Thursday, November 6, 2025 · Sai Teja Yerapothina, senior director, last mile delivery, Walmart
Walmart’s Sai Teja Yerapothina outlines a pragmatic, three-pillar framework—digital, physical, and human—for transforming brick-and-mortar stores into agile last-mile fulfillment hubs that enhance speed, reduce costs, and boost sustainability.
AI tools like ChatGPT are transforming procurement by automating the routine work that once consumed entire weeks, freeing teams to focus on strategy, relationships, and results.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 · Saravanan Venkatachalam and Arunachalam Narayanan
A national retailer fused optimization modeling with large language models to turn complex supply-chain math into clear, role-specific narratives that planners and executives could understand—and trust.
Amazon is doubling down on grocery with a bold same-day delivery push to 2,300 U.S. cities, positioning itself directly against Walmart’s two-channel dominance. But as the grocery chess match escalates, the battle is about more than speed—it’s about which model best…
For decades, business leaders largely assumed that globalization and free trade would steadily reduce barriers. Tariffs were seen as temporary political tools, usually negotiated away over time. That assumption is gone.
Monday, November 3, 2025 · Akshat Doshi, M.S. Supply Chain Analytics, Rutgers University
Artificial intelligence and digital twins are transforming supply chain resilience from reactive recovery to proactive, predictive, and even self-correcting adaptability.
The wave of large-scale automotive recalls in 2025 revealed that recall management has evolved from a compliance exercise into a crucial measure of supply chain resilience, agility, and customer trust.
As online holiday orders surge, AI-enabled post-purchase solutions help retailers manage delivery visibility, deflect service calls, and enhance customer loyalty while easing operational strain.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 · Tariq H. Malik, Yangyan Shi, and Yehan Dou
OpenAI and DeepSeek represent two contrasting approaches to AI in supply chain management—one driven by responsible innovation and global trust, the other by engineering pragmatism and rapid scalability—revealing that narrative power, not just technology, is shaping the…
Thursday, October 16, 2025 · Jennifer Jewson, president of Together for Sustainability
Even as ESG faces political headwinds, U.S. chemical companies are proving that responsible procurement isn’t just about compliance—it’s a catalyst for resilience, innovation, and long-term value creation.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 · Frank Balonis, CISO, Kiteworks
The exploitation of GoAnywhere’s managed file transfer systems by Storm-1175 exposes how fragile and interconnected today’s digital supply chains have become—and why organizations must move from reactive patching to proactive, trust-based resilience.
Canada’s small-scale auto parts suppliers leveraged green procurement principles such as urgency, coalition building, transparent communication, and structured empowerment to navigate the 2025 tariff crisis, turning sustainability capabilities into a lasting competitive and…
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 · Sreekumar Somasundaram
Successful warehouse management system implementation requires more than software deployment—it’s a strategic, iterative process that aligns technology, operations, and people to achieve lasting performance gains.
Monday, September 29, 2025 · Lennart Held, VP, Robotics, Infios
Humanoid robots offer unique potential in warehouses designed for people, but current limitations in efficiency, performance, and ROI mean they remain experimental rather than ready for full-scale deployment.
Tariff volatility is reshaping global supply chains. A four-lever framework—spanning engineering, compliance, sourcing, and commercial strategy—can reduce tariff impacts by up to 80% while strengthening resilience.
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