Staff Photo by Dan Henry / Kenco Innovation Research Manager Matt McLelland speaks about Microsoft Hololens “mixed reality” goggles and how he is using them to benefit the company while at Kenco’s Innovation Labs.ABOUT KENCO GROUP
* Headquarters: Chattanooga* Business: Third-party logistics and supply chain management* CEO: Jane Kennedy Greene* Employees: 5,000 with 600 in Chattanooga* Revenue: $530 million* Locations: Over 25 million square feet in 90 North American sites* Scope: $75 billion of product managed through facilitiesSource: Kenco
Matt McLelland of Kenco Innovation Labs says that when they talk to customers of the Chattanooga-based logistics company, the businesses all want to know about the future of drones.
“Companies are figuring out ways to use them,” he says. “It’s not about replacing people, but it’s freeing them up.”
Drone use is just one of an array of new technologies and ways of doing business in which Kenco Group’s labs are pushing the envelope in the logistics business.
The labs were started in June 2015 by logistics giant Kenco to focus on researching and developing innovative approaches to supply chain management challenges.