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2026 READING GUIDE: There’s a Book For That!

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2026 READING GUIDE: There’s a Book For That!

These 15 top reads will help you address many key concerns likely to hit your supply chain in 2026.

Cover image of the book, "AI in Supply Chains: Perspectives from Global Thought Leaders."AI in Supply Chains: Perspectives from Global Thought Leaders

By Maxime C. Cohen and Tinglong Dai

Insights from top global experts highlight how AI is transforming supply chain management in areas including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, intelligent logistics, procurement, and ethical data usage. The book covers real-world case studies and analyses of the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities that come with deploying AI.

Cover image of the book, "Supply Chain 5.0: Driving Human-Centric Technology in Supply Chain Operations."Supply Chain 5.0: Driving Human-Centric Technology in Supply Chain Operations

By Daniel Stanton and Janeth Gabaldon

Supply chain management is evolving toward a human-centric future where advanced technologies such as automation, AI, and IoT enhance resilience, sustainability, and collaboration. This book offers practical guidance and real-world examples to help professionals integrate into this supply chain 5.0 era.

Cover image for the book, "AI Compass for Supply Chain Leaders."AI Compass for Supply Chain Leaders

By Piet Buyck

Logility SVP Piet Buyck offers supply chain professionals a practical guide to integrating AI with traditional planning in this new book. He outlines how generative, agentic, and narrow AI can work alongside human insight to improve forecasting, decision-making, and resilience in the face of volatility.

Cover image of the eBook, "2026 Supply Chain Checklist: How to Prepare for Tariffs, AI, and Geopolitical Uncertainty."2026 Supply Chain Checklist: How to Prepare for Tariffs, AI, and Geopolitical Uncertainty

In this ebook from CoEnterprise, readers will find key strategies for resilience and AI adoption—both of which will be recurring themes in 2026. The checklist format enables actionable responses to challenges including tariffs, cybersecurity concerns, and geopolitical disruptions.

Cover image of the book, "Securing the Digital Supply Chain: Advances, Challenges, and Solutions."Securing the Digital Supply Chain: Advances, Challenges, and Solutions

Edited by Badis Hammi and Nour El Madhoun

Offering frameworks, blueprints, and strategic pillars for strengthening cybersecurity across interconnected systems, the editors explain how professionals can build resilient, transparent, and secure digital supply chain infrastructures. The book covers technical architectures, regulatory and organizational insights, and case studies.

Cover image of the book, "Broken Supply Chains: How Financial Engineering Hollowed American Manufacturing and the Complex Journey to Resilience."Broken Supply Chains: How Financial Engineering Hollowed American Manufacturing and the Complex Journey to Resilience

By Jeff Leimbach

Leimbach investigates how financial strategies and short-term profit motives eroded U.S. manufacturing and weakened supply chains. He shares case studies and analysis to reveal the structural causes of industrial decline and the loss of resilience, and outlines considerations for rebuilding stronger, more sustainable domestic production systems.

Cover image of the book, "Supply Chains That Win."Supply Chains That Win

By Jovy Jader

Drawing on real business and operational examples, Jader explores how resilient leadership and strategic supply chain practices turn disruption into competitive advantage. The book highlights winning decision-making, adaptability, and execution approaches to follow.

Cover image of the book, "The Supply Chain Risk Atlas: A Field Guide To What Your Systems Depend On But Don’t Track."The Supply Chain Risk Atlas: A Field Guide To What Your Systems Depend On But Don’t Track

By Chad Coggin

This practical field guide helps executives and risk professionals identify hidden fragilities in complex supply networks before they cause failure. The book combines conceptual frameworks with real-world examples to map risks across systems, improve visibility, and strengthen organizational resilience against disruption.

Cover image of the book, "Survive and Scale: The Small Business Supply Chain Playbook."Survive and Scale: The Small Business Supply Chain Playbook

By Arin Tanakasemsup

Small businesses looking to grow must improve supply chain fundamentals such as inventory control, cash flow management, and cost efficiency, says Tanakasemsup. In this playbook, he offers practical guidance plus simple systems and tools to help operations scale more predictably.

Cover image of the book, "Antifragile Supply Chains: Building Resilience Through Better Strategy and Stronger Relationships."Antifragile Supply Chains: Building Resilience Through Better Strategy and Stronger Relationships

By Anna McGovern

What’s behind the “antifragile” buzzword? The idea that modern supply chains should go beyond mere resilience and be able to improve when exposed to stress and disruption. The book walks readers through strategic planning, stronger relationships, and adaptive systems that turn uncertainty into competitive advantage.

Cover image of the book, "Robotics in Supply Chain Management."Robotics in Supply Chain Management

By Jay Li Wei

This book explores how robotics and automation are transforming supply chain operations, focusing on warehousing and fulfillment. It highlights practical applications, efficiency gains, and the role of robotics in helping companies meet rising demand and labor challenges.

Cover image of the book, "Human-Centric Logistics Leadership: Skills, Teams, and Continuous Improvement Culture."Human-Centric Logistics Leadership: Skills, Teams, and Continuous Improvement Culture

By Dr. Subodh Sachan

Despite the heavy presence of technology in logistics, Dr. Sachan argues that skilled, motivated teams drive performance more than technology alone. In this book, he covers leadership capabilities, team development, and continuous-improvement mindsets, showing how human judgment, collaboration, and culture shape resilient, efficient logistics operations.

Cover image of the book, "Beyond the Box: Financial and Operational Secrets of Profitable Global Trade."Beyond the Box: Financial and Operational Secrets of Profitable Global Trade

By Scott Wongsanguan

This book reveals financial and operational practices that help global shippers, freight forwarders, and trade professionals enhance profitability and efficiency. It examines key cost drivers; provides data‑informed strategies for optimizing freight, inventory, and cash flow; and shows how aligning operations with financial goals strengthens performance in complex trade environments.

Cover image of the book, "America’s Next Boom: How U.S. Investors Can Profit from Tariffs, Nearshoring, and the Industrial Comeback of 2025–2030."America’s Next Boom: How U.S. Investors Can Profit from Tariffs, Nearshoring, and the Industrial Comeback of 2025–2030

By Ryan T. Caldwell

Could nearshoring drive the next industrial boom? Caldwell thinks so. He discusses the strategic, economic, and logistical forces reshaping production and trade, highlighting opportunities and challenges in building resilient regional supply chains.

Cover image of the book, "Leading From the Floor: What New Warehouse and Manufacturing Managers Need to Know."Leading From the Floor: What New Warehouse and Manufacturing Managers Need to Know

By Devin Galloway

Share this book with your warehouse or manufacturing floor manager: it offers practical insights on the essential team management, communication, safety, performance expectations, and floor-level decision-making needed to run efficient distribution, fulfillment, and production operations.