In this week’s episode we welcome back SAP’s David Vallejo. Together we dive into the evolving landscape of supply chain management, discussing how businesses are shifting from siloed operations to integrated orchestration, explore the transformative role of AI in enabling real-time decision-making, boosting resilience, and fostering sustainability. Come join us as we discuss the Future of Supply Chain.

Guest: David Vallejo, Vice president, Supply Chain Management Product Marketing, SAP
David’s global organization leads strategy and growth initiatives for SAP’s SCM portfolio which encompasses solutions for product lifecycle management, manufacturing, planning, logistics, assets and service management as well as the Business Network. The solutions enable customers orchestrate their supply chain to become risk-resilient, adaptable, and sustainable in their supply chain operations.
David joined SAP in 2014 and has held various leadership positions before attaining his current role. During David’s tenure he drove the successful launch of SAP’s Supply Chain Business Network focusing on direct materials collaboration across the extended supply chain and driving the customer co-innovation program as product owner for SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
Prior to joining SAP David helped many global companies define and implement their strategy around supply chain transformations and has been honored with the “Pros-to-Know” award in 2014 by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Board. He held several global leadership roles managing customer delivery, solution management and product management at E2open and icon-scm.
David is a Computer Science graduate (Dipl. Ing.) from the Berufsakademie University of Applied Science in Mannheim, Germany.

Host: Richard Howells, SAP
Richard Howells has been working in the Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer, podcaster, and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, Industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.
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