Supply Chain Uncut

Amy Augustine joins Supply Chain Uncut to explore how AI, global sourcing, trade compliance and people development can create more reliable supply chains How do you build a supply chain that can keep pace with business growth while navigating tariffs, long lead times, changing regulations and new technology?In this episode of Supply Chain Uncut, host Matt High speaks with Amy Augustine, VP of Operations and Supply Chain at CHAMPRO, about her journey through more than 20 years in supply chain and how she is transforming operations at the sporting goods company.After starting her career in engineering management and consulting, Amy found her way into supply chain through projects with organisations including Procter & Gamble and the US Army, before spending more than 16 years at UScellular.Today, she is applying those experiences at CHAMPRO, building a long-term supply chain strategy that brings together AI, planning, global sourcing, trade compliance, logistics and people development – with the goal of creating a more reliable operation that can support the company’s continued growth.

Negodiuk AI’s Dima Negodiuk on how AI agents can automate repetitive work, streamline operations and help businesses scale while keeping humans in control.How can organisations automate more of their operations without losing the human judgement needed to make the right decisions? In this episode of Supply Chain Uncut, host Aaron McMillan speaks with Dima Negodiuk, Founder of Negodiuk AI, about his journey from entrepreneur to building businesses powered by AI.After arriving in the US from Ukraine in 2022 with his wife, young child and one suitcase, Dima began exploring how AI could help him build without the cost and resources of a traditional team.Today, he uses AI agents across sales, marketing, finance, customer service and supply chain operations – from making cold calls and processing orders to monitoring stock, generating shipping labels and identifying where businesses are losing time and money.

Deploying AI on top of broken supply chain processes doesn't fix them. It automates them. Pedrom Rejai, Founder and Principle at Elevate Growth Partners, joins host Aaron McMillan to discuss why AI readiness starts with operational discipline, why supply chain fundamentals matter more as technology gets more capable and what the organisations genuinely getting value from AI have done differently. Expect a conversation that's direct, specific and relevant for any supply chain leader thinking seriously about where AI fits.

AI is only as good as the data underneath it. Daniel Silverfield, Head of Value and Selection at Amazon Business, joins host Aaron McMillan to discuss why data foundations matter more than ever for supply chain teams, and how better purchasing data, sustainability insights and supplier diversity tracking are helping organisations make smarter decisions at scale. Amazon Business serves 98% of Fortune 500 companies, giving Daniel a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing some of the world's largest organisations. Expect from him and Aaron, a grounded, practical conversation about building the supply chain infrastructure that makes AI actually work.

Kenny Otto of Royal Papworth Hospital opens up on his own emotional journey into healthcare, and why resilience, leadership and global experience are reshaping the future of healthcare supply chains. In healthcare, supply chain performance can determine whether patients live or die. Few understand those stakes better than Kenny Otto, whose career spans humanitarian operations across Africa and supply chain transformation at one of the UK’s leading specialist cardiac hospitals.This week on Supply Chain Uncut, Kenny shares what more than two decades in global healthcare supply chains has taught him about resilience, leadership and building systems for disruption.From delivering essential medicines in South Sudan and managing HIV and malaria supply chains in Nigeria to supporting the Ebola response, Kenny now applies those experiences to supply chain transformation at Royal Papworth Hospital.