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5 Steps to Improve Carrier Relationships Without Adding Complexity

Talking Logistics

Carrier relationships are the backbone of a successful supply chain. When managed well, they ensure smoother operations, fewer delays, and better overall performance. But heres the catch: many shippers overcomplicate these partnerships with unnecessary processes and unclear communication. The good news? Building better relationships doesnt have to mean adding layers of complexity.

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Unlocking Supply Chain Potential with AI Agents and Multi-Agent Workflows

Logistics Viewpoints

Colin Masson, ARC Advisory Groups expert on Industrial AI. The industrial sectorparticularly supply chain management, is facing unprecedented complexity. Volatile markets, global disruptions, and the need for real-time insights are pushing traditional systems to their limits. While Generative AI (GenAI) has shown promise, its limitations in planning, workflow automation, and dynamic adaptation necessitate a more sophisticated approach.

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NRF 2025: Transforming Retail Through AI, Data, and Customer-Centric Innovation

ToolsGroup

Setting the Stage The National Retail Federation’s 2025 conference has unveiled a clear vision of retail’s future, where artificial intelligence, integrated planning solutions, and customer-centric approaches are reshaping the industry landscape. As retailers navigate an increasingly complex marketplace, several key themes emerged that are set to define the next era of retail innovation.

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Driving Digital Product Passport Compliance

Supply Chain Insights

Digital Product Report v4.0 Abstract In 2027, manufacturers selling into the European Union will be forced to comply with new compliance legislation for the Digital Product Passport. Time is short, and the impact to the supply chain is large. The legislation dictates the movement from a single use linear supply chain to circularity along with environmental impact transparency for the consumer.

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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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2025: The International Year of Quantum Science & Technology

Enterra Insights

Quantum mechanics emerged gradually from theories used to explain observations that could not be reconciled with classical physics. There were numerous individuals who contributed to the field. Building on the technology developed in classical mechanics, the invention of wave mechanics by Erwin Schrdinger and expansion by many others triggered the “modern era” of science beginning around 1925.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 17, 2025)

Talking Logistics

Im attending a funeral later this morning for a family friend. He died unexpectedly last week. His wife came home from having dinner with friends and found him unresponsive in bed. Based on family history, he likely suffered a heart attack. He was 64 years old and had retired less than 2 years ago. Earlier. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 17, 2025) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Shortage of space, lack of labour: Overcoming ongoing challenges in 2025

IT Supply Chain

By Wouter Satijn (pictured) Sales Director, Joloda Hydraroll The post Shortage of space, lack of labour: Overcoming ongoing challenges in 2025 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Why the Bill of Lading Is Crucial in Supply Chain

C3 Solutions

Learn what a Bill of Lading is, its importance in logistics, types, key components, and tips to optimize its use for seamless supply chain management.

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East and Gulf Coast Port Strike Likely Averted - And Why a Diversified Port Strategy Make Sense

West Coast and California Logistics

The entire supply chain industry is breathing a cautious sigh of relief as the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative six-year master contract agreement with tentative an operative word. With this development, a potentially disruptive strike across US East Coast and Gulf Coast ports looks to have been averted.

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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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Collaboration is urgently needed

Supply Chain Movement

In the Netherlands, supply chain collaboration has been a hot topic for years, both in the media and at conferences. The topic feels like a kind of common ‘charity’ that no one can be against. Until it has to become concrete. Because despite those years of attention and millions of subsidies, supply chain collaboration is making slow progress in practice.

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Supply Chain Automation – Is Australia Ready?

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain automation refers to the tools and technologies we can use to make manual tasks automated, reducing the need for human workers. It’s sometimes misunderstood, but it’s actually integrated into almost all supply chains nowadays in av ariety of different ways. What is Supply Chain Automation? When we talk about supply chain automation, we’re not just discussing robots in warehouses (though they’re certainly part of it!).

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UK Government Launches AI Opportunities Action Plan

IT Supply Chain

By Dr. Kjell Carlsson (pictured) Head of AI strategy, Domino Data Lab The post UK Government Launches AI Opportunities Action Plan appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Artificial Intelligence: Getting a Handle on a Moving Target

Arkieva

Artificial intelligence for supply chain is a hot topic. Uncovering misleading claims and understanding the differences between types of AI is crucial. Artificial Intelligence: Getting a Handle on a Moving Target was first posted on January 21, 2025 at 8:11 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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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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From Buzzword to Business Driver: How RFID is Fueling AI in Manufacturing

QAD

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) was everywhere in countless headlines, on every conference agenda and on the minds of leaders in virtually every industry. But for many, it remained more of a buzzword than a business driver. In 2025, however, QAD Director of Product Marketing Michael Ochi predicts that will change as more businesses discover how to move beyond experimentation and pilot projects to deliver tangible results.

