Dipl.-Ing. Lars Behrendt

//CEO@GRANNY&SMITH, DE-RISKING INNOLAB FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES

I’m an inventor, innovator and investor. I turn real problems into real companies.My career changed the moment I realized most innovations fail for the same reason: everyone talks about ideas - almost no one builds them.In boardrooms and workshops, I watched brilliant concepts suffocate under politics, process and PowerPoints. The spark in people’s eyes faded the moment reality entered the room. I couldn’t unsee it.So I stopped helping people discuss the future and started building it.Over the past 15 years, I’ve created products, ventures and business models that didn’t exist before. What began as engineering evolved into a practice: recognizing real unmet needs, inventing the solution and forming a company around it.Today, I operate where invention, innovation and investment meet. I don’t manage portfolios — I create the companies they’re built from.How I work: • real-world problems • physical + digital products • validated demand • scalable models • long-term ownershipWhat drives me: If you can see a better future, you’re responsible for building it. I work with people who believe progress comes from creating, not talking — and who want to bring things into the world that should already exist.That’s why I build.More: grannyandsmith.com

We are here to help you develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months. We specialize in innovation development, constantly keeping up with the latest trends, methods, and ways of working.

We have been developing innovation for our customers for more than 15 years now. Our teams, consisting of designers, engineers, software developers, and business model experts, have tried a lot and gained much experience. Today we know what works and what does not - so you don't have to make all those experiences again.

Our INNOWEEK® method is the result of more than 15 years of continuous development and project experience with well-known DAX groups and Fortune 500 companies and helps you to develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months.

HERE IS MY APPROACH TO INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT

The difference between bringing your product to market in theory?

VS

Bringing your product to market in practice?

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In "the theoretical" way, you tried to be perfectly prepared and get hit by the market, and it´s over.

In "the practice way", you are learning step by step. (Like small hits that won't knock you out)

In "the practice way", you get feedback from the market and learn to iterate.

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After +15 years in the innovation business, I will never go "the theoretical way" anymore. 

It just hurts too much ;-)

You get that one hi,t and it's over.

It´s your choice.

#innovation

Dipl Ing Lars Behrendt 

INVENTOR · INNOVATOR · INVESTOR - Building Companies. Not Slide Decks. We build and scale industrial ventures. At own risk.

YOU FEEL TIRED?

If you are feeling tired in your life...

...then you should take a good look at this video*!

Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. 

_You got a dream? 
_You gotta protect it. 
_You want something, go get it

P.S.
*Actually, this movie is based on a true story by Chris Gardner
He is also here on Linkedin

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This is how we bring your ideas to market in 2025:
https://lnkd.in/dexsVrw8

#innovation

THE FOUNDER OF NETFLIX LITERALLY DROPPED HIS BEST BUSINESS ADVICE IN UNDER A MINUTE 🔥

The most valuable business advice I've heard in years 💡

Netflix's founder just dropped this truth bomb that every entrepreneur needs to hear:

"Nobody knows anything when it comes to new ideas. I've started seven companies, including Netflix, and I promise you - I could never have predicted which would succeed and which would fail on day one."

His solution? Stop overthinking and START DOING.
→ Take the risk → Build something
→ Test something → Try something

Because here's the reality: 
You learn more in one hour of action than in three months of planning.

This hits different when you realize Netflix was just one of his seven attempts. 

Imagine if he'd stopped at attempt #6 because he was afraid of failure.

The companies that win aren't the ones with perfect plans - they're the ones brave enough to test their imperfect ideas in the real world.

What's one idea you've been overthinking that you could test this week?

P.S.
This is exactly the approach we are taking with our startup studio and family office. Reach out if you're interested in collaborating to build startups systematically.  

#innovation #vc #familyoffice

Diretor IMAM e Embaixador INTRA-LOG South America (Supply Chain + Logística + Intralogística / TOC + LEAN + 6 Sigma / Tecnologia / Educação Corporativa), ✨Palestrante em Smart Logistics e Excelência Operacional

- 🏆Top 3 Worldwide Linkedin Creators ·  Manufacturing, Logistics & Supply Chain
- IMAM Institute Director;
- 200.000 followers at Linkedin;
- INTRA-LOG Expo South America Ambassador;
- 35 years of professional experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing and People Development;
- Brazilian Manufacturing and Brazilian Supply Chain and Logistics Summit Chairman;
- Head and member of several technical study missions, visiting over 100 different companies at countries such as Japan, Singapore, Germany, France, England, Italy, United States, Canada and Mexico.
- Managed industrial and logistics projects for more than 300 companies in Brazil and Latin America (Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico).
- Coordinated several research and Corporate Educational Academy on the Brazilian market;
- 45 IMAM Trainning Courses author (People Development, Supply Chain and Manufacturing).
- IMAM Institute Chairman (2006 - 2012);

Books author and co-author, including:

