{
  "id": 12232748,
  "title": "From Cost To Choice: Supply Chain Chiefs Redesign Networks To Navigate Uncertainty",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/from-cost-to-choice-supply-chain-chiefs-redesign-networks-to-navigate",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T21:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/from-cost-to-choice-supply-chain-chiefs-redesign-networks-to-navigate-uncertainty/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Supply chain leaders are transforming their networks to accommodate greater choice and flexibility, according to new research from DP World’s Global Trade Observatory. Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) surveyed in August reported that 84% consider resilience and optionality as the top drivers of supply-chain strategy, surpassing cost reduction. This shift in approach is already influencing how businesses design their networks, with 71% planning to diversify their supplier base within the next year. CSCOs are also contemplating changes in inventory, production locations, and sourcing to maintain maneuverability amidst changing conditions. The report highlights a shift from optimisation to optionality, focusing on creating viable alternatives that businesses can utilize as trade rules, tariffs, demand, and geopolitical situations evolve. DP World’s Group CEO, Yuvraj Narayan, emphasized that global trade is not stagnant, and neither are the supply chains supporting it. Companies are not retreating from growth but are instead creating more options regarding sourcing, transporting goods, and reaching customers. The role of the Chief Supply Chain Officer is evolving accordingly, as supply-chain decisions now shape a business's growth potential, market entry speed, and responsiveness to changing circumstances. This transformation is also reflected in the broader change in the supply-chain leadership role, with 93% of CSCOs affirming that their responsibility in driving business growth has gained more prominence over the past three years. Increasingly, supply-chain leaders are involved in decisions related to market entry, investments, and risk management. Optionality, once primarily seen as protection against disruption, is now a growth driver, with 86% of CSCOs stating that access to alternative and multimodal trade routes serves as a competitive advantage, enabling businesses to adapt their goods' transportation methods as circumstances change and new opportunities arise. The CSCO Pulse Report 2026 explores three major shifts influencing the future of supply-chain leadership: the expanding role of the CSCO as a business growth enabler, the transition from optimisation to optionality, and the emergence of key capabilities such as digital integration, visibility, and lower-carbon supply chains as crucial factors for future growth.",
  "summary": "Supply chain leaders are redesigning their networks around greater choice and flexibility, as resilience increasingly becomes a source of competitive advantage and growth, according to new research from DP World’s Global Trade Observatory. The Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) Pulse Report, based on a survey in August of 103 CSCOs across 14 markets and nine ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}