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What options do you really have? Shaping the supply chain resilience funnel

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Kirstin Scholten, Dirk Pieter van Donk, and Stefania Boscari
Before investing in supply chain resilience, map your real option space—then decide what is feasible, useful, and usable under pressure.
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Nexus suppliers: Hidden anchors of resilience in decentralized supply chains

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Obie Byrum, MBA, Ph.D.
As supply chains become more decentralized and fragmented, resilience increasingly depends not on the number of suppliers in the network, but on “nexus suppliers” whose embedded relationships, informal influence, and cross-network coordination quietly stabilize operations…
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Developing the next generation of supply chain leaders: Is higher education serving the needs of the marketplace?

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Sumantra Sengupta
As supply chain management has evolved into a broader value chain leadership discipline, universities face growing pressure to redesign curriculum around risk, resilience, finance, geopolitics, technology, and hands-on leadership development to better prepare graduates for the…
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The value proposition: Bridging the skills gap between the SCM degree and the workplace

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · David Widdifield, DBA and Misty Blessley, Ph.D.
As AI, geopolitical volatility, and sustainability mandates rapidly reshape supply chain operations, universities and industry partners face growing pressure to redesign SCM education around applied digital fluency, resilience, and real-world execution skills that better…
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Lead time economics: What semiconductor supply chains reveal about strategic planning

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Nikhil Vishnu Vadlamudi
As AI-driven demand, geopolitical volatility, and massive capital requirements collide, semiconductor supply chains are becoming a blueprint for how capital-intensive industries must rethink long-range planning, risk-sharing, and capacity strategy in an era where market…
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Finding the ROI in supply chain education

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Bridget McCrea
As supply chain roles expand, professionals and companies are looking harder at which certifications and programs deliver the best return on investment.
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Managing human and AI teams across the supply chain

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Marisa Brown
Supply chain teams operate in environments where conditions can change by the hour (or faster). To keep pace, many organizations are embedding AI directly into their workflows. AI-driven systems increasingly help teams monitor operations, identify risks, surface…
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Risk sharing is the new advantage in capital project delivery

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Neal Walters and Bill Duffy
As labor shortages, capacity constraints, and record infrastructure spending reshape capital markets, leading organizations are turning to risk-sharing contracts to improve execution, accelerate decision-making, and gain a competitive advantage in project delivery.
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The AI-empowered supply chain leader

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Anne G. Robinson, Ph.D.
If you believe the headlines, AI is about to put global supply chains on autopilot, quietly sidelining planners, buyers, and logistics managers. That may make for great clickbait, but it’s not the story unfolding inside leading supply chain organizations.
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From rules of origin to rules of resilience

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Gastón Cedillo, Ph.D. and Chris Mejia-Argueta, Ph.D.
For decades, trade agreements have focused on fundamental components: product or service features, markets, regulatory standards, investment protections, and dispute resolution. Recent supply chain disruptions have exposed critical weaknesses.
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Chokepoints need the ‘Theory of Constraints’

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Larry Lapide
As geopolitical tensions expose vulnerabilities in global trade routes, supply chain leaders can apply the “Theory of Constraints” to identify chokepoints, build strategic buffers, and design more resilient networks capable of absorbing disruption before it becomes a crisis.
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Technology isn’t strategy

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Brian Straight
The rush to implement AI, robotics, and other automation solutions isn’t the key to success; but it is a holistic approach to solving your pain points.

Strait of Hormuz reopens, but supply chains face a long road to recovery

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Brian Straight
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz marks the beginning of supply chain recovery, highlighting why organizations must move beyond visibility to faster, intelligence-driven decision-making in an era of constant disruption.

What the INFORMS Analytics+ Conference revealed about the future of supply chain (and why you might be getting left behind)

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Marianna Vydrevich
The INFORMS Analytics+ Conference demonstrated that organizations combining advanced analytics, AI, and operations research with business expertise are creating a widening competitive advantage over supply chain leaders that are not developing internal analytical capabilities.

Coordinating AI-enabled supply chain operations

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · SCMR Staff
As supply chains embed AI across operations, organizations must strengthen coordination, governance, visibility, and workforce capabilities to ensure intelligent systems deliver scalable business value.
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