The Data Insights Podcast

ConverSight

The Data Insights Podcast, hosted by Ganesh Gandhieswaran, Co-Founder and CEO of ConverSight. Each episode sits down with operators, ERP partners, and industry leaders on what it takes to put AI to work in operations: sharper forecasts, leaner inventory, and faster decisions across supply chain, sales, and finance.  Guests share what worked, what stalled, and what they’d do differently.  Presented by ConverSight, the enterprise data and agentic AI platform for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Connect data from 150+ systems, ask Athena IQ in plain language, and let AI agents handle routine decisions within your rules, with your team approving the rest. Trusted by 1,500+ organizations. Learn more or book a demo at conversight.ai. 

  1. Oct 2

    Start with the Problem, Not the Tools: Why AI Projects Stall with Evan Conroy, SVA Consulting

    In this episode of the Data Insights Podcast, Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO of ConverSight, sits down with Evan Conroy, Principal at SVA Consulting, to talk about why most AI investments produce one promising pilot and then nothing. Ganesh and Evan dive into: • Why the pilot was never the bottleneck. Somebody bought a tool and then went hunting for a place to use it, so Evan now asks where people are struggling before AI comes up at all • Why culture predicts adoption better than industry does, with two life sciences firms in the same market landing on opposite policies, one using AI everywhere and one banning it outright • The four checks before an agent can do anything useful: data that agrees with itself, a process somebody wrote down, a team that can say what a prompt is, and an AI policy, which in Evan's engagements is missing about half the time • What happens when it isn't. Ask an AI for a customer's email when that customer sits in five systems with five different values and you get a confident answer and the wrong person • The numbers on training, from a 2025 Protiviti and London School of Economics study: five hours a week saved without it, eleven with it. Plus the use case Evan and Ganesh both start with, the task nobody will fight you over Whether you are weighing where to start, checking whether your data can support it yet, or looking for a first use case nobody will push back on, this is a candid look from two people on different sides of the same problem. 🎙 Guest: Evan Conroy, Principal, SVA Consulting 🎙 Host: Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO, ConverSight

  2. Sep 1

    Finding the AI Use Cases That Actually Matter in Mid-Market ERP with Tim Rodman, Traild

    In this episode of the Data Insights Podcast, Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO of ConverSight, sits down with Tim Rodman of Traild, host of the ErpSeal Podcast, to talk about what AI is actually doing inside mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies right now, and what is still just a demo. Ganesh and Tim dive into: • Why Tim, after twenty years consulting on mid-market ERP, ignored AI entirely from the day ChatGPT launched until January of this year, and why he thinks the model providers are currently making bigger inroads into businesses than the ERP vendors are • The difference between deterministic and probabilistic work, and why throwing a frontier model at an entire back office workflow is, as Tim puts it, like hiring a PhD to sort your laundry. Most of these processes only need AI in the few steps that are genuinely ambiguous • Real use cases already earning their keep on both sides of the business, from vendor statement reconciliation and W9 collection to a compliance follow-up task that was consuming 30 hours a month, an oil and gas order that arrives by email saying "two of the four by four," and worldwide multilingual competitor research for a team that never had the people to do it • Why one executive had a full conversational interface built for him and then asked if he could just have a dashboard instead, plus real adoption numbers showing only three or four out of ten users stay in chat and where everyone else ends up • How Tim thinks about trust: AI as another employee rather than an all-knowing oracle, a traffic light approach to scoring transaction volume nobody could review manually, and what Jeff Bezos said about how Amazon really chose its second headquarters Whether you are weighing where to start with AI, trying to separate the use cases that work from the ones that only demo well, or deciding how much control you are willing to hand over, this conversation is a candid look from two people comparing notes across operations and finance. 🎙 Guest: Tim Rodman, Traild, and host of the ErpSeal Podcast 🎙 Host: Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO, ConverSight

  3. Aug 10

    The Autonomous Warehouse: Moving Beyond Dashboards to AI Agents with Kendrick Hair, Fishbowl

