About this episode

The episode discusses defining and measuring supply chain excellence through dynamic benchmarking and AI partnerships.

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott W. Luton and Lora Cecere (Founder of Supply Chain Insights), are joined by Dave Winstone (Global Director, Supply Chain Excellence at Dow) and Wael Abdelmalek (CEO of Uthereal). Together, they explore what it truly means to define and measure supply chain excellence, moving from rigid historical spreadsheets to data-driven, dynamic benchmarking and human-AI partnership.

People in this episode

Host: Scott W. Luton

Guests: Lora Cecere, Dave Winstone, Wael Abdelmalek

Topics covered

• supply chain excellence
• dynamic benchmarking
• human-AI partnership
• data-driven decision making
• industry insights

Keywords

• supply chain
• benchmarking
• excellence
• data-driven
• AI partnership
• industry leaders
• performance measurement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supply Chain Insights, Dow, Uthereal

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