#95: Container Visibility with Kyle Henderson of Vizion API

Hosted by Santosh Sankar on July 14, 2021

Summary

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh sits down with Kyle Henderson, co-founder, and CEO of Vizion API. Their conversation dives into issues around shipping container visibility.

Show Notes

Highlights from their conversation include:

  • Kyle’s realization that shipping containers were integral to the supply chain (1:19)
  • Data as a fundamental gatekeeper to the supply chain (4:04)
  • Understanding the journey a container goes through (6:43)
  • How Vizion triangulates data sources and creates a fully automated data pipeline (12:40)
  • Massive volume of ocean shipping (14:21)
  • Seeing 10 years of e-commerce growth play out over nine months (16:20)
  • The benefits of API to customers (19:26)
  • User success stories (21:49)
  • The rise of alternative ports (26:54)

Vizion offers data services that consolidate and evaluate data from multiple sources to help logistics teams all around the globe to stay on top of day-to-day operations and strategic analysis. Find out more at https://vizionapi.com/about

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During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.

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