Alibaba.com said that the Smart Assistant tools for global sourcing will help small business owners discover new commerce opportunities, stay up-to-date with market trends and track orders.

Mark Holmes, senior advisor for supply chain with InterSystems, lays out the challenges that manufacturers face in optimizing their repackaging processes, and proposes some solutions for addressing those hurdles.

The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.

The combination of low latency, high bandwidth, massive device connectivity, reliability, and other factors makes 5G technology well-suited for various automation and virtual-enabled technologies across industries.

A call to action for supply chain and procurement leaders to demand better intelligence platforms.

By adopting AI technology to analyze critical enterprise-wide contract data and gain insights into supplier practices, companies can identify red flags and deviations from compliance standards

The solution is not eliminating free returns, but fixing convoluted supply chains and collaborating with shippers to make reverse logistics more affordable.

2023’s peak season will have seen supply chain professionals both relying on tried-and-true peak season strategies and testing next-gen solutions.

For most brands, 2023 hasn’t been a stellar year, and instead has been more one of consolidation and treading water. That’s not likely to change soon.

From scenario planning to relationship building, procurement teams are in a new era of risk management that will be crucial for long-term success.