Agentic artificial intelligence, geopolitical uncertainties and energy acquisition are the three biggest issues facing supply chain procurement professionals, says Ryan Polk, senior director analyst at Gartner.

If the industry failed, she argued, Europe would be left reliant on the U.S. and China for a key manufacturing material.

Recently we’ve seen the emergence of agentic AI, which signals the arrival of “autonomous” systems that appear to dispense with the need for humans altogether.

Risk management using artificial intelligence can identify and mitigate tariff exposures across multi-tier supply chains, says Kit Conklin, global head of risk and compliance at Exiger.

ProcureCon Europe 2025 heads to a brand-new location — the Austria Center Vienna — bringing fresh energy and opportunity to Europe’s most influential gathering of senior procurement professionals, taking place September 23 - 25, 2025.

Target Chief Commercial Officer Rick Gomez said that the retailer has reduced the share of products it sources from China from 60% in 2017, to 30% today.

A case study about integrated business planning with Gretchen Talley, global supply chain planning process owner with PepsiCo, and Dominick Metzger, president and chief product officer with SAP Supply Chain Management.

In the midst of economic and trade turmoil, it’s the responsibility of business leaders to develop and maintain effective relationships with supply chain partners.

Simi Thambi, a climate and nature economist at FAIRR, describes an unexpected environmental consequence of the Trump Administration’s tariffs on products from China.

Lee Smith of the law firm of Baker Donelson details seven new categories of imports that have come under investigation by the U.S. Commerce Department.