Ecosystem

Samir Saci is a Supply Chain engineer and data science practitioner who publishes practical tutorials on forecasting, logistics, inventory optimization, sustainability and AI-enabled operational workflows. His work focuses on translating analytical methods and Python models into applied Supply Chain use cases.

Vincent Cotte is an e-commerce and digital-transformation executive with more than 20 years of experience. His background includes consulting at Kearney and leadership roles at Amazon, La Redoute and Carrefour, with a focus on international growth, digital commerce and new business models. He publishes the E-Commerce 2.0 newsletter on AI, marketplaces, retail platforms and changing commerce operating models.

Koen Wijnen publishes research-oriented analysis on complex systems , multi-agent coordination and supply-chain decision architecture . His work examines how interacting decision agents can create instability when local objectives, feedback effects and system-wide constraints are not governed together.

Lora Cecere is an independent analyst focused on Supply Chain Planning , S&OP, analytics, technology markets and organizational performance. Her work challenges conventional assumptions about planning maturity and software value.

Ken Chadwick is an analyst and commentator on Supply Chain Planning, technology markets and vendor capabilities.

Jonathon Karelse is a forecasting and demand-planning practitioner focused on forecast value, process design and organizational capability.

Jonathan Jackman is a Supply Chain orchestration and transformation professional associated with Kinaxis . His work focuses on adaptive planning, resilient operating models, decision intelligence and enterprise alignment. He contributes to discussions on how organizations can move from periodic planning toward continuous Supply Chain Orchestration , with emphasis on trusted decisions, cross-functional execution and the governance required to scale AI-supported planning.

John Sicard is an executive voice on concurrent planning, orchestration and Supply Chain technology associated with Kinaxis.

Joannes Vermorel is the founder of Lokad and a public voice on probabilistic forecasting, quantitative Supply Chain and the limitations of conventional planning practices.

Jean-François Nordmann is an independent Supply Chain advisor and the founder of DataLeo , based in the Lyon area. He supports companies with Supply Chain transformation, planning operating models and the adoption of advanced planning and AI-enabled decision-support capabilities. His work focuses on Supply Chain Planning , Sales and Operations Planning , IBP, demand planning, supply planning and APS platforms. His public freelance profile reports more than 15 years of experience and references assignments or experience involving companies including Michelin, Baxter, Petzl, Candia, Hermès, Intech Medical and Salomon. Jean-François Nordmann has also worked on the development of the French market for o9 Solutions , covering planning-needs qualification, platform positioning and discussions with Supply Chain, IT and transformation leaders. His current positioning combines planning expertise with Supply Chain AI , decision applications and governance of business-built AI tools. His recent publications examine the operational use of AI and vibe coding in Supply Chain, emphasizing that tools should serve an identifiable decision, rely on controlled data and retain clear ownership and validation mechanisms.

Jan C. Fransoo is an academic focused on operations planning, retail supply chains, urban logistics and emerging markets.

Jan Burian is an analyst at ARC Advisory Group focused on industrial software, digital twins, manufacturing operations and technology adoption across process and discrete industries. His work assesses industrial software and Industry 4.0 platforms.

Henrik Christensen is the Qualcomm Chancellor’s Chair of Robot Systems and a distinguished professor at UC San Diego. His work spans robot systems, manufacturing, autonomy, perception, policy and industrial integration. He studies industrial robotics as a complete technical and organizational system.

Helen Greiner is a robotics entrepreneur and co-founder of iRobot. Her career also includes founding CyPhy Works and leading ventures focused on consumer, aerial and field robotics. Her work spans robotics entrepreneurship , autonomous systems and product commercialization.

Hau L. Lee is a prominent scholar in Supply Chain Strategy , agility, information distortion and global operations. His work on the bullwhip effect remains foundational for understanding how local decisions amplify volatility across networks.

Florian Saucias is Managing Director and CPO of No Chain Technologies , leading product direction for No Chain Planning® and its industrial use cases.

