According to the Wall Street Journal, IKEA is going to implement a digital revolution in its food division. 

IKEA wants to bring the supply-chain precision behind its flat-pack furniture business to the way it manages meatballs and lingonberry jam.

Supply chain managers are starting to take notice of blockchain, reports Mobile Payments. 

Blockchain is continually pushing into various industries ranging from banking to retail. As it continues to grow, many companies and executives are starting to take notice and begin either adopting it or experimenting with it.

Data analytics are becoming an important tool when negotiating with suppliers, reports Supply Chain Dive. 

Data analytics has become a key element of procurement's growing role in supply chain strategy in recent years, Evert Karsen, the vice president of procurement at Cimpress, a custom product branding company, told Supply Chain Dive in an interview.