HFS on Supply Chain

A collection of the latest views of the HFS analyst team on supply chain.

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Point of View

Enterprise buyers must co-create India’s chip supply chain or lose control of their AI future

This POV describes how enterprises must take part in creating India's semiconductor supply chain.

Point of View

No AI without PI: Celonis bids to be the context layer powering enterprise AI

Treat process intelligence as the AI context fabric. If you can’t trace a dollar to a process change, your AI isn’t intelligent.

Horizons Report

HFS Horizons: Intelligent Supply Chain Services, 2025

An assessment of the supply chain service providers landscape.

Point of View

CSCOs face a choice: Interoperate with agentic AI, or risk evaporating

Agentic AI is collapsing enterprise silos, turning decades of supply chain interoperability dreams into operational reality.

Data Viewpoint

The analytics-cloud-GenAI trio is the building foundation for today’s supply chains

Data chart from “HFS Horizons: Intelligent Supply Chain Services, 2025” shows where the money is flowing.

Data Viewpoint

Real‑time planning and supplier synergy determine the winners in today’s supply chain race

More than 70% enterprises are investing in planning and supplier management.

Point of View

Stop spreading your supply chain investments thin, invest in what matters

SC Leaders don’t need new strategy, just focus, these capabilities drive 70% of spend and deliver faster, scalable value.

Point of View

Chip leaders, beat these six challenges to survive the next wave of disruption

Six challenges for semiconductor enterprise clients in 2025.

Point of View

Focus on industrial waste, not consumers

Industrial waste is an order of magnitude larger than consumer waste.

Point of View

Supply chains are cracking—HFS value chain for leaders putting out fires

Harness interoperability, resilience, and adaptability to outperform your competitors.

Point of View

Apple’s India move is a wake-up call for enterprises to de-risk supply chains

Apple’s India pivot highlights concentration risks—enterprises must diversify supply chains and act fast to secure resilience.

Point of View

Make interoperability your supply chain currency—Blue Yonder burnishes roadmap

An ambitious vision of a unified ‘supply chain operating system’ connecting planning, execution, and partners end-to-end.

Point of View

Supply chains are drowning in process and data debt, killing profitability

Process and data debts remain supply chain and procurement’s most significant operational liabilities.

Point of View

SAP injects AI into its supply chain stack, but legacy ERP is still a drag

SAP emphasizes cloud, AI, and ecosystem-wide connectivity as the recipe for resilience.

Point of View

Digital dinosaurs: Why chemical manufacturers are losing the e-commerce game

This article talks about the Chemical industry's e-commerce channel and its ecosystem challenges with the examples.

Point of View

Embrace the HFS Supply Chain Singularity framework amid tariff whiplash

HFS Supply Chain Singularity framework—a vision for transforming supply chains into intelligent, integrated, and autonomous systems.

Point of View

Rewiring retail and CPG: 2025 CIO agenda for resilience, relevance, and reinvention

RCG faces price-sensitive yet principle-driven buyers—CIOs need bold, multifaceted agendas to stay ahead.

Highlight Report

With AI at the core, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan leans on Genpact to redesign operations

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan wants to enhance uptime, optimize operational costs, and shift the equipment business to profit-making.

Point of View

Neo Tangent and the future of supply chain orchestration: Rethinking the mid-office

The mid-office has emerged as the battleground for building adaptable supply chains.

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