Matt Connelly

A Shift in the Narrative for 2026 In a recent conversation, Scott Luton spoke with Mark Gilham, Vice President & Head of Global Advisory at Enable, about what supply chain and commercial leaders should expect from the year ahead. While many annual outlooks attempt to forecast the next major disruption, Gilham offered a different lens: 2026 may become the “year of no excuses.” After years defined by a global pandemic, inflationary shocks, geopolitical instability, supply shortages, and the rapid rise of AI, organizations have already endured extraordinary volatility. Businesses not only survived, but in many cases adapted and grew. According to Gilham, that reality weakens the argument that disruption alone explains underperformance. Disruption is not disappearing, he cautioned, but leaders can only lean on it for so long.   Why a Calmer Year Raises the Bar Gilham argued that if external conditions stabilize even slightly, the pressure on leadership actually increases. A less chaotic environment removes convenient explanations and shines a brighter light on internal shortcomings. Process gaps, misaligned incentives, and execution failures become harder to ignore when the world is not on fire. Rather than waiting for certainty, Gilham believes leaders should act decisively. This does not mean radical…

Most systems don’t fail all at once. They slow down, back up, and quietly break when demand hits from every direction at once. What passed testing last week suddenly struggles under peak volume, overlapping processes, or hours of sustained use. This white paper challenges the idea that one type of performance test is enough. It shows how load, stress, and endurance testing work together to reveal what your system will actually do when it matters. Because confidence doesn’t come from passing a test. It comes from knowing how your system behaves under pressure. What You’ll Learn: Why performance issues slip through even when testing is in place What load testing really proves, and where it falls short How stress testing exposes breaking points before production does Why endurance testing uncovers slow failures most teams miss How to combine all three approaches into a practical, repeatable strategy What performance testing looks like across real ERP, WMS, and supply chain workflows How to move from one-time testing to continuous performance confidence If your systems only pass tests under ideal conditions, you’re still guessing. Download the white paper to see how a layered performance testing strategy helps you find issues early, fix them…