Disruptive logistics and strategic resilience 1

Welcome to this session about logistics and strategic resilience. I'm Antonio Pesqueira, and I'm a partner at the Dynamic Capabilities Operational Institute and a professor at Universidade Europeia in Portugal, Lisbon. I have spent the last 15 years helping companies in healthcare, life sciences and logistics to improve their operations through processes management and technology innovation.

This talk will break down next-generation logistics concepts, from self-driving electric trucks to medical drones and show how combining human expertise with artificial intelligence and building stronger and more sustainable companies as well for the future. We are going to have a look as well to some case studies, like within the European vaccine cold chain and discuss as well why technology gets the headlines, but most of the time, leadership and the culture of the companies, especially when connects to operational management is really what truly defines the operational excellence. Additionally as well, we are going to cover some disruptive technology, human AI teamwork, sustainability and the key challenges and opportunities ahead as well connected with logistics. But let's first define some of the core fundamental principles where in today's interconnected yet constantly changing world, supply chains are facing constant threats of disruption. Being able to withstand and recover from shocks like natural disasters or cyber attacks is really fundamental. This resilience isn't just about the operational detailing or just a small, nuanced part of our processes and the organizational capabilities, it's actually a strategic necessity. And the modern road to resilience is most of the time built on three key elements. First, the artificial intelligence and all the new developments, the continuous innovation and stronger environmental, social, and governance parameters. It's what we call ESG principles.