Lessons From Award-Winning Supply Chain Innovations

This episode explores:

• The current state of innovation in supply chain (1:08)
• Examples from leaders in the 2024 Power of the Profession Awards (3:46)
• Hype around generative AI shifting toward reality (6:34)
• Recommendations for supply chain leaders driving business value through their innovation efforts (11:54)

Host Thomas O’Connor and guest Maria Nieradka, a Gartner vice president analyst for supply chain, discuss this year’s growing innovations in supply chain through the lens of Gartner’s 2024 Power of the Profession awards. They dive into the thriving world of innovation within supply chain through standout submissions from Dell, Danone and General Mills. They also touch on generative AI’s heavy impact on the year’s innovations across all spaces, not just technology.

Thomas and Maria close the show with recommendations for supply chain leaders who want to drive business value through their innovation efforts.