Industrial real estate strategy has become a critical supply chain performance lever, with facility design, automation readiness, labor availability, power infrastructure, and regional market…
As supplier integration becomes a critical driver of innovation and speed to market, organizations must equip supply chain professionals with stronger technical, analytical, and cross-functional…
Successful supply chain transformations deliver stronger financial outcomes when finance leaders are embedded from strategy through execution, using a structured five-phase framework to manage…
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 · Aleks Leitmanis, Director of Property, TMX Transform
Industrial real estate strategy has become a critical supply chain performance lever, with facility design, automation readiness, labor availability, power infrastructure, and regional market conditions directly influencing operational efficiency, resilience, and long-term…
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · Sime Curkovic and Dr. Thomas V. Scannell
As supplier integration becomes a critical driver of innovation and speed to market, organizations must equip supply chain professionals with stronger technical, analytical, and cross-functional skills while breaking down organizational silos that limit strategic participation…
Successful supply chain transformations deliver stronger financial outcomes when finance leaders are embedded from strategy through execution, using a structured five-phase framework to manage working capital, risk, and long-term value creation.
A supply chain expert demonstrated how generative AI can be used to build a functional S&OP application in roughly 30 hours without traditional coding, highlighting how AI literacy and domain expertise are reshaping software development, supply chain planning, and…
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 · Dravida Seetharam and Sarah Lahti
Global AI regulations are rapidly creating a competitive divide in supply chains, forcing organizations to balance compliance, governance, and innovation while adapting operations across increasingly fragmented regulatory environments.
Monday, June 1, 2026 · Vincent E. Castillo, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, and Abhinav “Sunny” Hasija, Ph.D., Grand Valley State University
AI coding agents are enabling supply chain leaders to rapidly prototype decision-support tools and operational systems, shifting innovation from IT-led development to business-led experimentation while increasing the need for disciplined testing, governance, and collaboration.
Satellite and Earth-observation data are emerging as a critical supply chain visibility tool, enabling organizations to detect disruptions days or even weeks before traditional systems and make faster, lower-cost decisions.
A new supply chain framework argues that in today’s volatile global trade environment, companies can dramatically improve profitability and liquidity by optimizing capital velocity, payment timing, and container density rather than focusing solely on freight costs and…
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 · Dr. Sebastian Brockhaus and Alina Marculetiu
Small and medium-sized enterprises are surviving today’s era of permanent supply chain disruption not through scale or leverage, but by building agile collaboration, purposeful transparency, and operational “footwork” that allows partners to adapt together when trade…
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 · Dr. Rizwan Manzoor, assistant professor, IMT Ghaziabad, India
As geopolitical disruption, infrastructure shifts, and freight volatility accelerate, the Volatility-Adaptive Automation Portfolio offers a tool every CFO needs
A Pressure Point Framework for warehouse operations argues that most supply chain disruptions stem from four root causes—space pressure, flow pressure, cost pressure, and resilience pressure—and that accurately diagnosing the true operational constraint is essential to…
Shippers evaluating third-party logistics providers must look beyond whether a 3PL simply “has EDI” and instead assess how its EDI infrastructure, outsourcing model, ASN capabilities, and operational integration directly impact retail compliance, fulfillment execution, and…
Monday, May 18, 2026 · Benjamin Jury, Director Analyst, Gartner Supply Chain
Chief supply chain officers who move beyond consensus-building and instead act as assertive advocates by embedding supply chain expertise into financial and operational decisions are significantly more likely to achieve sustained cost excellence amid rising inflation, energy…
For years, procurement has been defined by what it saved. It was a cost control function designed to ensure needed materials or services were acquired at the least cost possible. But in 2026, procurement is no longer being viewed that same way. Today, procurement is being…
Friday, May 15, 2026 · Eva Ponce, Ph.D., and Laura Allegue
New research findings reveal AI and automation are becoming the backbone of omnichannel supply chains as companies move from capability building to real-time, profitable execution.
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