The NextGen Supply Chain Conference is a can’t miss for anyone with a leadership stake in the future of the supply chain.
Both days of the conference will offer high-level sessions on AI, Robotics and Big Data tailored for CEOs, chief supply chain officers, vice presidents, directors of operations, and procurement sourcing executives.
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Conference highlights include:
- Keynote: Applying Augmented Intelligence (A.I.), Blockchain and Predictive Analytics to Expand End-to-End Visibility and Improve Operational Efficiency, Ron Castro, Vice President of Supply Chain for IBM
- Keynote: Digitization of the Supply Chain: The Future is Here…The Future is Now! Jack Allen, Senior Director, Global Logistics Cisco Supply Chain Operations
- NextGen Technologies: Robots move into the Distribution Center and Get up to Speed with Robots.
- NextGen Supply Chain Interview: Jim Tompkins
- Supply Chain Management Review's NextGen Supply Chain Awards will celebrate five companies taking the lead on supply chain innovation using NextGen supply chain technologies—those technologies that will shape tomorrow's supply chains.
- Featuring case studies from six industry leaders—IBM, Cisco, Flex, Johnson Controls, HP and Rochester Drug—that are putting artificial intelligence, Big Data, the Internet of Things, predictive analytics, 3D printing and mobile piece-picking robots to work in their supply chains.
- Two-hours dedicated to robotics in the warehouse and distribution center.
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