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In this Cloud Wars Minute, Bob Evans details his conversation with AWS VP of Supply Chain Solutions, Diego Pantoja-Navajas, who explains the company’s move into the supply chain sector.
Highlights
01:00 — AWS, the “category king” in cloud infrastructure and a huge player in the platform space, is moving into the enterprise applications business. Bob had the chance to speak with the company’s VP of Supply Chain, Diego Pantoja-Navajas.
01:24 — Pantoja-Navajas founded a supply chain software company called LogFire that he sold to Oracle in 2016. He worked at Oracle for about five years before joining AWS about 18 months ago.
01:56 — In their interview, Pantoja-Navajas emphasized AWS Supply Chain’s ability to tap into parent company Amazon’s supply chain expertise. He also noted that the intention of AWS Supply Chain is not to “rip and replace supply chain solutions they [customers] already have,” but rather, AWS Supply Chain has been built to work with “other supply chain and ERP solutions that customers have.”
02:30 — The supply chain has moved to the “center of strategic discussions” that companies in every industry are having today. Supply chain operations touch every part of a business.
03:18 — You can view the full-length interview here. In today’s Cloud Wars News article, Bob expands on Pantoja-Navajas’ plans for AWS Supply Chain and the key solutions it will provide for customers.
03:26 — AWS hasn’t disclosed any “future plans” for its involvement in the supply chain area, but Bob suggests that this move into the supply chain space “gives us reason to think that” the company may get into the HCM space, procurement, and other areas. “I think that’s likely. I think that’s an evolution of what AWS customers are probably talking to it about,” explains Bob.
04:10 — AWS has taken a strong angle that it will not come in and be a “rip and replace” for what customers already have, but will work with customers to leverage their investments.