Florent Tronquit is a senior Supply Chain and operations executive focused on end-to-end transformation, resilience, AI-enabled decision support and operating-model governance. His work addresses how Supply Chain AI can improve decision capacity without weakening accountability, data ownership or the ability of teams to understand and challenge recommendations.

Fabrice Bonneau is Chairman of No Chain Technologies and a founding partner of Argon & Co. He sponsors the company’s industrial-planning proposition and its deployment within the wider consulting group.

David Simchi-Levi is a leading expert in Supply Chain Optimization , inventory, network design, analytics and risk. His work connects rigorous quantitative methods with practical supply chain decision-making.

Damien Portmann is a Supply Chain transformation specialist associated with Alkemys Consulting . His work covers operational planning, Demand Driven approaches, S&OP and the organizational conditions required to turn new technologies into sustainable business practices. He contributes to discussions on practical Supply Chain AI use cases, including the role of AI agents in forecasting, procurement, planning and decision support.

Dale Rogers is a leading expert in Reverse Logistics , returns, circular supply chains and supply chain finance. His work helps organizations understand the operational and financial value of product recovery flows.

Conor E. Doherty is a practitioner voice on lead-time forecasting, uncertainty and quantitative Supply Chain Planning.

Chakri Gottemukkala is the co-founder and CEO of o9 Solutions and a public voice on digital planning, enterprise knowledge models and AI-enabled decision-making.

Bram Desmet is a Supply Chain strategist and author focused on planning, financial alignment, S&OP and operating-model design.

Thomas Barciet is a Solution Architect at Intuiflow by Algo , specializing in demand-driven supply-chain planning for manufacturers and distributors. His work focuses on helping organizations move from reactive, forecast-dependent planning toward execution guided by actual consumption, inventory buffers and operational priorities. His areas of activity include material planning, production flow, scheduling and the practical application of Demand Driven methods. Barciet also communicates supply-chain concepts through accessible operational examples, including flow regulation, bottleneck management and the Theory of Constraints.

Mark Sawaya is a Partner and North America Operations Practice Lead at Porsche Consulting . He advises organizations on operations and supply-chain transformation across industrial, med-tech, aerospace and defense environments. His public work addresses supply-chain digitization, operational excellence, network optimization and the impact of AI on planning and execution. In the Reuters panel, he identified end-to-end network optimization as a major source of value and questioned whether traditional monthly S&OP cycles remain appropriate as decision latency decreases.

Prashant Gopalan is Director of System Modernization at Carpenter Technology Corporation . His work focuses on modernizing operational systems in a specialty-materials environment serving demanding and highly regulated industries. In the Reuters panel discussion, he compared autonomous-planning adoption with the gradual development of self-driving vehicles. His contribution emphasized retaining people in the decision loop while confidence, institutional knowledge and technical controls develop over time.

Chinmay Bhatt is Head of Global Planning and Execution at Philips . His work spans global planning, execution and S&OP in a complex healthcare-technology environment. His public perspective on AI adoption emphasizes that technology is only one part of transformation. He frames the implementation sequence as process, people, platform and then AI, with change management representing a larger challenge than tool selection alone.

Diego Faria is a supply-chain planning executive and Vice President of ETO North America Planning at Schneider Electric . His work covers planning in engineer-to-order environments, where customer commitments, configurable products, material availability and operational constraints must be coordinated across the network. His public contribution to the autonomous-planning discussion focuses on confidence-based adoption. Planners validate AI-generated recommendations over repeated cycles, allowing autonomy to increase only when the system demonstrates consistent performance.

Gregory Pitstick is a supply-chain and operations transformation leader and Managing Director at Huron . He works with manufacturers, distributors and other complex organizations on supply-chain strategy, operational improvement and technology-enabled transformation. He has more than 35 years of experience spanning digital transformation, global supply-chain design, planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and operating-model modernization. His work connects operational performance with financial outcomes such as working capital, service, margin and revenue protection. Pitstick’s recent public analysis focuses on practical applications of supply-chain AI , including planning-parameter governance, inventory optimization, digital twins, disruption response and change management. He emphasizes improving existing processes and technology stacks before introducing greater automation.

