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Top Supply Chain Terms Every Professional Should Know (2026)
1. Supply Chain Orchestration The coordination of end-to-end supply chain activities across multiple systems, partners, and tiers — often enabled by AI and digital platforms. 👉 Moves beyond visibility into real-time…
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Sustainable Resilience: Building Stronger, Greener, and Fairer Supply Chains
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In the wake of unprecedented global disruptions – from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate-induced weather events – supply chain…
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Secure-by-Design Supply Chains: Building Resilience in the Digital Age
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM As supply chains become more connected, global, and technology-driven, their vulnerability to cyber threats is growing at an alarming…
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Hyper-Adaptivity: The Next Frontier in Supply Chain Performance
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM For years, supply chain leaders have focused on building agile operations – systems capable of responding quickly to changes…
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Circular Economy Supply Chains: Designing Out Waste and Building Resilience
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM For decades, supply chains have operated on a linear model: take, make, use, and dispose. Raw materials are extracted,…
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Supply Chain Ecosystems: The Future of Connected Value
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM For decades, we’ve thought about supply chains as linear systems – goods and information flowing from supplier to manufacturer…
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Cognitive Supply Chains: The Next Evolution in Supply Chain Management
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM The supply chain profession is no stranger to transformation. From the rise of globalisation to the introduction of lean…
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Regenerative Supply Chains: Moving Beyond Sustainability
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM For years, sustainability has been the gold standard in supply chain management. We’ve worked hard to reduce emissions, eliminate…
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Antifragility in Supply Chain Management: Thriving Amid Disruption
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In recent years, the term resilience has dominated supply chain discussions. From the COVID-19 pandemic to geopolitical tensions and…
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Top 10 list of supply chain terms (2025) every professional should know:
1. Agility – The ability of a supply chain to respond quickly to changes in demand or disruptions. 2. Bottleneck – A point in the…
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Supply Chain Resilience in a Geopolitically Fragmented World: Lessons from Ukraine, Gaza, and Taiwan for Western Militaries
By Paul R Salmon FCILT, FSCM In an era marked by great power competition, fractured global alliances, and contested logistics corridors, supply chains have become…
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Paul Salmon
Editor in Chief
Paul Salmon FCILT is Chair of the CILT Defence Forum and the DE&S Logistics Profession Bodies Ambassador. A Chartered Fellow of CILT, CMI, and ISCM, Paul leads efforts to professionalise Defence logistics, championing CPD, chartered recognition, and stronger industry partnerships. He is a published thought leader, conference speaker, and award-winning advocate for supply chain innovation, data-driven decision-making, and resilience. With a background in both operational delivery and strategic transformation, Paul works across Defence to improve forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain integration. He is passionate about inspiring the next generation of logisticians through outreach, mentoring, and professional engagement. (Any views expressed are my own and are not those of UK defence )
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Top Supply Chain Terms Every Professional Should Know (2026)
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Beyond Static Frameworks: Why Supply Chain Competency Models Must Evolve at the Pace of the Profession
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Then and Now: How the Skills of a Supply Chain Manager Have Transformed
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The 72-Hour Problem: Why Slow Decisions Break Supply Chains
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The Supply Chain Resilience Cheat Sheet
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If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Why I Would Have Joined a Professional Body on Day One of My Military Career
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MTTR: The Hidden Metric in Defence Supply Chains
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Where Does the Equipment Spend Most of Its Downtime?