to Corona safety measures he is doing so by remotely interviewing Dexin Luo, an acknowledged expert in Supply Chain Management and artificial intelligence. Together they analyse ways to apply AI to the supply chain in a hands on way. Ludwig Meister themselves are currently taking first steps in using machine learning for ERP purposes, but...

Traction / EOS at Gustave A. Larson

March 27, 2020 14:19 - 19 minutes - 16.1 MB

On the occasion of a US visit to the MDM award ceremony for Ludwig Meister, Max Meister took the opportunity to arrange two podcasts with Andrew Larson, the family entrepreneur in the third generation. In this, second podcast, Andrew Larson and Max discuss the topic of Traction and EOS. The fascination about the book of the same Name (link below) and the topic is another common feature of the two. In the case of Gustave A. Larson, Traction or EOS is deeply anchored in the management of the c...

Gustave A. Larson - additional values in the supply chain

December 04, 2019 12:12 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MB

On the occasion of a US visit to the MDM award ceremony for Ludwig Meister, Max Meister took the opportunity to arrange a podcast with Andrew Larson, the family entrepreneur in the third generation. Less the circumstance of parallelism in matters of family business 3rd generation, but the exciting and stringently implemented management methods of this HVAC and refrigeration distributor from Minnesota are the subject of this podcast. And the fact that Andrew Larson and his team have found te...

MDM Analytics – calculation of sales potentials by region and product

August 16, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 15 MB

On the occasion of a visit by Tom Gale, CEO MDM from Denver / Colorado, USA to Ludwig Meister, Max seized the opportunity to question this proven distribution expert in 3 consecutive interviews. After the two podcasts already published here, in the first Tom asked Max about his assessments of the market and the development of Ludwig Meister and in the second Max asked Tom to current trends and developments in the US market around the technical trade and the supply chain, we are reaching inter...

Actual trends in distribution in the USA

August 01, 2019 12:30 - 26 minutes - 22 MB

On the occasion of a visit by Tom Gale, CEO MDM from Denver / Colorado, USA to Ludwig Meister, Max seized the opportunity to question these proven distribution experts in 3 interviews. After the already published crossover podcast, in which Tom Max has asked about his assessments of the market and the development of Ludwig Meister, we are now turning "the pike". Max asks Tom about current trends and developments in the US market around the technical trade and the supply chain. What are the ch...

Crossover Podcast #3 Tom Gale, CEO Modern Distribution Management

June 18, 2019 12:30 - 18 minutes - 15.6 MB

MDM from Denver in Colorado, USA honored Ludwig Meister with the Digital Innovator 2019 Award in June 2019. Ludwig Meister received this award in recognition of "initiatives that show thinking and acting at the next level of digital development," says MDM in its explanatory statement. " Beginning with the installation of an automated storage system, this Munich-based distributor has taken a systematic approach to data-management and digitizing business with profit-accelerating consequences." ...

Product and technological expertise e.g. ITB Industrial Solutions

February 06, 2019 13:00 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MB

IBT Industrial Solutions is one of the Top 50 Industrial Suppliers in the USA. With over 40 warehouses in the Mid-West of the USA and 70 years of successful history, IBT is one of the players in the area of conflict between the „800 Pound gorillas“ of the Industry and numerous small Shops. And an interesting counterpart in terms of differentiation strategies.. At a visit a couple of years ago I had the chance to get to know IBT a little bit closer. And learning during that visit, that the...

Tracking Tools in the supply chain - e.g. Parker Hannifin

December 12, 2018 12:01 - 20 minutes - 16.5 MB

Parker is one of the largest manufacturers of drive and control technology in the world – with a focus on the areas of hydraulics and pneumatics, filtration, sealing technology, climate control and aerospace. With nearly 57,000 employees, Parker Hannifin operates from Cleveland Ohio in 50 countries worldwide. Ludwig Meister is a certified Parker hose assembly and connector technology supplier due to its equipment, workmanship, testing, documentation, education and training. Over the years we ...