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Rethinking E-Commerce Fulfillment Automation in a Fast-Moving Market

October 6, 2025
Hamid Montazeri, Vice President, Software and Artificial Intelligence, Locus Robotics

Autonomous robots designed to augment humans and adapt to operational shifts are helping companies make the pivot away from rigid, capital-intensive systems.


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What This Year’s Back-to-School Season Taught Retailers

September 22, 2025
Tav Tepfer, SCB Contributor

Retailers that build flexible plans, strengthen cross-team coordination and prepare for shifts in advance are better equipped to handle change.


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Why Ambient IoT Is the Engine Behind the Next Supply Chain Revolution

September 12, 2025
Nick Matthews, SCB Contributor

AI is only as good as the data it gets — and ambient IoT is delivering the data that supply chains have been missing.


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Why AI Will Reshape — Not Replace — the Role of Supply Chain Planning

September 12, 2025
Andrew Bell, SCB Contributor

By 2030, the most effective supply chains will be the ones where humans and AI learn, adapt and orchestrate together in real time. 


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Future-Proofing Pharmaceutical Imports: Tactics for a Volatile 2025

August 12, 2025
Melissa Sayers, SCB Contributor

Pharmaceutical importers are navigating one of the most volatile trade environments in recent memory.


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AI/ML Capabilities Bring Better Signals, Models, and Collaboration to Demand Forecasting

August 7, 2025
Sunder Balakrishnan, SCB Contributor

The CPG and retail industries can no longer afford to rely on fragile, backward-looking forecasting systems.


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In the Age of Supply Chain Tech, Who — or What — Is a ‘Partner’?

August 4, 2025
Robert J. Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

By all means, consider embracing technology to supercharge all aspects of your supply chain. But never underestimate the power of human-driven partnerships to yield the best and most valuable results.


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AI-Powered Supply Chains: Building Resilience in a Complicated World

July 25, 2025
Justin Newell, SCB Contributor

For supply chains, artificial intelligence offers new paradigms and approaches, delivering streamlined processes and results that are unprecedented.


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Outsmart Disruption with AI: Three Strategies for Supply Chain Resilience

July 18, 2025
Tanguy Caillet, SCB Contributor

With the integration of AI, enterprise leaders have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build smarter, more resilient supply chain operations.


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Mathematical Optimization: Supply Chain Management by the Numbers

July 14, 2025
Brad Berger, Contributing Editor

Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. In the end, though, it all comes down to a game of numbers.


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Inventory Planning/ Optimization

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding inventory planning and optimization and its impact on supply chain management. New technologies in inventory planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using inventory planning solutions for supply chain optimization.

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