The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!
In this week’s Digital Transformers edition of The Buzz, hosts Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson welcome special guest Anton Karnaukhov, Co-founder, VP of Application Delivery with XpertMinds, to the show. Together they discuss:
- What generative AI means for supply chain work
- As mainframes turn 60, how skill gaps threaten the enterprise workforce
- How AI is disrupting the supply chain industry
- Anton’s expert perspective on the implementation of new technologies in supply chain
- And much more!
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