Mergers and acquisitions and a digital-savvy younger generation are changing the landscape in supply chain planning, says Alex Pradhan, product strategy leader at John Galt Solutions.

Logility's demand-planning tool has immeasurably improved the customer experience at Berry Global, says David Walsh, vice president of supply chain and customer experience at Berry Global.

While the task and responsibility for managing the data supply chain is primarily the responsibility of information technology professionals, the concepts and tools we use every day directly apply to the data supply chain as well as the physical supply chain.  

Supply chains are in flux, and planners will need to deal with continuing challenges in the near future, says David Food, head of supply chain marketing at Board International.

The adoption of tactical “firefighting” rather than a strategic approach should sound alarm bells, not least because of the missed opportunity to revolutionize supply chain planning. 

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are game-changing technologies for many industries — especially supply chain and logistics.

A look at the technologies that logistics startups have developed to transform the last mile, as well as a peek into the future of the sector.

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

Consumer goods companies can’t seem to catch a break.