Bob Ferrari is an analyst and commentator on Supply Chain strategy, planning technology and industry developments.

Bart De Muynck is an independent logistics and Supply Chain analyst with previous leadership and research roles at project44 and Gartner. His work covers transportation technology, visibility, digital transformation and logistics operating models. He focuses on how Supply Chain visibility and freight technology change operational decisions.

Arnaud Morvan is a Supply Chain and AI practitioner associated with MyExobrain , focusing on practical applications of AI Agents in forecasting, procurement, planning and operational decision support. His work emphasizes moving from generic AI concepts to concrete use cases, while addressing adoption, data quality, process ownership and the governance required to embed AI-supported recommendations into Supply Chain operations.

Anne Robinson is an operations-research and analytics leader with experience in Supply Chain, optimization and enterprise decision-making.

Andreas Wieland is an academic voice on Supply Chain resilience, risk, transformation and systems thinking.

Adde Jans is a practitioner voice on forecast accuracy, planning effectiveness and the connection between metrics and business decisions.

Sheri Hinish is a recognized voice on sustainable supply chains, transformation, emerging technology and responsible innovation. Her work connects environmental and social goals with practical supply chain change.

Scott Luton is a supply chain media voice known for practitioner interviews and coverage of planning, logistics, leadership and technology.

Sarah Barnes-Humphrey is a supply chain media and community voice focused on sustainability, leadership, inclusion and practitioner conversations across logistics and operations.

Richard Wilding is a specialist in supply chain strategy, resilience, risk and logistics leadership. His work connects strategic supply chain thinking with executive capability and operational preparedness.

Radu Palamariu focuses on supply chain leadership, executive talent, careers and organizational capability. His work examines the people and operating-model requirements behind supply chain transformation.

Philip Ideson focuses on procurement transformation, category management and modern procurement operating models. His work translates strategic procurement concepts into practical approaches for practitioners.

Muddassir Ahmed is a practical supply chain educator focused on career development, operational improvement and accessible professional learning.

Maria Villablanca focuses on transformation leadership, organizational change and executive supply chain strategy. Her work highlights the leadership behaviors and operating conditions required for sustained transformation.

Maria Jesús Sáenz focuses on digital transformation, resilience, data-driven supply chains and collaborative decision-making. Her work explores how data and organizational collaboration improve supply chain responsiveness.

Lisa Anderson is a supply chain expert focused on manufacturing, ERP, S&OP, resilience and operational transformation. Her work connects planning processes, systems and execution in manufacturing environments.

Knut Alicke is a recognized voice on Digital Supply Chain , resilience, planning transformation and operating-model design. His work connects technology adoption with the organizational capabilities required to improve end-to-end planning.

Kelly Barner is a procurement analyst and educator covering supply markets, technology and practitioner decision-making. Her work helps procurement teams interpret market developments and operating implications.

Daniel Stanton is known for accessible end-to-end supply chain education, professional development and project-oriented explanations of complex operating concepts.

Xavier Feltin is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Komugi , a French industrial-planning software company focused on workload-capacity balancing, PIC/PDP planning and production decision support. His work is relevant to industrial SMEs seeking to move from reactive spreadsheet-based planning toward structured capacity, materials and service-level decisions. The governance challenge is to preserve ownership of planning logic while using external expertise and flexible software to accelerate maturity.

Sandia Ghernati is a Digital Planning Consultant at Ganacos , supporting planning applications across S&OP, demand, supply and production workflows. Her role is relevant to the practical adoption of collaborative planning: aligning business requirements, source data and user workflows while keeping model logic transparent, maintainable and governed.

Pierre Pélissier is associated with deployment and customer success at Komugi . His role is relevant to the industrialization of planning solutions after initial configuration: user adoption, process formalization, support, data-quality follow-up and the transfer of planning ownership to operational teams.

Pauline Coquinot is a co-founder associated with Komugi and its development as an industrial-planning software company. Her profile is relevant to the early-stage design and scaling of planning products for industrial SMEs, particularly where user adoption, production data and operational workflows must be translated into maintainable software capabilities.

