Executive Education
AI-enabled Supply Chain Strategy
AI is transforming supply chains into intelligent, adaptive systems that drive enterprise performance. This immersive three-day Executive Program equips senior leaders with the frameworks and strategic insight needed to govern AI investments, optimize operations, and unlock new sources of value across the supply chain.
Participants will explore how AI enhances decision-making across operations, procurement, and logistics, while addressing critical considerations such as capital allocation, risk governance, and organizational design. This is not a technical deep dive; it’s a strategy playbook for making better, faster, and more profitable decisions about AI in your supply chain.
Program details
This highly interactive program combines executive-level frameworks, real-world applications, and peer discussion to help leaders translate AI potential into measurable business outcomes. Each day focuses on a core supply chain pillar, building toward an integrated, AI-enabled operating model that aligns with enterprise strategy.
>> Apply to the program using this form. Applications are reviewed within 48 business hours.
Through a mix of case discussions, expert insights, and collaborative learning, participants will evaluate where AI can drive margin expansion, improve working capital efficiency, and strengthen resilience, while maintaining appropriate governance and oversight.
Upcoming dates
October 5-7, 2026
Location
McCord Hall, Tempe campus
Contact hours
8 hours per day
(currently reflected as 24 total contact hours)
Cost**
$7,500
(standard rate)
$6,750
(early registration rate,
through June 30)
**Limited seats available—reserve yours while they last. Includes all meals; does not include hotel or transportation.
Alumni scholarships and partner pricing options are available — Contact Daniel Gutwein for more information.
Check out our tips for securing employer fundingWho is this program for?
This program is designed for senior executives responsible for supply chain strategy, enterprise performance, and operational transformation. Ideal participants include leaders across industries such as advanced manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and other supply chain-intensive sectors, including:
- Chief Supply Chain Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Procurement Officers
- Chief Logistics or Distribution Officers
- General Managers and transformation leaders
- Senior executives responsible for capital strategy and risk oversight
Participants typically have 7+ years of experience and are involved in strategic decision-making at the enterprise level.
What will I learn?
Participants will gain a strategic understanding of how to deploy AI across supply chain functions to drive enterprise value, improve resilience, and enhance competitive positioning. The program progresses from functional applications to an integrated enterprise perspective — equipping leaders to align AI initiatives with financial, operational, and governance priorities.
- AI-driven demand sensing, inventory optimization, and working capital strategy
- Predictive risk modeling, supplier intelligence, and procurement governance
- AI-enabled logistics networks, control towers, and real-time visibility
- Capital allocation strategies and investment prioritization for AI initiatives
- Governance frameworks, ethical AI deployment, and risk management
- Operating model redesign, including talent, incentives, and decision rights
Workshop Faculty
Adegoke Oke
Chair of the NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management, Harold E. Fearon Fellow Committee Chair, and Professor, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management
Adegoke Oke's research focuses on understanding innovation management practices in manufacturing, service and supply chain organizations. He is also a visiting professor with University of Pretoria and Lagos Business School.
Brett Duarte
Clinical Associate Professor, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management
Brett Duarte received his PhD in industrial engineering from Arizona State University and worked for the IBM corporation for 12 years. His research interests are in Lean Six Sigma, Quality Management, Simulation and Optimization of Supply chains.
Dave Finnegan
People Connector - Brand Storyteller Anthropologist - Private Equity - Board Member - Explorers Club.
Dave Finnegan is an award-winning retail innovator, brand anthropologist, and storyteller with over 25 years of experience leading customer experience and digital transformation. He helped launch Build-A-Bear Workshop and later served as Chief Experience Officer at Orvis, driving the brand’s most successful era. Dave now advises brands and investors through roles at BlackFinn, the NRF, and NewRoad Capital Partners.
As a brand anthropologist and a member of the Explorers Club, in 2022 Dave dedicated a year to studying human experience. He traveled to every continent—interviewing indigenous leaders from the Amazon to Africa, scientists from Antarctica to the Galápagos and some of the most interesting people in the world, including the librarian of the world’s oldest library at the Monastery of St. Catherine. He is currently pursuing a master’s in Anthropology at Harvard which is helping him to continue his journey to better understand human experience.
Contact W. P. Carey Executive Education
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