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The Future of Supply Chain

SAP SE
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Supply Chain
Artificial Intelligence
SAP
Digital Transformation
Automation
Logistics
Tariffs
E-Commerce
Circular Economy
Supply Chain Resilience
Supply Chain Planning
Cybersecurity
Digitalization
Sustainable Logistics
Warehouse Automation
Blockchain
AI In Supply Chain
Operational Efficiency

The Future of Supply Chain podcast is a show hosted by Richard Howells, Sin To, and Nicole Smythe. The trio discusses hot topics, best practices, and the latest innovations to deliver a risk-resilient and sustainable supply chain. The show features interviews with experts from the world of supply chain, sustainability, and Industry 4.0, who will address the issues of today and tomorrow. This is an... more

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Arkestro’s CEO, Rob DeSantis, joins us this week for an insightful conversation about why AI is the next major paradigm shift in the supply chain and how it can unlock faster value, better decisions, and happier teams.

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SAP SCM value doesn’t end at go-live. Jacob Ladson and Dmitry Antonovich share how continuous improvement, clean core, KPI governance, and agentic AI help organizations keep supply chain solutions delivering value.

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In this episode, SAP’s David Vallejo discusses whether AI will replace or redefine supply chain jobs, and explains how assistants, agents, trust, and reskilling will shape a more strategic future for the workforce.

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Logistics used to be about keeping costs down; today, it’s about surviving the next disruption. We’re unpacking how to break free from aging legacy systems, when to play it safe versus leapfrog to the cloud, and what the future of logistics looks lik... more

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Recent Guests

Dmitry Antonovich
Leads the Supply Chain practice for LevereX North America
LeverX
Episode: Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Jacob Ladson
Leads the EWM and warehouse management practice at LeverX
LeverX
Episode: Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Sachin Vijayan
Leader of the global planning practice at Westernacher Consulting
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Episode: Episode 157: Self-Healing Supply Chain with Westernacher’s Sachin Vijayan
Lena Kaehler
Senior Director for Component Logistics, Transportation and Sales
Lufthansa Technik Logistics Services
Episode: Episode 156: In Control at 30,000 Feet: How Lufthansa Technik Manages Global Supply Chain Risk
Matthias Deindl
Industry product engineering for Discrete Industries at SAP
SAP
Episode: Episode 155: Transforming Manufacturing: Industrial AI at Hannover Messe 2026 with SAP's Matthias Deindl
Oleksandra Ostapenko
Head of Product Management for Industry Standards and Regulations in Supply Chain Management
SAP
Episode: Episode 154: Beyond Compliance: Digital Product Passports as Strategic Advantage with SAP's Oleksandra Ostapenko
Markus Kirchschlager
Managing partner at PANTARHEI Advisors
PANTARHEI Advisors
Episode: Episode 153: How Communication Shapes Transformation – From the Shopfloor to the Boardroom with Markus Kirchschlager
Maria Clara Sayeg
Lead Data and AI at the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
Episode: Episode 151: The importance of data with Maria Clara Sayeg Ribeiro
Bill Catania
Founder and CEO, OneRail
OneRail
Episode: Episode 150: The Customer Experience Supply Chain: Meeting Expectations in the Age of Same-Day Delivery with OneRail

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Richard Howells
Host of The Future of Supply Chain
Oyku Ilgar
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#79
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#146
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Apple Podcasts
#221
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#223
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Apple Podcasts
#248
Saudi Arabia/Technology

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Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Q: What can a company do to avoid 'shelf wear' of licensed capabilities?
Adopt value realization programs and an end-to-end roadmap that identifies where to apply existing licenses and how to extend value incrementally beyond Go Live, rather than letting features sit unused.
Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Q: What role does AI play in post-Go-Live optimization?
AI agents can automate repetitive tasks (like wave management) and assist humans with exceptions, but must operate with a strong human-in-the-loop to ensure decisions stay aligned with real-world constraints.
Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Q: How can organizations maintain momentum and realize ongoing value?
Involve warehouse teams early in design, ensure continuous knowledge transfer and training, and implement a living improvement cycle with KPIs tied to outcomes to keep the system aligned with changing needs.
Episode 160: Beyond Go Live: Driving Continuous Improvement in SAP SCM with LeverX
Q: What typically causes value to stall after the Go Live?
From our experience, many see Go Live as the finish line and hypercare ends, but in reality the system needs to evolve with the business; without ongoing tuning and governance, investments drift into stagnation.
Episode 159: Will AI Replace or Redefine the Supply Chain Workforce with SAP’s David Vallejo
Q: David, what does the trust gap look like inside supply chain teams and what should leaders do to build confidence, readiness, and adoption of AI?
Leaders should start with empowerment and clear enablement, provide hands‑on experimentation in safeguarded environments, build familiarity and trust through gradual exposure, ensure transparency by citing sources and explaining decisions, and pair experienced workers with digital natives to accelerate learning and acceptance.

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The show centers on practical, enterprise-focused discussions about modernizing and resilientizing global supply chains. Across recent episodes, guests and hosts explore post-go-live optimization of complex SAP implementations, AI-enabled planning and autonomous decision making, cloud transitions for logistics, regulatory drivers like product passports and tariffs, and the human-organization side of transformation, including leadership, change management, and cross-functional collaboration. Notable throughlines include the shift from cost-centric to resilience-centric strategies, the integration of AI and data platforms to enable real-time visibility, and the emphasis on actionable frameworks and real-world 사례 from large-organization deploy... more

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6. Oleksandra Ostapenko
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