Essential Infrastructure Solutions for Life Sciences Manufacturing and Supply Chain Workflows - with Kartik Pant and Shreyas Becker of Sanofi
Release Date: 02/11/2025
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info_outlineToday’s guests are two senior executives from Sanofi’s manufacturing division, Head of Data & AI for Manufacturing & Supply Chain Kartik Pant and Head of AI & Data Products, Manufacturing & Supply Shreyas Becker, respectively. Together they return to the podcast to cover the challenges and opportunities in adopting data infrastructure and AI solutions in life sciences manufacturing. Throughout the episode they emphasize the need for a unified data architecture, starting small, and articulating a problem-driven approach to technology adoption. Kartik and Shreyas also discuss the importance of understanding specific use cases and leveraging data to identify areas for optimizing processes. If you’re interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and specific resources for AI consultants, visit emerj.com/p1.