For leaders who play the long game

Some changes can’t wait.

This week, we’re breaking down where smart leaders are placing their bets.

What You Need to Understand About Updating Your Supply Chain

Supply chains will always face disruptions, but smart, targeted updates can make a big difference. The common traps? Fixing one area without looking at the whole, focusing only on risk, or spending heavily on tech without solving real bottlenecks. A better approach:

• Find quick wins in the next 60–90 days to free up cash.
• Drop products that don’t bring profit or market share.
• Skip blanket cost-cutting—focus on avoiding unnecessary costs instead. Seeing the bigger picture keeps updates meaningful and effective.

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Our Take

We’ve seen supply chains fall short when leaders jump into big tech projects without tackling the basics first.

The real wins come from starting small—getting quick results and reinvesting those gains.

Cutting costs for the sake of it can backfire; instead, it’s about spending smarter and removing what’s not adding value.

A supply chain is like a living system—every change should make the whole thing stronger, not just one piece.

5 Ways Software Helps Manufacturers Win More Business

Winning more business in manufacturing often comes down to speed and accuracy—and ERP software can make that happen. It helps:

• Faster quotes by pulling real-time data on inventory, costs, and capacity.
• Prevent stockouts with precise forecasting and just-in-time replenishment.
• Trace every step of production for quality, compliance, and problem-solving.
• Boost efficiency by automating tasks, optimizing scheduling, and cutting admin time.
• Control costs through accurate tracking, better forecasting, and smarter resource use. With the right tools, manufacturers can work faster, avoid costly mistakes, and deliver with confidence.

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Our Take

We see composable commerce as more than just a tech upgrade — it’s a way to future-proof retail.

Instead of wrestling with rigid systems, breaking them into smaller, independent parts gives teams the agility to respond instantly to customer needs.

Layer in agentic AI, and you’re not just automating tasks — you’re enabling systems to think, adapt, and act on their own.

Done right, this approach speeds up innovation, cuts risk, and keeps you ready for whatever the market throws next.

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Building a Future-Proof Cybersecurity Strategy

Manufacturing’s rapid embrace of cloud, IoT, AI, and automation is boosting efficiency, but it’s also made the sector a prime target for cyberattacks—responsible for nearly a quarter of reported incidents.

Simply ticking off compliance checklists isn’t enough. A future-proof approach means embedding security into every stage of technology adoption, unifying protection across cloud and data centers, keeping systems clean by removing outdated tools, scaling with automated and centralized policy management, and staying ahead of regulations by following best practices now.

The cost of inaction is massive—ransomware downtime alone has cost the industry $17 billion since 2018—so cybersecurity needs to be treated as an ongoing business priority, not a one-time project.

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Our Take

We’ve seen firsthand that in manufacturing, weak security doesn’t just risk stolen data—it can halt production, disrupt supply chains, and erode customer trust.

True resilience comes from designing cybersecurity into every process from the start, rather than patching vulnerabilities after the fact.

That means looking beyond today’s compliance rules, building systems that can scale securely, and treating cybersecurity decisions with the same urgency as any core operational choice.

In today’s landscape, strong security isn’t just IT’s responsibility—it’s everyone’s.

The market’s shifting fast, and the right insights can make all the difference.

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