November 2025: Innovation Momentum and Emerging Risk Signals
- Olivia Piron
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
November was a momentum-filled month for CSCRL. We welcomed 175 supply chain leaders to Lehigh for Fall Forum 2025, where speakers from organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Crayola, Penske Logistics, and Air Products explored how practical innovation—especially AI-led change—is reshaping supply chain strategy and execution, from virtual vertical integration and autonomous procurement to embedding everyday “small i” innovation in operations. We also released the Q4 2025 Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index, which showed overall risk easing across most categories, even as cybersecurity and data risk continued to rise as the top concern. Looking ahead, we’re excited for the Spring Symposium on April 23–24, 2026, focused on “AI and the Future of Work in Supply Chain: People, Culture and Performance,” featuring a keynote from Penske Logistics’ Peter C. Bayer, Jr., and a panel sharing AI Working Group results from Crayola, Sharp, and Lutron. Thanks to everyone who participated this month—whether at the Forum, through the LRMI survey, or by engaging with CSCRL programming—as we keep building a community where research meets real supply chain practice.
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