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Feb 03, 2026

2026 Is the Year AI Has to Show Real Financial Benefit

At this year’s World Economic Forum, AI leaders were out to prove that their investments are paying off. Slogans ...

Jamie Schwartz

Jan 29, 2026 Consumer Packaged Goods

The P&L Impact of Daily Supply Chain Variability

Supply chain organizations spend enormous energy preparing for disruptions. Port strikes. Supplier failures. Natural disasters. I sat through hundreds of ...

Vineet Khanna

Sep 29, 2025

Why Inventory Plans Fail: Bridging Supply Chain Planning and Execution

Supply chain software has always lived in two separate worlds. Planning systems create the strategy. Execution systems carry it out. ...

Himanshu Mehrotra

Sep 18, 2025 Manufacturing

Why Your Cross-Dock Is Burning Cash Faster Than You Realize

Every extra day a pallet waits behind the wrong trailer door is an unplanned finance charge. In the current interest-rate ...

Sree Mangalampalli

Aug 28, 2024 Consumer Packaged Goods

Order Visibility Is Critical Amid Low Inventories

This article originally published on logisticsviewpoints.com. For retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, the busy shipping season came ...

Matt Elenjickal

Apr 22, 2024 Manufacturing

Why High-Tech Manufacturers Are Investing in Supply Chain Technology

For many, supply chain visibility is the best first step If you manufacture high-tech goods like electronics, semiconductors, or computer ...

Dan Abramson

Nov 20, 2023 Manufacturing

In 2024, Technology Will Further Separate the Manufacturing Leaders from the Laggards

In many ways, 2023 was a banner year for U.S. manufacturing. Spurred in large part by the passage of the ...

Tom Gregorchik

Oct 05, 2023 Manufacturing

Weathering the Shipping Slowdown: Proactive Practices for Manufacturers

For the second consecutive year, the anticipated boom during the holiday peak season feels more like a minor hiccup for ...

Tom Gregorchik

Sep 28, 2023 Consumer Packaged Goods

Supply Chain Q&A: Uncovering Industry and Tech Trends

In a business environment where the only constant is change, supply chain leaders find themselves at the crossroads of challenge ...

Tyler Nickel

Aug 08, 2023 Manufacturing

How Supply Chain Leaders Can Make the Most of a “Manufacturing Supercycle”

Are happy days on the horizon for global manufacturers? Many sector experts and prognosticators are singing an optimistic tune, inspired ...

Tom Gregorchik

Jun 29, 2023 Manufacturing

How Manufacturers Can Get Fit for the Summer of Uncertainty

This article originally appeared on SupplyChainBrain.com Inventory carrying costs continue to rise, driven by inflationary pressures and late shipments. ...