Brian Straight is an Editor at SCMR. He specializes in supply chain and logistics, with a focus on topics such as manufacturing technology, AI platforms, digital supply chains, and customs and trade compliance. Brian's insights and commentary are featured in FreightWaves, Modern Material Handling Inc, Logistics News Magazine, RBI's Supply Chain Group, and NewsBreak.
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By: Brian Straight
Schneider Electric claims the top spot for the fourth consecutive year as…
Every conference promises to tell you what’s next. Most don’t. They tell you what happened last year, what technology vendors are selling today, or what ev
By: Brian Straight
Something unusual happened in the artificial intelligence race last week: Some of the people running fastest suggested that everyone should slow down. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI developers to moderate the pace at which they advance their models. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman endorsed the idea of “pacing the frontier,” while other technology leaders joined the discussion about shared safety standards, independent evaluations and greater government oversight.
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Sponsors are what make the 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference possible,…
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Our sponsors help bring practitioners, implementation lessons and meaningful conversations together at the NextGen Supply Chain Conference, Oct. 21–23 at the W Nashville.
By: Brian Straight
The NextGen Supply Chain Conference, Oct. 21–23 at the W Nashville, offers…
Test disruption duration, not just the event. Ulta’s hypothetical distribution-center closure exercise examined how replenishment could continue over 30, 6
Test investments against changing tariff assumptions. A production move or new facility may remain in place long after trade policy changes, making its per
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Cisco’s experience with supply chain AI agents shows how automating…
By: Brian Straight
David Jacoby urges executives to use scenarios, risk-sharing contracts and flexible networks as they weigh sourcing changes against an uncertain trade outlook.
