#199: When TikTok Trends Meet Supply Chains: Are We All Just Chasing Viral Fads? Featuring Kevin O’Marah of zero100
Hosted by Santosh Sankar on January 15, 2025
Summary
During this episode, Santosh is joined by Kevin O'Marah, Chief Research Officer at zero100, a company that brings leaders together to power growth, resilience and sustainability through digital supply chain transformation. Santosh and Kevin explore how demand, amplified by social media platforms like TikTok, now drives supply chain operations. Kevin emphasizes the need for agility and real-time demand sensing in supply chains to adapt to rapid consumer behavior changes, the need for supply chains to balance demand and sustainability to meet the needs of a growing global population, and so much more.
Show Notes
Highlights from their conversation include:
- Kevin’s Background in Supply Chain (0:41)
- zero100 Overview (1:15)
- Demand vs. Supply Dynamics (4:08)
- Impact of Social Media on Demand (5:05)
- Understanding TikTok (6:14)
- Gen Z and Demand Persistence (13:22)
- Sustainability Challenges (15:23)
- Designing a TikTok Supply Chain (18:55)
- Successful Examples in Supply Chain (21:15)
- This or That Segment: TikTok vs. Instagram (23:34)
- This or That Segment: Airfreight or Ocean Cargo (24:30)
- Final Thoughts and Takeaways (25:38)
Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups.
Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/