Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast

#205 - Darcy MacClaren on building the risk-resilient, sustainable, self-healing Supply Chain of the future

Apr 8, 2024

Darcy MacClaren, a strategic global leader with extensive experience in technology transformation in supply chains, discusses the benefits of generative AI, challenges of transformational change, essential skills for future supply chain leaders, and the importance of promoting women in the industry. The podcast delves into optimizing supply chains with AI, shifting to ecosystem and self-healing processes, navigating transformation in supply chain management post-COVID-19, and focusing on sustainability and talent retention in the field.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Exploring the Role of AI in Optimizing Supply Chain Performance

02:15 • 3min

Exploring the Shift from Supply Chain to Ecosystem and Self-Healing Processes

04:56 • 2min

Navigating Transformation in Supply Chain Management

07:18 • 13min

Exploring Opportunities and Challenges in the Supply Chain Field with a Focus on Sustainability and Talent Retention

19:55 • 4min

Darcy MacClaren is a multi-award-winning strategic global leader who has spent 30 years growing, differentiating, and improving businesses through technology transformation, with a focus on supply chains. Over the last twelve years, she has held various leadership roles at SAP. Today, she serves as the Chief Revenue Officer of SAP Digital Supply Chain, overseeing the global supply chain business and helping companies build resilient, agile, and sustainable supply chains.

On this week's episode of Transform Talks, Darcy and Maria discuss:

Whether generative AI is deserving of the buzz it’s generated and what supply chains stand to gain from its adoption
The inherent challenges and pitfalls of operationalizing transformational change in global supply chains
The five indispensable skills and characteristics that future supply chain leaders must possess to effectively harness technologies like generative AI, paving the way for more efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.
The importance of recruiting more women into the supply chain and promoting them to the C-suite

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