Ashvin Kulkarni
Sr. Supply Chain Engineer - NFI Industries
Austin, Texas, United States
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Supply Chain Engineering and Product Management leader with 8+ years of progressive experience delivering automation, robotics, and AI-driven innovation across e-commerce, parcel logistics, and automotive manufacturing environments. Proven track record of transforming complex business objectives into scalable engineering and operational strategies that improve throughput, reduce operational cost, and optimize labor and network performance.
Currently leading supply chain engineering and automation initiatives at NFI Industries, driving throughput optimization, process improvement, and cost reduction across high-volume warehouse and transportation operations. Prior leadership includes automation systems engineering and product management at Pitney Bowes Global e-Commerce and robotics program management at Amazon.
Skilled in supply chain engineering, warehouse and robotics automation, cross-functional leadership, and data-informed decision-making. Passionate about leveraging emerging technologies—AI, robotics, and smart systems—to drive operational excellence and scalable growth across logistics and manufacturing networks.
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Automating the Last Mile: How 3PL Robotics Investment Is Reshaping Urban Logistics
As e-commerce volumes concentrate in dense urban markets, the automation choices made inside third-party logistics (3PL) operations are becoming a quiet but critical layer of smart city infrastructure. This session examines how automation adoption — AMRs, AGVs, cobots, and goods-to-person systems — is reshaping competitive positioning among 3PLs, and what that means for the cities and supply chains that depend on them.
Drawing on real-world return-on-equipment (ROE) analysis from the 3PL sector, this talk explores how the market has segmented since the emergence of large, brand-backed logistics entrants: asset-light, e-commerce-focused providers face the greatest competitive exposure, while asset-heavy, diversified 3PLs are using targeted automation investment to build resilience. Attendees will learn how these dynamics translate into decisions on the warehouse floor — from conveyor and sortation design to facility-level automation ROI — and why those decisions increasingly matter to urban planners and smart city stakeholders, not just supply chain professionals.
The session will cover: (1) the competitive forces currently reshaping contract logistics, (2) how automation investment functions as both a defensive and offensive strategy for 3PLs, and (3) practical takeaways for evaluating where automation delivers the strongest return in an urban logistics footprint. Attendees will leave with a clearer framework for thinking about logistics automation as smart city infrastructure — not just a warehouse efficiency play.
Ashvin Kulkarni
Sr. Supply Chain Engineer - NFI Industries
Austin, Texas, United States
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