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Beyond Traditional Trade Agreements: A Proposal for Creating ‘Rules of Resilience’

October 19, 2026
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Two trade experts are claiming to have identified a “critical gap” in the way that traditional trade agreements are created and assessed.


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An AI Playbook for Your Journey to Autonomous Planning

October 15, 2026
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For many supply chain organizations, putting artificial intelligence to work is proving to be a much bigger undertaking than simply adding a new piece of software.


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China’s 2026 Trade Surplus on Track to Exceed 2025

October 14, 2026
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This will stoke already combative relations with its major trading partners in the EU bloc of countries, and the U.S.


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October 13, 2026
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For an invoice that differs from its quote, the first question can be a simple one: What changed between the shipment we booked and the shipment the carrier billed?


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AI BOMs: The New Cybersecurity Imperative for Supply Chain Leaders

October 9, 2026
Chanley Howell, Vanessa Miller, Leighton Allen & R.J. McVeigh, SCB Contributors

Organizations that wait for industry security standards to fully mature or for a breach to force their hand will find themselves at a disadvantage with regulators, customers and insurers.


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Forests Are the Hidden Infrastructure of Global Supply Chains

October 7, 2026
Didier Bergeret, SCB Contributor

Forest protection is becoming critical for managing costs and operational risk as much as environmental responsibility.


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The Hidden Financing Risk Behind the New Tariff Environment

October 7, 2026
Harte Thompson, SCB Contributor

The brands that will manage this period well are the ones that understand, order by order, what their true landed cost and repayment timeline look like.


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Survey Finds More U.S. Manufacturers Reshoring, But Some High Hurdles Remain

October 5, 2026
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A growing number of manufacturers are reshoring at least a part of their operations to the U.S. or making plans to do so. But they still face significant hurdles.


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Why Production Drifts From the Sample You Approved

October 2, 2026
Liam Cai, SCB Contributor

Factories rarely change a product in one dramatic step. The drift is a sequence of small substitutions, each one defensible on its own.


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Report: ‘Super’ El Niño Poised to Upend Latin American Key Supply Chains

October 1, 2026
Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor

Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina are the three nations in South America most vulnerable to the negative effects.


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