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Dec 4, 2025

Results from the CCM Institute Academic Symposium Hub @ NC State

AI in Procurement and Supply Chains This 4.5-hour symposium brought together 26 leading academic and practitioner experts in procurement, supply chain, data analytics, and engineering. The event focused on discussing…

Feb 23, 2026

The Supreme Court Overturned Tariffs: Now What?

On Friday February 20th, SCOTUS finally came out with a decision and overturned Trumps tariffs, declaring that the president does not have the authority to impose any tariffs under IEEPA…

Mar 28, 2026

Global supply chains will remain fragile for awhile..

In earlier posts, as part of my book FLOW:  How the Best Supply Chains Thrive, I predicted how the world would move towards increased on-shoring activity, including a “Pan American”…

Oct 18, 2025

Mapping Your Supplier Network isn’t as Easy as You Think

Supply chains are complex and dynamic networks comprised of supply chain components or nodes.  To identify the vulnerabilities in a supply chain network, some form of filter must be applied…

Sep 3, 2025

The Five Key Technologies Affecting The Supply Chain

Today’s blog is a report generated by my good friend, Joe Yacura. Ever since the recognition of supply chain management as a critical and essential functional competency, technology has played…

Aug 15, 2025

Sourcing Electricity Will Become Essential for our AI Economy

A recent post by David Shillingford on Linked In, draws attention to one of the most pressing issues facing our AI future. Electricity. AI experts travelled to China, and were…

Aug 1, 2025

What does successful supplier co-location into manufacturing sites look like?

Situation Profile This organization was faced by the need to improve costs and add value through improved technology.  Benchmarking competitors had brought about the realization that improvement of process technology…

May 23, 2025

The Domino Effect of Global Tariffs on the Supply Chain

The announcement of tariffs on “Liberation Day” has created a cascading set of outcomes for global supply chains. The first impact was that every US-based company has essentially gone into…

May 20, 2025

Current issues facing supply chain managers in an era of uncertainty

I was recently asked about a few questions related to how managers should be navigating the waters around the tariff uncertainty, AI, contracting, and a host of other issues. Here…

Mar 19, 2025

Why New Tariffs Won’t Bring Jobs Back to the United States

My colleague Jon Pershke, a former Lenovo strategy executive who now serves as a Faculty Advisor at our Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, recently presented me with the following scenario. :Let’s…