Walmart named NextGen Supply Chain Visionary Award winner

Walmart Inc. is not only the world’s leading retailer, but also one of the world’s leading companies when it comes to sustainability. That leadership extends throughout its supply chain. The company notes that its “systematic approach to promoting supply chain sustainability begins with setting aspirations relevant to our overall climate, waste, nature, and people-related agenda, aligning on priority outcomes and actions necessary to support those outcomes” and it includes initiatives covering areas such as zero waste, emissions reduction, human rights, inclusive economic opportunities.

For that, and other reasons, Walmart has been chosen as the winner of the 2024 NextGen Supply Chain Conference Visionary Award. Karisa Sprague, senior vice president of fulfillment and reverse operations, Walmart U.S. Supply Chain, will accept the award and explain Walmart’s supply chain successes at the conference.

Past winners of the Visionary Award include Kimberly-Clark (2023), Procter & Gamble (2022), American Eagle Outfitters (2021) and Honeywell (2020).

The NextGen Visionary Award is given to one company each year, recognizing that company for the strides it has made in its supply chain. The award represents where the best supply chains are going next.

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This year's Next Gen Supply Chain Conference will take place on Oct. 21-23, 2024, at the Chicago Athletic Association hotel. Listen to top speakers like Luis Roman of Johnson & Johnson, Amy Rardin of Procter & Gamble, and Jennifer Springer of Whirlpool. More speakers are being added daily. Early bird registration is ongoing.

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This year’s NextGen Supply Chain Conference, presented by Supply Chain Management Review and Peerless Media, will be held on Oct. 21-23 at the Chicago Athletic Association hotel in downtown Chicago. The event starts with an opening reception on the evening of Monday, Oct. 21, at the famous Chicago hotel, with full days of content following Tuesday and Wednesday.

The NextGen Supply Chain Conference’s theme this year is “Digitization is here, what’s next?” More information, including registration information, is available on the NextGen website.

Sponsors for this year’s NextGen Supply Chain Conference include Diamond Sponsor Honeywell Intelligrated. Platinum Sponsors are Korber, Addverb and Zion Solutions Group. Gold Sponsor is Hai Robotics. Silver Sponsor is Dematic. Bronze Sponsor are Aptean and Gather AI and Associate Sponsors are TGW, Made4Net and Peak Technologies.

Keynote speakers for 2024 include Luis Roman, global head of site and supply chain services at Johnson & Johnson,  Amy Rardin, global senior director at Procter & Gamble; and Jennifer Springer, senior director of customer fulfillment at Whirlpool Corporation.

Other speakers scheduled to appear include Amy T. Augustine, senior director of network supply chain at U.S. Cellular; Peter Bolstorff, executive vice president of corporate development at ASCM; and Craig Moss, director of data and change management at the Digital Supply Chain Institute. The full list of speakers is available here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/speakers/.

A number of awards will also be handed out, including the Startup Award, the End User Awards, and the Solution Provider Awards.

Discounted hotel rates are available until Oct. 4. More information on the hotel, including links to secure rooms at the discounted rate, is available here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/venue/.

There is still time to be a sponsor or exhibitor as well. Information on available sponsorships or if you are interested in exhibiting, can be found here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/sponsors-exhibitors/.

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