electronica 2026 runs November 10 to 13 in Munich. For many buyers, that’s the same few weeks they’re finalizing program budgets and supply coverage commitments for 2027. They’re also planning against a market that’s moving quickly. A Gartner analyst told EE Times...
Procurement teams entered 2026 expecting a different environment. The forecasts heading into the year leaned toward continued normalization, manageable lead times, and a shift back to optimization work after several years of crisis response. That environment did not...
Just-in-time delivery was supposed to be the answer to bloated warehouses and capital tied up in sitting inventory. For decades, it delivered on that promise, allowing manufacturers and procurement teams to run leaner operations by synchronizing supply precisely with...
The semiconductor industry has always been cyclical. Demand rises while supply catches up. Then, prices normalize. Procurement teams learned to ride those waves for decades. That playbook is now broken. In a recent Procurement Pro webinar, “How to Future-Proof...
Resilience has become one of the most frequently used and most misunderstood terms in supply chain strategy. As organizations plan for the year ahead, supply chain resilience in 2026 is less about reacting to disruption and more about embedding adaptability into every...