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Join Our Discussion to Explore How AI is Enabling Intelligent and Targeted Risk Response to Your Supply Chain
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Join Our Discussion to Explore How AI is Enabling Intelligent and Targeted Risk Response to Your Supply Chain

September 27, 2024

Don’t boil the ocean – focus your resources on specific and prioritized challenges. You don’t have enough resources to manage everything. — David PetrucciManaging Director, Global Supply Chain & Operations PracticeProtiviti David Petrucci is a managing director with global consulting firm Protiviti and leader of its Global Supply Chain and Operations practice. He has 30 years of experience in supply chain and operational improvement and innovation in technology, consulting and industry roles. David has assisted companies in a variety of industry sectors, including retail, manufacturing and distribution, energy and defense, to reimagine their supply chains and balance efficiency with flexibility…

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Sharper Forecasts and Streamlined Inventories: Harnessing AI in Specialty Bolt & Screw’s Supply Chain Transformation
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Sharper Forecasts and Streamlined Inventories: Harnessing AI in Specialty Bolt & Screw’s Supply Chain Transformation

September 27, 2024

This session will explore how Specialty Bolt & Screw (SBS) wanted to improve their forecasting, distribution, production and purchase planning and how they successfully now balance its global supply chain with weeks long supply lead times, with short delivery lead times of 2 to 3 hours from receiving the order, through their efficient inventory management practice. Hear best practices and insights around how to gain:
Sharper Forecasts: By improving demand predictions, you can not only greatly optimize inventory levels, you can save big on working capital
Streamlined Operations: Reduce manual workloads using AI and machine learning, leading to freed up planners’ time, boosting market responsiveness and productivity
Smart Inventory Management: By replacing manual checks of inventory with automated safety stock and item classification, you’ll gain flexibility and more accurate inventory management

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Future-Ready Logistics: Harnessing Generative AI for Supply Chains
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Future-Ready Logistics: Harnessing Generative AI for Supply Chains

September 27, 2024

Delve into the transformative power of generative AI in modern logistics. Hear firsthand how the collaborative efforts between TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, and Microsoft have optimized global supply chains using advanced generative AI tools.

Key takeaways include:

See practical applications of AI in real-world supply chains, specifically streamlining tasks and driving efficiencies
Find out how the companies achieved a 20% reduction in human interaction for supply chain tasks like documents, exception handling, and more
Get answers to your most pressing AI-related questions during the interactive Q&A portion

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Navigating the Future: Digital Strategies for Profitable Growth in a Dynamic World
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Navigating the Future: Digital Strategies for Profitable Growth in a Dynamic World

September 27, 2024

Jeffrey Tazelaar is the Global ISC Innovation Director leading the Digital Fulfillment Center team at Dow. In this role he leads a group of innovation experts located in a world class digital center on the next generation of technologies, processes and organization alignment that will drive best in class customer and employee experience across Demand Planning to Fulfill.

Prior to this role Jeff was in Enterprise Architecture and Global Leader in SC Visibility where he set the strategy and global technology standards for visibility, track, trace and authentication technologies associated with Dow’s global Supply Chain.

Jeff has vast experience in software solutions and AutoID/RFID systems through work experience ranging from the largest retailer to systems integrators deploying solutions for the Department of Defense, CPG, Automotive and Food value chain participants. In these roles he managed the design and development of complete visibility solutions for Fortune 500 companies and various government agencies to fully realize the benefits of technology.

Mr. Tazelaar holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in Packaging from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He also studied overseas at the University of London, where he analyzed and contrasted the British/European and United States packaging systems. He has completed coursework for his Ph.D. in Packaging from MSU with a focus on the measurement and justification of corporate digital programs with a current status of ABD.

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Transforming the Supply Chain for Superior On-Shelf Availability
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Transforming the Supply Chain for Superior On-Shelf Availability

September 26, 2024

Justin is a commercially focused, end-to-end supply chain leader with extensive experience with both customers and suppliers across businesses and regions. Justin has worked at P&G for 14 years and is currently serving as the Vice President, Head of North America Commercial Operations. Prior to joining P&G, Justin worked at Dell in operations and customer experience.

Justin has a strong foundation in supply chain planning, manufacturing, and logistics. He is known for leading transformational change, developing winning culture, and building strong organizations. Justin prides himself of being a genuine, approachable leader that listens and has a relentless focus and desire to win.

