Sustainability is more than a buzzword at Macy's, says Keelin Evans, vice president of sustainability at the retail giant.

In a record-low unemployment environment, companies attract and retain supply chain talent by building flexibility into employees' schedules, says Jarah Euston, co-founder and chief executive officer of WorkWhile.

Tracking capability is among the requisite technologies in logistics, given that customer satisfaction is key to success today, says Andrew Barrons, chief revenue officer at Clockwork Logistics Systems.

Robotics and artificial intelligence are on everyone's mind, but many operators don't need that level of technology at this point, says Jason Joachim, chief executive officer of Cargo Spectre.

The inaugural edition of the Global Supply Chain Marketing Summit has launched, bringing top-level marketing executives together to network and discuss successful strategies in promoting supply chain products, services and solutions.

When considering nearshoring, staffing experts can help with finding multilingual talent with the same values as yours, says Mia Mazal, business development and partnership manager at Sworkz.

You can control both your own fulfillment operations and control costs, says Mark Riskowitz, vice president of operations at Caraway Home.

Shippers can't afford to be lackadaisical in managing their parcel spend management, says Josh Dunham, chief executive officer of Reveel.

While it's important to connect the supply chain to finance, all company functions and departments must be linked, says Reggie Twigg, supply chain marketing lead at Anaplan.

Pierfrancesco Manenti, Gartner vice president analyst, says "commercial innovation" refers to the efficiencies that chief supply chain officers bring to the provider and to the customer.