December, 2024

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Reshoring and Domestic Manufacturing Incentives: Impacts on Supply Chain Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Reshoring, the practice of bringing manufacturing operations back to the United States, has gained renewed momentum in recent years, largely driven by a combination of political priorities, economic strategies, and global supply chain disruptions. Spearheaded by initiatives like those championed during Donald Trump’s past presidency (and likely during his upcoming term), policies promoting domestic manufacturing—such as tax breaks, tariffs, and regulatory incentives—have redefined how companies

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Supply Chain Efficiency: A Deep Dive into the Core Drivers

RFgen

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. As companies across industries have discovered, a well-optimized supply chain can drive significant improvements throughout their operations. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

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Optimizing Supply Chains Has Never Been More Important

Enterra Insights

For the past few years, the news has been filled with stories about supply chain disruptions, supply chain fragility, and the need for supply chain resilience. A term once prominent in supply discussions optimization isn’t heard quite as often as it used to be. That doesn’t mean optimization isn’t as important now as it has been in the past.

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Streamlining Warehouse Operations with Mobile Inventory

RFgen

Introduction Inventory management is the backbone of a successful supply chain operation, but it’s often a source of persistent frustration. Relying on manual processes and outdated technology leads to costly errors, inefficient workflows, and a lack of real-time visibility, ultimately impacting the bottom line. Mobile inventory management offers a transformative solution, providing the real-time data and streamlined workflows needed to optimize operations and gain a competitive edge.

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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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Beyond Barcodes: How RFID is Redefining Supply Chain Management

AB&R

American Barcode & RFID (AB&R) has successfully navigated the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain management. We can help you stay ahead of the curve. As businesses grapple with increasingly complex logistics challenges, a powerful technology has emerged as the linchpin of supply chain management: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). While barcodes have long been the standard for inventory tracking, RFID is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, offering a level of visibi

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Meals on Wheels Case Study

My Office Apps

Meals on Wheels San Francisco Transforms Supply Chain Management to Serve Up to 30,000 Meals Each Day with OpenEdge-Powered ERP by MyOffice Apps 2020 | Case Study Challenge Meals on Wheels America has 5,000 independent programs across the United States, with the program in San Francisco being one of the largest in the nation. Founded in 1970, the San Francisco location delivers more than two million meals each year to thousands of homebound seniors through its daily Home-Delivered Meals program

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How to Reduce Carbon Footprint in Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Climate change, often referred to as Global Warming, is fast becoming a major issue for business, as well as our communities. Businesses are recognising the need to become good corporate citizens, as well as prepare for regulatory schemes that may require them to reduce carbon emissions. The difficulty many businesses now face, is understanding where to start.

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Theorizing Through Literature Reviews

SCM Research

There are many misconceptions about how to write a good literature review. In their award-winning article Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum , Breslin and Gatrell (2023) introduce the minerprospector continuum to guide scholars on how best to craft literature reviews. They argue that scholars can choose from eight review strategies.

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Understanding LTL General Rate Increases

Freight Plus

As 2024 comes to a close, LTL shippers are preparing for the General Rate Increases (GRI) that carriers will implement in early 2025. These annual rate adjustments are essential for carriers to keep pace with rising costs, including labor, fuel, equipment, and regulatory compliance. Understanding and planning for these GRIs is crucial for maintaining competitive supply chains in the coming year.

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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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Supply Chain & Logistics News December 2nd- December 5th

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Chain & Logistics News December 2nd – December 5th Experts claim that Cyber Monday the Monday following Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days for deliveries followed by the Mondays leading up to Christmas. In 2022, the Postal Service processed more than 11.7 billion mailpieces and packages during the holiday season. In 2023, Amazon delivered around 5.9 billion packages more than UPS and FedEx.

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The Supply Chain Problem $100 Million and Smart Executives Can’t Solve

Talking Logistics

Can $100 million and a team of smart people be enough to realize a future where global supply chains run as seamlessly as todays most intuitive consumer technologies, optimizing real-time decision-making through AI and machine learning? That is Augers vision, the company launched by Dave Clark, the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO. Global supply chains.

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Demand Sensing: How to Unlock Smarter Supply Chains with AI

Logility

Balancing forecast accuracy with inventory management gets more challenging every day. Traditional approaches often divide departments like sales, marketing, and production. This makes it hard to reach agreement. It can also lead to missed opportunities and conflicting priorities. Fortunately, this is starting to change. Artificial intelligence (AI) and rapidly developing generative AI tools provide complex, real-time, and in-depth insights specific to supply chain management.

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Georgia: The Future of Supply Chain with Bob Kosek

The Logistics of Logistics

Bob Kosek and Joe Lynch discuss Goergia: the future of supply chain. Bob is the Division Director of Global Commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development , your one-stop shop for Georgia business. About Bob Kosek Bob Kosek is the Division Director of Global Commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. He is responsible for overseeing the statewide and regional teams responsible for attracting job and investment growth to the State of Georgia.

