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AI Risks Include Data Poisoning and Model Corruption

Logistics Viewpoints

Ted Krantz, CEO of Interos Interos , a company providing supply chain resilience and risk management software, emailed me to say that there was a supply chain risk everyone seemed to be ignoring – AI-related risks. Companies use risk management software , like the Interos solution, to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real time. These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to de

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Scaling Through Mergers & Acquisitions: Supply Chain Optimization Best Practices

AIMMS

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are powerful strategic tools for growth, but their success hinges on the seamless integration of supply chains.

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The Dragons Threatening Supply Chains in 2025

Enterra Insights

On some of the earliest European maps of the known world, the phrase “Here be dragons” can be found. The phrase signified uncharted or dangerous areas where cartographers warned mariners “we don’t know what’s there, so beware.” Dragons are a good analogy for the risks faced by supply chains. No one can say for sure what dragons lie ahead in 2025 for supply chains, but some risks are known.

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TMS Sculpting: Supply Chain Enhancement and Evolution

Talking Logistics

Implementing a Transportation Management System (TMS) marks a significant milestone for companies aiming to enhance their supply chain operations. However, the journey doesn’t end at implementation. Organizations can continue to extract value from their TMS investment, meet cost reduction goals, and drive ongoing supply chain improvements through strategic analysis and optimization.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Your FMCG S&OP Leadership - has it gone to the dogs?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Who let the dogs out? If you lived in or visited Bucharest about 10 years ago you will have seen one or two stray dogs hanging around the city. Actually, a lot more than one or two, there were hoards of them. In 2010 a proposal was made to organise a proactive and wide-spread cull of the stray dogs but a certain Brigitte Bardot was outraged and the plans went permanently onto the back-burner.

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How to Improve Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Warehousing

IT Supply Chain

By Peter West (pictured) Content Writer The post How to Improve Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Warehousing appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How Poor Yard Management Is Draining Your Resources

C3 Solutions

Picture a plant with tens of trucks rushing up to a facility, containers in the yard, and delayed deliveries. Chaos, inefficiency, and a great deal of wasted money this defines poor yard management , and is the day-to-day reality for many businesses worldwide.

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Advanced Production Scheduling: A Growing Imperative 

BlueYonder

In the dynamic manufacturing landscape, planning orders into production is no longer a routine task. Its become a pivotal competency that can significantly impact a manufacturers efficiency, productivity, profitability and service levels. Why is intelligent production planning so essential? Because, in todays disrupted supply chain, both demand and supply have become fast-moving and ever-changing targets.

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Air Cargo Market's VAS - Last-Mile Delivery

Cathy Roberson

For the past few years, the air cargo market has greatly benefited from international e-commerce. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 80% of e-commerce is transported by air and makes up upwards of 30% of total air cargo volume. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Exotec’s Skypod System – A Unique Solution Designed to Address Supply Chain Challenges

Logistics Viewpoints

The supply chain market, like many other industries, has been experiencing tremendous volatility and dynamic market forces. These pressures are progressively pushing companies to consider advanced automation in their supply chains and warehouses. Companies face constant pressure to secure a competent and reliable workforce at market wages that enables them to remain competitive with the global market, where wages and other operating costs are often lower.

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Mitigating Water and Energy Consumption in Data Centers

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post Mitigating Water and Energy Consumption in Data Centers appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Evolution: Trading Reaction for Resilience

TransAudit

In todays rapidly shifting business landscape, supply chain evolution has become essential. The goalposts are constantly moving due to factors like global disruptions, technological advancements, and evolving customer demands. Companies that rely on reactive strategies risk falling behind, while those that prioritize resilience are better equipped to thrive.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in the Logistics Industry

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Labor shortages are among the most pressing challenges in the logistics industry today. With eCommerce demand surging and supply chains under constant strain, the need for a skilled and reliable workforce has never been greater. However, high turnover rates, a shrinking labor pool, and increased competition for talent have made it difficult for logistics companies to keep up.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Beyond Compliance: How Procurement Can Drive ESG Leadership and Decarbonization

Jaggaer

A guest post by Rose Stephani, Project Leader, Sustainability at H&Z. H&Z partners with JAGGAER to help organizations transform their ESG data into actionable sustainability outcomes. By combining H&Zs sustainability expertise with JAGGAERs advanced procurement technology for Scope 3 emissions tracking and data collection, organizations can better integrate sustainability into their procurement strategies.

