Supply & Demand Chain Executive Names Kannan Ramachandran Recipient of the 2024 ‘Pros to Know’ Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognized for his outstanding contributions, Kannan helps brands master their journey to autonomous supply chain management.

Southfield, MI—March 12, 2024 — Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, named Kannan Ramachandran, Chief AI & Commercial Officer for aThingz, a winner of this year’s ‘Pros to Know’ Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage.

Kannan is Co-founder, and Chief AI & Commercial Officer, at aThingz. aThingz is a leader in autonomous, predictive, logistics planning and master data management. aThingz simultaneously synchronizes and orchestrates planning, execution, finance, and performance management into a single continuous process for optimal logistics and transportation business outcomes.

In his role Kannan helps to drive accelerated profitable growth for aThingz, focusing on customer success, an impactful partner ecosystem, and rapidly operationalizing meaningful and responsible supply chain and logistics AI solutions. These solutions have been uniquely architected as micro services for rapid deployment and value generation. Per Gartner: “aThingz provides several embedded analytics as part of their suite of supply chain and logistics microservices, guiding the customers to reach the goal of having an Autonomous Supply Chain.”

Not only is Kannan a technology innovator and change agent, but he is a passionate storyteller with unbridled enthusiasm and a genuineness that captivates audiences. He has this knack for simplifying complex, high-value concepts into easily consumable sound bites that can easily be related to one’s own supply chain world.

"Supply Chain has always been a great area for innovation and has a direct impact on an organization’s profitability and growth," says Kannan. “I have been fortunate to have worked in this space for many years and learned from numerous inspiring supply chain leaders. Our goal at aThingz is to drive accelerated customer value using innovative technology solutions. At the core of this – is our master data management strategy to drive high-quality master data and sustain/improve that quality in a continuous manner. Leveraging this high-quality data in our AI driven solutions is very key – as it improves the supply chain decision accuracy. I am very humbled and appreciative of this ‘Pros to Know’ honor.”

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