    In this episode of the Data Insights Podcast, Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO of ConverSight, sits down with Kendrick Hair, Chief Evangelist at Fishbowl, to talk about where inventory and supply chain teams get stuck today, and how AI agents are starting to close the gap between what the data shows and what actually gets done. Ganesh and Kendrick dive into: • Why growing product-based businesses aren't short on data anymore, they're short on the ability to act on it, from an apparel brand that scaled from 50 to 18,000 SKUs almost overnight to a fast-growing retailer sitting on $20 million in excess inventory and a cash flow problem to match • Real examples of AI agents already at work, including a purchase-order agent that checks supplier lead times and cuts a PO automatically, and a customer-facing use case that responds to quote requests with pricing and delivery dates in real time • Why clean, structured data has to come before agentic automation. As Kendrick puts it, putting AI on top of bad data is like hiring the smartest employee in the world and then mislabeling every filing cabinet in the office • A case study where a joint Fishbowl and ConverSight customer cut back orders by 73% after moving from manual dead-stock reviews to an agent that flags slow-moving inventory and recommends discounts on its own • Kendrick's take on when autonomous agents go mainstream in supply chain, and why he compares the shift to the decades-long path from cruise control to self-driving cars Whether you're weighing your next ERP move, building the case for AI internally, or just trying to figure out if your inventory data is even ready for it, this conversation offers a grounded, practical look at what's working now and what's coming next. 🎙 Guest: Kendrick Hair, Chief Evangelist, Fishbowl 🎙 Host: Ganesh Gandhieswaran, CEO, ConverSight

  4. Apr 28

    Modern AI Supply Chain without Replacing Your ERP with Eric Sluss, Net at Work

    ERP carried you to today — and your spreadsheets are running tomorrow. Eric Sluss, CIO at Net at Work, joins host Ganesh Gandhieswaran to unpack how to modernize supply chain with AI for forecasting, inventory, and planning, without ripping out the ERP you already own.

  5. Mar 25

    Agentic Engineering: Leveraging Agentic AI to Build Agentic AI with Dr. Venkat Loganathan, ConverSight

    Agentic AI is changing engineering—from writing code to architecting intelligent systems. In this episode, we explore how AI elevates engineers, accelerates design, and requires a modern data foundation to unlock scalable, adaptive, decision-driven workflows.

  6. Jan 21

    AI in Construction: Improving Financial Visibility, with Nancy Bielke, i-Tech Support

    In this episode of the Data Insights Podcast, ConverSight CEO Ganesh Gandhieswaran sits down with Nancy Bielke, Senior ERP Sales Executive at i-Tech Support, to discuss how AI and modern ERP systems are changing the way construction companies manage projects, margins, and risk.

  7. 11/12/2025

    Redefining Operations in the Age of AI with Ben Hussey, Katana

    In this episode of the Data Insights Podcast, ConverSight CEO Ganesh Gandhieswaran sits down with Ben Hussey, Co-CEO of Katana, to discuss how modern, cloud-native systems and AI are redefining inventory management for today’s SMBs. From the pain points of managing stock in Excel to the rise of composable tech stacks that integrate Shopify, QuickBooks, and Katana, Ganesh and Ben unpack the real-world challenges of scaling operations, managing volatility, and improving visibility across channels. Together, they explore how AI is transforming supply chain decision-making—from automating repetitive warehouse tasks to forecasting demand, optimizing cost structures, and even communicating directly with suppliers.

  8. 10/14/2025

    AI in the Warehouse with Kyle Jacobson, Fishbowl

    In this episode of the Data Insights podcast, Ganesh and Kyle Jacobson discuss the evolving landscape of inventory management, particularly in the context of supply chain disruptions and the increasing reliance on AI and data analytics. They explore the challenges faced by businesses in managing inventory across multiple channels, the importance of demand forecasting, and how AI can enhance decision-making processes. The conversation also touches on the rise of agentic AI solutions and the future of AI in supply chain management, emphasizing the need for businesses to adapt and leverage technology effectively.

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The Data Insights Podcast, hosted by Ganesh Gandhieswaran, Co-Founder and CEO of ConverSight. Each episode sits down with operators, ERP partners, and industry leaders on what it takes to put AI to work in operations: sharper forecasts, leaner inventory, and faster decisions across supply chain, sales, and finance.  Guests share what worked, what stalled, and what they’d do differently.  Presented by ConverSight, the enterprise data and agentic AI platform for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Connect data from 150+ systems, ask Athena IQ in plain language, and let AI agents handle routine decisions within your rules, with your team approving the rest. Trusted by 1,500+ organizations. Learn more or book a demo at conversight.ai. 

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  • Creator
    ConverSight
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    37
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