Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Paul Hong, Doug Reinart, and Steve Miller
As volatility, digital acceleration, and cross-functional complexity intensify, the CSCO is evolving from operational leader to enterprise orchestrator, aligning finance, technology, and market strategy into a unified system of resilience and growth.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Tom Davis and Dennis Oates
As generative AI reshapes knowledge work, supply chain leaders must orchestrate people, processes, and intelligent systems, shifting from automation to integration to unlock real performance gains.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Saravana Venkatachalam and Arunachalam Narayanan
Supply chain planning tools are not new. Most organizations today rely on established systems for demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and network design. These tools are typically operated in a human-in-the-loop model: planners run scheduled processes…
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Joseph Sarkis
Circular supply chains are emerging as a foundational operating model for the circular economy, enabling organizations to drive sustainability, resilience, and long-term value through closed-loop material flows, strategic partnerships, and disciplined execution.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, CSP, C.P.M. MCIPS, President of Strategic Procurement Solutions LLC
Suppliers can “evaporate” without warning, making proactive supply chain risk management essential. Procurement leaders can take “intelligent risks” rather than defaulting to overly cautious, bureaucratic processes that hinder performance. He outlines five practical,…
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · John D. Schulz
LTL carriers are maintaining rare pricing discipline in a tepid market, but rising costs and lingering overcapacity will test how long that resolve can last.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Kevin O’Marah, co-founder, Zero100
Global trade wars and geopolitical tensions in 2026 are not breaking modern supply chains, but the rising cost of resilience is increasingly being passed on to consumers, creating price pressure, brand risk, and trust challenges.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Christopher A. Boone, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mississippi State University; Karl B. Manrodt, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia College and State University; M. Douglas Voss, Ph.D., Professor and Scott E. Bennett Arkansas Highway Commission Endowed Chair, Uni
Our survey team discovers a persistent gap between knowing what’s possible in logistics and actually putting it into practice. From AI adoption to talent development and technology integration, leaders understand the path forward, but action still lags.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · SCMR Staff
APQC research shows that while organizations pursue aggressive AI adoption and Net Zero emissions goals, most fail to account for AI’s energy use and GHG impact—creating a growing disconnect between digital transformation and climate commitments
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Marisa Brown
Supply chains are expanding the use of AI across functions, and that expansion means more data storage and more computation, which all require more electricity use and potentially more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during electricity production.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Venky Arun & Karthik Rai
As tariffs, volatility, and compressed launch cycles expose the limits of Tier 1 oversight, procurement leaders are leveraging AI-driven Tier 2 visibility to cut upstream costs, reduce hidden risk, and strengthen resilience.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Karin Bursa
In a world of constant disruption and exponential data growth, supply chain performance increasingly depends on how quickly leaders can detect change, decide with confidence, and convert decisions into coordinated action at scale.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Dr. Sreedevi Rajagopalan and Tori Arnold
Scope 3 is not a firm-level problem. It is a system-level problem, and it requires system-level solutions.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Larry Lapide
Futurism often overpromises insight into distant futures while offering limited practical value for the real planning decisions supply chain leaders must make today.
Monday, March 2, 2026 · Brian Straight
Supplier volatility is just another risk that must be actively managed, and that means setting up processes to monitor all suppliers, not just those perceived to be most important.
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