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Modex 2026: Now & next

Friday, May 15, 2026 · SCMR Staff
MHI’s Modex 2026 welcomed 50,000 registered visitors from every U.S. state and 132 countries, alongside 1,057 exhibitors covering 630,000 net square feet and representing all segments of the material handling, logistics, and transportation industry—from traditional, manual…

AI-powered warehouses: A new era of sustainable inventory management

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.

NextGen extends 2026 award, speaker submission deadlines amid strong industry interest

Thursday, May 14, 2026 · SCMR Staff
High engagement from across the supply chain industry has prompted the NextGen Supply Chain Conference to extend both its award submission and speaker proposal deadlines to June 1, giving organizations additional time to showcase real-world execution and transformation…

The final frontier: Navigating the last-mile paradox in 2026

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.

It isn’t just about gas prices

Monday, May 11, 2026 · Rosemary Coates
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.

Penske Logistics jumps into the end-to-end visibility pool as industry options grow

Friday, May 8, 2026 · SCMR Staff
Penske Logistics is the latest to introduce a new platform designed to unify transportation, warehousing, partner, and inventory data into a more continuous operational view aimed at accelerating decision-making and improving execution.

Why do supply chains need to think beyond sustainability?

Thursday, May 7, 2026 · Abhijeet Tewary
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.

Agentic AI is turning long-tail purchase orders into true cost savings

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 · Brian Straight
Agentic AI is shifting procurement from insight to execution by autonomously managing high-volume, low-value transactions and unlocking scale, consistency, and incremental savings across the long tail of spend.

Amazon opens its supply chain network to everyone

Monday, May 4, 2026 · Brian Straight
Amazon’s new Supply Chain Services platform formalizes a long-building strategy, with VP Peter Larsen explaining why the company believes scale, data, and volatility readiness give it an edge in a crowded 3PL market.

From scan events to continuous visibility: Every warehouse move becomes data

Monday, May 4, 2026 · Brian Straight
Gather AI’s expansion into lift-mounted cameras and enhanced drones reflects a broader shift from scan-based tracking to continuous, AI-driven visibility that captures every movement inside the warehouse.
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The $4 million procurement gap

Saturday, May 2, 2026 · Marisa Brown
Differences in how procurement processes are designed and executed can create more than a $4 million cost gap at scale.

The New Era of Supply Chain Risk: Strategies for a World That Won’t Sit Still

Thursday, April 30, 2026
Global supply chains are facing more uncertainty than at any time in the past decade. Cyberattacks, supplier failures, geopolitical conflicts, extreme weather, and regulatory changes now intersect to create continuous, multi-dimensional risk. In this high-impact webinar,…

The Role of 3PLs in Reducing Supply Chain Cybersecurity Risks

Thursday, April 30, 2026 · DHL Supply Chain
New research highlights growing cybersecurity concerns among supply chain leaders. Choosing the right partner is critical to defending your network.

The cultural roots of forecasting failures

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · Mike Burnette
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.

UPS RFID rollout signals next phase of supply chain visibility

Friday, April 24, 2026 · Brian Straight
UPS’s network-wide RFID rollout signals a shift from event-based tracking to continuous sensing, enabling real-time visibility that drives faster decisions, fewer errors, and greater supply chain flexibility.
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