Warehouses that are best equipped to weather the storms of disruptions are often those that have the technology they need to stay resilient.  

Stijn-Pieter van Houten, chief product officer for supply chain management planning with SAP, details the state of the art in supply chain planning.

Executives who embrace the complexity of a fractured world, and build resilient supply chain systems for it, will shape the next generation of global trade.

M&A activity is not roaring back, but it is clearly on the uptick, with buyers allocating capital to acquisitions in a discerning yet deliberate way. 

The order-management lifecycle is ripe for automation — especially in the form of artificial intelligence.

Supply chains need to integrate and collaborate with end-to-end partners and vendors in a more efficient, orchestrated, always-on model.  

Instead of just analyzing data or suggesting next steps, agentic AI systems are now actually running parts of the sourcing process.

Together, an electrical distributor and a tech company harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to address the persistent challenge of lead time variability.

Beyond hunkering down in firefighting mode, it’s just as important that companies take a longer view of things.

While generative AI recognizes patterns and creates content, agentic AI uses these outputs to reason, plan, and take autonomous actions.