About this episode

This episode discusses warehouse automation strategies focusing on software with insights from industry experts.

Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast. In this episode, we welcome two guests. Kyle McCarty, Sr. Field Application Engineer at Toyota Automated Logistics, and Jeff Messenger, VP of Reverse Logistics and Facilities/Maintenance/Eng at Pattern. Both companies are at the absolute forefront of transforming material handling and supply chain logistics. Today, we dive into how modular frameworks, virtual testing, and a software-first approach. The discussion highlights how opera...

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Host: Kevin Lawton

Guests: Kyle McCarty, Jeff Messenger

Topics covered

• warehouse automation
• software strategy
• material handling
• supply chain logistics
• modular frameworks
• virtual testing

Keywords

• warehouse automation
• software-first approach
• material handling
• supply chain
• logistics
• modular frameworks
• virtual testing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toyota Automated Logistics, Pattern

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