Friday, July 24, 2026 · Brian Straight
New Schneider Electric North America Supply Chain Officer Jackie Zhu shares how a career spanning multiple business functions, combined with a relentless customer focus, AI-driven visibility and resilience-by-design, is helping him lead one of the world's top-ranked…
Thursday, July 23, 2026 · Dravida Seetharam and Sarah Lahti
Artificial intelligence is transforming supply chain jobs, leadership and workforce development, requiring organizations to invest as heavily in talent, reskilling and organizational change as they do in AI technology.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 · James Smith, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner Supply Chain
AI-driven demand for memory chips is creating significant supply chain disruptions and technology cost increases, forcing organizations to rethink forecasting, procurement, sourcing flexibility and vendor negotiations.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · SCMR Staff
The NextGen Supply Chain Conference will showcase award-winning technology companies Netstock and Pickle Robot, giving attendees the opportunity to hear directly from the innovators behind AI-powered planning, autonomous warehouse operations and collaborative robotics.
Monday, July 20, 2026 · Norman Katz
A proposal to increase truck weight limits from 80,000 to 91,000 pounds has reignited debate over freight efficiency, infrastructure resilience, bridge safety and the long-term costs of America's aging transportation network.
Friday, July 17, 2026 · Bruce Rishel and Blake Brownlee
An industrial manufacturer dramatically improved inbound logistics by repurposing Microsoft Bookings into a low-cost dock scheduling system, reducing yard congestion by roughly 90% and demonstrating how creative technology adaptation can accelerate supply chain execution.
Thursday, July 16, 2026 · Kevin Brown, Dell Technologies’ EVP of Global Operations and CSCO
AI will only improve supply chain performance if organizations first simplify workflows, standardize processes and build disciplined operations; otherwise, it simply automates existing complexity and inefficiency.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · Vishal Singh
Traditional forecasting fails when demand is driven by external events, making causal demand sensing based on weather, installed assets and other real-world signals a more accurate and resilient approach to modern supply chain planning.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · Alexander Litvin
Companies investigating supply chain failures often blame the supplier identified in their ERP system rather than tracing the actual component lot, causing organizations to miss the true root cause and repeat the same manufacturing risks.
Monday, July 13, 2026 · SCMR Staff
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference has unveiled its agenda, featuring executive speakers from Wayfair, Eli Lilly, Tractor Supply, Apple, Amazon, Evonik, Stanford Medicine, and other leading organizations who will share practical strategies for AI, automation, digital…
Monday, July 13, 2026 · Adi Bijedic, Geoffrey Boutin, Felix Brockerhoff
AI is reshaping how procurement teams prepare and execute supplier negotiations. As cost pressure intensifies and supplier dynamics become more complex, CPOs need a faster, more coordinated approach to protect margins and deliver consistent value.
Friday, July 10, 2026 · Alex Solis and Rodney Thomas
Supply chain resilience depends less on technology and more on managerial judgment, organizational flexibility, and the ability to make high-quality decisions under uncertainty.
Thursday, July 9, 2026 · Tim Tetzlaff, Digital Transformation Officer, DHL Supply Chain
Building resilient supply chains in today’s volatile business environment requires standardized digital platforms, integrated automation, and AI-powered orchestration that enable humans and robots to work together in flexible, scalable operations.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · Evan Smith, CEO and Co-founder, Altana
Traditional supply chain risk management systems are no longer sufficient for today’s trade environment, requiring companies to adopt AI-powered, product-level visibility and end-to-end traceability to manage tariffs, regulatory compliance, and geopolitical risk.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 · Alexander Litvin
Component verification must move beyond supplier qualification to lot-level integrity checks, because the most costly supply chain failures often stem from misrepresented components that pass standard inspections and are only discovered after production or field failures.
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