Steve Banker

In 2017, a strategy consultant was hired to do a top-to-bottom assessment of the Boston University procurement program. They recommended a change in leadership.

Schneider Electric has been working to simplify its supply chain. One essential tool used by the Schneider Electric supply chain team is supply chain design.

5000 developers are working on product enhancements to the SAP spend management suite. This is the largest area of investment for the company outside ERP.

The data fabric technology is something executives need to understand. Developing new and scalable AI use cases depends upon an advanced approach to data management.

AI is not a new technology in the supply chain realm; it has been used in some cases for decades. More recently, many other cases have emerged.

As Covid recedes, supply chain executives are losing the attention of the C-suite according to research by EY. Increasingly, the C-suite is returning to a focus on costs.

The Affordable Care Act lowered hospitals' margins. Hospital chains needed to begin to tackle costs. Procurement was low hanging fruit. Doctor involvement is critical.

A cool new AI-driven computer vision solution is being used to drive high adherence to standard operating procedures in a warehouse.

The autonomous vehicle firm Torc Robotics says the key question about this market is not when can a truly AV truck be on the market, but how fast can the market scale.

According to the FTC, Fulfillment by Amazon “conditions sellers’ to obtain “Prime” eligibility for their products—a virtual necessity for doing business on Amazon.