In this discussion, Robert Bowman from Supply Chain Brain speaks with Stijn-Pieter van Houten, chief product officer for supply chain management planning with SAP. In it, he details the state of the art in supply chain planning, which stands to be transformed in the coming years by artificial intelligence. A handful of successful use cases is driving increasing interest in the market for the application of AI to supply chain planning, especially as it relates to scenario simu

For all the technology available to safeguard stock against theft, “shrink” remains a serious problem for fashion retailers. According to the National Retail Federation, shoplifting incidents soared by 93% between 2019 and 2023, resulting in a 90% rise in dollar loss. A recent survey of 250 retailers by Avery Dennison, a provider of software, labels and tags for item identification, found more than 64% of respondents blaming “inaccurate or incomplete” shipping information as