Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 16, 2025
5G networks significantly improve data transmission speed, latency, and device connectivity, revolutionizing supply chain operations. These advancements enable real-time tracking and monitoring, enhance automated systems, and support a larger number of connected devices. The low latency of 5G allows for immediate response to any issues, ensuring smooth and efficient operations.
ToolsGroup
APRIL 17, 2025
Improving demand forecast accuracy is crucial for supply chain success. Businesses must analyze vast amounts of data to predict ever-changing consumer behavior accurately. Traditional demand forecasting methods often fall short, resulting in inefficiencies, excess inventory, and lost revenue. Machine learning is transforming the demand planning process, enhancing demand forecast accuracy, optimizing inventory management, and strengthening supply chain resilience.
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The Logistics of Logistics
APRIL 17, 2025
Danielle Spinelli and Joe Lynch discuss unpacking cargo theft: trends and solutions. Danielle serves as Account Executive at Descartes MyCarrierPortal, the leading solution for carrier identity, onboarding, and monitoring in transportation. About Danielle Spinelli Danielle Spinelli is an Account Executive at Descartes MyCarrierPortal. With a decade of experience in the logistics and transportation industry, Danielle brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in carrier sales and vetting.
SCMDOJO
APRIL 15, 2025
Consider this your business suddenly faces a major supply chain disruption. Perhaps a critical supplier goes out of business, a natural disaster halts shipments, or new regulations are introduced that throw a wrench in your entire process. This nightmare becomes a reality for many businesses more often than wed like to admit. But the truth is, a fragile supply chain can make or break your companys success in today’s world.
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The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.
BlueYonder
APRIL 14, 2025
In the dynamic world of MedTech, supply chain management is a critical component that directly impacts patient care and organizational efficiency. The recent LogiMed conference in Carlsbad, Calif., on March 24 26 brought together industry leaders to delve into the challenges and opportunities that define today’s life sciences supply chains. Here are the key insights from this gathering of minds, highlighting strategies for navigating complexities and enhancing operational resilience.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TransAudit
APRIL 17, 2025
Why Tariffs Are Stealing the Spotlight in 2025 Were only a few months into 2025, and yet one word has dominated nearly every conversation in global trade and transportation: tariffs. Since Inauguration Day, the landscape has shifted dramaticallywith new duties, revised agreements, and retaliatory tariffs shaking up supply chains across the globe. These rapid changes are creating uncertainty for logistics professionals, procurement teams, and trade compliance experts who now must monitor updates
ModusLink Corporation
APRIL 14, 2025
Global Tariffs Image In the constantly shifting landscape of global trade, businesses are once again being tested by the resurgence of tariffs. With new policies affecting imports and exports across key marketsincluding the U.S. and Chinasupply chain leaders must move quickly to assess the impact and adapt their operations. Tariffs, while often imposed for strategic or political reasons, directly affect the cost of goods, the viability of certain supplier relationships, and ultimately, the botto
Silvon Software
APRIL 16, 2025
Inventory is the lifeblood of any manufacturing business. Get it right, and youve got happy customers and streamlined costs. Get it wrong, and you risk financial strain and fulfillment headaches. Striking the perfect balance between available stock and cost efficiency is key. Thats where data-driven decision-making comes in! By leveraging analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs), manufacturers can optimize inventory, reduce waste, and boost profitability.
BlueYonder
APRIL 14, 2025
Supply chain optimization might be a timeless concept, but the way we define and achieve it evolves over time depending on demand levels, supply shortages, the competitive landscape, geopolitical conditions, technology innovations, regulations and other challenges. The life sciences industry including pharmaceutical, medical technology and healthcare equipment manufacturers is a great example.
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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.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 17, 2025
Shipium, the modern shipping platform for enterprise shippers, recently announced a partnership with Kibo Commerce, a composable commerce platform. Kibo enables retailers, distributors and manufacturers to deliver seamless omnichannel experiences while optimizing fulfillment efficiency. With a modular, API-first architecture, Kibo provides businesses with the agility to adapt quickly to market changes, reduce operational complexity, and drive revenue growth.
Exiger Perspectives
APRIL 16, 2025
How Global Supply Chains, Strategic Rivals, and Quality Breakdowns Threaten U.S. Healthcare Exigers latest analysis using ourexpansive supply chain visibility AI, A Bitter Pill: America's Dangerous Dependence on China-Made Pharmaceuticals , exposes the vulnerabilities within America's healthcare supply chain, highlighting insights that are critical for national health security.
QAD
APRIL 17, 2025
The Latest Trend in Baseball: the Torpedo Bat Consumer product trends and fads have always shaped consumer behavior. One moment, a product or idea rises rapidly in popularity, and the next, it can fade just as quickly. The sporting goods industry is no exception, where new trends often make waves, creating opportunities and challenges for manufacturers.