Ludovic Giraud is Chief Executive Officer of Ganacos , a French planning software company covering S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, production planning and FP&A. His work is relevant to the evolution of lightweight, business-led planning platforms positioned between Excel , ERP and larger enterprise planning suites. The key operating questions concern ownership of planning logic, rapid deployment and the governance required when a flexible model becomes decision-critical.

Louis Collignon is a Digital Planning Consultant at Ganacos , working on business-facing planning use cases across demand, supply, production and collaborative S&OP. The role is relevant to controlled prototyping and planning-model adoption: converting operational requirements into maintainable models, validating data and ensuring that users understand the assumptions, limits and override rules behind planning outputs.

Benoît Elie is identified by Komugi as a General Manager involved in industrial-planning deployments and customer transformation cases. His role is relevant to translating planning technology into measurable operational outcomes, including workload-capacity visibility, service-level improvement and more structured daily control. The key governance issue is ensuring that improvements remain embedded in owned processes rather than dependent on individual expertise.

Antoine Guéguen is Chief Operating Officer of Ganacos . He is associated with the company’s delivery and operational positioning across S&OP, demand planning, supply planning and production planning. His role is relevant to the industrialization of planning projects: translating flexible models into repeatable workflows, connecting source systems, clarifying ownership and ensuring that operational teams can safely maintain the planning logic after deployment.

Amélie Destefanis is identified by Komugi as a Product Owner working on the company’s industrial-planning platform. Her role is relevant to converting manufacturing requirements into product capabilities for workload-capacity analysis, planning workflows and user-facing decision support. The governance priority is to keep planning logic transparent, testable and aligned with operational ownership.

Chris Caplice is an expert in freight transportation, logistics analytics, forecasting and supply chain education. His work connects quantitative models with practical transportation and planning decisions.

Alain Matar is a supply-chain practitioner and planning-system builder whose work covers Integrated Business Planning , demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, logistics and the practical use of AI coding tools in planning workflows. He works as a supply-chain manager at Messer Americas and has held operational and logistics roles across industrial, retail and consulting environments. His public work focuses on translating planning discipline into usable applications, including exception management, forecast-model selection, inventory visibility, executive review packs and planner workbenches. Matar holds a master’s degree in supply-chain management from the Schulich School of Business and the ASCM Certified Supply Chain Professional credential. His recent work examines how practitioners can use Claude and other AI development tools to prototype planning applications while maintaining appropriate controls around security, integration, testing and accountability.

Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist, educator, author and founder of SupChains . His work focuses on demand forecasting , inventory optimization , machine learning and practical planning analytics. He founded SupChains in 2016 to support organizations through customized forecasting and inventory models, training and coaching. He also teaches master’s students at CentraleSupélec and contributes educational material for planners, analysts and supply-chain leaders. His books include Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting , Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations and Demand Forecasting Best Practices . His published work addresses statistical and machine-learning forecasting, Forecast Value Add , forecast bias, safety stock, planner overrides and the translation of quantitative models into operational decisions.

Sucharita Kodali is a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester covering e-commerce, omnichannel retail, marketplaces, digital commerce technology, fulfilment and consumer behavior. Her work links digital commerce strategy with retail operations and technology investment.

Steve Dennis is President of SageBerry Consulting, a retail strategist, advisor and author, and a former senior executive at Neiman Marcus. His work focuses on customer relevance, retail transformation , growth strategy and operating-model change.

Paula Rosenblum is a retired retail analyst and co-founder of Retail Systems Research. Her work covered retail operations, technology investment, inventory, customer experience and the differences between high- and low-performing retailers. Her research linked retail benchmarking with persistent operating fundamentals.

Nikki Baird is a retail strategist and product executive at Aptos, with a background in retail research, technology strategy, product management and the modernization of store and commerce platforms. Her work connects retail strategy with product and platform roadmaps.

Deborah Weinswig is the founder and CEO of Coresight Research and an analyst of retail, technology, artificial intelligence, consumer behavior and global market trends. Her work connects retail research with technology and consumer-market intelligence.

