Accurate modeling of a company’s supply chain network provides insights into optimal production, storage locations, and raw materials supply network strategy. The modeling process can last from one ...

State of Logistics panel highlights how companies are shifting from cost‑focused supply chains to networks built for ...

According to the report, manufacturers tie up approximately 10% of annual sales in spare parts inventory. Meanwhile, customer satisfaction with after-sales support runs 10 to 15% below expectation. In ...

Supply chain leaders have been using technology to design and optimize their supply chains for decades. These days, they’re trying to understand the best way to integrate artificial intelligence and ...

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a branch of operations research that involves translating business rules into a data model to solve optimization problems. SCND helps in strategic decision-making ...

Every week, it seems a new supply chain software vendor announces an "autonomous decision-making AI" that promises to fi ...

We aim to understand how digitalization impacts the resilience of firms within supply chain networks. Over the past decade, digital technologies—such as IoT sensors (Abdel-Basset et al. 2018), ...

With the rapid advancement of e-commerce, the increased transparency of product information and the proliferation of channel options have heightened demand uncertainty for businesses. Concurrently, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover logistics and supply chain management. Schneider Electric provides energy management and industrial and building ...

Virtual by design. Global by nature. Bringing buyers and suppliers together to navigate risk, regulation and AI-driven change. PARIS and NEW YORK, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ec ...

Over the last two decades, the role of supply chains has evolved dramatically—from a cost center to a source of competitive advantage and ultimately to a pivotal force in global commerce. The COVID ...

Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. But what if it isn’t? I would guess that at least 50%, and probably closer to 70%, of the article pitches I receive these days involve AI. Most ...