#552: Fulfillment, logistics, and the e-commerce experience with Jon Schecter, Autostore
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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In the fast-paced world of e-commerce, efficiency in fulfillment and logistics is more crucial than ever. Today, we're joined by Jon Schechter, VP of Business Development North America, to discuss how their innovative solutions are revolutionizing the industry.
ABOUT JON SCHECHTER
Jon Schechter, VP of Fulfillment Solutions at AutoStore, is a seasoned expert in warehouse robotics with over 15 years of experience. Formerly with companies like Amazon and RightHand Robotics, Jon has been instrumental in designing and implementing advanced robotic systems for fulfillment centers since 2008. With a Bachelor's in Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Jon leads AutoStore's efforts in North America, partnering with clients to optimize their fulfillment operations using innovative technology solutions.
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| 0:00.0 | The Agile brand. |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to Season 6 of the Agile brand, where we discuss marketing technology and customer experience trends, insights, and ideas with enterprise and technology platform leaders. |
| 0:18.0 | We focus on the people, processes, data, and platforms that make |
| 0:22.1 | brands successful, scalable, customer-focused, and sustainable. This is what makes an agile brand. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm your host, Greg Kilstrom, advising Fortune 1000 brands on Martec, marketing operations, and |
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| 1:08.2 | You can find Priority as Action on Amazon or learn more on my website, |
| 1:11.7 | Greg Kilstrom.com. Now let's get on to the show. In the fast-paced world of e-commerce, |
| 1:19.1 | efficiency and fulfillment and logistics is more crucial than ever. Today we're joined by John |
| 1:24.1 | Schechter, VP of fulfillment at AutoStore, to discuss how their innovative |
| 1:28.5 | solutions are revolutionizing the industry. John, welcome to the show. Thanks, Greg. Great |
| 1:33.4 | to be here. Yeah. So as VP of fulfillment at AutoStore, could you share a little bit about |
| 1:41.7 | your background and how you've seen some of the, |
| 1:45.5 | these demands of e-commerce evolve and, and just kind of start there. |
| 1:50.6 | Yeah, happy to, Greg. |
| 1:52.5 | You know, I've been fortunate to be part of fulfillment for e-commerce since I graduated at MIT. |
| 1:58.7 | And I've seen, you know, the rapid growth and rise since 2008 of people wanting things shipped |
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