Join Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Karin Bursa alongside SAP thought leaders Richard Howells and David Vallejo for a dynamic conversation on the future of supply chain management. As the supply chain landscape undergoes seismic shifts, this session will explore how forward-thinking organizations are moving beyond siloed operations to embrace integrated, intelligent orchestration. Discover how AI, real-time data, and next-generation applications are transforming the way supply chains operate—empowering companies to boost resilience, accelerate agility, and deliver superior customer experiences. Our expert panel will unpack how today’s top supply chain executives are reimagining strategy, shifting focus from pure cost-cutting to ecosystem thinking, and unlocking new value with automation and insight-driven decision-making. What You’ll Learn: How the evolution of supply chain priorities is driving a customer-centric, agile, and transparent approach Why AI and harmonized data are essential to modern supply chain orchestration How to free up resources and refocus on high-value work by automating operational decision-making Whether you’re leading transformation or looking to stay ahead of the curve, this conversation will leave you inspired, informed, and ready to act. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry experts and gain actionable strategies to future-proof your supply chain.

The world is becoming more software-driven and while it’s helping accelerate innovation, it’s also increasing risk. Service providers, equipment manufacturers and the various suppliers in the information communications technology (ICT) industry are seeing a sharp rise in breaches and attacks through the infiltration of downstream suppliers of software as well as hardware, and professional services. However, a new process-based standard, SCS 9001, is in development by the members of TIA with the goal of helping businesses lock these attackers out. Due for release later in 2021, this new process-based standard is poised help companies and better protect their internal operations and identify verified trusted suppliers (and their suppliers’ suppliers) for network solutions. By certifying their internal operations and verifying trusted suppliers and products and services, life will soon be much harder and success far more expensive for the suspected nation-states and crime syndicates behind these devastating attacks. In addition, the standard will include a collection of security performance measurements for aggregation of anonymous benchmark results to help drive continual industry improvement. Join us as we discuss why this new industry standard is especially critical for new 5G and IoT networks that are aiming to connect everything from our coffee makers…