Reduce operating model debt before expanding automation. Customizations, one-off integrations and temporary approvals can ...

State decisions on data centers could affect manufacturers. As states weigh electricity and water demands from new data ...

AI will scale whatever logic we encode into it. The responsibility for that logic cannot be delegated. Leaders must define it ...

Audit controls need leadership support. Clear AI-use policies, evidence-retention requirements and escalation procedures ...

With a significant amount of uncertainty across vertical markets, warehouses and distribution centers are dialing back some infrastructure investments, while also shifting focus to improve inventory ...

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Strategic sourcing has long been organized around a seemingly straightforward objective: identify the “best” supplier.

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America’s advanced-manufacturing base—and the economic and industrial security that rests on it—depends on a handful of foreign sources for critical minerals. A single country controls roughly 70% of ...