The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 20, 2025
Cold Chain Logistics for Food, Pharma & Retail The April edition of LogiSYM magazine highlights the critical role of cold chain logistics in maintaining efficiency, compliance, and resilience across the food, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors. It introduces a collaborative platform aimed at strengthening Halal supply chains through shared knowledge and partnership.
Stord
APRIL 21, 2025
With the global e-commerce market projected to surpass $8 trillion by 2027 1 , brands are presented with a massive opportunity for international growth. This means far more than just new sales channels. Its about gaining access to larger, less saturated markets, often in regions where demand for certain products or categories is growing faster than in the brands home market.
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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.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
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.
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Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 17, 2025
DHL to acquire 100% of CRYOPDP, a leading specialty courier providing logistics services for clinical trials, biopharma, and cell & gene therapies. This acquisition enhances DHL’s capabilities in specialty pharma logistics and supports Group’s 2030 strategy to become a leader in life science and healthcare logistics. DHL and Cryoport form strategic partnership to strengthen their respective supply chain services offerings for the global life sciences and healthcare sector.
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
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.
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.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
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.
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
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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 21, 2025
Supply Chain Matters highlights an announcement from supply chain orchestration provider Kinaxis regarding the release of the Kinaxis Tariff Response application. The Announcement Last week the supply chain orchestration technology support provider announced Kinaxis Tariff Response, a new offering aimed at helping companies simulate tariff exposure, run strategic scenarios, and make data-informed decisions quickly.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 23, 2025
The global freight sector faces growing pressure to balance cost-efficiency with environmental responsibility. With freight transport accounting for a significant share of global emissions, efforts to improve logistics now extend beyond operational metrics to include resilience, regulatory compliance, and climate performance. This shift reflects a broader transition toward data-driven, performance-based management of freight networks.
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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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.
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.
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
John Galt
APRIL 16, 2025
Our partner Climatiq, leader in carbon intelligence solutions, shares key insights on the state of supply chain sustainability, the challenges and the opportunities.
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All Things Supply Chain
APRIL 16, 2025
Every spring, children around the world wake up on Easter morning excited to hunt for chocolate eggs and bunnies.
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.
BlueYonder
APRIL 23, 2025
In the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain planning, Blue Yonder has again emerged as an industry-recognized Leader. The Gartner 2025 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions 1 report positions Blue Yonder furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision. This Magic Quadrant also marks the twelfth consecutive time Blue Yonder has been named a Leader since the report started in 2010 2.
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