Lowest landed cost is no longer a sustainable supply chain strategy. In today’s tariff-heavy and capital-constrained ...
Fill rate is the earliest warning signal in ERP transformations. Because fill rate reflects dozens of upstream decisions, it ...
A control tower is an operating model, not just a technology. While enabled by integrated digital platforms, a supply chain control tower is fundamentally an organizational hub that brings people, ...
Retail AI is shifting from experimentation to operational impact. Retailers are moving beyond chatbots and analytics pilots ...
A staged roadmap turns pilots into lasting capability. Starting with low-complexity, high-impact use cases and scaling with ...
Use AI to challenge, not just complete. Encourage teams to use AI as a thinking partner to refine arguments, challenge biases, and elevate the quality of customer interactions. This shifts AI from a ...
Long-term success depends on building confidence within procurement teams. They need to understand how AI arrives at ...
AI programs fail to launch on time when procurement and engineering treat the bill of materials (BOM) like a checklist. In ...
Doing more with less: Practical AI moves for procurement teams in 2026 Procurement teams facing tighter budgets and higher expectations in 2026 can unlock real value from AI by focusing on practical, ...
Editor’s note: This article launches What It Really Means, a new recurring series on Supply Chain Management Review designed to clarify commonly used supply chain terms that often carry different ...