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Using Generative AI to Reimagine S&OP and Improve Employee Experience
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Using Generative AI to Reimagine S&OP and Improve Employee Experience

September 27, 2024

The pace of technology changes is outpacing many organizations’ ability to understand and prepare for its impact on supply chain employee experience and performance. Deploying the same adoption strategies supply chains have used for prior technologies will fail to deliver results. In this workshop learn how organizations can learn to thrive in a Generative AI future to reimagine S&OP — eliminating silos and removing decision latency. By replacing sequential processes with digital insights organizations can:
• Facilitate budgeting & departmental alignment
• Transform meetings into data-driven sessions
• Enable planners, sales, operations or even finance to speak the same language and make smarter, faster decisions
See how the new S&OP easily improves productivity and reduces errors, with a conversational interface that anyone can use to speak supply chain in their everyday language.
Reimagine S&OP with the application and adoption of Generative AI
See real live use cases for generative AI
Discuss how AI can continue to solve traditional S&OP challenges in new ways

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Decision Intelligence: Accelerating AI for Autonomous Supply Chains
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Decision Intelligence: Accelerating AI for Autonomous Supply Chains

September 27, 2024

In a landscape defined by increased change and complexity, supply chain management demands a strategic integration of Decision Intelligence. Decision Intelligence, which sits at the intersection of data, AI, and automation, enables companies to make faster and better decisions and build their supply chains into a competitive advantage. Join Fred Laluyaux, CEO and President of Aera Technology to hear how customers are leveraging the Aera Decision Cloud™ to modernize and automate their supply chains, propel productivity and profitability, and advance towards an autonomous supply chain.

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Cracking the Data Puzzle: How Manufacturers Can Optimize Sourcing and Logistics, and Prepare for AI
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Cracking the Data Puzzle: How Manufacturers Can Optimize Sourcing and Logistics, and Prepare for AI

September 26, 2024

Blume Global
Blume Global is a multimodal supply chain orchestration platform, uniting international, end-to-end visibility, supplier management and logistics execution. As the single source of truth for logistics data, Blume provides visibility throughout the value chain, from sourcing to delivery. Shippers use Blume to navigate worldwide disruptions and create agile plans amid uncertainty. Direct connectivity to the ocean, air, rail, parcel, LTL and truckload carriers along with Blume’s industry expertise and innovative solutions helps users maximize transportation spend and reduce carbon emissions.

www.blumeglobal.com

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Paul Gallagher of General Mills: The People-Centric Approach to AI
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Paul Gallagher of General Mills: The People-Centric Approach to AI

October 17, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Paul Gallagher, the Chief Supply Chain Officer of General Mills, to talk about how making Artificial Intelligence work for a company revolves around people at all stages of the journey. General Mills is already almost five years into a transformation that incorporates AI tools, and while the use cases and real-world examples are compelling, perhaps the most interesting part of their story is how its tens of thousands of employees are engaging with the technology in the day-to-day. For every leader who wants to see what this exciting next generation of technologies is really going to do when it starts delivering on its promises, give this episode a listen!

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Reimagining the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Allan Dow of Logility, Inc.
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Reimagining the Supply Chain — A Conversation with Allan Dow of Logility, Inc.

October 17, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Allan Dow, the president and CEO of Logility, to talk about the opportunity supply chain leaders now have to adjust their understanding of what is possible, to set ambitious goals, to build up and test new capabilities, and then to apply all of this to the fundamentals of their job to support their organizations’ growth, productivity, performance, and customer satisfaction.

The next generation of technologies, including AI, are offering supply chain professionals the freedom to fundamentally reinvent their processes and do more than ever before. What does that look like, and what is the logical way to set realistic but ambitious plans to reinvent and reinvigorate themselves for the future? It is a big topic firmly rooted in today’s exciting realities but with a lot of tempered optimism for the future. For all that and more, give this episode a listen.

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AI in Supply Chains: Today’s Real-World Applications and What is Still to Come — A Conversation with Experts from Ernst & Young LLP
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AI in Supply Chains: Today’s Real-World Applications and What is Still to Come — A Conversation with Experts from Ernst & Young LLP

December 12, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with two of Ernst & Young LLP’s supply chain leaders to talk about how AI is shaping supply chain operations today, what we can look forward to in the near future, and also where our current use cases are tempering some of the more hyperbolic expectations while also illustrating real-world capabilities that are going to change the way businesses approach data-intensive tasks throughout their value chain and S&OP processes. Takshay Aggarwal and Parag Jategaonkar have more than 45 years of experience between them helping companies bring new technologies into their existing systems and processes, and their enthusiasm for where AI can transform supply chains is palpable. To hear what they have to say, give this episode a listen!

