As supply chain managers face unprecedented challenges, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are becoming a source of relief.

E.D. Etnyre & Co., the venerable manufacturer of heavy equipment for road maintenance and preservation, looks for a way to share data from multiple legacy systems across the organization.

Decision intelligence is becoming key to the ability of companies to deal with an unprecedented volume of data that's necessary to making supply chain decisions today, says Fred Laluyaux, president and chief executive officer of Aera Technology.

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.

Service organizations, like many others, are feeling the effects of today’s talent shortage.

Quantum computing is emerging as an important means of helping companies solve their most complex business challenges.

The right tools and processes will mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions — and even offer strategic competitive advantage.

The emergence of e-commerce for ordering parts has made the experience as easy as buying a book or toaster on Amazon.com, enabling supply chain managers, product designers, engineers and others to carry out the process quickly and on demand.

It’s getting complicated for investors in semiconductors, with last year’s big chip shortage morphing into an inventory glut for some companies, and others getting caught up in geopolitics.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are game-changing technologies for many industries — especially supply chain and logistics.