Feeling a little uncertain? You're not alone. Surviving and thriving in a time of unpredictable -- and potentially revolutionary -- change is not easy. But SupplyChainBrain is here to help.
In our annual Supply Chain Management Resource Guide, you’ll find dozens of experts from multiple disciplines casting a positive, and even inspirational, light on the opportunities that exist in this time of flux. There's a ton of practical advice in here, too.
View the Digital Flip Bookhere, or scroll down to read the articles in our February issue.
With contentious union negotiations, rapid advancements in automation and AI, and growing global scrutiny on human rights abuses, 2025 is set to be a transformative year for labor.
The latest technologies offer a vision of the future where sales associates are empowered to make consumers feel they are seen and known, not impersonal data caches.
By investing in affordable technologies that enhance efficiency, personalize engagement and improve responsiveness, smaller businesses can carve out a unique market spaceand meet evolving customer demands.
Practitioners of chemical logistics will find themselves with a significant advantage over other industries: the ability to leverage long-standing experience in working under strict protocols.
With seamless, cloud-based global connectivity, networks will enable companies to strengthen collaboration, communicate securely, and ensure reliable data exchange.
Creating agile, integrated and technology-oriented university curriculums is vital in developing supply chain graduates with the right skillsets to ensure resilient supply chains.
Math and statistical expertise, paired with skills in storytelling, empower professionals — from executives to supervisors — to lead effectively and make data-driven decisions.
Companies that approach peak season spikes with a comprehensive, cross-functional strategy are better positioned to strengthen customer loyalty and boost profits.
Overcoming data sharing and collaboration silos to achieve the visibility needed to comply with new regulations means
opportunities to improve food safety.
Leveraging technology, tightening verification processes, fostering collaboration and maintaining attention to detail is essential for long-term resilience.
The efficiencies that AI tools bring to HR professionals will allow them to differentiate themselves and their companies when looking to attract prospective candidates.
Ahybrid approach combining DTC and traditional distribution allows companies to leverage the strengths of both models, providing flexibility and resilience in their supply chains.
Many consumer habits are returning to some semblance of normal as the economy recovers. But consumers aren’t adopting old habits with the same elasticity.
In 2025, we expect to see increased focus on the adoption of visibility systems and risk-management protocols, as businesses prioritize efforts to safeguard their supply chains.
Companies must adopt structural models to use alongside their current statistical models to better understand the operational impacts of various risks throughout their supply chains.
Organizations need emerging technologies and enterprise applications that allow them to enhance transparency and accountability along the supply chain.
Technologies such as AI-driven risk due diligence and supply chain multi-tier mapping, supplier collaboration and satellite imaging are revolutionizing supply chain management.
Using preferred carriers and a transportation management system, shippers can reduce costs within their transportation operations while ensuring reliable and efficient transportation.
Rising demand for visibility, combined with a stronger focus on risk management, will cause a pronounced shift from analog to digitally enabled processes.
By strengthening supplier collaboration and building greater trust across networks, businesses can move from simply reacting to disruptions to proactively creating opportunities.
By drawing on real-time data, predictive analytics and intelligent scheduling, warehouses can remain agile, efficient and better prepared to meet customer expectations.
AI-empowered tools, complementary to WMS, exist today that add orchestration, leading to increased efficiencies, reduced costs, optimized inventory and enhanced customer satisfaction.
Companies need technology that not only improves order fulfillment metrics, but helps retain workers by making it easier to hit productivity targets, and to stay engaged.
Software alone can’t fully address the need for visibility.
Companies need to expand their data sets by integrating functional and regional silos and formalizing supplier and vendor reporting.
Warehouse management technology over the past 10 years has come a long way in terms of wrangling some order into inventory and order management processes.
As older fleet managers and planners retire, the new generation replacing them is turning to digital solutions to navigate an increasingly complex market environment.
Decisions to adopt on-demand packaging still mostly come down to dollars and cents, although in recent years considerations of sustainability have come to the fore.
With a barrage of sustainability laws and regulations across the globe, most companies are under-prepared to meet their obligations when it comes to reporting their emissions.
If there’s anything in the world of parcel shipping that can be considered a certainty, it’s that rates will rise every year.
But there are still opportunities to save.
Every stage of a healthcare product shipment, from the manufacturer to the supplier to the dock of the hospital, must be in a format that the hospital can work with.