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What Separates a Supply Chain AI Company I'll Fund From One I Won't

When these five pillars line up, I'm no longer evaluating a pitch. I'm looking at a company I'll fund.

Orchestrating the Supply Chain for the Chief Operating Officer

For the chief operating officer (COO), the importance of an orchestrated supply chain cannot be overstated, particularly where speed and agility can mean the difference between strong and weak performance. Read the Spotlight from IDC based on recent research that explores the benefits of an orchestrated supply chain, as well as related challenges and obstacles.

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The Supply Chain Problem Hidden Inside Every Construction Budget

Construction cost management has become much more than a matter of estimating — it's now a supply chain strategy.

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Orchestrating the End-to-End Supply Chain: Strategic Priority, Practical Reality

As technology, particularly agentic AI, is poised to change everything, the reality of “my supply chain is good enough” has faded. It has been the view of IDC for some years now that a truly end-to-end, orchestrated supply chain should be the ultimate goal to support the speed, agility, and efficiency of the overall business.

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Reactive Supply Chain Strategies Are No Match for Disruption

The manufacturers that succeed in today’s disruptive environment will be those that can adapt faster than change unfolds.

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Why Manufacturing Finance Needs AI Inside the AP Workflow

For manufacturing finance leaders, the question is whether AI can help the workflow move faster, while keeping finance in control of the record before anything posts to the ERP.

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Watch: Why The Future of Supply Chain Is Decision-Centric

Visibility isn't enough for supply chain leaders today, says Adrian Wood, director of strategy and marketing at Dassault Systèmes. Organizations need to know how to use the data gathered.

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Getting AI Right

AI is moving fast. But is it generating the measurable results you need from your costly investments? Now that the initial hype is fading and the hard reality of execution is setting in, the real opportunity begins.

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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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Why Supply Chains Leaders Are Still Underutilizing AI

Supply chain and warehouse leaders who are seeing consistent returns from spatial and agentic AI investments tend to share a common approach.

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Why Supply Chain Transformation Has Moved to the Physical Edge

The future of logistics belongs to those who successfully bridge the human-machine frontier at the physical execution layer, but the window to act is closing.

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How Heineken Scaled Global S&OP Across 40+ Operating Companies with Sunstice

Heineken operates one of the world's most complex brewing supply chains, producing more than 350 brands across 160 breweries and serving nearly 190 markets. At this scale, planning requires continuous alignment of demand forecasts, production capacity, and inventory flows across dozens of operating companies — a challenge compounded by the historical reliance on locally developed planning tools that varied from market to market.

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