Podcast: Stephen Statler, Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on Supply Chain Management

EPISODE 42

On episode 42 of Supply Chain Next, Stephen Statler talks with host Richard Donaldson about:

• Stephen’s youth and education in computer science
• Working with Sequent Computers that became part of IBM during the early years of OCR
• His big bet on Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) and working with Volantis on mobile internet
• Transitioning to working with Qualcomm and their reinventing what a smart phone was
• Creating Qualcomm retail and jumping on the idea of Bluetooth being used as a beacon
• Stephen’s programming background writing the internals of Unix
• Discussing Wiliot’s postage stamp Bluetooth battery-free computer
• Empathy and timing in technology startups
• Philosophy of fostering creativity in technology companies ­– Qualcomm in particular
• Qualcomm’s implementation of Bluetooth beacon technology
• How turmoil in technology company downturns fostered innovation and growth in the tech sector
• Description of the massive umbrella of Bluetooth technologies
• Bluetooth beacons, how they work, and how they are implemented
• Wiliot driving of the internet of expensive things toward a democratized expansion where assets can be tracked using their technology
• Asset tracking issues during COVID and how the problem could have been solved using IoT
• Beacon technologies being used to revolutionize navigation, and everyday activities
• Passively powered beacon technologies and how the drive toward cost-effective production will overturn how assets are tracked
• Turning the Internet of Things into something lost-cost, disposable, and recyclable
• Stephen’s history of joining Wiliot
• Winning the FDA’s Traceability Challenge
• Manufacturing changes and how products are now having digital twins implemented at birth
• The world’s lack of visibility in the supply chain due to lack of asset tracking
• Supply Chain to the Demand Chain and how we can see that in real time
• Partnership with Japanese company Sato implementing produce tracking to increase shelf life
• The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything

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