EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Reimagining Planner Competencies for Strategic Impact February 2, 2026 Dan Pellathy, Faculty of Practice, University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Scott DeGroot, Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Institute, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Traditional enterprise-wide training programs are misaligned with the unique demands of planning talent development. Read More
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Will AI Eliminate the Need to Teach SCM to Students and Supply Chain Professionals? February 2, 2026 Tan Miller, Supply Chain Professor, Rider University Generative AI has rapidly become a dominant topic of discussion throughout industry, and among supply chain professionals. Read More
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT How Leadership Teams Can Strengthen Decision-Making February 2, 2026 Tom Strohl, President, Oliver Wight Americas Uncertainty will remain a defining element of the business environment, making integrated decision processes and rapid insight essential. Read More
HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Adopting Gamification in Labor Management February 2, 2026 Jeff Jones, Senior Account Executive, Made4net Gamification addresses the human element of warehouse operations in ways that technology alone cannot. Read More
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Why Human–AI Interaction Still Defines Successful Digital Transformation February 2, 2026 Constantine Limberakis, Founder, Liberis Consulting LLC Procurement and supply chain tech providers show a widening gap between AI capability and user understanding. Read More
SOURCING & PROCUREMENT Lessons for AI Adoption From the Last Workforce Transformation February 2, 2026 Bill DeMartino, Liberis Consulting The outsourcing era demonstrated that business logic and technical capability are not enough to ensure transformation success. Read More
HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Better Labor Productivity Starts With Work Design, Not Stopwatches February 2, 2026 Stephen T. Hopper, Founder and Principal, Inviscid Consulting Unless work is designed effectively, no amount of pressure, micromanagement or good intentions is likely to boost productivity. Read More
HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Leading with Empathy and Agility in the AI Era February 2, 2026 Shannon Leffler, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, GEODIS in Americas For HR, the imperative is clear: the success of the digital overhaul depends entirely on overcoming internal resistance and establishing a foundation of trust. Read More
WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION The Current State of Emerging Technologies in the Warehouse February 2, 2026 Richard Shaheen, CRO & Founder, DTG The warehouse industry is in transition, operating with one foot in a paper-based past and the other in a digitally enabled future. Read More
HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Adopting Human-Centered AI in Supply Chain Management February 2, 2026 Frank Wiseley, Manager, Supply Chain Network Operations, Deloitte Human-centered AI enhances the expertise of planners, buyers and dispatchers by combining data-driven insights with human judgment. Read More
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