As is always the case, supply chain leaders are being asked to do more with less in today’s ever-disruptive business landscape: optimize today’s performance while transforming for a riskier, data-saturated, low-carbon tomorrow. There has never been a greater need for global business leaders to truly enhance & expand their digital leadership tool kit.
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Reengineering supply chain planning: How to get more bang for your buck in 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, many supply chain leaders are taking stock of their efforts to transform supply chain planning for their businesses. Unfortunately for some, this year’s strategic projects are falling short of expectations. Substantial budget and resources were allocated to deploy new advanced planning systems and AI solutions to improve decision-making. While progress was made, many of these investments yielded less than was expected.
Real stories: People first – Leadership lessons in driving digital supply chain transformation
Digital transformation is what most companies do, but only a few report that they have successfully achieved their aspiration. Why? Because digital transformation starts with people and organization, not with technology. Adapting the organization to be future-ready is the foundation of lasting competitive advantage.
Supply Chain Leadership in the Never Normal: A Power Panel of Women Rewriting the Rules
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, host Karin Bursa welcomes a powerhouse panel of women supply chain leaders who are rewriting the rules in today’s “never normal” world. Joining the discussion are Stephanie Beal, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Hasbro; Tamera Fenske, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Kimberly-Clark; Eliza Simeonova, Vice President of Global Supply for Mars Pet Nutrition; Whitney Shlesinger, Vice President of Global Planning and Logistics at McCormick; and Sylvia Wilks, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Lamb Weston.
Equity in Action: How Inclusion Leads to Supply Chain Innovation
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton welcomes Lushentha Naidoo, Managing Director of the European Supplier Diversity Program (ESDP), for a candid conversation on purpose-driven leadership and the business value of inclusive procurement.
Real stories: Fast-tracking value, a pioneering digital transformation with impactful results.
Discover how Arxada, a specialty chemicals company, accelerated its planning transformation using OMP’s advanced platform and EY’s turnkey implementation approach. This session, hosted by Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton and Jake Barr, highlights how focused execution…
How Supply Chain Leaders Are Finding Calm & Clarity Amidst the Chaos
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton welcomes Jorge Morales, Global COO of the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA), and Sandeep Chatterjee, Growth Leader, Digital Business Solutions, Supply Chain and Sustainability Pillar at INFOLOB, to explore how…
Tomorrow’s Factory Is Already Here
Join us for an enlightening session with Kevin O’Marah, Co-Founder of Zero100, as we delve into the transformative landscape of modern manufacturing. Where is this critical industry today? And where is it heading?
From Legacy To Leading Edge, Morgan Foods’ Supply Chain Journey
Over the last 3 years, Morgan Foods, Inc., US market leader for private label soups and beans, achieved a supply chain transformation with SAP. By deploying Advanced planning system and Business Network along with their S/4HANA, they improved supply chain resiliency with effective planning, execution, and collaboration with their trading partners…
From Framework to Action: Decision Automation in the Agentic Supply Chain
In this upcoming webinar, Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Jake Barr welcome Peter Hall, Senior Manager Warehouse Orchestration at PepsiCo and Keith Moore, Chief Executive Officer at AutoScheduler, to the show for a practical conversation about the future state of…
Real Stories: How an Australian Powerhouse Unlocked Millions in Capex Using Advanced Supply Chain Planning
Discover how the biggest Australian recycling and packaging company transformed its supply chain from disconnected Excel-based planning to a digitally integrated, future-ready planning platform.
When to Walk Away from Warehouse AI—and When to Go All In
AI is everywhere in the news — but which applications are too good to be true and which ones are actually going to create real value in warehouse operations today?