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Nikhil Narvekar discusses how Graphic Packaging is leveraging AI to drive measurable business value in supply chain and logistics.

Enterprise AI is moving beyond experimentation toward a harder question: where does it actually create measurable business value? In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Nikhil Narvekar, CIO and SVP of Global Business Services at Graphic Packaging Holding Company, about building an AI strategy around tangible outcomes. Narvekar explains how Graphic Packaging is applying AI to supply chain and logistics, reconsidering the need for a single ERP after 23 acquisitions and counting, and democratizing AI through fusion teams and employee training. Why Graphic Packaging took a cautious approach to enterprise AI How AI is helping optimize supply chain and logistics decisions Why a common data layer could change the ERP consolidation equation How fusion teams bring business and IT together around AI outcomes Why human domain knowledge remains essential as AI matures This episode is presented by ElevenLabs — Bringing technology to life. Learn more at elevenlabs.io This episode is also presented by Retool — Build internal software better, with AI. Learn more at retool.com

People in this episode

Host: Peter High

Guest: Nikhil Narvekar

Topics covered

• AI strategy
• business value
• supply chain
• logistics
• ERP consolidation
• fusion teams
• employee training

Sponsors

ElevenLabs, Retool

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Graphic Packaging Holding Company

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