HFS on Supply Chain

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Apple’s India move is a wake-up call for enterprises to de-risk supply chains

Apple’s India pivot highlights concentration risks—enterprises must diversify supply chains and act fast to secure resilience.

Point of View

Make interoperability your supply chain currency—Blue Yonder burnishes roadmap

An ambitious vision of a unified ‘supply chain operating system’ connecting planning, execution, and partners end-to-end.

Point of View

Supply chains are drowning in process and data debt, killing profitability

Process and data debts remain supply chain and procurement’s most significant operational liabilities.

Point of View

SAP injects AI into its supply chain stack, but legacy ERP is still a drag

SAP emphasizes cloud, AI, and ecosystem-wide connectivity as the recipe for resilience.

Point of View

Digital dinosaurs: Why chemical manufacturers are losing the e-commerce game

This article talks about the Chemical industry's e-commerce channel and its ecosystem challenges with the examples.

Point of View

Embrace the HFS Supply Chain Singularity framework amid tariff whiplash

HFS Supply Chain Singularity framework—a vision for transforming supply chains into intelligent, integrated, and autonomous systems.

Point of View

Rewiring retail and CPG: 2025 CIO agenda for resilience, relevance, and reinvention

RCG faces price-sensitive yet principle-driven buyers—CIOs need bold, multifaceted agendas to stay ahead.

Highlight Report

With AI at the core, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan leans on Genpact to redesign operations

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan wants to enhance uptime, optimize operational costs, and shift the equipment business to profit-making.

Point of View

Neo Tangent and the future of supply chain orchestration: Rethinking the mid-office

The mid-office has emerged as the battleground for building adaptable supply chains.

Highlight Report

Platform orchestrators like Fictiv are shaping the collaborative supply chain vision

Fictiv illustrates how technology-led manufacturing platforms are reshaping the global supply chain landscape.

Point of View

Supply chain teams must bridge the divide with ESG to find circularity’s value

Integrate the wealth of data, analytics, and baselining that ESG reporting efforts generate.

Point of View

Chemical Industry 2025: Adapt or die in the age of sustainability and digital disruption

AI-driven automation, regional supply chain resilience, and net-zero acceleration are survival mandates for chemical firms.

Highlight Report

A twin-engine formula for autonomous supply chains: Accenture, NVIDIA, and KION lead the way

Firms that fail to recognize the hardware-software interdependence in supply chains will remain stuck in a cycle of partial automation.

Point of View

Gumming up supply chains: US enterprises need to get their act together in 2025

The $19 billion supply chain sector is experiencing unprecedented challenges and opportunities.

Data Viewpoint

Agentic AI era begins: GenAI will surpass traditional AI in most supply chains areas

Anticipated growth of generative AI (GenAI) adoption reflects enterprises’ strategic pivot to leveraging AI for smarter, faster, and more adaptive supply

Data Viewpoint

Strategic focus and right approach: Keys to driving GenAI adoption in supply chains

Companies that align Gen AI projects with realistic expectations and incremental milestones report greater satisfaction levels.

Point of View

Chemical industry’s multi-pronged approach to mitigate supply chain risks

Chemical companies are combining strategic business decisions such as rethinking logistics networks and investing in technologies such as digital twins to the

Point of View

Accelerate the ESG impact: Enterprise leaders, embrace supplier diversity now

Enterprise leaders must prioritize ESG in procurement to remain competitive and leverage diverse suppliers for sustainability.

Point of View

Hitachi Digital Services and OneThird are transforming produce supply chains

Hitachi Digital Services and One Third have jointly developed a solution that cuts produce wastage by 25%.

Highlight Report

India’s semiconductor moment will catapult its capabilities in global supply chains

Accenture's 'Semicon 2024' highlighted the opportunity India's semiconductor ecosystem has and the challenges it must overcome.

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