Supply chain leaders on sustainability, resilience, and the future of value chains.
River Logic produces Real Talks, a video series featuring technology and business leaders discussing supply chain strategy, value chain optimization, and business continuity. Topics include sustainability, circular economy, and the role of prescriptive analytics in enterprise decision-making. The channel is a resource for supply chain executives seeking peer perspectives on complex operational challenges.
Real-time modeling turns supply chain disruption into competitive advantage
River Logic argues that companies facing tariffs, weather, and demand shifts can stay agile by simulating financial and operational impacts before deciding. The channel offers case studies and technical breakdowns of its value chain optimization platform.
River Logic's core argument is that traditional static cost models leave companies vulnerable to disruption, while dynamic value chain optimization lets them model complex what-if scenarios in real time and understand true financial impact before acting. The channel repeatedly demonstrates this through hosted conversations with Aaron Berg (VP of Strategy) and case studies from Eco Material Technologies, showing how companies can reframe tariff disruptions as strategic opportunities and discover new markets using the platform's integrated operational and financial modeling.
Drawn from Build a Supply Chain That Bounces Back and 4 more →
“Instead of waiting weeks for spreadsheet-driven analysis, leaders can now simulate complex what-if scenarios in real time.”
Episode 6: Ask Better Questions. Get Smarter Answers. VCO in Action
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Who and what shows up
Aaron Berg
VP of River Logic Strategy
Authored and anchored the entire 2025 tariff and VCO content series, explaining how real-time simulation enables agility and how digital planning twins predict financial outcomes.
Terese Hunwick
VP of Supply Chain, Eco Material Technologies
Provided the channel's primary case study, detailing how network optimization, financial integration, and digital planning transformed supply chain decision-making at her company.
Carlos Centurion
President, River Logic
Explained how the platform enables market discovery and what-if analysis; positioned River Logic's role in helping companies navigate the value chain beyond traditional supply chain management.
Philip Higginbotham
VP of Corporate Development, River Logic
Explained how digital planning twins help businesses learn profit behavior and avoid unintended consequences, and how the platform's flexible modeling structure represents unique business constraints.
Eco Material Technologies
Materials industry company
Served as primary customer success narrative, demonstrating how network optimization and financial integration delivered measurable business value and market discovery.
Questions this channel answers
What is value chain optimization and how does it differ from traditional supply chain modeling?
Value chain optimization extends beyond supply chain models by integrating operational decisions with real financial impacts, enabling companies to rapidly simulate what-if scenarios and understand profitability at every level across sourcing, production, and delivery.
What is Value Chain Optimization—and Why It Matters Now →How can tariff disruptions be turned into strategic advantage?
Companies can quickly model shifts in sourcing, manufacturing, and make-vs-buy decisions to find cost-effective and compliant paths forward, allowing them to react fast and capitalize on change instead of scrambling to catch up.
From Tariff Shock to Strategic Advantage →What is a digital planning twin and why does it matter?
A digital planning twin is a comprehensive model that encapsulates the entire value chain, including capabilities, constraints, financial outcomes, and demand, allowing businesses to simulate operations and optimize production strategies before execution.
What is a Digital Planning Twin? →How can businesses discover and evaluate new markets without extensive analysis?
Technology and data analytics enable high-level market studies by analyzing transportation rates, pricing, and conducting desktop reviews to gauge the financial impact of market entry.
How River Logic Empowers Companies to Discover New Marke… →What are the practical use cases for value chain optimization?
Use cases span network design, manufacturing strategy, strategic sourcing, customer-level profitability, capital investment decisions, sustainability planning, and last-mile delivery optimization.
From Network Design to Profitability: Real-World VCO Use… →Best place to start
What is Value Chain Optimization—and Why It Matters NowDefines the core concept and explains how VCO integrates operational and financial decisions, setting foundation for all other episodes.
How Eco Material Technologies is Solving Business Problems with River Logic’s PlatformFirst real-world case study showing network optimization, financial integration, and data-driven decisions in action at a named company.Industry context
Supply chain managers face accelerating operational challenges, contending with rising logistics costs and warehouse labor pressures that demand faster decision-making capabilities.
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