Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Risk/Compliance

Why Risk Leaders May Be Biggest Threat to Their Own Companies' Growth

57% of U.S. executives say turning something down feels safer than building a case for it.

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Risk/Compliance

Ransomware Attacks up 20% Year-Over-Year

Small and medium-sized businesses bore the brunt of ransomware activity. However, attacks against large enterprises surged by 74%.

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Reshoring and Labor Shortages Drive Manufacturers Toward AI Solutions

Parsec Automation Corp.

When it comes to AI risks, more leaders are concerned about being too hesitant with adoption (60%) than being too aggressive (40%).

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Fuel Efficiency

The Greenest Mile is the One You Never Drive

Sustainability is not just about changing what we drive. It’s about changing how we deliver.

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Agiloft Releases Contract AI Platform

Users can run AI-powered analysis to identify risk, flag non-compliant provisions, extract key terms, generate redlines, and ask plain-language questions about their contracts, across a single agreement or an entire portfolio.

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Procurement Software

72% of Supply Chain Leaders Revisit Network Decisions

In fact, more than half of supply chain leaders revisited those decisions three or more times, leading to lower satisfaction in the final outcome.

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Micro-Fulfillment

Retail’s Next Margin Battle is Being Fought in the Fulfillment Center

The largest retailers are raising the operating bar through automation, vertical integration of logistics and transportation, and technology-enabled supply chain execution.

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Training/Onboarding

AI Masking Skills Gaps, Creating Learning Debt

Learning debt — the growing backlog of learning that accumulates when work evolves faster than employee training and learning can happen — builds underneath.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

How Suez Normalization Could Trigger European Port Congestion

The Middle East Gulf remains the highest-risk operational area.

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ICIMS’ High-Volume Hiring Solution to Help Employers Hire at Scale

Embedded analytics within ICIMS ATS provides real-time visibility into hiring performance.

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Procurement Software

How AI Drives 3.7x Greater Procurement ROI and Savings: Hackett Group

The Hackett Group Inc.

AI World Class research identified performance advantages of up to 75% for organizations pursuing process-led AI transformation.

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Asia-Pacific Shippers to Prepare for More Demand, Rates and Disruption

Dimerco Express Group

92% say freight rates increased over the past year, 84% experience shipment delays at least monthly and 84% have changed shipment strategy frequently or occasionally because of disruption.

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