HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Making Labor Management Predictive, Not Reactive February 2, 2026 Jeff Potts, Chief Customer Officer, AutoScheduler.AI Companies need the ability to identify how many operators are available and allocate them to the job functions that need them most. Read More
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
HR & LABOR MANAGEMENT Labor Management Is the Key to Operational Excellence February 2, 2026 Hisham Khaki, CEO, ShiftSwap The key to operational excellence is keeping your workforce stable, while flexing up or down to demand. Read More
ROBOTICS Warehouse Automation’s Next Frontier: Robots in the Distribution Yard February 2, 2026 Londonne Corder, Chief Marketing Officer, Outrider Over time, yards and warehouses will evolve into a single collaborative ecosystem.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 Meeting Labor Market Uncertainty With Strong Work Cultures February 2, 2026 Lisa Yankie, Chief Human Resources Officer, Odyssey Logistics In general, it’s not work that drives people from their jobs, but managers. 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
MATERIAL HANDLING Tackling Labor Shortages With Smarter Wheeled Systems February 2, 2026 Alex Stone, Regional Sales Manager, K.Hartwall - North America Today, every manual lift, restack and repalletizing step adds cost, risk and delay — all while increasing physical strain on a workforce that is already stretched thin. Read More