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The Evolving Retailer's Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto

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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The Role of Robotics in Advanced Packaging Systems

The Network Effect

How automation and robotics are improving packaging, supply chains, and impacting customer experience and expectations

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Preparing to Run Supply Chains at the End of the Second Global Economy

Supply Chain Shaman

Global supply chains are built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of transportation resources, and low variability. The pandemic taught us many lessons that we are quickly forgetting. Compliance, sanctions, and tariffs loom. Supply chain leaders have little history to use as a guide to prepare. Before the pandemic, supply chain leaders experienced relatively free trade across borders in 2017.

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Navigating the Complex Landscape of ESG and Forced Labor Regulations: Insights from IBM’s Conference

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week, I attended a half-day conference, ESG Here to Stay: 5 Investment Themes for 2025, hosted by IBM in their Manhattan office. The core topics ranged from how prepared the world is to power the energy transition, developments in carbon removal, financing new investments, and grappling with supply chains. Each presentation was exceptional, and the event viewed ESG from a holistic but pragmatic perspective.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (December 13, 2024)

Talking Logistics

I lied last Friday on Talking Logistics. I actually had one more outdoor bike ride to do. I flew down to Amelia Island, Florida to surprise my sister Janet Bucciero. She is a member of our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure Cycling team and was doing the Breakthrough T1D Ride last Saturday. I decided to. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (December 13, 2024) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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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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Christmas S&OP 2025: Santa & Opening Presents

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

A seasonal example of the many challenges and benefits of S&OP. A key feature of the Enchange Supply Chain House.

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America’s Largest Small Truck Network with Alex Winston

The Logistics of Logistics

Alex Winston and Joe Lynch discuss America’s largest small truck network. Alex is the President of Expedite All , Americas largest small truck network, with over 9,000 vehicles ranging from cargo vans to straight trucks. Alex is also the President of Reefer Van Network , a prominent player in the refrigerated transportation industry, specializing in the safe and efficient delivery of temperature-sensitive goods across North America.

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ToolsGroup Showcases AI-Driven Solutions at NRF to Help Retailers Thrive Amid Possible Tariffs and Market Uncertainty

ToolsGroup

Probabilistic planning and advanced AI capabilities empower businesses to confidently navigate economic and regulatory complexities BOSTON December 17, 2024 ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is excited to announce its participation in the National Retail Federations Retails Biggest Show, taking place January 12-14, 2025, in New York.

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Black Swans and Supply Chain Visibility Now that Volatility is the New Normal

Freightos

Blog More Resources Home Black Swans and Supply Chain Visibility Now that Volatility is the New Normal Judah Levine December 9, 2024 Get Started Freightos was delighted to host its seventh annual FreighTech conference recently, bringing together leaders in freight technology and digitalization across carriers, forwarders, BCOs and tech providers once again to discuss progress achieved , explore opportunities for collaboration and imagine the future.

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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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Top Supply Chain Planning Vendors Are Investing to Support Agile Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Twin Screen Shot and Architecture The most comprehensive form of planning that companies engage in is integrated business planning. IBP balances what can be produced against projected demand. Based on this, a multiple-month financial, supply chain, and capital expenditure plan is produced. A supply chain planning application is the core technology that enables robust planning.

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Reimagining Transportation Procurement: Leveraging Data and Technology for Smarter Freight Decisions

Talking Logistics

In a survey we conducted in October 2020, 91% of our Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the time had come to transform the traditional transportation procurement process. Yet, we all know that waste and inefficiencies still.

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Tackling EU Manufacturing Industry Challenges: Lessons from Draghi’s Report

AIMMS

For supply chain leaders in the EU, particularly in energy industries (EIIs), these threats likely demand a proactive, strategic approach.

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Solving the Freight Broker’s Biggest Problem with Brad Hollister

The Logistics of Logistics

Brad Hollister and Joe Lynch discuss solving the freight broker’s biggest problem. Brad is the Head of Growth of Upwell , a tech firm that streamlines accounts receivable using artificial intelligence. About Brad Hollister Brad Hollister is an investor, entrepreneur, freight-tech advisor, and Head of Growth at Upwell, a tech firm that streamlines accounts receivable using artificial intelligence.

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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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Future-Proofing Supply Chains: Comprehensive Insights for Manufacturing and Distribution in 2025

ToolsGroup

The manufacturing and distribution industries are on the brink of a transformative era, characterized by unprecedented technological innovation, sustainability imperatives, and global economic shifts. As we approach 2025, businesses face a critical juncture where adaptability and strategic foresight will define competitive success. Here are 7 key trends to watch for that will define the future of manufacturing and distribution. 1.

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Supply Chains Are Still Constrained by Geography

Enterra Insights

“For decades,” writes economic journalist Peter S. Goodman , “major companies have behaved as if geographic distance were almost irrelevant. A factory in China was the same as a factory in Michigan. The internet, container shipping and international trading arrangements had supposedly shrunk the globe.”[1] He adds, “No longer.

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The Importance of Energy Transition and Sustainability in the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry

Logistics Viewpoints

The logistics and supply chain industry is a critical component of global trade, responsible for moving goods and materials efficiently to meet consumer and business demands. However, the sectors reliance on fossil fuels and resource-intensive practices poses significant challenges. The transition to renewable energy and the adoption of sustainable practices are now essential for reducing environmental impact, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining competitiveness.