Telaid Tech Connect

Telaid Tech Connect

Are you fascinated with the trends and consumer behaviors that are transforming businesses? Are you interested in how innovative technologies are applied in business? Do you strive to stay current on best-of-breed technologies? If so, the Telaid Tech Connect Podcast is for you! Entire industries are undergoing a metamorphosis. Keeping pace with technology trends and innovative technologies can be daunting. With each episode of Telaid Tech Connect, we’ll offer an insightful glimpse into marketplace trends, shifts in consumer behaviors and the enabling technologies that are impacting businesses. We’ll take a deep dive into changes taking place in industries like retail, quick-serve restaurants, financial services, healthcare, logistics and hospitality, why and how it’s happening and what experts expect for the future. As a leading technology partner for dozens of Fortune 500 enterprises, Telaid sees the use cases, the challenges and the successes of innovative technology deployments in business. We work with dozens of technology partners who have real-time insight into the challenges enterprises face and how they are advancing their ability to compete using technology. Join us as we explore some of the latest technologies, garner insight from the experts and preview technologies that could help you accelerate your business objectives.

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March 14, 2023 26 mins

In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, host Beth Bergmann is joined by Martyn Jones, Chief Commercial Officer at VoCoVo. Martyn explores the power of voice communications to elevate operations and customer service and expounds on use cases in retail and the results VoCoVo customers have already seen.

 

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, host Beth Bergmann is joined by Thom Schmitt, VP of Sales at ComplianceMate. They explore the value of IoT for complying with food safety regulations as well as achieving greater operational efficiency and reducing shrink.  

 

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  • [1:48] What major problems were foodservice operators faci...
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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, Eric Dalton, Operations Leader at Walmart joins Beth Bergmann to discuss Walmart’s IoT dashboard initiative in the deli and bakery departments. Eric explores the growing use cases for IoT and automation in facilities management and beyond.    

 

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  • [2:05] What was the genesis of this IoT...
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This episode is brought to you by Retail Insight.

 

In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, host Beth Bergmann sits down with store and fulfillment automation leader in retail and grocery, Corrie Martin, to discuss the challenges retailers and grocers face when it comes to automation projects. They explore common challenges and important considerations when going th...

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, host Beth Bergmann has a conversation with Susan Sly, co-founder of Radius AI, about human-centric AI and the future for AI in retail. They explore use cases for AI as well as what the technology looks like today versus what it may look like in the future.

 

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, host Beth Bergmann sits down with seasoned asset protection professional, Brand Elverston. Based on his 22-year career with Walmart and subsequent work with LP/AP retail teams and vendors, Brand shares insights on how disruptive retail technologies both challenge and empower risk mitigation efforts in retail. 

 

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, Alex Siskos, Senior VP of Strategy at Everseen, explores the accelerating pace of AI rollouts and how AI and computer vision combine to deliver new and powerful insights to retailers. In this episode, we explore growing use cases and deployment pitfalls.  

 

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, Josh King and Shannon Lightsey of Lexicon Technologies explore the importance of proactive technology maintenance planning. Businesses should understand - not only the cost of technology devices - but the cost of a device’s downtime. That information can inform more strategic decision-making about the replacement and repair of those devices. 

 

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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, we’re speaking with Jack Hogan, who unpacks some of the key drivers of the adoption of AI-enabled self-checkout solutions like Mashgin. He explores benefits to shoppers and keys to a successful deployment.   

 

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  • [1:35] What inspired the founders of Mashgin to create this self-checkout/...
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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, we’re speaking with Jordan Rivchun, Head of Business Development at Hanwha Techwin. We discuss how business leaders can leverage new optical technologies beyond traditional surveillance to reap operational and other business benefits. 

 

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  • [2:20] At the manufacturing level, what has chan...
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In this episode of Telaid Tech Connect, we’re speaking with Amber Bradley, owner of Calibration Group and host of TalkLP. Amber explores the changes occurring in the loss prevention space and how this is evolving the industry as a whole. Amber dives into the importance of safety in today’s environment and how LP teams are working to promote safe environments.  

 

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Today we’re speaking with retail loss prevention industry leader, Joe Davis, who has led LP/AP teams in big box, specialty and other retail organizations. We explore key market trends and technology shifts in retail and their impact on LP/AP teams. Joe explains the potential for AI and data analytics to help combat loss and how LP/AP teams are evolving alongside retail.

 

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Today we’re speaking with innovation and continuous improvement leader, Brooks Thompson, who explains the 3 horizons as they relate to the future of retail. We explore the 3 horizons framework and how retailers can successfully implement technologies to combat their business challenges today while being aware of and prepared for emerging technologies that will be critical to their viability in the future.  

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This week’s episode of Telaid Tech Connect features Andi Huels, Head of AI, North America for Lenovo. We explore the AI ecosystem, the different components and stakeholders, and the potential for AI to transform businesses in all segments. Andi outlines insightful use cases and explains how to establish scalable, optimized infrastructure to support AI for applications now and in the future.

 

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Today we’re speaking with Atif Kureishy, Founder of Vistry, about practical applications for AI in restaurant automation. We explore computer vision, voice and IoT as sources for AI data and specific applications for improving throughput in the drive-thru, improving order accuracy, reducing abandonment and improving the customer experience. Atif also makes some predictions on what restaurants will look like in 5 – 10 ...

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Today, we’re speaking with Craig Cartwright, lead project manager at Darvis. In this episode of the Telaid Tech Connect Podcast, we explore AI, computer vision, and machine learning and how these technologies work together to solve critical business problems. Craig also discusses the industries using AI and some of the critical business applications.

 

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Today, we’re speaking with Terry Sullivan, LP/AP industry veteran and president of the Loss Prevention Foundation. In this episode of the Telaid Tech Connect Podcast, we explore the latest technologies in the retail industry and the impacts on loss prevention/asset protection (LP/AP) teams. Terry also discusses the walk-in walk-out experience, RFID technology, acceleration of AI, computer vision, and applications for ...

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Today we’re speaking with Jim Inglis, a 60-year home center industry veteran, executive, and author. In part two of this podcast series, we explore the ten principles of high productivity retailing gleaned from Jim’s time with The Home Depot and his tenured career. Jim shares insights about how building brand, customer loyalty, trust and culture is critical for success in retail.

 

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Today we’re speaking with Jim Inglis, a 60-year home center industry veteran, executive and author. In this episode, we explore the story of how The Home Depot grew from its first few stores in 1979 to become the largest home improvement retailer in the world. Jim shares insights about how the Bleeding Orange Culture practices of empowering teams, delighting customers and embracing change led to The Home Depot’s succe...

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Today we’re speaking with Steve Latham, Founder and CEO of Banyan Hills Technologies. In this episode, we explore the digital transformation, what it means, how it’s occurring, which industries are taking early action and the challenges associated with managing tens of thousands of connected devices. Steve shares insight about Canopy™, an IoT platform that enables the centralized monitoring, management and control of ...

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