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We continued this week on Supply Chain Now with more great interviews, conversations, livestreams, and episodes! Did you miss any episodes? On Saturday, we published an episode of Logistics & Beyond where Jamin interviewed Ryan Schreiber for a great episode on the power of authenticity.     Then on Monday, Scott and Greg welcomed self-proclaimed supply chain enthusiast and ambassador, Sofia Rivas Herrera to the podcast. On Tuesday, we published a recent episode of Supply Chain is Boring, with the Supply Chain Doctor Chris Barnes interviewed Ted Stank.     We published our Supply Chain Buzz on Wednesday, where Scott & Greg discussed the top supply chain news of the week, as well as great tips and information about breaking into and advancing in supply chain.     On Thursday, Scott interviewed Anne Robinson, PhD with Kinaxis for a great conversation on the significance of resiliency versus efficiency in the supply chain, and other corporate leadership topics.     And on Friday, we published the first half of Greg’s interview with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey for TECHquila Sunrise.     Which was your favorite episode this week? Never miss an episode by subscribing to Supply Chain Now! Make sure you tune in…

Special Guest Blog Post written by Philip Vervloesem   If your supply chain planning still runs on a monthly cycle, 2026 will be uncomfortable. We are operating in a polycrisis where change is constant, and responses need to be fast enough to keep up. From customer conversations, industry research, and leadership discussions at the Gartner supply chain conferences, a clear pattern has emerged: the organizations pulling ahead are not planning more often. They are embedding agility, intelligence, and speed into the way they make decisions. Here are five predictions shaping supply chain excellence in 2026 – our “bingo card” for what’s now table stakes.   1. Continuous, always-on planning is a must Monthly or quarterly cycles are no longer enough. The organizations that outperform treat planning as a continuous capability embedded in daily operations, and make it part of their governance and operational excellence. Imagine this: a sudden surge in demand hits or a supplier flags a delay. Instead of waiting for the next planning cycle, teams immediately evaluate options, share insights across functions, and adjust course. Planning stops being a calendar exercise and starts shaping real-time decisions.   “By shifting from process-centric to decision-centric planning, we now run hundreds…