Supply Chain Management Review

Executive takeaways Visibility does not equal decision-making. Control towers, predictive analytics, IoT sensors, and digital twins can identify supply chain disruptions, but managers must still determine the best response. Information overload is creating decision debt. More dashboards, alerts, and scenarios increase the number of deci...

Executive takeaways Savings alone cannot prove procurement performance. Year-over-year savings measure improvement against a previous price but do not show whether procurement secured the best available price under current market conditions. Cost leadership gives CPOs a stronger value story. Competitive benchmarks, market indexes and sh...

Executive takeaways Supply chain disruption is a test of enterprise AI, not just model sophistication. Effective AI must understand the real-world flows, constraints and dependencies connecting suppliers, inventory, logistics, customers and business functions. The bullwhip effect reveals whether AI understands supply chain reality. A di...

Executive takeaways Retail and e-commerce will be a major focus of the 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference, led by keynote presentations from Wayfair and Tractor Supply. Wayfair's Nitin Kapoor will open Thursday's keynote programming with an inside look at the retailer's technology-driven logistics and home delivery evolution. Tractor Supply Chief Supply Chain Officer...

Executive takeaways The FSMA Rule 204 deadline is not the only deadline that matters. Although the FDA extended the compliance date to July 2028, retailers and grocers are already asking suppliers for detailed traceability information, including lot identification, manufacturing dates and expiration dates. Food traceability is becoming a vendor ...