Join Lyric Founder and CEO Ganesh Ramakrishna and NVIDIA’s Tarik Hammadou for a forward-looking conversation with supply chain leaders from NVIDIA and Supermicro. As modern networks grow more complex, traditional tech is falling short. This session explores how accelerated compute, next-gen solvers, and agentic AI are reshaping what’s possible, and why data, algorithms, and compute must remain at the core of it all. Hear how Supermicro is tackling global complexity, how NVIDIA is driving digital twin innovation, and how Lyric is enabling the AI-native decision-making to support it all.

Leaders from Kuehne+Nagel and ACCO Brands are stepping beyond legacy modeling tools and into a platform-first future. Hear why they’re making the leap, how they’re building and planning for flexible, always-on modeling, and what they are learning along the way. It’s a candid look at the journey toward smarter, faster supply chain intelligence and why now is the time to start.

Tired of slow implementations, bloated systems, and sky-high services costs that show up after the sale? In this session, leaders from BODYARMOR, Coca-Cola, and Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling share how they broke from the old playbook. They’re building planning ecosystems that deploy fast, adapt easily, and learn from the business itself. Hear what pushed them to rethink everything, how they’re reconnecting planning across silos, and why the future is platform-first, AI-powered, and built to fit.

In this Empower 2025 session Mike Watson from Northwestern University and cofounder of Opex Analytics and Colin Kessinger, a longtime analytics consultant, share their candid perspectives on the evolution of supply chain technology, AI, and decision intelligence. Drawing on decades of experience advising Fortune 100 companies, building technology firms, and teaching supply chain strategy, they cover: Why large language models (LLMs) are a new kind of computer that complement not replace optimization and simulation The risks of buying platforms that may not stand the test of the next 2-3 years of change How to think about decisions everywhere in your business, not just in planning tools The role of talent, domain expertise, and training in making AI work in practice Practical lessons from dirty dull and dangerous tasks to jagged solutions and decision quality Their message is equal parts optimistic and pragmatic. Success comes from combining new AI capabilities with deep domain knowledge, the right questions, and the right people. Watch now to learn how to future proof your supply chain analytics strategy in an era of continuous disruption.

In an era of exponential change, the rules of supply chain are being rewritten, not by rigid processes, but by the power of data, algorithms, and compute. In this opening keynote, Lyric Founder and CEO Ganesh Ramakrishna shares a candid look at where supply chain is headed and why now is the time to act. He’ll challenge assumptions, explore how AI and algorithmic intelligence are reshaping decisions, and show why the next decade belongs to those who break barriers with the right foundations. With real stories, sharp insights, and a few surprises, this session is a wake-up call to think differently.

What if your supply chain team wasn’t just modeling or planning, but building intelligent products for complex business problems? In this session, Sam Fellows, VP of Logistics of Krispy Kreme, shares his blueprint for creating a powerhouse supply chain organization that delivers high-impact decision intelligence fast. Inspired by Amazon’s SCOT model, Sam is shifting to a platform-first approach where optimization, prediction, and adaptability are built in and business needs turn into applications in weeks, not months.

Meet Maria. She's a supply chain modeler at Mango and has spent years battling messy data, siloed systems, and midnight spreadsheet fixes. Everything changed when she started using Lyric Studio. Now her team connects directly to data, taps into optimization and prediction engines, and builds no code workflows that mirror real business processes. What started as Maria experimenting has become a movement across Mango’s supply chain. They are turning ideas into apps, solving problems in hours, and scaling solutions across strategy, planning, and operations. This is Lyric Studio. Built for the real world. Built for problem solvers.

With constant product launches and rising complexity, Estée Lauder’s supply chain needs to move fast. Eileen Rogan (Executive Director, Category Strategy, Supply Chain) and her team are using composable decision intelligence to stay ahead - linking modeling, automation, and analytics into one adaptive workflow. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how orchestration, not just smarter models, is helping them scale with confidence as their business evolves.