Artificial Intelligence

How AI is shifting global supply chains from reactive to predictive

Monday, January 12, 2026 · Kishan Kumar
As global volatility intensifies, artificial intelligence is transforming supply chains from reactive, siloed operations into predictive, resilient, and increasingly autonomous systems.

Global Links, the next chapter: Honoring a legacy, shaping what’s next

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 · Karin Bursa
As Global Links welcomes a new editor, the focus remains clear: help supply chain leaders cut through the noise, harness AI and decision intelligence, and turn their supply chain operations into engines for growth and resilience.

AI’s energy appetite is emerging as a supply chain risk

Monday, December 29, 2025 · Brian Straight
As AI-driven electricity demand outpaces aging grid infrastructure, energy availability and cost are emerging as critical, and largely underappreciated, risks to supply chain resilience.

NextGen Supply Chain Conference returns to Nashville in 2026 with focus on innovation, talent, and transformation

Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Brian Straight
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference returns to Nashville with a practitioner-led agenda focused on how supply chain leaders are innovating with technology, upskilling their teams, and transforming operations across key industries.

3 strategies to turn supply chain uncertainty into advantage in 2026

Monday, December 15, 2025 · Thomas O’Connor, chief of research, Gartner Supply Chain
In an era of persistent volatility, Gartner argues that supply chain leaders can turn uncertainty into advantage by embedding AI into workflows, engineering profit through disciplined cost management, and stress-testing networks before disruption strikes.

AI’s new role in running the warehouse

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 · Brian Straight
A Mecalux–MIT survey of more than 2,000 warehouse leaders shows that AI adoption has reached mainstream maturity, is driving operational gains, expanding the workforce, and ushering in a new era of intelligent, self-optimizing warehouse networks.

Inside the next era of motor freight: How data, AI, and automation are redefining performance

Monday, December 8, 2025 · Bridget McCrea
Digital tools, AI-driven insights, and smarter automation are transforming motor freight, but only organizations that align people, processes, and technology are capturing the full value of these innovations.

Next-Gen Supply Chains: Underpinning your ability to manage complexity and drive innovation

Friday, December 5, 2025 · Ricardo Ernst, Michael Brown, and Mayank Sharma
Traditional supply chain engineering is no longer effective. But no single transformation model is universally useful. Instead, there are three pillars that should guide supply chain digitization.

Using digital twins to master supply chain volatility

Monday, December 1, 2025 · Bridget McCrea
A digital twin gives supply chain planners a safe way to test ideas and see how change affects performance in a largely unpredictable business environment.

Augmenting human capabilities and driving future supply chains with Agentic AI

Monday, December 1, 2025 · Global Links
Agentic AI systems embed intelligence at every node of the supply “NETWORK,” thereby driving actions, decision-making, and self-learning.

Why AI isn’t ready to replace humans in third-party risk management

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · Brian Straight
Insights from Aravo’s Dave Rusher and The Edmund Group’s Steven Adler show that while AI enhances supplier-risk intelligence and network-design decisions, companies must retain ownership of risk through human expertise and proactive strategy.

From platform wars to business impact: A story of change, data, and AI in supply chain planning

Friday, November 14, 2025 · Bakul Sharma
Supply chain planning leaders are shifting from “platform wars” to outcome-driven transformation, prioritizing measurable business impact through change management, data governance, and AI-enabled decision agility.

2026: The age of the AI supply chain

Thursday, November 13, 2025 · Brian Higgins and Lenny LaRocca
AI is redefining how global supply chains operate, forcing manufacturers and automakers to strengthen data foundations, upskill their workforce, and adopt new operating models like local-for-local production to compete in 2026 and beyond.

Engineering the future of logistics—from the inside out

Friday, November 7, 2025 · C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson isn’t waiting for disruption to arrive—we’re building it. Explore how agentic AI is transforming logistics from the inside out.

20 GPT prompts every procurement professional needs

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 · Kseniia Litovskaia
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.
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