Show Notes
Dave Clark, Founder and CEO of Auger, explores how AI could change the way global supply chains make decisions and execute them. He reflects on the high-risk assignments that shaped his career and the bet on robotics that helped transform Amazon’s fulfillment operations. Dave also discusses why decades of technology investment have left supply chain systems fragmented, what happens when optimization moves from meetings into real-time execution, and how AI could reshape planning teams, operati...
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