2026 highlights

How Nissan Americas is using AI-powered supply chain visibility to build resilience and cut risk

Nissan Americas has spent the past three years building a digital supply chain ecosystem that combines tier-N supplier visibility, AI-powered risk sensing and compliance monitoring. Now, the approach is helping the carmaker respond faster to cyber attacks, geopolitical disruption, tariffs and shifting manufacturing requirements while improving resilience across the region, according to Gerardo de la Torre Garcia at ALSC DS North America.

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How the WWII "Whiz Kids" inspired a data-first logistics transformation at Volkswagen Chattanooga

Taking inspiration from the US Army's "Whiz Kids" who pioneered data-driven decision-making in logistics during the Second World War and later helped transform logistics at Ford, Volkswagen Group of America's Paulo Monteiro and Travis Hodge outlined how a small team of employees used data, automation and existing digital tools to modernise operations at the company's Chattanooga plant at ALSC DS North America.

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Ford's Subhasish Roychoudhury on building a unified supply chain data foundation, modernising TMS and preparing for agentic AI

Ford's executive director of supply chain technology explains how unified data, supplier collaboration, TMS modernisation and AI are reshaping Ford's supply chain strategy.

 

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Mazda's John Rich on connecting AI deployment to business objectives and maintaining a human-centric approach

On the Red Sofa at ALSC Digital Strategies North America 2026, Mazda's John Rich spoke about the need to have clear business objectives before deploying AI, as well as why Mazda places humans at the centre of its business operations, arguing that the rise of AI has made people more important, not less.

 

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