The company will look to consolidate lines at a U.K. plant, partially close a Barcelona warehouse, and shift to a distribution model handled by importer partners in Nordic markets.

There is real value in AI, but it is rarely going to be achieved via a reduction in the workforce.

The supply chains that lead in the years ahead will be those that treat ecosystem capability as a strategic advantage, combining AI-enabled coordination with human leadership, trust and governance.

Great governance means shifting the mindset from simply managing the supplier to governing an extended part of your enterprise.

As supply chain decisions move beyond the realm of operations to become matters of core strategy, governance becomes essential for competitiveness and profit sustainability. 

Supply chains are now strategic financial levers, shaping corporate performance and resilience in 2026 and beyond.

The landscape of corporate governance in 2026 is undergoing a fundamental shift.

The companies that lead on ESG over the next decade will not be the ones that did the harder, less visible work of making sustainability profitable.

Corporate resilience today is measured not only by infrastructure or technology, but by an organization’s cultural and institutional capacity to adapt.

As the workforce becomes scarcer, more valuable and more strategic, organizations must shift from headcount to capability, roles to skills, and static staffing to adaptive deployment.