What Google is up to in Supply Chain, Logistics and Manufacturing (Hans Thalbauer, Google Cloud)

Today we will take a look at what Google, in particular Google
Cloud, is up to when it comes to Logistics and Supply Chain
Management. Google Cloud has been active in this space for a couple
of years now and it’s starting to become clear now why it may
actually be a great match. Our guest today is Hans Thalbauer who
has a rich history in Supply Chain tech, and is now the Managing
Director of Google Cloud’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing
capabilities. Together with our host Marco Prüglmeier, Hans covers
the following topics: - Hans’ path from Austria to Silicon Valley -
What prompted Google to enter the field of Supply Chain? - Google's
Supply Chain Twin - The different data segments that can be
leveraged for Supply Chain Management: Private segment (e.g. ERP
data), community Segment (e.g. orders, tracking data), public data
segment (e.g. weather, traffic, health data) - Google's Supply
Chain Pulse - How Artificial Intelligence can be applied to SC data
- Why Google is not creating applications, but is partnering with
SCM solution providers instead - How to make it easier for
companies to connect and exchange data: EDI, API, Google’s Data
Warehouse (BigQuery), even GMail. - Google’s flexible Data Model -
Last-Mile Solutions - Google Cloud Fleet Routing - An example of
how weather and climate data can be combined with agricultural
satellite data to predict impacts harvests - Dynamic ETAs for truck
transports leveraging real-time Google Maps data - Sustainability
KPIs and Scope 3 data - How to measure the impacts of your
sustainability efforts. - On a 10-year time frame: What does the
future of supply chain and logistics operations look like? - Hans’
prediction of the “post outsourcing” world - and much more