Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 19, 2025

As Founder and Managing Editor I am pleased to announce that Cloud based supply chain planning and synchronization solutions provider Kinaxis® will again serve as a Sustained Sponsor of this independent thought leadership platform in 2025 and 2026.

Supply Chain Planning Software

My Office Apps

DECEMBER 19, 2024

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.

Case Study

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The unfortunate truth in all of this is that the supply chain industry has historically underinvested in cyber security. Supply chain disruptions will remain a fact of life. But for supply chain companies to fully benefit from these technologies, they need to invest more in upskilling their employees.

Supply Chain Design Software

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

In addition to manufacturing or production, ERP then expanded to include finance, accounting, order management, supply chain management, payroll, and HR. PeopleSoft itself had recently acquired JD Edwards, a mid-market ERP provider specializing in manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

Manufacturing Procurement

Taulia

APRIL 16, 2025

Late payments dont just harm individual suppliers; they impact whole industries, slowing growth, blocking up supply chains and even impacting jobs and pay. Beyond those individual suppliers, late payments have knock-on effects on supply chains, business relationships and ultimately the broader economy.

Survey

Cathy Roberson

MARCH 31, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. The reverse logistics market comprises a number of players and as noted by DHL’s acquisition of Inmar Supply Chain Solutions, this space is ripe for acquisitions. In late 2014 FedEx acquired Genco , a highly regarded reverse logistics 3PL.

Reverse Logistics

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

New Roles and Skills likely to Emerge, Gartner’s Abdil Tunca Says July 30, 2025 Supply Chain Digest Says. Initially, robot management will operate as a distinct role within supply chain. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Warehousing

Jaggaer

JANUARY 20, 2025

According to the data, a key trend in the Supply Chain Management Software market in Saudi Arabia is the increasing adoption of cloud-based solutions, which offer scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

Saudi Arabia

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that “Over 90% of supply chain logistics functions have started or completed a digital transformation within the past three years, and high-performing functions set the logistics digital technology strategy 48% of the time.” A ny comments on Gartners thoughts?

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

We always start with a check on the US and global economy, as that has such an impact in the end on supply chain practice. What is your reaction of 1H supply chain 2025 in numbers and charts? This week, we offer our popular look at the first six months of 2025 in numbers and charts. Gilmore Says. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Freight Waves

JUNE 21, 2025

ground network, the largest less-than-truckload carrier in the United States and a major supply chain division. In 2014, Fortune Magazine named him among the world’s 50 greatest leaders. It also operates an extensive U.S. Fred Smith is still a legend. Smith met with President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year.

Las Vegas

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

Gartner

QAD

MAY 29, 2025

The manufacturer had also been a longstanding QAD ERP customer since the 1990s and moved its ERP operations from on-premise to the QAD Cloud in 2014. In fact, it had implemented EQMS in 2001. So when the time came to evolve its quality systems, it didnt start from scratchit built upon a trusted foundation.

Automotive

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. That’s respect for people.” What do you say? locations to be in close proximity to the U.S.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) These tech-driven schemes are harder to detect — and far more costly.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. April On what he calls Liberation Day, President Donald Trump publishes a wide schedule of tariffs on US imports from virtually every other country, creating supply chain chaos. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

EFT

JULY 7, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists Inside the airline seat industry crisis delaying jet deliveries Tucked beneath the armrest of a luxury business class seat in a factory in Wales lies a clue to a global aviation bottleneck that has left many airlines waiting impatiently for new jets.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5% month-over-month. The year-over-year increase slowed to 0.6%

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. Let us know your thoughts at the Feedback section below.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 31, 2025

That marked the first time the vacancy rate surpassed 7% since 2014, as businesses rushed extra inventory into their existing warehouses earlier this year and then paused decision-making during the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff rollout. Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? See graphic below.)

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

South Africa

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. market for customer responsiveness, flexibility, quality control, and for the positive branding of "Made in USA" Reshoring including FDI balanced offshoring in 2015 as it did in 2014. a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

The Trump tariffs “are reshaping global supply chains and injecting a high degree of uncertainty into capital investment decisions, causing delays. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. What is going on?

Analysis

SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2025

It also looks at how to include fire watch in broader safety plans and SOPs, offering clear guidance for supply chain professionals, warehouse managers, safety leads, and compliance officers. Past incidents, including a fatal 2014 fire in Boston, show how easily improper hot work can turn deadly.

Buyer Training

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Service-as-Software is ushering in the era of the digital workforce in the supply chain industry in particular, its already begun. My company FourKites recently announced the availability of Tracy and Sam, two new digital workers purpose-built to autonomously manage complex supply chain workflows.

Logistics Network Optimization Software