Suzanne Offerman, senior marketing manager for Onesource Global Trade at Thomson Reuters, describes the technology needed to avoid forced labor in manufacturing supply chains.

A record-breaking number of attendees at the 2022 Gartner Supply Chain Symposium heard about resilience and other hot topics in supply chain, according to Chris Poole, practice vice president, supply chain research, Gartner.

Regionalization of supply chains is becoming more of a reality in a post-outsourcing world, says Hans Thalbauer, managing director of supply chain and manufacturing with Google Cloud.

Recognizing the challenges supply chains have faced in recent years, Sumit Dutta, leader for the Americas Supply Chain Consulting Group of EY, outlines priorities for the next five years for supply chain leaders.

Artificial intelligence-based prescriptive analytics enable a network approach to planning in volatile times, says Joe Bellini, executive vice president of product management at OneNetwork.

Supplier management might be the most important area that procurement leaders need to focus on in preparation for the next economic disruption, says Ryan Polk, director analyst, procurement advisory with Gartner.

Dave Evans, chief executive officer and co-founder of Fictiv, details what's happening in visibility, digital security and productivity in manufacturing.

Having dealt with any number of supply chain threats in recent years, supply chain managers need technology solutions that will help them identify which challenges are in their future, says Pawan Joshi, executive vice president for products and strategy at e2open.

Ever evolving, robotics now can meet most any job in any situation, says Mike Futch, chief executive officer of Tompkins Robotics.

Tracking financial flow is vital because transportation and other supply chain costs keep increasing, says Chris Cassidy, executive vice president of Trax Technologies.