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The Best Ways to Use Project Management to Build Resilient Supply Chains Amid Global Disruptions

SCMDOJO

Supply chains are the backbone of global trade that ensure the smooth movement of goods and materials across industries. However, disruptions such as economic downturns, geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, and pandemics continue to expose vulnerabilities in their operations. Businesses must find effective ways to strengthen their networks and improve flexibility to maintain stability during uncertain times.

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How Tech Innovations Have Upgraded Everyday Life during the past decade

IT Supply Chain

By By Erik Kaminski (pictured) Feature Article Writer The post How Tech Innovations Have Upgraded Everyday Life during the past decade appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

Freight Plus

A resilient supply chain is the ability to anticipate, adapt to, and recover from disruptions while maintaining business continuity. In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable environment, disruptionswhether due to natural disasters, political instability, or unforeseen global eventscan significantly impact the flow of goods and services. Resilient supply chains are flexible, adaptive, and designed to bounce back quickly from setbacks.

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4 Ways To Drive Supply Chain Excellence in the Food Industry

The Supplier Relationship Management Playbook is your guide to building effective supplier partnerships that drive supply chain excellence. This playbook equips supply chain professionals with strategies for managing compliance, tracking performance, and fostering collaboration to reduce supply chain risks. Inside, you’ll find: Strategies for Compliance: Best practices to help meet regulatory standards.

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Upskilling Supply Chain & Procurement To Gain Strategic Skills

Procurement Academy

Supply chain and procurement have undergone a seismic change in recent years. Increased globalization, constant digital transformation, and ever-evolving consumer demands have led to a situation where traditional supply chain skills are simply no longer enough for success. There is now a pressing need for supply chain professionals to acquire and develop new skills that are better suited to modern organizations.

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The Power of AI-enabled Demand Sensing to Enhance Planning

John Galt

Learn about AI-enabled demand sensing and how it makes demand planning nimbler and more responsive, elevating supply chain planning strategies.

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Agentic AI in Supply Chains: The Future of Decision Making

SCMDOJO

AI is evolving rapidly. From rule-based systems to predictive analytics and the generative AI boom, businesses have leveraged these technologies to optimize operations, forecast trends, and create data-driven strategies. However, the next wave of AI innovation is here: autonomous AI agents. Agentic AI refers to proactive, self-learning systems capable of making independent decisions, solving problems, and continuously adapting to changing conditions.

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Why Upgrading with Genuine Parts Is a Game-Changer for Your Car’s Health

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer The post Why Upgrading with Genuine Parts Is a Game-Changer for Your Car’s Health appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Digital Product Passports: A Call for Digitization in U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Digital product passports (DPPs) offer the chance to set a new standard for supply chain visibility in domestic manufacturing.

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USPS’s Temporary Suspension: Impact on Global Trade

All Things Supply Chain

The word disruption has become an ever-present theme in the world of logistics. Supply chains have long been exposed to geopolitical shifts, regulatory changes, and unexpected roadblocks.

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How Many Pallets Can Fit in a Container or Trailer?

I.C.E. Transport

With pallets such an indispensable supply chain tool, determining how many pallets can fit in a container or trailer is critical for shippers when developing a transportation plan, calculating freight costs and booking carriers.

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The Critical Need for Inventory Rebalancing by Dynamic Lead Times

ThroughPut

In todays fast paced industrial world, inventory mismanagement poses substantial financial risks. With approximately $30 trillion of trade flowing from node to node, inventory rebalancing or mismanagement contributes to two major and often preventable issues: lost uptime, and lost sales. The Hidden Cost of Lost Uptime According to a Siemens report , in 2022 alone, unplanned downtime cost Fortune Global 500 companies $1.5 trillion.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Choosing the Right Tools for Large-Scale Data Extraction

IT Supply Chain

By Rob Jackson (pictured) Content Writer The post Choosing the Right Tools for Large-Scale Data Extraction appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How to Minimize Risks Through Supply Chain Mapping

Supply Chain Brain

To avoid or minimize the damage that supply chain disruptions can cause, its important for companies to assess potential risks and develop a plan to manage them.

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Reduce Supply Chain Emissions: A Practical Guide for Logistics Professionals

MercuryGate

Your tracking systems can pinpoint a package down to the exact shelf in a warehouse halfway across the planet. But when it comes to tracing your supply chain emissions? Thats about as clear as fog. The post Reduce Supply Chain Emissions: A Practical Guide for Logistics Professionals appeared first on MercuryGate International.