Combine contracts and inventory. Direct allocation agreements and strategic buffers serve different purposes and should be ...

First Shift is Supply Chain Management Review’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know. Each ...

Supply chain organizations have become better at seeing disruptions. Dashboards, control towers and connected equipment can alert teams when something goes wrong. The harder task is determining why it ...

Here's a number worth sitting with: 57% of supply chain leaders say the biggest obstacle to adopting next-gen technology isn't money or leadership buy-in. It's talent, or more specifically, not having ...

Additionally, the highest-ranking truck stops remain relatively stable throughout the day, despite changes in traffic ...

There is no shortage of supply chain conferences where leaders can hear about the technologies expected to shape the future. The more important takeaway from any conference, though, is what to do with ...

First Shift is Supply Chain Management Review’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know. Each ...

AI systems require large amounts of computing capacity to train and operate advanced models. The International Energy Agency projects that worldwide data center electricity consumption could more than ...