Automation is showing up everywhere in supply chain planning, but the winners aren’t the ones automating the most. They’re the ones choosing the right decisions to automate, bringing people along early, and using AI to build speed and confidence in planning. In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton and special guest host Karin Bursa, CEO of NIRAKIO, welcome Noha Samara, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain at Gartner, to share key takeaways from the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit in Denver. Noha unpacks why AI is shifting from “side experiment” to a core part of planning’s operating model, and why the most successful organizations define a clear human-machine strategy instead of trying to “spread AI like peanut butter.” The conversation spotlights the “people side” of transformation: change management, capability-building, and involving planners early so AI is implemented with teams, not to them. The group also dives into end-to-end data and scenario-driven range planning, including how top performers extend those range discussions with suppliers, customers, and trading partners. They close by emphasizing agility through targeted automation, clarity on humans “in/on/off the loop,” and why leaders can’t afford to sit on the sidelines as the pace of disruption and innovation accelerates.…

In this new episode of Veteran Voices, hosted by US Army veteran Mary Kate Soliva, Soliva welcomes Dr. Amy Stevens, a Navy veteran and founder of the Georgia Military Women to the show. Stevens shares her journey from her early days in the Navy, where she was one of the first women to serve in co-ed classes, to her transition into civilian life. She discusses the challenges she faced, including sexual harassment and the lack of resources and policies to protect women in the military. Stevens also talks about her work in the Georgia Military Women, a Facebook group that provides support and camaraderie for female veterans in Georgia.