Gartner names world’s leading supply chains as AI and resilience reshape operations
Schneider Electric has retained the top spot in Gartner’s Global Supply Chain Top 25 rankings for the fourth consecutive year, with new research highlighting how artificial intelligence, resilient supply networks and end-to-end orchestration are redefining supply chain leadership. NVIDIA secured second place in the 2026 rankings, while Walmart climbed 10 places to third, reflecting significant […]
Supply chain leaders warned to look beyond agentic AI hype
Supply chain leaders are being urged to take a measured approach to agentic AI adoption as Gartner warns that vendor hype and so-called ‘agent washing’ could lead to costly missteps and long-term technology lock-in. Speaking at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo in Barcelona, analysts said agentic AI is rapidly becoming a dominant theme in supply […]
Are your supply chains ‘geopolitically elastic’? Analysts think they should be
Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) must proactively embrace a geopolitically elastic supply chain strategy to support their organisations’ growth objectives, according to boffins at Gartner. An elastic supply chain capability, which can expand or contract supply in response to geopolitical risks, provides supply chain organisations with greater flexibility and efficacy than operating from a single […]
Half of firms with warehouses will use AI vision solutions by 2027
50% of companies with warehouse operations will leverage AI-enabled vision systems to replace traditional scanning-based cycle-counting processes by 2027. During the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo last month Gartner, experts presented key emerging supply chain technology trends that will support new business models, augment and automate decision making, and foster ecosystem collaboration. AI-enabled vision systems are novel […]
80% of supply chain not accounted for in current digital decision models
The vast majority of the supply chain environment is uncaptured by supply chain decision makers’ current digital models, resulting in digital trade-off analysis failing to improve outcomes, despite the potentially transformative capabilities of these new tools. Digital trade-off analysis includes things such as what-if analysis, scenario modeling, or simulations. Digital trade-off analysis offers improvements in […]
Quarter of supply chain C-Suite roles filled by women
Women have made a strong comeback to the supply chain workforce in 2023, with gains at nearly every level of leadership, but particularly prominent at the C-Suite and executive level, where 26% of those roles (CSCO, SVP, EVP, CPO) are now filled by women, an all-time high and up from 19% in 2022. Gartner’s eighth […]
Supply chain productivity declines ‘cannot be solved by technology alone’
New technologies ranging from smart robotics to actionable AI have the potential to transform the supply chain function, but they will fail to lift historically low levels of labor productivity unless utilised as part of a broader strategy. Gartner experts shared those findings during the opening keynote presentation at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo EMEA, […]
73% of average supply chain IT budget ‘will be allocated to growth and performance’
As organisations place greater emphasis on supply chain management, Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) intend to grasp their collective opportunity to invest in growth through new technology investments. That’s according to a survey of 499 supply chain leaders undertaken by Gartner from October through December 2022 in North America, Latin America, Western Europe and the […]
Research pinpoints top five smart factory implementation risks
Smart factory operations can help supply chain leaders achieve many of their highest priorities, but the challenges are too often underestimated. That’s according to research from Gartner, which says successful smart factory initiatives require accompanying cultural and operational transformations that are slow by nature and in many cases will require entirely new organisational designs to […]
Excellence in supply chain initiatives recognised
Gartner has announced the winners of its Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards, which showcase powerful supply chain initiatives that enhance communities and the environment while delivering results that benefit businesses, communities, stakeholders and customers. The awards were presented in four categories: customer or patient innovation, process or technology innovation, social impact and people […]