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Watch: Supply Chain Planning Transformation at Kraft Heinz: A Case Study

Thiago Serra, head of integrated business planning at Kraft Heinz, explains how the company brought together the many pieces of its supply chain planning effort with the help of OMP.

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Forecasting for Lunar New Year: The Global Supply Chain Stress Test

For omnichannel businesses that need precision and pace, Lunar New Year isn’t just a holiday. It’s a reminder that agility is now a competitive advantage.

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Watch: Linking Short-Term Planning With Long-Term Strategy

Adrian Wood, strategic business development and marketing director with Dassault Systèmes, explains why there's so often a gap between the "perfect" plan and the reality on the shop floor.

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Survey: Supply Chain Leaders Bet on AI in 2026 as Disruptions Accelerate

Roughly 85% of executives are planning to increase their spending on AI in 2026, with one in five expecting their AI spend to rise by 20% or more.

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Why 2026 Will Be the Year Supply Chain Leaders Stop Building Their Own AI

Many businesses went down the path of homegrown AI solutions in 2025, but they learned quickly that just because a zebra has stripes, that doesn't make it a tiger.

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Supply Chain Orchestration Enables Better Technology Utilization

Orchestration represents the next frontier in supply chain digitalization.

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Teams Are Centralizing Their Shipping Data for a ‘Single Source of Truth’

Expect more shippers to adopt centralized visibility platforms as they look for practical ways to control cost and performance.

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Reclaiming Procurement’s Imagination: The Promise of Automation

Automation doesn’t magically make us more innovative. In fact, convenience often breeds complacency.

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Planning a More Balanced Supply Chain

In 2026, planning and execution will be more tightly linked.

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How AI Recalibrates S&OP Into Daily Decisions That Deliver

If operational strategy is the plan, execution is the playbook.

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Building an Adaptive Planning and Optimization Strategy in Turbulent Times

Planning and optimization teams must now embed tariff scenario analysis directly into their models, including origin shift, multi-sourcing, redistribution and “what-if tariff rollback” capabilities.

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Why Supply Chain Strategic Alignment Is a Necessity for Business Health

Problems occur when supply chain processes are run in a silo, disconnected from the organization’s broader objectives.

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