Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages is a subsidiary of Arca Continental — one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world. Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages is using decision intelligence to help prevent stockouts across a vast, fast-moving supply chain. In this episode, we explore how the team is identifying risks earlier, improving fill rates, reducing costly expedites, and freeing planners to focus on higher-value work. We also look ahead at how Arca Continental plans to scale decision intelligence across its network — and what that will enable in the years ahead.

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Castrol is advancing its decision intelligence journey — improving agility, freeing working capital, and strengthening collaboration across its global supply chain. In this episode, Chief Supply Chain Officer JP Lebudel shares how the company is scaling impact, building adoption, and shaping a data-driven culture for the future.

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Avantor is beginning its decision intelligence journey — setting the stage to transform how life sciences supply chains operate by rebalancing inventory, streamlining procurement, and strengthening resilience. In this episode, we discuss how the company is building the foundation for adoption and long-term impact.

Jared Guckenberger is Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Avantor, where he leads strategic initiatives to optimize inventory, logistics, and procurement across the company’s North American and European operations. With a strong track record in operations and digital transformation, Jared drives improvements in efficiency, risk reduction, and end-to-end decision-making. His leadership helps shift Avantor’s supply chain from reactive modes to proactive, data-informed strategies — connecting tactical execution with long-term value. Previously, Jared held senior roles in supply chain and continuous improvement, leveraging analytics, process reengineering, and cross-functional collaboration. He has also led efforts in advanced planning systems and scenario modeling to support more resilient and dynamic operations.

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On this episode of the Decision Intelligence podcast, Technology Leader and Strategist Kendall Nicholas — Principal Director, Strategy & Consulting, Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture — shares why CPGs are turning to decision intelligence to automate complex decision-making and realize fast, tangible value from AI.

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• Faster, Better Decisions in CPG: The Top 5 Decision Intelligence Use Cases (whitepaper)
  • Learn why leading consumer packaged goods companies are adopting AI for decision making — unlocking millions in new revenue and cost savings.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Unlocking Value in CPG with AI-Powered Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Hear success stories from our work with major CPG companies that rely on Aera to understand and deliver on consumer demand, optimize inventory, and maximize value.

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On this episode of the Decision Intelligence podcast, Tom Davenport discusses the drivers, the hurdles, and what’s standing in the way of becoming data-driven, self-driving organizations. He shares how economic value from AI can only be achieved by moving from experiment to production — and how this will enable entirely new and better ways of making complex decisions and improving work.

Tom is recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the technology industry and was named one of the top 50 business school professors in the world by Fortune magazine. Ranked among the top 25 consultants in the world, Tom’s career has focused on helping organizations digitally transform management practices across AI, analytics, information and knowledge management, process management, and enterprise systems. Tom has authored and co-authored more than 25 books and more than 300 articles – including his recent book, All Hands on Tech: The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution.

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• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Arion Research – Decision Intelligence Research Report (whitepaper)
  • Get a comprehensive overview of Decision Intelligence to help you move from basic business intelligence (BI) and analytics to an information-rich, “AI first” decision model.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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What if the future of higher education was already here? In this episode of The Future of Decisions Now, host Fred Laluyaux sits down with Dr. Jennie Sanders and Dr. Joe Dery from Western Governors University (WGU) to explore how decision intelligence is transforming the student experience. With a groundbreaking approach that blends human intuition with AI-driven insights, WGU is redefining what it means to provide personalized, competency-based education at scale.

From tackling real-time student challenges to optimizing faculty engagement, Jenny and Joe share an inside look at how data-driven decisions are improving student outcomes. Whether you're an educator, a data enthusiast, or just curious about the future of learning, this conversation will change the way you think about higher ed.

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Prepare for the Future of Decision Intelligence at Work: Helping People Succeed and Upskilling Teams (VIDEO)

Aera Technology Recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for ADM Platforms for Supply Chain (BLOG)

Frontier Technologies in Industrial Operations: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Agents (WHITEPAPER)

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On this episode of the Future of Decisions Now podcast, Brian Evergreen — technologist, strategist, author, keynote speaker and CEO of The Future Solving Company — discusses his framework for reason-driven™ decision-making, how it aligns with decision intelligence, and the surprising advantages for workforces.

Brian shares how augmenting problem-solving with future-solving is fundamental to better decisions, enabling people to evaluate not only decisions executed but those left unmade — and risks not taken.

Related Resources:

• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 (whitepaper)
  • Get insights on evaluating Decision Intelligence Platforms and learn why Aera Technology has been named a Leader in digitizing decision-making.
• Arion Research – Decision Intelligence Research Report (whitepaper)
  • Get a comprehensive overview of Decision Intelligence to help you move from basic business intelligence (BI) and analytics to an information-rich, “AI first” decision model.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (on-demand webinar)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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On this episode, Constellation Research’s R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst, Founder and Chairman, shares why agentic-powered decision intelligence is the exponential advantage in the marketplace and why it will deliver the real return on AI — revealing the one factor that will define the leaders who will master AI and unlock its value.

Wang also discusses the reality of new roles like AI ethicists, decision scientists, and even decision user experience consultants, and shares when autonomous decision-making will dramatically change the way we work and deliver ROI.

Related Resources:

• Beyond Buzzwords: Where Are Companies Getting Value with AI Today and What’s Ahead? (video)
  • Hear Ray Way in conversation with Aera Technology CEO Fred Laluyaux on the real-world value that many companies across industries are realizing with decision intelligence.
• Decision Intelligence: Unlocking the Full Potential of AI for the Enterprise (whitepaper)
  • Discover how companies leverage decision intelligence to empower business analysts and data scientists to accelerate their digital transformation journey.
• A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence (video)
  • Learn how to get measurable business impact by digitizing, augmenting, and automating decisions with the Aera Decision Cloud.

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