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Studies Identify Top Supply Chain Disruption Risks

Supply Chain Matters

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. The disruptions and the themes are similar along with added observations. Resilinc Study Supply chain risk management technology provider Resilinc released this week this providers findings of the top drivers of supply chain disruptions for 2024.

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How to Make Your Supply Chain More Resilient

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve ever tried to buy a new car during the chip shortage or waited months for furniture delivery, you’ve experienced firsthand what happens when supply chains break down. These disruptions aren’t just inconvenientthey can make or break a business. Just ask any manufacturer who’s had to halt production because a single critical component wasn’t available.

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Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Safety for All

IT Supply Chain

By Peter West (pictured) Content Writer The post Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Safety for All appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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How to Incorporate Local SEO into Supply Chain Management

SCMDOJO

Most people today are active online, using computers and smartphones to search for services and goods nearby. Thats why local SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is critically important for any business operation, and Supply Chain Management is no exception. If you are looking for ways to improve your supply chain management performance, e.g., by cutting costs and saving time, you must consider leveraging local SEO.

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The Top 10 Causes of Shipping Delays — and How to Mitigate Them 

BlueYonder

Getting shipments from the production facility or warehouse to the retail store or the consumers doorstep is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Todays supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve many supplier tiers. Geopolitical tensions, rising fuel costs, driver shortages, blocked shipping lanes and frequent supply chain disruptions make it tough to achieve reliable on-time delivery amid this complexity.

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Meeting DORA Requirements: The Critical Technologies and Solutions to Ensure Compliance

Exiger Perspectives

Table of Contents Introduction As previously explored, the Digital Operation Resilience Act (DORA) has an exhaustive set of complex requirements that cover information and communication technology (ICT) risks within the financial sector and their critical third-party technology service providers. Failure to comply leads to significant fines that can go up to 1,000,000 Euros for financial entities and up to 5,000,000 Euros for critical third-party technology providers.

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What is Supply Chain Transformation?

Logistics Bureau

All businesses need to adapt to the future to avoid becoming obsolete. This is especially relevant to supply chain management, which is in the process of changing to take advantage of new technology that can make things more efficient. We sometimes refer to this process as supply chain transformation. What is Supply Chain Transformation? Supply Chain Transformation is a term that we use to talk about the evolution of your supply chain, and particularly how digital technologies can help to improv

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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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How Same-Day Delivery Transforms Hospital Operations

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post How Same-Day Delivery Transforms Hospital Operations appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Innovation Technology: IoT and Beyond

Procurement Academy

The supply chain management industry is growing and changing before our very eyes, and new technologies are at the very heart of that change. In the same way that a solid supply chain is the cornerstone of business efficiency and effectiveness, investing in supply chain innovation technology can help improve your business processes and cost margins while giving you a strong advantage over your competitors.

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Trust without vulnerability can’t exist in supply chain relationships

NC State SCRC

People often throw around the term “trust” in discussing supply chain relationships. Trust (and its cousin, Collaboration) seems to be a highly discussed element of effective supply chain relationships. In reality, academic research on inter-organizational trust has been around for a long, long time, spanning back more than a century. It’s worthwhile having a look at what some of the early work in trust has to say about it.

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What is Reverse Logistics? A Comprehensive Guide

My Office Apps

What is Reverse Logistics? A Com prehensive Guide Reverse logistics is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of supply chain management. While traditional logistics focuses on moving goods from the manufacturer to the customer, reverse logistics handles the reverse flowproducts moving from the customer back to the business. This process encompasses activities such as returns management, recycling, refurbishing, and disposing of goods in a sustainable way.

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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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Supply Chain Collaboration – A Selectively Good Idea

Logistics Bureau

In the complex supply chain that links an enterprise with its supplier upstream and its customer downstream, coordination of planning, resources and processes between all three entities should result in less wastage, better margins and lower costs. End-to-end supply, transformation and distribution of goods has extended into a global, networked operation for many companies.

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Leveraged ETFs Designed to Navigate Market Volatility

IT Supply Chain

By Christine Baker (pictured) Content Writer The post Leveraged ETFs Designed to Navigate Market Volatility appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Guide to Manufacturing Inventory Management Software

RFgen

Keeping track of all your moving parts in manufacturing is a tall order. Raw materials, works-in-progress, finished goods it’s enough to make your head spin. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore. That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. It’s not just a nice-to-have; it’s the key to staying competitive.