As manufacturers adjust their pricing strategies, an operational challenge has emerged: Keeping prices accurate and synchronized across core business and customer platforms.

ERP integration creates the single source of truth vendors need to create a pricing ecosystem that adapts to customer preferences and supply chain volatility.

At its core, S&OP depends on establishing a single, agreed-upon version of the truth that every stakeholder can see, interpret in context, and execute against with confidence.

Point-of-sale systems have recently become a particular favorite when it comes to finding vulnerable chinks in the armor.

Leaders must move beyond the notion of agentic AI as merely a technical tool, and recognize its capacity to drive tangible improvements across sourcing, procurement and contracting processes.

Companies that adopt verifiable data frameworks will achieve coordination faster, operate with greater resilience, and reduce the friction that currently consumes operational budgets.

While much of the attention last year focused on Gen AI to do things better, the focus in 2026 will shift to agentic AI to do things entirely differently

Organizations that approach fraud risk management as an element of operational excellence, rather than a compliance exercise, are better positioned to sustain long-term performance.

Large retailers are placing automated MFCs in stores to pull inventory closer to demand, compressing cycle times.

The future of industrial construction will depend on connected, intelligent ecosystems that don’t just analyze data, but act on it.