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Aera Technology to Present on Decision Intelligence at Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2025

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Category Leader to Host Session on the Real Impact of Decision Intelligence at Kraft Heinz, and a Separate Talk on Navigating Tariff Shifts

Mountain View, Calif. — April 29, 2025 Aera Technology, the decision intelligence company, today announced the company will host two speaking sessions at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo, Orlando, on May 5 and May 6. One of the sessions, “The Real Impact of Decision Intelligence at The Kraft Heinz Company,” hosted by Aera CEO Fred Laluyaux, will explore how Kraft Heinz is enabling an end-to-end connected supply chain through AI-powered decision intelligence. An additional session will examine how decision intelligence empowers companies to navigate and mitigate tariff volatility.

Now more than ever, supply chains need to make faster, more informed decisions at scale. AI-powered decision intelligence is the key enabler. It’s a category of AI that optimizes decision-making, and provides the ability to understand, recommend, act, and learn for specific and challenging business problems. To optimize and automate enterprise decisions across the value chain, Aera Technology created Aera — the first decision intelligence agent. Powered by Aera Decision Cloud™ — the most comprehensive, composable, trusted, and scalable decision intelligence platform — Aera improves decision-making across the full decision spectrum, from support to augmentation to full decision automation.

Please see below for more information about the Aera Technology sessions at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025:

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025: Aera Technology sessions

Session 1: The Real Impact of Decision Intelligence at The Kraft Heinz Company
Date & Time: May 5, 2025 @ 2 pm EDT
Location: Southern Hemisphere III, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
Speakers:

  • Helen Davis, Senior Vice President and Head of North America Operations, The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Fred Laluyaux, CEO, Aera Technology
Focus: The Kraft Heinz Company is transforming how decisions are made across its global supply chain by tapping into the power of decision intelligence. In this session, learn more about how Kraft Heinz uses Aera Technology’s capabilities to optimize decision-making and build a connected, agile supply chain.

Session 2: Navigating Tariff Shifts with AI-Powered Decision Intelligence
Date & Time: May 6, 2025 @ 1:35 p.m. EDT
Location: Atlantic Hall, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
Speakers:

  • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
  • Ram Krishnan, Senior Vice President, Platform Product Marketing, Aera Technology
Focus: Supply networks are navigating tectonic change — from volatile tariffs to growing geopolitical uncertainty. Discover how AI-powered decision intelligence and agentic orchestration enable real-time risk modeling, scenario planning, and dynamically adjusted plans and actions across supply networks — all while keeping a sharp eye on COGS. Learn how to mitigate and manage disruptions with smarter, faster decision-making — and stay ahead of what’s next.

Visit Aera Technology Booth #417 to discover how Aera Decision Cloud is transforming decision-making. Click here to connect with the Aera team at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo in Orlando.

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About Aera Technology

Aera Technology, the decision intelligence company, created Aera, the first decision intelligence agent. Real-time and always-on, Aera understands how a business works, makes actionable recommendations, predicts business outcomes, executes decisions at scale and learns from every decision. Supporting the full spectrum of decisions, from operational to strategic, Aera is powered by Aera Decision Cloud™ and its composable Aera Skills™. By empowering the world’s leading companies to optimize decisions across the value chain, Aera is enabling a more sustainable, intelligent and efficient world. Learn more at www.aeratechnology.com.

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