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Beyond landed cost: A resilient-grid supply chain playbook for the commercial EV sector

Friday, February 13, 2026 · Mukesh Sharma In the volatile 2026 trade environment, commercial EV manufacturers must move beyond lowest landed cost and adopt a portfolio-based Resilient-Grid sourcing model to manage tariffs, capital constraints, and material volatility.

What It Really Means: Supply chain control towers

Thursday, February 12, 2026 · Andrew Byer and Mike Dobslaw A supply chain control tower is a centralized organizational and digital hub that integrates data, people, and processes to provide real-time visibility, coordination, and decision-making across broad portions of the supply chain.

The hidden fill-rate killers that manufacturers often miss in multi-DC network ERP transformations

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 · Srinivasan Narayanan During ERP cloud transformations, manufacturers often see fill rates decline not because of technology failures, but because long-standing assumptions about sourcing, planning, and multi-DC execution are exposed under real operating conditions.

The AI efficiency trap: Why you should be using AI to grow value, not just shrink costs

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 · Rodney Thomas and Remko van Hoek Most organizations use AI to cut costs and move faster, but the companies that will lead their industries are using AI to improve decision quality, deepen insight, and build differentiation, not just efficiency.

From pilots to performance: Embedded AI agents are reshaping retail operations

Monday, February 9, 2026 · Brian Straight As retailers move from AI experimentation to execution, embedded AI agents powered by clean, real-time data and governed by clear guardrails are emerging as the foundation for reliable, scalable retail decision-making in 2026.

Doing more with less: Practical AI moves for procurement teams in 2026

Friday, February 6, 2026 · Corrine Chen Procurement teams facing tighter budgets and higher expectations in 2026 can unlock real value from AI by focusing on practical, modular use cases—GenAI drafting, spend analytics, and supplier risk monitoring—that deliver measurable results without replacing core systems.

The AI data center bill of materials: What procurement should lock first

Thursday, February 5, 2026 · Shilen Jhaveri AI data center projects slip not because GPUs are late, but because procurement fails to lock long-lead power, networking, and cooling components that quietly define the true critical path to usable compute.

Staples Canada rethinks its fulfillment model

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 · Brian Straight Staples Canada transformed its warehouse operations by replacing manual picking and legacy conveyors with AMRs, cutting errors and cycle time while doubling productivity and improving employee experience across its Canadian fulfillment network.

AI in procurement: Building the foundations for the next era of impact

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 · Baber Farooq, senior vice president and head of market strategy, SAP Ariba Procurement leaders can only unlock AI’s full value by modernizing data, redesigning processes, and upskilling teams; treating AI adoption as an enterprise transformation rather than a technology rollout.

Successful AI in retail only works when operations change with it

Monday, February 2, 2026 · Brian Straight AI delivers real supply chain value only when it is embedded into operational workflows and paired with process change, not layered on top of broken decisions.

Can AI help simplify put-away rule configuration in WMS?

Friday, January 30, 2026 · Sreekumar Somasundaram As warehouse put-away logic grows more complex, AI-assisted WMS models offer a potential path to reduce configuration burden by shifting bin-level decisions from static rules to data-driven, real-time optimization.

Manufacturers’ AI adoption is outpacing cyber, compliance, and risk governance

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · Brian Straight Manufacturers are rapidly deploying AI across production and supply chains, but new research shows their governance, cybersecurity, and compliance controls are lagging—creating growing exposure to adversarial AI attacks, regulatory scrutiny, and third-party supply chain…

A playbook for disaster preparedness

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · Ashley Hubka, SVP & GM, Walmart Business A practical disaster preparedness playbook outlines how businesses can strengthen continuity planning, protect employees, and accelerate recovery from hurricanes, floods, cyberattacks, and other disruptions through proactive risk assessment, supply chain flexibility, and…

Supply chain resilience and AI readiness start with location-based data

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 · Brian Straight Supply chain resilience and AI readiness increasingly depend on source-level and location-based data that gives organizations visibility into where materials originate, how networks interact, and where risk is emerging.

Why retail planning is moving beyond seasonal forecasts

Monday, January 26, 2026 · Brian Straight Retailers are moving beyond seasonal planning toward integrated, AI-driven decision frameworks that connect real-time demand signals, financial guardrails, and execution at the store level.