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Our cover star this month is JDA Software , as Johan Reventberg , President , EMEA , discusses the challenges and the complexity of the digitisation of the supply chain and procurement function .

“ Digitisiation is literally what everyone is talking about and it ’ s making companies ask the question as to how they can embrace digital in order to move forward ,” says Reventberg .

Elsewhere , we speak to Mike Landry , Senior Supply Chain Management Consultant at Genpact on how the

transformation of the retail supply chain

continues to be powered by technology .

What is the true impact of Artificial Intelligence ? Ed Cross , Executive Director of Odesma takes an in-depth look at the role of AI in monitoring and understanding changing trends and habits in real-time in the manufacturing supply chain .

With Brexit defining the political conversation , now more than ever is the time to ensure tighter supply chain management in order to avoid financial risk and operational downtime . We have an exclusive feature from Chris Robertson , CEO of Creditsafe as he believes effective supply chain management will prove key in an unstable climate .

Our top 10 this month looks at the top 10 procurement professionals , as ranked by the CIPS Procurement Power List . We also have exclusive reports with AB InBev , Drexel University Procurement Services , OSM Maritime Group and Creation Technologies .

Enjoy the issue !

Dale Benton . dale . benton @ bizclikmedia . com

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