[Webinar] Firefighting vs. Foresight: AI and the Industry 5.0 Shift in Food & Beverage

Featuring Frost & Sullivan

Reacting to short-term disruption is no longer sustainable in the food and beverage industry. Demand volatility, fragile supply chains, labor shortages, and margin pressure have made delayed decision-making increasingly risky.

Industry 5.0 represents a critical shift in how food and beverage companies operate. Instead of relying on disconnected systems and delayed insight, leading organizations are embedding AI into the core of their operations — unifying production, quality, supply chain, and finance around a shared foundation.

In this webinar, analysts from Frost & Sullivan join experts from Aptean to explore how Industry 5.0 is reshaping the industry, why unified intelligence-driven platforms are becoming essential, and what differentiates true AI transformation from isolated tools and reactive systems.

Who should attend:

Ideal for leaders driving operational performance, digital transformation, and AI strategy across food and beverage organizations.

This webinar is especially relevant for:

Forward-thinking executives
Operations and plant leaders
Quality and compliance professionals
Supply chain and planning leaders
Technology, IT, and digital transformation decision-makers

Jack Payne

Food & Beverage Solutions Consulting Director, Aptean

Jack Payne brings more than 30 years of experience in food and beverage technology, with deep expertise in traceability and supply chain innovation. He played a key role in developing Aptean’s industry solutions and is the author of Appetite for Success: Thriving with Technology in the Food and Beverage Industry, helping organizations modernize operations and move from reactive processes to intelligent, future-ready foundations.

Benny Dor

Senior Director of R&D, Aptean

Benny Dor brings over 15 years of experience in food and beverage ERP systems, spanning implementation, process optimization and product development. He works closely with customers to translate operational complexity into scalable, AI-driven platform capabilities, ensuring Aptean’s solutions deliver embedded intelligence, automation, and measurable performance improvements across food and beverage operations.

Sankara Narayanan

Industry Director for Industrial Technologies, Frost & Sullivan

Sankara Narayanan is Industry Director for Industrial Technologies at Frost & Sullivan, the global market research and growth consulting firm, bringing more than 20 years of research and consulting experience. He specializes in smart manufacturing, analytics and digital innovation, advising global organizations on technology strategy, competitive benchmarking and growth opportunities across the industrial landscape.

Firefighting vs. Foresight: AI and the Industry 5.0 Shift in Food & Beverage

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