The order-management lifecycle is ripe for automation — especially in the form of artificial intelligence.

SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman is joined by industry thought leader Bart De Muynck, to tackle the eternal question in supply chain management: What do shippers want?

The “mad race” to beat the tariffs, especially on goods from China, loaded up retailer balance sheets earlier this year “more than was comfortable,” says Michael Babbitt of Synovus.

Mark Hasler, consulting alliance director for North America with AutoStore, explains why an explosion in product variations has posed new challenges for retailers, distributors and warehouses.

Artificial intelligence — especially agentic AI —  is making traditional category management smarter.

At the same time that top executives are waxing enthusiastically about the value of AI, many are putting the brakes on investing in the technology.

The United States’ dependence on basic minerals from China and other foreign sources is a huge problem, both from an economic and defense perspective.

On this bonus episode of The SupplyChainBrain Podcast, SupplyChainBrain editor-in-chief Bob Bowman speaks with Gary van Tassel, director of terminal and distribution center operations at software provider INFORM.

The very notion of a big selling period that’s treated as a once-a-year phenomenon is out of date, says Greg Dyer, chief commercial officer of Randstad USA.

Mark Ludwikowski, leader of the International Trade business unit of Clark Hill, explains the various legal justifications that President Trump is making for his wide-ranging tariffs.