supply-chain-strategy
25 posts tagged with “supply-chain-strategy”
Supply Chain AI Has a Budget Problem: Why Gartner Says Leaders Are Running Two Timelines at Once
Gartner says supply chain leaders are funding AI while still running today’s operations. Here is a governance model for turning AI budgets into measurable logistics value.
CXTMS InsightsMay 9, 2026 · 7 min read
BCG's Autonomous Supply Chain Framework: Why the Self-Steering Network Is No Longer Optional
BCG's five-stage autonomous supply chain maturity model is reshaping how logistics operators think about AI, exception management, and resilience. Here's what it means for your network in 2026.
CXTMS InsightsMay 5, 2026 · 5 min read
Inside the McKinsey 2025 Risk Pulse: What Tariffs Did to Supply Chain Strategy in Six Months
McKinsey's 2025 Risk Pulse survey reveals tariffs have displaced pandemic and geopolitical risks as the #1 supply chain concern. Here's what that means for logistics strategy in 2026.
CXTMS InsightsApril 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Why Vertical Integration Is Back in Retail Supply Chains
Somnigroup’s planned $2.5 billion acquisition of Leggett & Platt shows why retailers and consumer brands are pulling critical manufacturing closer to control lead times, protect margins, and reduce supplier risk.
CXTMS InsightsApril 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Healthcare Supply Chains Are Shifting From Spend Control to Strategic Performance
Healthcare supply chains are being judged less by unit-price savings alone and more by resilience, service levels, data quality, and enterprise performance. Here is why that shift matters, and what logistics leaders in every sector can learn from it.
CXTMS InsightsApril 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Medtech Tariffs One Year Later: Why Device Supply Chains Are Still Chasing Efficiency Instead of Reshoring
A year after Liberation Day, medtech manufacturers are still treating tariffs as a permanent operating condition, leaning on efficiency, sourcing flexibility, and logistics discipline instead of broad reshoring bets.
CXTMS InsightsApril 21, 2026 · 6 min read
McKinsey’s Supply Chain Risk Pulse Survey Still Says the Same Thing: Visibility Without Buffers Is a Trap
McKinsey’s supply chain risk research shows a stubborn gap between visibility and true resilience. Companies can see more, but too many are still cutting buffers before their networks are actually ready.
CXTMS InsightsApril 15, 2026 · 6 min read
McKinsey’s 2026 Geometry of Global Trade Update Shows Supply Chains Rewiring by Corridor, Not Country
McKinsey’s 2026 trade update makes a sharp point for logistics teams: global supply chains are not simply decoupling by country, they are being rebuilt corridor by corridor.
CXTMS InsightsApril 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Latin America's Consumer Shift Is Rewriting Logistics: How Polarized Spending and an Aging Population Are Reshaping Regional Supply Chains
Latin America's logistics landscape is being transformed by polarized consumer spending, Mercado Libre's $3.4B investment, and an aging population that will nearly double by 2035. Here's what it means for supply chains.
CXTMS InsightsMarch 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Singapore Cements Its Role as Asia's Supply Chain Nerve Center: Why Multinationals Are Centralizing Logistics Operations in the City-State
Singapore's freight and logistics market is projected to reach $35.37 billion by 2031. Here's why multinationals are choosing the city-state as their supply chain command center — and what it means for your Asia-Pacific logistics strategy.
CXTMS InsightsMarch 17, 2026 · 7 min read