Bryan Gildenberg is North American Managing Director at Retail Cities and founder of Confluencer Commerce. He analyzes retail, consumer goods, commerce media, category strategy and brand-retailer relationships. His work connects category management with shopper and channel economics.

Brian Kilcourse is a managing partner and retail-technology analyst at Retail Systems Research. His work covers retail systems, store operations, analytics, unified commerce and differences between leading and lagging retail practices. He connects retail technology with frontline operations and customer outcomes.

Simon Jacobson is a Vice President Analyst at Gartner covering Supply Chain operations, manufacturing strategy, autonomous operations and the connected industrial workforce. His work focuses on autonomous operations and industrial operating-model change.

Mike Guilfoyle is a vice president and lead analyst at ARC Advisory Group covering industrial digital transformation, manufacturing, energy, industrial IoT and operational technology. His work connects operational technology with enterprise and industrial architecture.

Marco Macchi is a full professor at Politecnico di Milano whose work covers asset lifecycle management, maintenance, smart manufacturing, digital twins and industrial technology management. His research connects asset lifecycle management with operational performance.

Jay Lee is a distinguished professor and director of the Industrial AI Center at the University of Maryland. His work covers industrial artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, intelligent manufacturing and machine-data-driven reliability. He connects industrial AI with asset performance and manufacturing decisions.

Jagjit Singh Srai is a professor at the University of Cambridge leading research on digital Supply Chains, network design, industrial systems and resilience. His work covers supply network design in complex manufacturing and healthcare value chains.

Fei Tao is a professor at Beihang University and a leading researcher in digital twins, smart manufacturing, cloud manufacturing and lifecycle data integration. His work advances digital twins for industrial systems.

Bob Parker is a senior research executive at IDC whose work covers enterprise applications, industry transformation, data, analytics and technology investment across industrial and service sectors. He connects industry transformation with enterprise technology strategy.

Roberto Michel is a veteran and recently retired editor specializing in materials handling, warehouse automation, manufacturing and Supply Chain technology. His reporting tracked how automation adoption moves from pilot projects to operational deployment.

Raffaello D’Andrea is a professor at ETH Zurich, founder of Verity and a co-founder of Kiva Systems. His work combines autonomous systems, distributed control, warehouse robotics and drone fleets. He focuses on multi-robot systems and large-scale robotic orchestration.

Pieter Abbeel is a professor at UC Berkeley, director of the Berkeley Robot Learning Lab and co-founder of Covariant. His research includes reinforcement learning, robot learning and manipulation. His work advances robot learning and generalizable robotic intelligence.

Melonee Wise is a robotics executive and entrepreneur known for founding and leading Fetch Robotics and for later product leadership at Agility Robotics. Her work focuses on commercializing autonomous mobile robots and industrial robotic systems.

Ken Goldberg is a professor and distinguished chair at UC Berkeley and Chief Scientist at Ambi Robotics. His research covers robot learning, manipulation, grasping, automation and logistics robotics. His work advances robotic manipulation under real-world variability.

Eugene Demaitre is Editorial Director of The Robot Report and covers industrial, warehouse, mobile and service robotics, including deployments, investment and technology commercialization. His reporting tracks warehouse robotics from demonstration to operational adoption.

Simon Evenett is Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD and a leading analyst of trade policy, industrial subsidies, protectionism and government intervention in cross-border commerce. His work includes Global Trade Alert monitoring and geoeconomic analysis.

Emily Rees is President and CEO of CropLife International and a specialist in international trade, regulation, agriculture and policy conditions affecting crop inputs and food systems. Her work connects agri-food Supply Chains with trade and regulatory policy.

Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow and author specializing in resilience, hybrid and grey-zone threats, economic security and vulnerabilities in globally connected infrastructure and Supply Chains. Her work connects economic security with corporate and public-sector resilience.

Tomer Gamlielle-Druyan is a business-operations and technology executive at Cybereason, a LevelBlue company, with experience spanning global operations, procurement, finance and enterprise technology. His profile connects business operations with supplier and technology governance.

