Dr. Knut Alicke
Senior Advisor and Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company
Previously spoke at: TFEST24
Speaking at TFEST26: Tuesday, December 1 2026 at 12:55–14:40 on the The Lab: “Vibe Coding the Future of Supply Chain: A Practical Workshop to Build Your Own SCM Tools”.
Speaking at TFEST26: Wednesday, December 2 2026 at 12:15–12:45 on the Main Stage: “End-to-End Visibility: Why Most Companies Still Don't Have It and What It Takes”. With Vineet Khanna (Nestlé), Declan Supple (Fresenius Kabi) and Julia Merkulova (Ferrero).
About Dr.
Dr. Knut Alicke is a Senior Advisor and Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, a senior supply chain executive and thought leader with 25+ years of global consulting experience, including 21 years as Partner and Master Expert. He brings deep expertise in end-to-end supply chain transformation, digital supply chain, S&OP, inventory optimisation, warehouse automation, and AI/GenAI integration. Recognised as a Top 10 Global Supply Chain Influencer (2022–2024), he is a published author and university professor with a track record of impact across 100+ client engagements in manufacturing, pharma, retail, consumer goods, chemicals, and medtech.
Session Overview
This session proves what happens when supply chain domain expertise meets natural language programming. Based on a real 30-hour experiment that left veterans speechless, we will use "vibe coding" to build functional business applications. You will use a universal, complex supply chain dataset to build your own custom operational tools, whether that is a risk radar, an inventory optimiser, or a capacity planning dashboard. The goal isn't to replace enterprise systems today, but to build the AI literacy required to prototype your strategic vision and change how you negotiate with software vendors tomorrow. This is a long, hands-on session that runs straight through lunch (12:55–14:40) with only 20 places, so most attendees will be at lunch and 1:1 meetings while this small group builds.
About TFEST26
TFEST26 is Europe's most senior supply chain conference, taking place December 1–2 2026 at Colosseum Berlin. It brings together 400+ Director-level and above leaders (Chief Supply Chain Officers, VPs, and senior directors from Cisco, Henkel, Estée Lauder, Diageo, Schneider Electric, Novartis, Mars, and others) for two days of peer benchmarking, candid practitioner firesides, themed roundtables, and pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings.