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October 15th & 16th 2025

LVCC, Las Vegas

Douglas Kent: Speaking at the Smart Retail Tech Expo

Douglas Kent

Executive Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Allliances  -  Association for Supply Chain Management

Innovation within Retail Supply Chains: Top Trends, Digitization, AI, & Sustainability

Today''s new norm requires organizations to reinvigorate innovation within their supply chain to remain competitive and grow their strategic resiliency. Our discussion will incorporate Top 10 supply chain trends that influence the future supply chain operating model within the retail sector including critical concepts of digitization, use of artificial intelligence, and sustainability!

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About Douglas Kent

Douglas J. Kent is the executive vice president of corporate & alliances at ASCM. He oversees ASCM’s North American chapters, international training partners, corporate clients and is responsible for growing and strengthening the organization’s strategic alliances.

Kent has over 35 years of transformational advisory and practitioner experience with large multi-national organizations. He specializes in SCOR®-based transformations, supply chain strategy & segmentation, supply chain planning, enterprise risk optimization and supply chain visibility. As a certified SCOR® master instructor, he has traveled the globe leading workshops, education and transformational programs.

Kent holds a master’s degree in international business from Pepperdine University and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Indiana university and has been adjunct faculty for more than 20 years.