What a day. From big ideas to real-world breakthroughs, Day 1 of 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 brought together builders, thinkers, and innovators shaping the future of supply chain decision intelligence. ⚡ 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 “Innovate Boldly, Shape Your Future” Ganesh Ramakrishna, Founder and CEO of Lyric, kicked things off with a bold call to action on how data, algorithms, and compute are redefining the rules of supply chain. ⚡ 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 “From Design to Decision: Growing with Lyric” Chintan Savla from Mondelēz International joined Milind Kanetkar and Srivatsan Kadambi from Lyric to show how teams are evolving from traditional network design to fast, data-driven decision-making. ⚡ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 “Lyric Studio Roadmap Reveal” Ganesh returned to the stage along with Ronan O'Donovan and Akshat Jain to share what’s next for Lyric Studio with everything from smarter data foundations, faster collaboration, agentic AI capabilities and much more. ⚡ 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 “From Back Office to Brain Trust: The Rise of GCC Decision Intelligence” Laura Carpenter led a conversation with Sachin Bajaj from AkzoNobel and Tarun Sudan from Kuehne+Nagel on how India’s GCCs are becoming decision intelligence powerhouses. ⚡ 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 “Planning’s Next Chapter: Moving from Traditional to AI-Driven Decisions” Professor Nilendra Singh Pawar explored how AI is reshaping planning and leadership for the next generation. ⚡ 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 “AI Native Planning: A Modeler’s Guide to What’s Next” Ganesh, Vishvesh Oza, and Deb Mohanty explored the coming of AI-Native adaptive planning and what that means when it comes to the future state of modeling as well. An insightful, energetic, and unapologetically future-facing wrap to an incredible day. Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared ideas, and brought the energy! We’re excited for another great day as training kicks off with “Intro to Building in Lyric” and “AI/ML and Scenario Generation in Action.” If you registered for training, see you there! #Empower2025India #DecisionIntelligence #AIInSupplyChain #DigitalSupplyChain #Bengaluru #SupplyChainInnovation