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Fireside Chat: Navigating the Future: Scaling Secure AI Amidst Emerging Policies and Privacy Challenges
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Fireside Chat: Navigating the Future: Scaling Secure AI Amidst Emerging Policies and Privacy Challenges

July 2, 2024

Xochitl Monteon is Intel’s Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) and VP of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance in Information Security. As the CPO, Xochitl plays a pivotal role in leading Intel through the complex landscape of global privacy, AI, and cybersecurity legislation to seamlessly operationalize compliance while enabling continued business innovation. Xochitl’s expertise lies in her ability to integrate rigorous privacy policies with robust cybersecurity frameworks, fostering a secure and compliant digital environment. Her leadership is characterized by a proactive approach to emerging threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring that privacy and security considerations are at the forefront of corporate governance.

Xochitl has worked in the technology industry for 30 years. Prior to joining Intel, she worked for McAfee and PayPal in Senior leadership positions. Her tenure includes pivotal roles in a wide array of sectors such as high-tech manufacturing, SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, finance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, education, and the broader technology landscape.

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Batman on a Beach, Einstein, and AI Robots
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Batman on a Beach, Einstein, and AI Robots

June 26, 2024

Bulletproof offers comprehensive IT, security, & compliance solutions for your business. We work with any industry, any size – to help you mitigate risk, improve your technologies, processes, systems, business infrastructure, and ensure compliance while securing your data.

Bulletproof was named Microsoft’s global Security Partner of the Year in 2021 for delivering excellence and innovative end-to-end security solutions – let us help you deploy and optimize your technology, security, and compliance, empowering you do to more with your teams.

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Understanding What’s Next for Cybersecurity Professionals — A Conversation with Jerry Carlson and Jack Wilson of Bulletproof
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Understanding What’s Next for Cybersecurity Professionals — A Conversation with Jerry Carlson and Jack Wilson of Bulletproof

June 13, 2024

Jerry Carlson has over three decades of IT and Security expertise, with 23 of these years spent at Microsoft. He currently leads a team of cyber security experts for Bulletproof across the United States. His team is driven by helping organizations protect themselves from cybercrime because they believe stealing is wrong. Jerry is an expert in the Microsoft security portfolio, including M365 Security (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Email, Defender for Identity), and Entra Cloud Permissions Management, as well as Microsoft Copilot for M365 and Copilot for Security. He has assisted many small and large businesses in transitioning from an outdated best of breed model to a Microsoft best in class integrated security platform, lowering their security expenses, enhancing their visibility, and ultimately decreasing risk.

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Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next? — Dr. Andrew Hutson of QFlow Systems and the University of Missouri-Columbia
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Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next? — Dr. Andrew Hutson of QFlow Systems and the University of Missouri-Columbia

July 25, 2024

For today’s episode, we do a deep dive into what must be the hottest topic of strategic and tactical business conversation across every industry and profession over the last 18 months: Artificial Intelligence.

AI is not as new as the popular imagination thinks, but there is no denying it has stepped into the spotlight and is now performing an incredibly array of tasks, with more applications and use-cases being added every day. Dr. Andrew Hutson is a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he is also the COO of the technology company QFlow Systems, which specializes in Document and Record Management. His extensive background in Artificial Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Knowledge Graphs, Enterprise Knowledge Management, and Data Visualization from both business and academic perspectives allow him to offer incredibly detailed and timely answers to some of the biggest questions we all have: How do we divide the hype from the reality? What does the current iterations of these technologies get right, what do they struggle with, and what is being done about that? Where are these tools going, and how can we ask the right questions and identify the right use cases to apply them to our own challenges and opportunities? For a wide-ranging conversation on all this and more with both theoretical and practical examples, give this episode a listen!

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Sanofi Manufacturing Transformation: Turning Science into Reality for Patients
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Sanofi Manufacturing Transformation: Turning Science into Reality for Patients

May 17, 2024

As the Senior Vice President for Specialty Care Manufacturing & Supply at Sanofi in Paris, Daniela Ottini oversees the global Manufacturing Network for Specialty Care products. With extensive experience spanning over a decade at AbbVie, she has held leadership positions such as Vice President of External and Contract Manufacturing in Rome, Italy, and Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing in Dublin, Ireland. Her career highlights include managing diverse portfolios and leading strategic initiatives like the integration of AbbVie-Allergan for Operations. Previously, at Abbott, Daniela held various roles over 16 years, including Manufacturing Director in Italy and Regional Purchasing Manager in the UK. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Sapienza Università di Roma and a Master’s in Business Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

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