Jonathon McCutcheon

At the 2025 Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit in Denver, Scott Luton met with John Lash, who leads strategy and vision at e2open, a WiseTech Global Group company. E2open is a global platform powering the entire lifecycle of making, moving, and selling goods, with capabilities spanning planning, logistics, global trade, supply management, and procurement. The platform is designed not just for enterprise visibility but for true end-to-end coordination across extended supply chain ecosystems. Lash emphasized that disruptions rarely originate within a company’s four walls. “Your sub-tiers are where most of the risk lives,” he explained. “That’s where your day-to-day operations—and your long-term strategy—are truly shaped.” It’s a lesson sharply reinforced during the pandemic, which reminded leaders worldwide that no one does supply chain alone.   Old Challenges Intensified by New Realities When Luton asked about the biggest challenges facing planning teams today, Lash pointed immediately to constraints—supply constraints, manufacturing constraints, and now, the added layer of global trade volatility. Trade policies that once shifted every few years now change weekly, daily, or even hourly. Lash offered a striking example: Brazilian coffee duties jumped from 10% to 50% this summer—before returning to 0%. “How do you plan through that?” he asked.…

This post is written by our friends at Winfosoft. Winfosoft is a globally recognized Microsoft Cloud Services Provider with more than 30 years of experience in ERP software solutions. Learn more at: https://winfosoft.com/   Choosing a Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner is a major decision for any distributor. The right team can help improve inventory visibility, reduce errors and give leaders clearer numbers to work with. Using the wrong one can slow things down and create more manual work. This guide explores partners with proven experience in distribution and supply chain operations. Each has a slightly different focus, so readers can see which model fits their business best.   What Dynamics 365 Partners Specialize in the Distribution Industry? Microsoft Dynamics 365 combines finance, operations, sales and customer information in one system. For distributors, this means a single place to manage stock, pricing, orders and warehouse activity across locations. Specialized partners build on that core system. They design the processes and integrations that align with how distributors actually operate their businesses. This list highlights partners based on their clear focus on distribution, demonstrated experience with Dynamics 365 and independent coverage published in the last few years.   1. Winfosoft Winfosoft is a…