TOP SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS 2023
David Guggina
EVP, Supply Chain Walmart
David Guggina’s earliest lessons in life came from his aunt Maureen—who blazed a trail in the auto, consumer goods manufacturing and digital commerce industries. Her courageous and transparent leadership continues to inspire his own career in Supply Chain today. Outside of work, he enjoys beekeeping and biking with his family in Arkansas!
Message to the Supply Chain Community
It’s an honor to be recognized alongside this strong group of leaders who are making an impact in the global Supply Chain community.
This award showcases the hard work of our team and their commitment to renewing people and the planet through our business.
The challenges of the last several years have highlighted the importance of agility and resilience in supply chain management. As leaders, we have a pivotal role to play in creating opportunity. We must embrace change by constantly learning and innovating so we can build more a sustainable and equitable supply chain.
CASE STUDY
“Teams across Walmart’s engineering, data science, product and business operations brought strategy and execution together to create a wholistic view of our grocery network.
Walmart used advanced optimization models to build a transformation roadmap for long-term supply chain capital investments. In 2022, Walmart rolled out an application to support daily decisions of load planning and truck routing.”