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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.

23 episodes

Channel Brief·River Logic · 23 episodes

Updated May 23, 2025

Real-time modeling transforms supply chain disruption into competitive edge.

River Logic teaches that value chain optimization—integrating operational constraints with live financial modeling—lets companies simulate complex trade-offs before they commit capital. The channel proves this through Eco Material Technologies' market-entry wins and tariff-response playbooks.

River Logic's core argument is that supply chain agility requires more than operational visibility; it demands real-time integration of financial outcomes with operational decisions. The channel repeatedly demonstrates this through episodes that show how companies use digital planning twins and value chain optimization to model tariffs, reshoring, capacity changes, and new customer scenarios—and see the profit impact before executing.

Drawn from Build a Supply Chain That Bounces Back and 3 more →

“In a world of trade uncertainty, adaptability is everything.”
Aaron Berg, episode 3: Tariffs Are Changing—Is Your Supply Chain Ready?

By the numbers

59 customers, 22 distribution centers, 16 plants

scale of US supply chain modeled in live demo

3 scenarios

baseline, infrastructure analysis with CAPEX constraints, business growth modeled in live demo

What the channel argues

InsightVCO models full spectrum of operational and financial variables dynamically, not static costs.→

InsightTariff disruptions can be reframed as strategic opportunities through rapid sourcing and make-vs-buy modeling.→

InsightDigital planning twins integrate operational and financial modeling for decisions on capital, sustainability, and last-mile delivery.→

InsightReal-time what-if simulation eliminates weeks of spreadsheet-driven analysis for strategic decisions like plant closures and market expansion.→

InsightCost modeling breaks production costs into true drivers: raw materials, labor, throughput, overtime, inventory—not fixed estimates.→

What you'll learn

•Value chain optimization extends supply chain models by linking every operational decision to its true financial impact, enabling faster strategic choices.

•Digital planning twins simulate entire value chains at engineering quality, combining demand forecasting, network design, and financial models in one model.

•Tariff changes, market entries, and capacity expansions can be tested in minutes rather than weeks, revealing unintended cost consequences before they occur.

•Cost behavior changes as production decisions shift; realistic modeling captures how labor, procurement options, and throughput interact nonlinearly.

•Eco Material Technologies' partnership with River Logic enabled market-entry studies, network optimization, and supply chain restructuring through data-driven what-if analysis.

What to do about it

→Build a comprehensive digital twin of your value chain that includes operational constraints, supplier contracts, and realistic cost drivers, not templates.

→Model your tariff and sourcing strategy through scenario simulation before committing to reshoring or supply base changes.

→Define sustainability and capital investment decisions by running what-if scenarios that reveal true profit impact, not assumptions.

Who and what shows up

Aaron Berg

VP of Strategy, River Logic

Core spokesperson across nearly all recent episodes on VCO, tariffs, digital twins, and real-time cost modeling; frames disruption as optimization opportunity.

Carlos Centurion

President, River Logic

Discusses value chain definition, market discovery process, and how technology and data analytics streamline market-entry decisions versus historical methods.

Terese Hunwick

VP of Supply Chain, Eco Material Technologies

Named customer whose real-world journey demonstrates network optimization, market discovery, and financial what-if analysis using River Logic platform.

Philip Higginbotham

VP of Corporate Development, River Logic

Explains digital twin value for profit behavior learning, how flexible modeling prevents infeasibilities, and why businesses benefit from representing unique constraints.

Camilo Orbegozo

Director of Solution Design, River Logic

Delivered live demonstration of end-to-end platform for infrastructure strategy and capacity planning in building materials, using realistic multi-site network.

Questions this channel answers

What is value chain optimization and how is it different from traditional supply chain planning?

Value chain optimization integrates operational decisions with real financial impacts, allowing rapid what-if simulation of scenarios like customer onboarding, production shifts, and sourcing changes while understanding profitability at every level. Traditional supply chain models focus on logistics; VCO links operations to profit.

What is Value Chain Optimization—and Why It Matters Now →

How can companies respond to tariff changes without guessing at the financial outcome?

River Logic's VCO platform allows companies to model shifts in sourcing, manufacturing, and make-vs-buy decisions quickly, revealing cost and compliance impact before execution. This transforms tariff shocks from reactive scrambles into strategic opportunities.

From Tariff Shock to Strategic Advantage →

What makes a digital planning twin valuable for capital and sustainability decisions?

A digital planning twin combines high-fidelity operational representation, realistic demand models, and detailed cost analysis. This lets leaders evaluate capital investments, sustainability plans, and last-mile delivery by seeing both operational and financial outcomes before committing resources.

Features of a Digital Planning Twin →

How quickly can companies simulate complex strategic decisions like market entry or plant closure?

Instead of waiting weeks for spreadsheet analysis, leaders can now simulate complex what-if scenarios in real time using VCO. This enables faster, financially grounded decisions aligned with both growth and profitability.

Ask Better Questions. Get Smarter Answers. VCO in Action →

Can companies use advanced optimization without data scientists?

River Logic's platform is designed to be accessible and configurable for business users. The platform's data-driven, repeatable modeling structure allows companies to run analyses without requiring dedicated data science teams.

Maximizing Your Business Planning Without Data Scientist… →

Best place to start

What is Value Chain Optimization—and Why It Matters NowFoundational episode explaining VCO scope and why it matters; answers what distinguishes it from traditional supply chain models for newcomers.

From Tariff Shock to Strategic AdvantageConcrete and timely; shows how VCO applies to real disruption (tariffs) and reframes it as strategic advantage, illustrating the channel's core thesis in action.

Topics:Value chain optimization (VCO)Digital planning twinsTariff and trade strategyNetwork design and capacity planningCustomer-level profitability modeling

Themes:Integration of operational and financial modeling for speedReal-time scenario testing replaces static spreadsheet analysisCost behavior as a dynamic function of production decisions