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Decision-centric Planning: the AI-Enabled Path to Decision Velocity

Today’s world is more unpredictable than ever. From regulatory upheavals and trade tariffs to sudden shifts in consumer demand, businesses must be ready to respond swiftly and decisively. Traditional planning processes struggle to keep up with the urgent risks and opportunities that arise between meetings, triggering constant re-planning and creating room for misalignment and disorder.

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Podcast | How Geopolitical Strife Is Fueling Nearshoring Strategies

Even supply chains that are largely confined to one region are affected by global events.

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Why Tariff Mitigation Belongs in R&D, Not Procurement

The most effective way to navigate a trade war is to engineer your way out of it before production ever begins.

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Procurement’s Next AI Challenge Is ROI

The organizations that can prove where AI creates value — and demonstrate that value consistently — will define the next chapter of procurement transformation.

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Watch: Supply-Chain Readiness in the Autonomous Era

Supply-chain readiness requires visibility beyond just tier-one suppliers, says Kaitlyn Huissen, vice president of supply chain intelligence at Exiger.

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How War, Inflation and Rising Material Costs Are Causing a Supply Chain ‘Squeeze’

Even as manufacturers struggle to fashion long-term sourcing strategies, they face more immediate problems: the rising cost of materials and lengthening supplier delays.

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EU’s Battery Passport 2027: The Data That Supply Chains Must Deliver

The battery passport often reads as a regulatory burden, just another rule from Brussels. In practice, it’s something more useful.

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Trump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 Economies

July 23’s announcement was largely expected, and analysts noted the new tariff regime leaves the overall duty on imports roughly the same.

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Tariffs: Now What?

The Trump administration, for now, is sticking to its guns when it comes to levying punitive tariffs on allies and foes alike.

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Podcast | A Big Step Toward a U.S. Domestic Battery Supply Chain?

A new agreement aims to scale lithium-ion battery cell production in the United States.

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Supply Chain Resilience Starts With Better EDI

Organizations that measure, invest in and manage EDI with the same rigor they bring to other supply chain capabilities find that it underpins almost everything else they’re trying to accomplish.

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Chief Procurement Officer Summit to Convene Senior Procurement Leaders in Dallas, 5 to 6 November 2026

The invitation-only, premium summit will bring together senior procurement executives and a select group of suppliers and solution providers for two days of executive-level discussion, practical learning, and strategic partnering.

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