Supply chains can use automation driven by artificial intelligence to bolster efficiencies, become more resilient and meet sales targets for the holiday season.

Here are five critical best practices your company should consider when looking to enhance its supply chain planning processes.

The department store chain has so far avoided the worst of an inventory pileup because it acted early and aggressively on data signaling worrisome sales trends.

One of the curses of the Great Supply Chain Disruption of 2020 was the phenomenon known as “the bullwhip effect.” 

To navigate today’s dynamic environment, Procurement Leaders must isolate the trends impacting their function, unpack the challenges they pose, and prioritize the actions needed in response to shape their strategic plans now and into the future.

Mergers and acquisitions and a digital-savvy younger generation are changing the landscape in supply chain planning, says Alex Pradhan, product strategy leader at John Galt Solutions.

Logility's demand-planning tool has immeasurably improved the customer experience at Berry Global, says David Walsh, vice president of supply chain and customer experience at Berry Global.

While the task and responsibility for managing the data supply chain is primarily the responsibility of information technology professionals, the concepts and tools we use every day directly apply to the data supply chain as well as the physical supply chain.  

Supply chains are in flux, and planners will need to deal with continuing challenges in the near future, says David Food, head of supply chain marketing at Board International.