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Transform Your Supply Chain to Accelerate Growth: Lessons from Ulta Beauty’s Bold Overhaul

Heather Lane, Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Systems at Ulta Beauty, shares how Ulta is transforming its supply chain to fuel long-term growth and elevate the customer experience. In this fireside chat, she explores the company’s innovative MFC model, the smart technologies enabling faster and more accurate operations, and the leadership practices that balance automation with workforce engagement—offering practical lessons for any organization undergoing change.

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AI at Scale: Transforming Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain Planning

Joanna Kostecka, VP of Global Cloud Supply Chain Planning at Microsoft, shares how AI is transforming Microsoft’s cloud supply chain by accelerating speed, accuracy, and intelligent decision-making at scale. She reveals Microsoft’s playbook for building AI-ready teams, simplifying processes, and deploying high-impact AI—from intelligent agents to next-generation forecasting that’s reshaping how business gets done.

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Build a Supply Chain That Thrives in Uncertainty: AI, Agility & Data

Craig Sutton, Vice President of Industry 4.0 at Eaton Corporation, shares how to build supply chains that thrive in uncertainty by combining AI, agility, and data. He explores how to turn AI into a true decision-making engine, eliminate data blind spots, and design flexible, insight-driven networks that anticipate demand and deliver lasting customer value.

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Inflation and Tariff Impacts on Supply Chains

Moderator Cristina Ricaurte, Regional VP and Head of SA SCM, Americas at SAP, leads a panel of global supply chain leaders—including executives from Alcon, Corning, Elidabeauty, Intel, and Ocean Spray Cranberries—on how organizations are navigating inflation and tariff challenges. Together, they share lessons from past downcycles, strategies for rebalancing supplier relationships, and practical ways to reduce costs and drive efficiency in today’s volatile market.

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs Without Sacrificing Resilience or Service

Moderator Keith Baranowski, Global Head of Sales for the SAP Business Network at SAP, leads a discussion with senior supply chain executives from 3M, Ford, Kaiser Permanente, Mattel, and The Hershey Company on how to reduce costs without sacrificing resilience or service. The panel explores strategies like supplier consolidation, AI-driven optimization, and sustainable sourcing to achieve long-term, strategic cost savings while maintaining agility and customer satisfaction.

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Software Providers Broke it. You Bought it. Can AI Reimagine it All?

TVN Reddy, CEO of Aptean, and Allan Dow, General Manager of Aptean Supply Chain at Logility, share how AI is redefining the broken software landscape. In this candid conversation, they explore why traditional systems have failed, how the vision of borderless software is finally within reach, and how AI can transform the way organizations work and connect.

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Perspectives from the Top Companies for Women in Supply Chain

Moderator Cristina Ricaurte, Regional VP and Head of SA SCM, Americas at SAP, leads a panel of senior women leaders from General Mills, ONE/SIZE Beauty, Schneider Electric, and Sundays on building purpose-driven leadership in supply chain organizations. Together, they discuss how effective leaders drive positive cultural change, mentor future talent, and implement strategies that strengthen teams and deliver lasting impact.

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Want to build a stronger supply chain? Orchestrate it.

Keith Baranowski, Global Head of Sales for the SAP Business Network at SAP; Tushar Bhalla, CTO at CloudPaths; and Shree Nair, General Manager at Microsoft, discuss how supply chain orchestration creates the connected foundation modern organizations need to thrive. They share real-world insights on uniting siloed systems, the benefits of a well orchestrated supply chain, and practical steps for building resilience and long-term success.

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“All In” – Two Words That Have Transformed General Mills Supply Chain and How We Work

Moderator Katie Holman, Vice President of Supply Chain for Meals & Baking at General Mills, leads a panel of senior General Mills leaders—including Chief Supply Chain Officer Paul Gallagher and executives from sourcing, planning, and HR—on the company’s “All In” strategy. Together, they share how deliberate talent development, leadership alignment, and a unified vision are transforming the supply chain, highlighting key challenges, wins, and lessons from their ongoing journey.

