As consumer and shareholder preferences shift toward sustainability, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must prepare for the transformation from a linear to a circular supply chain without waste, the circular economy will be the only economy, replacing wasteful linear economies by 2029, according to “Preparing for 2029, When Consumer Product Supply Chains Cannot Produce Waste”, presented by Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

Robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue grew 63.1% in 2018 to $846 million, and is expected to bring in revenue reaching $1.3 billion in 2019, making it the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, according to Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

Gartner, Inc., Chicago, predicts that, by 2025, 20% of the Top 10 global grocers by revenue will be using blockchain for food safety and traceability to create visibility to production, quality and freshness.

Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn., identified the Top 8 supply chain technology trends in 2019.

By 2030, 80% of the work of today’s project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to "How AI Will Reinvent Program and Portfolio Management," a study produced by Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

A survey released by Gartner, Stamford, Conn., and conducted in partnership with Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education (AWESOME), Chicago, shows sustained strong representation of women in the senior-most ranks of supply chain organizations relative to other functions.

An estimated 8.4 billion connected things were in use worldwide in 2017, up 31% percent from 2016, and will reach 20.4 billion by 2020, according to Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.

Global logistics organizations are being forced to adapt to new business models to compete in an increasingly complex and volatile world.