From predicting the next flavor trend to revolutionizing procurement with AI, Guy Peri is leading a bold digital transformation at McCormick & Company. In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Guy about how he’s bringing AI and data strategy to life at a 135-year-old flavor giant. Drawing from nearly three decades at Procter & Gamble, Guy shares how McCormick is building a modern digital backbone, using AI to forecast demand and ingredient pricing, and upskilling employees into citizen data scientists.

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  McCormick’s digital transformation pillars

  
  
  
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  How AI predicts procurement costs and retail trends

  
  
  
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  The making of the Flavor Forecast

  
  
  
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  The future of Agentic AI and human-machine collaboration

  
  
  
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  Upskilling and shifting organizational culture through digital fluency