Resilience

Circular supply chains: The backbone of a successful circular economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Joseph Sarkis
Circular supply chains are emerging as a foundational operating model for the circular economy, enabling organizations to drive sustainability, resilience, and long-term value through closed-loop material flows, strategic partnerships, and disciplined execution.

Not-so-sweet spots: Diagnosing cocoa supply chain woes using FMEA

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 · Senali Amarasuriya, Ph.D.
A proactive approach using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis can help the cocoa and candy industry reduce waste, improve product quality, and strengthen supply chain resilience through collaboration and innovation.

The 4 trends mid-market manufacturers need to master to conquer 2026

Monday, January 5, 2026 · Brian Straight
As mid-market manufacturers head into 2026, competitive advantage will hinge on connecting supply chain flexibility, AI adoption, workforce reinvention, and M&A into a single, integrated resilience strategy.

Looking back, moving forward

Monday, December 1, 2025 · Brian Straight
Our annual Best of SCMR issue revisits the year’s most-read stories, the innovations that inspired change, and five hopes for a stronger supply chain in 2026.

ASCM Top 10 trends offer few surprises with AI, tariffs among concerns

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 · Brian Straight
Supply chains are entering a new era shaped by AI adoption, tariff pressures, workforce shortages, visibility demands, cybersecurity, and climate challenges. ASCM’s 2026 Top 10 Trends outline the biggest forces supply chain leaders must prepare for.

Beyond risk management: Making the case for supply chain resilience investment

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 · Jarrod Goentzel
Investing in resilience beyond traditional risk management can deliver long-term operational, financial, and competitive advantages, turning adaptive capacity into a strategic asset for future-ready supply chains.

Procurement leaders grapple with ESG, AI, and geopolitical risks

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 · Brian Straight
Procurement leaders are rethinking strategy as ESG regulation, AI adoption, and global disruptions converge, demanding stronger supplier engagement, better data, and deeper collaboration to manage rising risks.

Rethinking the semiconductor supply chain: Why collaboration is no longer optional

Monday, June 23, 2025 · Salah Nasri
The semiconductor supply chain is among the most complex in the world. But complexity is not an excuse for inertia — it’s a call to action. The future belongs to companies that can see beyond their own nodes in the chain, that prioritize partnerships over protectionism,…

Supplier diversification, AI readiness, and circularity top supply chain priorities for 2025

Thursday, December 12, 2024 · Lilian Bories
Supply chains are evolving rapidly in 2025 as businesses prioritize resilience, sustainability, and AI-driven innovation to navigate ongoing global disruptions and customer demands. Diversification of sourcing, AI adoption for predictive insights, and the integration of…

World Trade Centers offers a helping hand to create resilient, interconnected supply chains

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 · Brian Straight
Building resilient supply chains requires trust, and the World Trade Centers is helping foster that with locations around the globe, connecting companies with local resources.

Investor expectations influencing supply chain decision-making

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 · Brian Straight
Supply chain sustainability is increasingly an imperative for shareholders, and it is leading managers to consider investor relations in decision-making.

Predicting stockouts: Enhancing FMCG resilience through data-driven insights

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 · Madeleine Lee and Kamran Iqbal Siddiqui
Cutting-edge data analysis and predictive modeling techniques are revolutionizing the FMCG industry, helping companies prevent stockouts, improve case fill rates (CFRs), and boost resilience in a volatile market.

More complex trade-offs are necessary to maintain a high-performing supply chain

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 · Brian Straight
As supply chains have become more complex, so too have the decisions necessary to maintain performance, and that is causing ripple effects throughout organizations as companies seek to reimagine their supply chains.

Dun & Bradstreet Finds Most Supply Chains are Underprepared for Big Disruptions

Monday, March 11, 2024 · Amy Wunderlin
Despite the proliferation of technology to ease the process, most smaller businesses are not prioritizing the strengthening of their supply chains.

Can the Council on Supply Chain Resilience Secure the Nation?

Thursday, November 30, 2023 · Jeff Berman
The Biden administration has announced the Council on Supply Chain Resilience, an effort to engage the secure the nation’s most critical supply chains, including the agricultural supply chain.
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