NextGen Supply Chain Conference announces Solution Provider Award winners

Each year, the NextGen Supply Chain Conference seeks to recognize companies doing outstanding work in their respective fields.

Those firms are honored with the NextGen Supply Chain Conference Solution Provider Awards. Members of the NextGen Supply Chain Conference Advisory Board vote on the Solution Provider Awards, who are nominated by industry stakeholders.

Each Solution Provider Award winner will give a short presentation followed by a panel discussion with all the winners. This year’s Solution Provider Award winners are:

Robotics: Agility Robotics

Digital Transformation: Westfalia Technologies

Artificial Intelligence: AutoScheduler.AI

Predictive Analytics: Waites Sensor Technologies

The NextGen Supply Chain Conference, presented by Supply Chain Management Review and Peerless Media, will be held on Oct. 21-23 at the Chicago Athletic Association hotel in downtown Chicago. The event starts with an opening reception on the evening of Monday, Oct. 21, at the famous Chicago hotel, with full days of content following Tuesday and Wednesday.

The NextGen Supply Chain Conference’s theme this year is “Digitization is here, what’s next?” More information, including registration information, is available on the NextGen website.

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Early bird pricing expires soon for NextGen Supply Chain Conference registration

Squint named NextGen Supply Chain Conference Start-Up Award winner

Keynotes from Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson & Whirlpool execs highlight NextGen conference agenda

Walmart named NextGen Supply Chain Visionary Award winner

NextGen Supply Chain Conference announces Johnson & Johnson’s Luis Roman as keynote speaker

Whirlpool’s Jennifer Springer to deliver keynote at NextGen Supply Chain Conference

Procter & Gamble’s Amy Rardin announced as NexGen Supply Chain keynote speaker

Sponsors for this year’s NextGen Supply Chain Conference Diamond Sponsor Honeywell Intelligrated. Platinum Sponsors are Körber, Addverb and Zion Solutions Group. Gold Sponsor is Hai Robotics. Silver Sponsor is Dematic. Bronze Sponsors are Aptean and Gather AI, and Associate Sponsors are TGW, Made4Net, Peak Technologies, Paccurate, Squint, Waites Sensor Technologies and Lowry Solutions.

Keynote speakers this year include Amy Rardin, global senior director at Procter & Gamble; Luis Roman, vice president of MedTech Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson; and Jennifer Springer, senior director of customer fulfillment at Whirlpool.

Karisa Sprague, senior vice president of fulfillment and reverse operations, Walmart U.S. Supply Chain, will accept the Visionary Award. The NextGen Supply Chain Start-Up Award will be presented to Squint, an artificial intelligence and augmented reality technology firm.

Speaker lineup

Speakers scheduled to appear include:

• Amy T. Augustine, senior director of network supply chain at U.S. Cellular
• Douglas Kent, executive vice president for corporate and strategic alliances, ASCM
• Craig Moss, director of data and change management at the Digital Supply Chain Institute
• Sankalp Arora, CEO & co-founder of Gather AI
• Devin Bhushan, founder & CEO of Squint
• Drew Eubank, EVP and co-founder, Zion Solutions Group
• Tony Gariety, VP distribution operations, Carhartt
• Jade Jolene Johnston, director, procurement, strategic sourcing, Leidos
• Matthew Kelly, director of strategic partnerships and commercial development, Hai Robotics
• Keith Moore, CEO, Autoscheduler.AI
• Craig Moss, director of data and change management, Digital Supply Chain Institute
• Mike Packer, director of healthcare automation and implementation, UPS Healthcare
• Dan Pellathy, faculty, University of Tennessee
• AJ Raaker, director of warehouse development, Taylor Logistics
• Rob Ratterman, CEO and co-founder Waites Sensor Technologies
• Rochelle M. Savel, manufacturing and supply chain management director, Emerging Innovations Group, Corning
• Ryan Smith, VP of automation, Westfalia Technologies
• Jonas Swarttouw, executive VP commercial and chairman North America, NewCold
• Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer, Agility Robotics
• Adrian Stoch, chief automation officer, GXO Logistics
• Douglas Kent, executive VP, corporate and strategic alliances, Association of Supply Chain Management
• Vijay Cherukuru, head of product, Walmart
• Sanjeev Ganesh, CPO, Diageo
• Jay Koganti, VP supply chain COE, Estee Lauder
• Michael Labhart, NA innovation and smart factory director, Schneider Electric
• Cole Lohman, director of automation, S&S Activewear
• Dr. Yanfeng Ouyang, professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

More speakers will be announced soon.

Discounted hotel rates are available until Oct. 4. More information on the hotel, including links to secure rooms at the discounted rate, is available here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/venue/.

There is still time to be a sponsor or exhibitor as well. Information on available sponsorships or if you are interested in exhibiting, can be found here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/sponsors-exhibitors/.