Supply Chain by Jim Tompkins
October 2026
The AI-enabled enterprise: How companies operate larger than payroll
Marc Benioff didn’t lay off 4,000 people last year.
Everyone ran with that headline when the Salesforce
CEO said he would cut his support division from 9,000
heads to about 5,000. The real story is more nuanced – and
more useful to you.
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