There are many distributors and manufacturers that are using AS-400, equivalent legacy ERPs, or home-grown systems. And if you are still using these systems, it’s because you understand the pain and risk of transitioning an ERP. You have seen the disasters, you have seen people get fired for the mismanagement of this incredibly complex operations […]
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For decades, DRAM shortages followed a predictable script: overshoot, crash, recover, repeat. Demand spikes would hit, manufacturers would add capacity, and the market would flood with chips again. This time is different. At first glance, the global DRAM shortage may look like a typical semiconductor cycle, but it is actually one of the first pain […]
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AI has started to change distribution economics in ways the industry has never experienced. McKinsey estimates that end-to-end AI adoption can reduce inventory by as much as 30 percent, cut logistics costs by double digits, and drive major improvements in service levels and working capital efficiency. Across the broader supply chain, early adopters are seeing […]
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Procurement is a value engine under extreme pressure. McKinsey finds that managed spend per FTE is up ~50% vs. five years ago, while AI (including “agentic” systems) can lift procurement efficiency 25–40% if embedded correctly. Mature operating models correlate with ~5 percentage-point EBITDA impact. Yet core systems like P2P (Procure-to-Pay), SRM, and e-sourcing are still […]
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In July 2025, MIT’s NANDA initiative released The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 and its findings should stop every business leader in their tracks.Despite $30–40 billion invested globally in GenAI, the study found that ≈ 95% of enterprise pilots deliver no measurable ROI, and only about 5% reach scalable, integrated success. Enterprises […]
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