Supply chain shocks: USA–China Trade War, Weaponization of supply chains, new mental models

Ukraine–Russia War: War rooms, shifts in KPIs, supply chain reconfiguration, new freight routes

Accelerating Digitalisation and the AI revolution

Workforce shortages

Supply chain politicisation and designs – The role of Russia and other conflict areas in global supply chain designs

New supplier payment systems

Supply chain and procurement technology solutions such as machine learning

Increasing supply chain visibility and more frequent disruptions

Supply chain HR capabilities - leadership, talent development, skills

Human centric design of warehousing, logistics, analytics systems

Electrification of freight and transport

Focus on value conservation and social value creation (rather than mere economic value creation) as part of ESG (environmental, social and governance)

Infrastructural technologies (5G) emerging operating models, process and workflow contradictions