Remko van Hoek is a professor of practice at the University of Arkansas and Executive Director of the CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame. His work connects procurement, Supply Chain transformation , innovation and practitioner capability development.

Pierre Mitchell is Chief Research Officer at Spend Matters and a specialist in digital procurement, sourcing, procurement solution markets and enterprise purchasing technologies. His work provides structured solution evaluation for procurement platforms and capabilities.

Jon Hansen is the founder and Chief Editor of Procurement Insights and a long-standing commentator on procurement transformation, public purchasing, technology adoption and supplier relationships. His work examines how procurement transformation changes behaviors and supplier outcomes.

Jason Busch is a procurement-technology analyst and entrepreneur who founded Spend Matters and works across procurement software, market intelligence, corporate development and strategic partnerships. His work covers procurement technology markets and enterprise software evaluation.

Elouise Epstein is a partner at Kearney and a specialist in digital procurement, procurement operating models, technology transformation and the impact of generative and agentic AI on purchasing organizations. Her work connects agentic procurement with organizational and process redesign.

Edmund Zagorin is the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Arkestro, applying predictive procurement and machine learning to supplier negotiations, sourcing events and commercial decision support. His work focuses on predictive procurement and technology-enabled supplier engagement.

Bertrand Maltaverne is a procurement digitalization specialist and analyst covering procurement technology, supplier management, sourcing, data foundations and operating-model change. His work examines how digital procurement changes processes, roles and decision quality.

Zac Rogers is an associate professor of operations and Supply Chain management at Colorado State University and a co-creator of the Logistics Managers’ Index. His work connects logistics economics , inventory, transportation, warehousing and macroeconomic signals.

Wolfgang Lehmacher is an independent global Supply Chain and technology strategist and advisor. His work spans logistics, digitalization, resilience, geopolitics, sustainability and the transformation of global production and trade networks. He connects Supply Chain resilience with strategic network and technology choices.

Peter Sand is Chief Analyst at Xeneta and a specialist in ocean and air freight markets. His analysis covers rates, capacity, carrier behavior, demand cycles and the use of benchmarks in procurement and budgeting. He interprets freight benchmarking for commercial and market decisions.

Marco Prüglmeier is a warehouse-automation and logistics-innovation specialist with experience in automotive logistics, intralogistics and technology deployment. His work connects warehouse automation with process design, storage and fulfilment operations.

Lars Jensen is CEO of Vespucci Maritime and a specialist in container shipping, carrier strategy, schedule reliability, freight markets and maritime-network dynamics. His analysis connects container shipping market structure with operational and procurement decisions.

Jason Miller is the Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. His research covers trucking economics, freight pricing, employment, productivity, safety and transportation-market statistics. He is known for translating transportation data into evidence on capacity and freight-market conditions.

Chris Rogers leads Supply Chain research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. His work covers international trade policy, shipping flows, logistics networks and the use of trade data to identify disruption and sourcing risks. He connects international trade indicators with corporate Supply Chain exposure.

Cathy Roberson is the founder of Logistics Trends & Insights and an analyst of freight, e-commerce logistics, parcel markets and reverse logistics. Her work tracks how customer expectations and transport economics reshape logistics networks .

Brittain Ladd is an independent retail, logistics and Supply Chain strategist known for analyzing fulfilment networks, grocery operations, automation, e-commerce and large-scale corporate strategy. His work links network design with retail service models and logistics economics.

Adrian Gonzalez is the founder and president of Adelante SCM and the founder of Talking Logistics and Indago. He analyzes logistics technology, transportation management, third-party logistics, global trade and practitioner-led Supply Chain transformation. His work connects market analysis with logistics technology adoption and operating-model change.

Thomas H. Davenport is a professor at Babson College and a long-standing researcher and author on analytics, artificial intelligence, knowledge management and process innovation. His work examines how organizations redesign management practices and operating models around enterprise AI and data-driven decision making.

Pascal Van Hentenryck is the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech, working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization and large-scale decision systems. His research includes mobility, energy, logistics and resilient infrastructure. His work connects operations research with deployable decision-support systems under uncertainty.

