Avnet CIO Max Chan details AI-driven supply chain transformation strategy

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Max Chan discusses AI's role in transforming Avnet's supply chain and business strategies.

At the CIO100 Symposium, Avnet CIO Max Chan talked with host Lucas Mearian about how AI underpins sales enablement, engineering design, inventory forecasting, and global supply chain orchestration at Avnet. He also discussed ROI through business outcomes, modernizing legacy systems with greenfield architectures, governance challenges, workforce upskilling, and partnerships that build resilience and customer value across industries worldwide. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljchan/

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Host: Lucas Mearian

Guest: Max Chan

Topics covered

• AI
• supply chain
• sales enablement
• engineering design
• inventory forecasting
• business outcomes
• workforce upskilling

Keywords

• AI
• supply chain transformation
• sales enablement
• inventory forecasting
• business outcomes
• workforce upskilling
• governance challenges

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Organizations: Avnet

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