Ho do you orchestrate your intralogistics operations when you have AGVs and AMRs from different vendors, traditional forklifts, conveyor belts and people working side-by-side in your warehouse and production facilities?Our guest today is Wolfgang Hackenberg, one of the founders of Synaos, a startup based in Germany that is building a hardware-agnostic intralogistics management platform. Together with our hosts Boris Felgendreher and Marco Prüglmeier talk about the following topics:- The short version of what Synaos is trying to accomplish with their integrated software platform to manage intralogistics operations- Wolfgang's background in the automotive industry and as a startup founder- The VDA 5050 interface standard and the role the automotive OEMs played in the development- Continuous realt-time optimization: How to calculation 250.000 solutions per second- The typical situation in toady's intralogistics operations with a very heterogenous landscape of hardware - The current and future capabilities of the VDA 5050 standard. How global is the standard and how does it compete internationally?- What criteria buyers should use to evaluate systems like the one Synaos develops- How much of intralogistics will be automated in the future vs. requiring manual intervention?- What the challenges are around integrating manual, analog systems and personnel with automation- Wolfgang's vision for logistics in the future- And much moreHelpful links:Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/Synaos: https://www.synaos.comDr. Wolfgang Hackenberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-hackenberg/Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/Marco Prüglmeier on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/