1 - Information Technology Applied to Logistics;
2 - SETUP - Quick Changeover (with Reinaldo Moura);
3 - Materials Handling and Storage Equipment (with Reinaldo Moura);
4 - Intralogistics Automation;
5 - Warehouse Project (with Luiz Roberto Fonseca);
6 - Logistics and Industrial Management;
7 - Mentoring in Logistics;
8 - News in Logistics (IMAM);
9 - News in Supply Chain (IMAM);
10 - News in Manufacturing (IMAM);
11 - Basics Intralogistics Concepts (IMAM);
12 - WMS - Warehouse Management System;
 
Books Technical Review:
1 - RFID System (Manish Bhuptani / Shahram Moradpour);
2 - Quantitative Methods applied to Intralogistics (Robert J. Graves);
3 - Systematic Logistics Network Planning (Chandra S. Natarajan and Lee Hales);
4 - Order Picking (Reinaldo Moura).

International specialization programs:
- Kaizen Blitz Methodology (Kaizen Institute);
- Jonah's Course (Avraham Goldratt Institute);
- SLP - Systematic Layout Planning (Richard Muther);
- Value and Engineering Analysis (Total Cost Management Methodology);
- 3 international annual congress from APICS and 2 from CSCMP;
- 6 Study Mission to Japan (visiting over 50 companies);
- 6 Supply Chain and Operational Excellence Congress (USA, Germany, United Kingdon and Italy);
- “OH-Cards” People Development (Moritz Egetmeyer - Germany).

Eduardo BANZATO

HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE ↔️↕️

Pallet shuttle é uma realidade e continua sendo tendência na intralogística com cargas paletizadas.🚀

Já existem soluções de shuttle (carro satélite) para paletes:
👉🏻 Two-way ↔️
👉🏻 Four-way ↔️↕️

A escolha entre um e outro, bem como de sistemas híbridos, depende do contexto operacional, maturidade da operação e CAPEX disponível...🦾

Foco para o sistema “two-way” shuttle + empilhadeira que entrega alta densidade, com maior simplicidade operacional:
↔️ Shuttle bidirecional (se movimenta no canal)
↕️ Empilhadeira posiciona o shuttle no nível e canal
➡️ Arquitetura mecânica simples
➡️ Controle lógico simples (WMS / WCS)

Destaque para a Hebei Woke Metal Products, Summer Liu, Florian Palatini  Constantin Weiss  

Edu BANZATO 
IMAM
#intralogistics #warehousing #technology

FOUR-WAY SHUTTLE AS/RS ↔️↕️

Sistemas automatizados de estocagem e recuperação (AS/RS) podem ter diferentes designs. 📐 

📦 O design com shuttles (robôs) multidirecionais traz diferenciais e vantagens:

🔹 Movimentação em quatro direções (X–Y) horizontais apoiados por elevadores (lifts) verticais (z).

🔹 Altíssima densidade de armazenagem com aproveitamento máximo do volume cúbico (m³), reduzindo área construída.

🔹 Escalabilidade modular com mais shuttles, mais níveis, mais blocos de estocagem, sem grandes intervenções estruturais.

🔹 Alta disponibilidade e redundância: falhas pontuais não paralisam o sistema, pois outros shuttles assumem automaticamente.

🔹 Menor consumo energético por movimento, pois os shuttles são leves em relação ao tamanho da carga e os trajetos inteligentes.

🔹 Integração nativa com WMS / WCS / WES, permitindo slotting inteligente, sequenciamento por onda ou fluxo contínuo etc. 

🔹 Ideal para operações de alta variabilidade, pois respondem a: picos de demanda, SKUs com giro desigual, operações 24/7.

🔹Entrega alto throughput com baixo impacto físico e seu design é um dos mais eficientes da intralogística moderna.

Destaque para o didático sistema da Tianjin Master Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd., Angel Shang e amigos Constantin Weiss Florian Palatini 👏🏻

Edu BANZATO 
IMAM 
#intralogistics #warehousing #technology

📦📦 HIGH-FLOW CROSS-DOCKING

Quando a intralogística vira um grande diferencial competitivo. 💪🏻

📦 Até 1,9 milhão de pedidos por dia
📦 Operação logística em 30.000 m²
📦 Capacidade: 27.000 paletes/hora 

Em operações de cross-docking extremo, como esta da SF Express, o desafio não é movimentar volumes. É manter o fluxo estável quando a demanda aumenta.🚀🦾

Componentes estratégicos:
🔹 Tecnologia aplicada ao processo com redução de decisões humanas
🔹 Automação como agente de execução e absorção de gargalos
🔹 Intralogística bem planejada (design) e integrada

Em operações de alto fluxo e inteligentes, o operador decide menos e executa mais. 🤔

📌 Muitos profissionais já perceberam que o gargalo da intralogística nem sempre está no fluxo, mas na tomada de decisão (micro decisões humanas).

Destaque para o time da EP EQUIPMENT, que contribui com a tecnologia de veículos autônomos inteligentes.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Camila Bezerra  

Florian Palatini Alfredo Pastor Tella Ulrich M.  

Edu BANZATO
IMAM
#intralogistics #automation #technology #lean

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