ThroughPut
APRIL 17, 2025
Impact Summary: A global automotive parts manufacturer transformed its production flow and operational efficiency using ThroughPut.AIs Supply Chain Decision Intelligence Manufacturing Production Optimization Software suite. The implementation delivered: 500% faster data analysis for real-time decision-making Over $2MM+ in potential savings from just a 1% improvement in uptime Up to 30% reduction in quality defects for the lowest-performing shifts Enhanced equipment utilization by cloning overuse
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
BlueYonder
APRIL 17, 2025
The eruption of the trade war and subsequent shifts in tariffs has thrown organizations into disarray, and has them scrambling to understand the effects of tariffs on their businesses and supply chains. Even a tariff pause brings little relief, as substantial tariffs remain in place and will likely continue to ebb and flow for the foreseeable future.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 17, 2025
As supply chain professionals continue to navigate disruption, digitization, and increasing complexity, having fast access to relevant, high-quality insights is critical. The Logistics Viewpoints archive has grown into a resource that supports exactly that a curated collection of category-based content that reflects both foundational principles and emerging trends across the logistics landscape.
RFgen
APRIL 18, 2025
Tariffs were once background noise for most companies. They were a variable to watch but rarely something that rewired entire operations. Thats changed. The impact of tariffs on supply chains is no longer abstract. Its direct, expensive, and increasingly hard to plan around. From the new tariffs impact on supply chains to newer policy shifts between the U.S., China, and the EU, trade barriers are driving more than price changes.
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 17, 2025
The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters blog revisits assumptions included in 2025 predictions and how they are changing with ongoing developments. Background In our research arms advisory report, 2025 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , published in January, our first prediction was: Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers face another extended period of high uncertainty related to global wide and domestic business strategies, disruption risks an
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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.
ThroughPut
APRIL 15, 2025
Summary of the Impact A globally recognized Automotive Interiors Manufacturer deployed ThroughPuts AI-powered supply chain solution, Supply chain decision intelligence & analytics platform , to optimize Just-in-Time manufacturing across all operational shifts. With advanced analytics and actionable insights, the company: Improved cart utilization and labor productivity across shifts Reduced quality defects in underperforming shifts by up to 30% Identified and eliminated process bottlenecks a
Taulia
APRIL 16, 2025
The cost of late payments: How cashflow struggles ripple through the economy Less than half of suppliers are paid on time. These late payments dont just hurt individual businesses theyre harming the economy. Late payments dont just harm individual suppliers; they impact whole industries, slowing growth, blocking up supply chains and even impacting jobs and pay.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 14, 2025
The adoption of AI in supply chain automation is enabling companies to make more accurate decisions, reduce cycle times, and better manage complexity. From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook.
Jaggaer
APRIL 16, 2025
How Intake and Orchestration AI Are Reshaping Procurement If youve been paying attention to technology developments in procurement, youve probably come across the term Intake & Orchestration. So, whats it all about? And why should you take note? Intake AI refers to the use of artificial intelligence to capture, understand, and classify incoming requests or needs, whether from users, systems, or documents.
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
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 18, 2025
Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology providers. Our previous posting in this series was published on March 28 th. Technology providers highlighted in this edition include: Kodiak Optilogic MISUMI Group and Fictiv Autonomous Driving Startup Kodiak to Go Public Kodiak Robotics , an AI enabled self-driving truck software provide
ThroughPut
APRIL 17, 2025
New AI capabilities accelerate manufacturing reshoring with faster, more agile inventory planning and supply chain decision-making PALO ALTO, CA, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ ThroughPut.AI ,the Industrial AI Supply Chain Analytics and Advanced Decision Making pioneer, as recognized by Gartner, today announced powerful new capabilities to its platform to support global reshoring efforts and localized manufacturing strategies.
Precoro
APRIL 14, 2025
Nothing hits harder than a fake invoice scam landing on your AP desk. Especially when the payment process seems transparent, steady, and ready: vendor bills that cement supply deals, steer liquidity, and keep your P&L on track. All of a sudden, invoice fraud crashed. As a result, the EBITDA hit stings, but the real damage is the erosion of financial trust.
SCMDOJO
APRIL 17, 2025
An effective business model is aimed at making customers maximally satisfied. Yet, in this sense, no business model can stay effective for a long time without reasonable updates. When the business world is evolving at an incredible speed and market competition is getting constantly harsher, customer demands are also changing fast. Talking about logistics and transportation services, clients do not want to stay behind the scenes anymore, they prefer to monitor and control each step of delivery pr
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Tail spend — often unmanaged, fragmented and costly — can account for as much as 80% of total transaction volume. Without the right strategy, enterprises face hidden risks and unnecessary spend. It’s time to shift from fragmented, ad hoc purchasing to a strategic, technology-driven approach. Download this GEP-sponsored Everest Group research for insights on how your competitors are upping their tail spend management game.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 16, 2025
The path toward equity hasn't been an easy one for women in supply chain and logistics, and even today, it's still very much a work in progress.
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 16, 2025
The following Supply Chain Matters multi-part guest commentary is authored by Michael Lamoureux who provides over 18 years of experience and observations and experience in procurement sourcing technology applications. Michael is the Editor-in-Chief of the Sourcing Innovation blog. Introduction to This Series Global supply chain teams are embarking on an additional period of increased business uncertainties brought about by increased tariffs, escalating trade tensions and accelerating geo-politic
IT Supply Chain
APRIL 18, 2025
By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer The post Why Intellectual Property Law Matters More Than Ever in the Digital Age appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
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