CSCMP Edge 2019 took place in Anaheim, California from Sept 15 – 18. Richard Donaldson, our head of strategy and platform, was at the conference.
CSCMP Edge 2019 was an incredible opportunity to see what’s going on in supply chain innovation right now. There was no shortage of inspiration from thought leaders, and I’ve already made up my mind to attend in 2020.
I knew I was in the right place when I saw several other members of Supply Chain 50, a specialist subgroup of the World 50 organization for enterprise executives.
The theme of the conference was change, technology and transformation – how to look at supply chain, it’s role in operations and the organization as a whole, and making the move from analog to digital.
Over 3,200 people were there, a great mix of academics and working professionals at all levels. Many of the thought leaders were from academia – which is telling – and not something you see in Silicon Valley, where I got my start. But as the change tsunami inevitably rolls over supply chain, we’re going to see more practitioners joining the thought leadership circle.