Cassie Kozyrkov is CEO of Kozyr, a decision-intelligence specialist and former first Chief Decision Scientist at Google. Her work focuses on decision quality, applied statistics, responsible AI adoption and the organizational conditions required to turn data into action. She is known for framing decision intelligence as the discipline of connecting objectives, evidence, uncertainty and accountable human judgment.

Tanguy Caillet

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Tanguy Caillet is Chief Revenue Officer at Xeneta , where he leads Marketing, Sales and Customer Success. He has more than 20 years of experience in supply-chain transformation across consulting, industry and technology leadership, with a strong focus on planning, digital enablement and operational excellence. His background includes leadership roles at Genpact and o9 Solutions. His published work covers Supply Chain Planning , Integrated Business Planning, AI-supported orchestration, freight intelligence and operating-model transformation.

Matthew Spooner is a practitioner and commentator on Supply Chain Planning technology, operating models and transformation.

Stefan de Kok is a practitioner voice on inventory optimization, planning analytics and service-level decisions.

Eric Wilson is a forecasting and IBP practitioner focused on predictive analytics, demand planning and planning performance.

Patrick Bower is an S&OP and IBP practitioner focused on planning process, governance and organizational alignment.

Vanessa Clemendot is a Supply Chain executive and public voice on global operations, planning leadership and transformation.

Preeti Jain is a practitioner voice on Supply Chain Planning transformation, benefits realization and operating-model change.

Steve Banker is an analyst and writer focused on Supply Chain technology, applications and market developments.

Dwight Klappich is an analyst focused on Supply Chain technology, applications and market developments.

Marty Resnick is an analyst and public voice on enterprise AI, emerging technology and Supply Chain applications.

Tom Raftery is a public commentator and podcast host focused on digital Supply Chain, sustainability and enterprise technology.

Willy Shih is an academic and public commentator on manufacturing strategy, global Supply Chains and technology.

Nada Sanders is an academic and author focused on forecasting, operations, Supply Chain management and AI.

Rami Goldratt is a Theory of Constraints practitioner and speaker focused on flow, bottlenecks and operational decision-making.

Vineet Khanna is a senior Supply Chain executive and advisor with experience in global operations, digital transformation and manufacturing excellence. In June 2026, he joined Kearney PERLab as an advisor.

Thierry Lucas is Architect at No Chain Technologies , contributing to the design of the company’s industrial-planning solution and its integration into complex manufacturing environments.

Quentin Maillet is CTO of No Chain Technologies , leading the technology architecture behind its SAP-integrated industrial-planning software.

Patrick de Coucy is Managing Director and CRO of No Chain Technologies , responsible for commercial development and market adoption of the No Chain Planning® proposition.

Thomas Robert is CTO and co-founder of SKU Science , with a background in B2B software, product strategy, agile development and forecasting-platform engineering.

Stephane Leclercq is CEO and co-founder of SKU Science , a French demand-planning software company focused on forecasting, performance measurement and lightweight adoption.

Shakil Ahmed Chowdhury is a Procurement and Supply Chain professional focused on Strategic Sourcing , supplier management, AI adoption, resilience and the evolution of professional roles. His contributions examine how Supply Chain AI can reduce repetitive analytical work while preserving human judgment, accountability and decision ownership in procurement and operational processes.

Rajesh Gangadharan is a senior product and Supply Chain technology leader associated with o9 Solutions . His work focuses on enterprise planning, Agentic AI , product strategy and the organizational conditions required to scale AI-supported decisions. He contributes to discussions on how companies can move from isolated AI capabilities toward operating models that can govern, interpret and execute agent-supported recommendations across planning and business workflows.

Rob Handfield is an expert in Procurement , supplier risk, sourcing, reshoring and supply-market intelligence. His work connects academic research with practical supplier and procurement decisions.

Yossi Sheffi is a leading academic voice on Supply Chain Resilience , logistics systems, risk and the impact of technology on work and operations. His work connects systems thinking, transportation, scenario planning and enterprise resilience. He is especially relevant to leaders assessing how AI, automation and geopolitical volatility change logistics networks, workforce design and operational preparedness.