Ram Gopalakrishnan, chief executive officer of Bricz, discusses the technology investments that retailers need to make to deal with today's supply chain challenges.

Mergers and acquisitions and a digital-savvy younger generation are changing the landscape in supply chain planning, says Alex Pradhan, product strategy leader at John Galt Solutions.

Quality assurance management no longer needs to convince the C-suite of its contribution to the bottom line, says Lusi Zheng, senior director of quality assurance, with Gartner.

Kyle Jepson, senior vice president of product at Emerge, discusses inefficiencies and empty miles in domestic transportation, and the technologies necessary to overcome those problems.

Logility's demand-planning tool has immeasurably improved the customer experience at Berry Global, says David Walsh, vice president of supply chain and customer experience at Berry Global.

Quite a few companies have embarked on their digital collaboration journey, but many haven't developed it to its full potential, says Ville Parkkinen, director of product marketing at OpenText.

With the challenges that supply chains face today, managers realize that visibility is more important than ever, says Jerome Roberts, global vice president of marketing at Blume Global. After all, you can't react to what you can't see.

Federal regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices are among the unique challenges that logistics providers face in the healthcare supply chain, says Andrew Wang, director of healthcare at Locus Robotics.

Velocity of response and proactivity in risk management are key to meeting supply chain challenges and creating value, says Rajesh Kalidindi, founder and chief executive officer of LevaData.

Supply chain planners will continue to face turbulence and disruptions, but S&OP is evolving to meet the challenges, says Micheal Youssef, vice president team manager at Gartner.