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This episode features a conversation with Tim Casey, General Counsel of Numotion. In this discussion, Tim reflects on growing up in Lindenhurst, IL, and attending Lewis University for undergrad before earning his master’s and then J.D. from Marquette University. He reflects on the early days of being a lawyer, including clerking for a district and circuit court as well as working as an associate at Foley.

The rapid deployment of agentic AI across manufacturing and supply chain operations is creating a widening gap between system capability and organizational oversight. AI agents are now or soon could be autonomously negotiating procurement terms, executing purchase orders, adjusting production schedules, and making quality control decisions, often with limited or no human intervention. Yet a PricewaterhouseCoopers 2026 survey found that only 37% of operations leaders are comfortable assigning AI agents to execute full end-to-end processes, and only 27% have fully embedded an AI strategy across business units.

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