ASCM Top 10 trends offer up few surprises with AI, tariffs among concerns
Every year, the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) brings together a diverse group of practitioners, consultants, and academics to identify the biggest forces shaping supply chains. This group offers its insights, and while many of the items that make the Top 10 trends each year are not a surprise, it offers a glimpse of what those on the ground are living every day.
The Top 10 Supply Chain Trends for 2026, released at the recent ASCM CHAINge conference in Columbus, Ohio, highlight how technology, geopolitics, workforce dynamics, and sustainability will intersect to reshape strategy.
“These are actually made by supply chain practitioners and peers. They’re grounded in reality. They’re looking at what’s going on in their space,” explained Matt Talbert, senior manager of research at ASCM, as he and Armand Van Oostrom, senior lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, teed up the presentation.
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