The ASCM Central Indiana Chapter offers a variety of meetings and events designed to help supply chain professionals connect, learn, and grow. Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge, network with peers, or gain insight into real-world operations, there’s something for you.
Professional Development Meetings (PDMs)
PDMs feature expert speakers covering current topics in supply chain, operations, and leadership. These sessions are designed to deliver practical insights you can apply immediately in your career.
Why attend?
- Learn from experienced industry professionals
- Stay current on trends and best practices
- Earn professional development points (where applicable)
- Expand your professional network
Facility Tours
Get a behind-the-scenes look at local organizations and see supply chain concepts in action. Tours provide a unique opportunity to observe operations, ask questions, and learn directly from industry practitioners.
Why attend?
- Experience real-world applications of supply chain principles
- Discover innovative processes and technologies
- Engage with professionals in their work environment
- Gain ideas you can bring back to your organization
Board Meetings (Open to Members)
Chapter board meetings are typically held monthly on the 4th Wednesday at 5:45 PM at the APICS Training Office. Members are welcome to attend and gain insight into chapter operations, initiatives, and planning.
Why attend?
- Stay informed on chapter direction and upcoming initiatives
- Share your ideas and provide input
- Network with chapter leadership and fellow members
Seating is limited, so please reserve your spot in advance.
Stay tuned for upcoming events and registration details—we look forward to seeing you soon!
Executive Dinner: Agentic AI 101 for Supply Chain Leaders & The Human Side of AI
This executive dinner provides a practical introduction to Agentic AI and what it means for modern supply chains. Using real-world supply chain examples and case studies, we’ll show what types of problems AI agents are well suited to solve (and which ones they are not). We’ll also illustrate how agents operate across planning, procurement, operations, and supplier workflows. Participants will leave with a practical way to identify high-value supply chain use cases and assess where Agentic AI can have the greatest impact in their own environments.
Participants will then participate in guided roundtable discussions with their peers, exploring the implications of AI adoption, beyond the technology itself. What does AI mean for team structures, roles, and capacity - including how leaders should think about hiring, reskilling, and redeploying talent as automation increases. The discussion will address common fears around AI, how to talk about AI internally, and how to bring teams along without resistance or uncertainty. We’ll also examine how AI can improve job satisfaction by removing low-value, repetitive work, allowing teams to focus on higher-impact initiatives.
The evening is designed as a candid, peer-level conversation grounded in real operational experience, with attendees walking away with clearer perspectives on how to lead through AI-driven change.
Agenda:
8:00pm - 8:30pm - Networking
Speaker
Lorenz Pallhuber - Co-Founder @ Didero
Lorenz Pallhuber spent his career at McKinsey advising Fortune 500 companies on AI, supply chain and procurement. He is now a co-founder of Didero, working on AI systems used across complex operational environments. He holds degrees from Stanford and Cambridge.
About Didero
Didero is a Stanford-founded technology company building advanced AI agents to automate complex, high-volume supply chain and procurement operations, putting key source-to-pay workflows on autopilot. The company has raised more than $30M from several of Silicon Valley's most prominent VC funds and institutional investors, incl. Microsoft.
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