Archive - The Chain

The COO’s Playbook: Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners

How to reduce spend now, build efficiency across the value chain, and future-proof operations with AI

Jan 5 • Global Supply Chain Council and Casey Tremblay

December 2025

Why Your Supply Chain Tech Stack is Broken - and How AI Can Fix It

Supply Chain Leaders Must Rethink Technology Integration: Here’s How AI Can Transform Your Operations

Dec 30, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Max Henry

From Supply Chain Director to CEO: Why You’re Climbing - and Why It’s Still an Uphill Race

How the new strategic essentials of digital, resilience, ESG, and innovation are elevating SCM talent - while competition from sales and finance remains…

Dec 26, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council

Africa Rising: China's Tariff Removal is a Wake-up Call for Global Supply Chains

Why China's Zero-Tariff Policy on African Imports is More Than Just Trade - It's a Strategic Power Play

Dec 23, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Max Henry

Beyond the Cost Center: Transportation as a Competitive Edge

In this new episode of The Chain, hosts Michael Jung and Jess Williams break down the findings of Descartes’ Global Transportation Management Benchmark…

Dec 20, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council, Jess Williams, and Michael Jung

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Have you also noticed that Supply Chain Managers have major gaps in their transport knowledge?

From a necessary evil to a strategic enabler

Dec 15, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Alain

Why Supply Chain Judgment Beats Predictive Algorithms

The executives who survive the next disruption won’t have better forecasts. They’ll make better decisions when the forecasts fail.

Dec 10, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Max Henry

The $28 Trillion Problem

Why Your Supply Chain Strategy Is Already Obsolete

Dec 5, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council

When ERP Dreams Become Courtroom Nightmares

What the Zimmer Biomet vs. Deloitte Clash Teaches Every CIO

Dec 1, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Max Henry

November 2025

Inside the Trade Secret Lawsuit Accusing SAP of Coordinated File Theft

Dallas-based AI startup o9 Solutions alleges German software giant and three former executives orchestrated a scheme to steal 22,000 confidential files

Nov 28, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Casey Tremblay

Beyond the Breaking Point

Building Resilient Supply Chains in a Polycrisis World

Nov 25, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council, Max Henry, and Casey Tremblay

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The Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Shockwave

How JLR's Breach Illuminates the Automotive Industry's Deepest Vulnerabilities

Nov 20, 2025 • Global Supply Chain Council and Casey Tremblay

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