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Prioritizing risk using structural simulation for complex global supply chains

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Greg Schlegel, Jim de Vries, and J. Chris White
Disruptions in your supply chain can hurt your business, but not all disruptions are the same. Structural modeling offers an opportunity to evaluate the types and locations of possible disruptions, and determine the proper approach to mitigate the risks.
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AI’s supporting role in supply chains

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Despite advances, developing workplace systems that facilitate AI-human working relationships is still in its early stages. Companies need to invest in systems that enable robots and humans to assume more sophisticated roles gradually.
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Don’t get lost with AI

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Brian Straight
Technology may drive supply chains of the future, but people and communication still power success.
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Speak financially, get results: Revisited

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Larry Lapide
To elevate S&OP from tactical to strategic, supply chain leaders must speak the language of finance—and involve finance early and often.
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Mastering the slippery slope of digital transformation to enable game-changing performance

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Stan Fawcett, Sebastian Brockhaus, Amydee M. Fawcett, and A. Michael Knemeyer
Lindsey Vonn pushed limits to reach the summit of the ski world. H er perseverance and approach to technology offer lessons that supply chain managers can adopt to travel their own fall lines to technological greatness.

Elevating B2B customer experience through specialized supply chains

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 · Saulo Spaolanse, senior vp of customer experience, Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric
Personalization isn’t just for B2C anymore. While consumer brands have long mastered the art of tailoring experiences, B2B players are now facing rising expectations from their customers and partners for the same level of customization.

AI and the New Era of Demand Planning

Monday, June 30, 2025 · Anaplan
Demand planning is no longer just about forecasting—it's about navigating uncertainty with intelligence and agility. Traditional methods are too slow, too siloed, and too reactive to meet the demands of global supply chains. This webinar explores how artificial…

Three ways CSCOs can harness uncertainty to drive growth in the AI era

Monday, June 30, 2025 · Gartner Supply Chain
Customers want enhanced personalization, seamless technology, and sustainable options, often at the lowest possible cost. CSCOs must respond by building outcome-driven supply chain models that can deliver differentiated service levels for different customer segments.

Making sourcing more strategic: Negotiating uncertainty during times of turbulence

Friday, June 27, 2025 · Jonathan Hughes, Ashley Hetrick, and Phil Liu
Insights from 600-plus companies across 15 years of research have identified ways procurement and supply chain leaders can drive greater value through strategic sourcing and collaborative negotiations.

Rethinking enterprise yard operations: The rise of the yard operating system

Thursday, June 26, 2025 · Bart De Muynck
As customer expectations rise and cost pressures intensify, supply chains can no longer afford for yard operations to remain a blind spot.

Infographic: Developing next-gen supply chain planning experts

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 · Marisa Brown
The competencies needed by tomorrow’s supply chain planning professionals are very different from those needed just a few years ago. Although many leaders recognize that planners need both soft and technical skills, organizations often rely on traditional approaches to…

Drop trailer forecasting in volatile networks

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Through the use of advanced forecasting methods like Gradient Boosted Trees, companies can improve resource allocation, reduce costs, and enhance service levels when using drop trailers.

6 Questions With … Plante Moran’s Lou Longo

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 · SCMR Staff
Supply Chain Management Review spoke with Lou Longo, partner and leader of Plante Moran’s international consulting practice, on how to safeguard margins in a high-tariff economy in this 6 Questions With … feature.

Remembering Fred Smith, FedEx founder

Monday, June 23, 2025 · Jeff Berman
Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx, passed away on Saturday, June 21. Smith was 80.

C.H. Robinson rolls out AI agent to address LTL classification overhaul

Thursday, June 19, 2025 · Brian Straight
With sweeping changes coming to the U.S. less-than-truckload freight classification system, C.H. Robinson is turning to artificial intelligence to smooth the transition.
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