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Agentic AI and the $706B Returns Dilemma

May 15, 2026
Vishal Patel, SCB Contributor

Today, dashboards flag costly return rates, suspicious refund activity, or locations with abnormal behaviors. The insights are helpful, but typically arrive after the fact.


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Deploying AI to Shed Light on the Murky Depths of Multi-Tier Supply Chains

May 14, 2026
Jonathan Drimmer & Carl Hahn, SCB Contributors

As AI becomes embedded across supply chain operations, companies need to plan for heightened expectations around transparency and governance.


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Tariff-Adjusted Landed Cost as the New Sourcing Metric

May 13, 2026
Fotis Konstantinidis, SCB Contributor

The lowest-unit-cost era in sourcing is over, because unit cost alone is no longer sufficient to make a good decision.


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How AI in Logistics Can Both Defend and Endanger

May 12, 2026
Christophe Briguet, SCB Contributor

While AI optimizes production and boosts efficiency, its integration also introduces advanced attack vectors, necessitating a shift in IT/OT security strategies.


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How AI Is Letting Finance Teams Do More with Less

May 11, 2026
Dag Calafell, SCB Contributor

As organizations look to navigate volatility, labor constraints and growing complexity, AI offers a powerful opportunity to up-level finance and accounting teams.


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Why Today’s Manufacturing Buyers Expect Stronger Supply Chain Partnerships

May 8, 2026
Kate Vitasek, SCB Contributor

AI-enhanced partnerships don’t change the principles behind truly collaborative supply chain partnerships, but they do make goals more attainable than ever.


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From Needles to Pills: GLP-1 Supply Chains Face a New Stress Test

May 7, 2026
Jenna Fink, SCB Contributor

Oral GLP-1s are set to shake up the weight-loss drug market, but industry onlookers will be wondering how these new tablets might impact healthcare supply chains.


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AI Will Reshape Supply Chains’ Ecosystems

May 5, 2026
Simon Bailey, SCB Contributor

The supply chains that lead in the years ahead will be those that treat ecosystem capability as a strategic advantage, combining AI-enabled coordination with human leadership, trust and governance.


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How Legacy Manufacturers Are Turning Industry 4.0 Into Operational Reality

May 4, 2026
Michael Brown, SCB Contributor

By using automation to help make jobs safer and AI to catch issues before they lead to downtime, legacy manufacturers are finding real, measurable value.


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Supply Chain Resilience Means Acting Faster, Smarter

May 1, 2026
John Radko, SCB Contributor

What may once have looked like temporary volatility in the early phase of the pandemic has instead become a more permanent condition of unpredictability.


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