What does best-in-class forecasting and inventory management look like? 

The pandemic didn’t launch the retail industry on the road to radical transformation. But it unquestionably sped the journey up.

Nehemiah Scott, professor and director of supply-chain management at the University of Illinois' Gies College of Business, describes how the topic is being taught in online courses during physical school closures and the coronavirus pandemic.

When it comes to global manufacturing and sourcing strategies, the coronavirus pandemic has amplified and accelerated a number of trends that were already well underway before it began.

For businesses today, merely surviving the pandemic and economic downturn is tough enough — but not enough.