Tech-Clarity is pleased to announce that we are expanding our research team and coverage to include the full range of supply chain functions that sit under the Chief Supply Chain Officer including advanced planning and scheduling, visibility, risk, procurement, and order management. With an extensive background as a Gartner analyst, supply chain vendor executive, and practitioner, Amber Salley joins Tech-Clarity as Vice President of Research for Supply Chain. Amber brings 25 years of experience spanning supply chain planning, S&OP/IBP, inventory management, materials planning and service parts planning with a strong focus on connecting technology decisions to financial outcomes. Please visit Amber’s Bio Page for more on her background.
Extending our coverage to supply chain comes at a strategic time. Planning, procurement, and execution decisions are converging as AI and agentic systems move from pilot projects into core decision-making, while continued disruption from tariffs, geopolitical risk, and shifting sourcing strategies keeps risk and resilience on the boardroom agenda. Software vendors are moving down-market, giving midsize organizations access to planning, visibility, risk, and procurement technology once reserved for the enterprise — but often without the internal expertise to evaluate it. Stakeholders, from the Chief Supply Chain Officer to the CFO to private equity operating partners, are recognizing the need for independent, vendor-neutral guidance that separates real capability from hype and ties supply chain investment to business value including cash, margin, and service outcomes. Leading vendors across planning, visibility, risk, and procurement are advancing their offerings to meet this moment, while new entrants continue to emerge to fill the gaps legacy suites leave behind. Supply chain is shifting away from siloed, function-by-function decisions toward integrated, outcome-driven strategy — and buyers need a trusted, independent source to help them navigate it.
“The time is right to extend our coverage to supply chain,” explains Jim Brown, President and Founder of Tech-Clarity. “Supply chain management decisions are increasingly interconnected to Tech-Clarity’s core coverage areas, and portfolio owners, operating executives, and PE operating partners alike are looking for independent guidance on the value of technology across the full supply chain. Amber is uniquely qualified to offer that perspective, with a rare combination of practitioner, consulting, analyst, and vendor-executive experience. We’re excited about how her depth and credibility will help further our mission of making the business value of technology clear.”
“I’m excited to be joining Tech-Clarity because their independent, vendor-neutral approach to research is exactly the perspective supply chain leaders need right now,” shares Amber Salley. “Tech-Clarity’s reputation in manufacturing and product development creates a natural extension into supply chain, and I’m looking forward to helping buyers cut through vendor noise and make decisions that actually move their business forward.”
Amber’s research focus will include supply chain planning (demand, supply, inventory, and S&OP/IBP), supply chain visibility, supply chain risk and resilience, procurement (including direct spend), and order management.
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