The rules of supply chain network design (SCND) have fundamentally shifted. In an era where volatility is the only constant, a supply chain modeled solely for stability is no longer an asset, it is a strategic liability.
Friday, May 15, 2026 · Kyungmin Kook and Elisa Ruiz Mugica
AI-powered drone automation is helping warehouses reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve inventory accuracy, and lower operational waste, demonstrating how inventory management can become a meaningful driver of supply chain sustainability.
Thursday, May 14, 2026 · Andrew Byer and Mike Dobslaw
Supply chains create competitive advantage when they move beyond siloed operational metrics and align every supply, planning, manufacturing, and logistics decision directly to evolving business goals, customer expectations, and market strategy.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 · Walter Salek, MS SCM program director, Elmhurst University
The battle for last-mile dominance is no longer about retail alone, but about which AI-driven logistics network can most effectively balance automation, labor, consumer behavior, and fulfillment economics in an increasingly complex delivery environment.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · Andrea Montecchi, Chairman, Oliver Wight
Organizations that achieve strong C-suite synchronization through integrated business planning, aligned leadership behaviors, and enterprise-wide visibility are better positioned to turn strategy into consistent operational execution and long-term business performance.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is exposing how deeply modern supply chains depend on petroleum-based inputs, creating cascading disruptions across transportation, agriculture, plastics, chemicals, semiconductors, and global consumer markets.
Regenerative supply chains move beyond simply reducing environmental and social harm by focusing on restoring the ecosystems, communities, and production systems that long-term supply chain resilience and competitiveness depend on.
Benchmark supply chains are shifting from internally driven planning to a Right-to-Left model synchronized with actual consumption. The result: lower inventory, stronger service, and measurable gains in total value.
Forecasting failures in supply chains persist not due to flawed analytics, but because of deeply embedded organizational culture, misaligned incentives, and fragmented planning processes that distort true demand signals.
Thursday, April 23, 2026 · Andrew Byer and Mike Dobslaw
Operational excellence in supply chain management goes beyond hitting KPIs by consistently delivering stretch-target performance that is efficient, predictable, and sustainable over time.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 · Mel Mohamednur, Director Analyst, Gartner Supply Chain
Supply chain leaders must move beyond AI readiness to redesign talent, performance metrics, and workflows around human–AI collaboration to unlock real operational value.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 · Nicolò Masorgo, PhD; Thu Trang Hoang, PhD; David D. Dobrzykowski, PhD; John E. Bell, PhD; and Morgan Swink, PhD
E-commerce late orders are driven by a breakdown between warehouse operations and transportation, and can be mitigated through early detection thresholds, strategic deprioritization, and simplified order flows.
Retail inventory inaccuracies are less about theft and more about outdated accounting methods like the retail inventory method that distort stock visibility, forecasting, and replenishment decisions.
Supply chains are no longer constrained by data scarcity but by slow, unclear decision-making processes that prevent organizations from acting on insights in real time.
U.S. importers are overwhelmed by supply chain data and trade signals, but the real challenge is not access to information, it’s assigning clear ownership to interpret risk, prioritize action, and respond in time.
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