#08: Matthias Heutger Senior Vice President Strategy, Marketing and Innovation at DHL

This is episode #08 and it is my pleasure to have as a guest Matthias Heutger. Matthias Heutger is Senior Vice President Strategy, Marketing and Innovation at DHL's global account management and innovation unit, Customer Solutions & Innovation (DHL CSI). Matthias is coordinating closely the activity of the two DHL Innovation Centers, in Germany and Singapore. Whose aim is to bring new innovations to the DHL group - which does mean they get to experiment with the latest technologies available. Moreover, Matthias’s team is also responsible for the DHL Trend Radar, which is one of the most well documented and informative papers in the industry on latest trends and technologies. Matthias is also a member of The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and is highly engaged with our industry bodies and best practice associations like SAMA, SCM World and others. Stay tuned as we cover: -The warehouse of the future – working with collaborative robots. -3D printing – Matthias: “Everybody thought this will completely disrupts the logistics – I don’t believe it will. “ -Good data in logistic is a big challenge because it is still traditionally a very paper-based business. -The potential for sharing platforms (Uber, AirBnb) in a way to be used in logistics. -Talking about extensive internal Certified Training Program Stay tuned for more episodes here: radupalamariu.com/podcast/