Supply chain agility: A conversation with Dennis Bergeson of Dart Container

Supply chain agility is no longer a luxury, rather, it is an imperative to sustainably drive business growth. Tune in for a conversation between Dennis Bergeson, senior vice president global supply chain at Dart Container Corporation, and Gautam Narayan, Slalom’s global lead of supply chain planning, as they discuss their experiences and share key insights that have helped organizations across the globe develop world class supply chain operations. 

 

In this podcast episode we discuss:  

 

  • The main themes of supply chain agility  
  • Key hurdles on the path to supply chain agility 
  • How concepts like machine learning can be operationalized and established as the centerpiece of a core supply chain planning process  
  • Why it’s time to start thinking differently when it comes to supply chain  
  • The people impact of changes driven by supply chain agility 

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Featured speakers

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Dennis Bergeson 

Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain | Dart Container Corp. 

 

Dennis serves as senior vice president for Dart Container Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of food and beverage packaging with more than 20 locations in four countries. He has 25-plus years’ experience in supply chain management at companies such as Treehouse Foods, Compass Minerals, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation and Shell Chemical Corporation. Dennis has a master’s degree from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tufts University.

 

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Gautam Narayan 

Global Supply Chain Planning Lead | Slalom 

 

Gautam leads Slalom’s supply chain planning offerings as part of the global supply chain practice. He has 20 years of experience in advising global companies on their supply chain modernization and transformation journeys. He has helped clients in several sectors including consumer products, retail, apparel and fashion, food and beverage, life sciences, automotive, and technology, translate business priorities into the strategic design, development and continuous improvement of their supply chain processes, technologies, and operating models. 

  

Prior to Slalom, Gautam worked at Deloitte and PwC, where he led various global, cross-functional business and technology supply chain transformations while balancing risk and reward for multiple Fortune 500 companies.