Ever-growing complexity and volatility are the unfortunate hallmarks of the modern-day consumer packaged goods supply chain. How can retailers cope?

Companies that place their entire focus on new supply-chain technologies are in danger of losing sight of their larger business goals, warns Roger Thomas, industry principal with SAS Institute.

Sean Elliott, global chief technology officer with HighJump, describes his view of the supply chain of the future -- as well as the obstacles that stand in the way of that vision becoming a reality.

For companies looking to simulate and optimize their supply chains, technology is getting ahead of organizations' ability to manage it. Bill Benton, chief executive officer of GAINSystems, has a solution.

The old days of the Quality movement seem quaint in retrospect: the banners, the slogans, the prizes and team-building events. Today, quality management is all about information — or, more to the point, how to keep from getting buried in it.

Supply-chain visibility is just the first step in the journey toward enabling a digital supply chain, says David McCarty, vice president of customer solutions with TransVoyant.

Safety and efficiency: It’s a constant balancing act for manufacturers and the supply chain.

Jim Hayden, chief technology officer with Savi Technology, details how analytics are improving the supply chain — especially human capabilities.