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Shaping the Future of Supply Chain: The Hershey Company’s Decision Intelligence Journey

Fred Laluyaux, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Aera Technology, and Douglas Guilherme, Global Supply Chain Vice President at The Hershey Company, share how Hershey is rapidly transforming its global supply chain through decision intelligence. They explore how activating intelligent capabilities across key decision points is creating a connected, agile, and resilient network that’s moving the company toward an autonomous, end-to-end supply chain.

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From Disruption to Differentiation: Build an Unbeatable Supply Chain in a Volatile World

Michael Castagnetto, President of North American Surface Transportation at C.H. Robinson, and James Lamont, Director of Supply Chain at StarKist Co., share how leading companies are turning disruption into differentiation. They reveal strategies for building agile, data-driven supply chains that align with shifting global dynamics, deliver real-time visibility, and convert complexity into lasting competitive advantage.

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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation with SAP, General Mills, Google, and Walmart
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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation with SAP, General Mills, Google, and Walmart

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ BluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2024 edition of the long-running and successful North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from controlling costs, procurement and sourcing, digital transformation and AI, forecasting and S&OP, to managing growth and capacity in a changing business landscape while working to be an employer of choice in the battle for Top Talent, and much more, this wide-ranging conversation will see four senior executives from four very different companies speaking to the issues, ideas, innovations, and inspirations that matter to all of them as prompted by their peers. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to supply chain organizations today. Give it a listen!

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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most
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A Speaker Roundtable from NASCES24 — A Supply Chain Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most

At the 2024 edition of the long-running and successful North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with some of our speakers and delegates to record a special episode of Executive Platforms’ BluEPrint Podcast series reviewing the top-of-mind issues and ideas of supply chain executives today as chosen by the NASCES24 attendees, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from controlling costs, procurement and sourcing, digital transformation and AI, forecasting and S&OP, to managing growth and capacity in a changing business landscape while working to be an employer of choice in the battle for Top Talent, and much more, this is a conversation that should be of interest to every supply chain professional working today. Give it a listen!

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Fireside Chat: Leadership in an Era of Technology-Driven Supply Chain Transformation
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Fireside Chat: Leadership in an Era of Technology-Driven Supply Chain Transformation

Dave Clark has more than 20 years of business leadership experience at Amazon. Throughout his career, Dave has built a reputation for logistical excellence, strategic and long-term thinking, a high degree of integrity, and a deep commitment to serving customers.

Dave began his career at Amazon in 1999 as an Operations Manager, working his way up to become the CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business in 2021. While holding significant leadership roles, Dave was the driving force behind the development and expansion of Amazon’s fulfillment and logistics programs, which have become the backbone of the company’s retail business.

He also oversaw several key divisions, including online stores, physical stores, third-party seller marketplaces, and the Amazon Prime subscription business, generating more than 75% of Amazon’s revenue in the first quarter of 2022. Dave helped define the vision for Amazon’s commitment to carbon neutrality as well, presenting a TED Talk in 2020 entitled: Amazon’s climate pledge to be net-zero by 2040.

Currently, Dave is a member of the American Red Cross Board of Governors as a long-time advocate for the organization. His accolades include the 2016 University of Tennessee Accomplished Alumni Award and the 2018 Seattle Business Magazine Executive Excellence Award. He also returned to his alma mater as Auburn University’s 2022 Commencement Speaker. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Auburn University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.

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The Future of Supply Chain Operations
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The Future of Supply Chain Operations

Biswaranjan Sen is a Chemical Engineer by training. He joined Unilever in 1991 and has worked in R&D and across various parts of the Supply Chain including manufacturing, planning, logistics, customer service and procurement. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Unilever Indonesia with responsibility for the Supply Chain between 2009 and 2012.

Following his subsequent roles as Vice President Procurement Chemicals and Vice President Group Supply Chain Personal Care, he became an Executive Vice President in Unilever in May 2017.

His current role covers responsibility for the Beauty and Personal Care Supply Chain, Planning and Engineering. He also leads the Supply Chain Transformation team.

Bish has worked across the world and is currently based in London, UK.

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