{"podcast":{"title":"The Future of Supply Chain","slug":"the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965","podcast_index_feed_id":5986965,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10cb2bb84/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.sap.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44980073/e4bc95413d8b05ed.png","author":"SAP SE","episode_count":174,"summary":"The Future of Supply Chain podcast is a show hosted by Richard Howells, Sin To, and Oyku Ilgar. The trio discusses hot topics, best practices, and the latest innovations to deliver a risk-resilient and sustainable supply chain. The show features interviews with experts from the world of supply chain, sustainability, AI and automation, who will address the issues of today and tomorrow. This is an ideal podcast for supply chain, R&D, manufacturing, logistics, and operations executives to learn and share ideas and best practices with their peers.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T08:17:58.095086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 161: How AI is the Next Paradigm Shift with Arkestro's CEO Rob DeSantis","slug":"episode-161-how-ai-is-the-next-paradigm-shift-with-arkestro-s-ceo-rob-desantis","published_at":"2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965/episode-161-how-ai-is-the-next-paradigm-shift-with-arkestro-s-ceo-rob-desantis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/future-of-supply-chain/episodes/Episode-161-How-AI-is-the-Next-Paradigm-Shift-with-Arkestros-CEO-Rob-DeSantis-e3jtkko","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10cb2bb84/podcast/play/120557656/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-26%2F1e2aae84-2483-6294-9669-6a7125f20716.mp3","summary":"Arkestro’s CEO, Rob DeSantis, joins us this week for an insightful conversation about why AI is the next major paradigm shift in the supply chain and how it can unlock faster value, better decisions, and happier teams. Download the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ episode transcript ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ===== Join us as we explore AI as the next paradigm shift in supply chain. This week, Arkestro CEO Rob DeSantis shares lessons from the internet and cloud, the importance of trust and data quality, how AI is reshaping human work, and why fast time to value matters. ===== Guest 1: Rob DeSantis, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Arkestro Rob DeSantis is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Arkestro. As a former co-founder of Ariba running sales, Rob has deep expertise in the procurement space, having helped propel Ariba from zero to $250 million in revenue in four years and IPO of the year in 1999 before its acquisition by SAP a decade later. In addition to co-founding Ariba, Rob was also an early angel investor and board member of LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional online network. More recently, Rob served as an investor and advisor to a small portfolio of companies, including Bloom Energy, HiQ Labs, Agiloft, USEND and more. He is also a co-founder of TrueParity. Rob started his career as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry and holds a BSME from the University of Rhode Island. Host 1: 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 sustain…","meta_description":"Arkestro’s CEO, Rob DeSantis, joins us this week for an insightful conversation about why AI is the next major paradigm shift in the supply chain and how…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1414,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965/episodes/episode-161-how-ai-is-the-next-paradigm-shift-with-arkestro-s-ceo-rob-desantis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-supply-chain-5986965/episode-161-how-ai-is-the-next-paradigm-shift-with-arkestro-s-ceo-rob-desantis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}