The Technologies that enable Modern Supply Chain Management (John Atherton, Accenture AWS Business Group)

Modern Supply Chain Management would be impossible without the
powerful technologies that enable it. Our guest on today's episode
of The Logistics Tribe is John Atherton, Global Lead for Supply
Chain & Operations at the Accenture Amazon Web Services
Business Group, a joint venture between Accenture and AWS. Together
with our host Boris Felgendreher, John talks about the following
topics: - John and Boris' joint history at GT Nexus, the first
cloud-based global supply chain platform - The evolution of cloud
technology as the key enabler for modern supply chain management -
Why just about any company with a global supply chain still has
major gaps in their supply chain visibility - The IT
infrastructures that global organizations rely on to manage their
global operations and supply chain management - What advancements
that have been made to improve the quality of supply chain data.
What role Machine Learning and AI can play - The advent of a new
breed of digital freight forwarders and if their technology stacks
enjoy an advantage - How the upcoming downturn will effect funding
opportunities for logtech startups - Amazon Web Services plans and
ambitions in the area of logistics and supply chain management -
How Accenture and AWS are partnering up to drive supply chain
technology into global organizations - and much more Helpful links:
The Accenture AWS Business Group:
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/cloud/aws-business-group
John Atherton on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnatherton-accenture/ Boris
Felgendreher on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ Our supporters
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