Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Gartner says that, with the exception of high-performing organizations, 40% of logistics leaders cite the struggle to realize value from existing technology investments What do you say? Supply Chain Digest Says. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

NMFTA says the new “Cybersecurity Cargo Crime Reduction Framework” is an actionable guide for shippers, carriers, third-party logistics providers and brokers that It outlines key steps parties can take to reduce cargo theft risk. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.)

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

June CSCMP and partner Kearney release the 2025 State of Logistics Report, with the headline news: that what the report several years back started calling US Business Logistics Costs (USBLC) rose on an absolute basis in 2024 to $2.58 That left logistics costs as a percent of US GDP down a bit in 2024 to 8.7%.

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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. Again this year, Penske Logistics funded the report development. of the total cost logistics number (versus 7.2%

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

Meanwhile, our supply chain and logistics stock index, which is made up of more than 20 stocks across freight carriers, logistics service providers, and supply chain hardware and software vendors, lagged the S&P, with a gain of just 10.3% In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

The trade war is likely to extend the for-hire freight recession further as higher prices reduce goods affordability and consumers’ real incomes.” ( See More Below) CATEGORY SPONSOR: SOFTEON Each month, Cass nicely summarizes the state of freight, as seen in the graphic below for May: Source: Cass An y reaction to thi s Cass report?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Source: State of Logstics Report 2025 May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese saying goes. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

That also led Klappich to recently define a new category of software, which Gartner calls a Multiagent Orchestration Platform (MAOP) for managing mobile robots in warehousing and manufacturing. ( lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A manufacturer in China doesn’t read the specs on an order. 2017 was the year that blockchain technology finally made world headlines, but it was mostly for the wrong reason. It’s still early days, but there are already two Ethereum-based projects that address some of the major problems that hamper logistics.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

in May, but falling below the key 50 mark that separates US manufacturing expansion from contraction for 30 out of the last 32 months. Another manager in the computers and electrics sector stated that: “Tariffs continue to cause confusion and uncertainty for long-term procurement decisions. A Manufacturing PMI above 42.3,

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 8, 2025

Delivery activity has only recently stepped up at Boeing’s Seattle facilities, including jets for Air China, Hainan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, according to Aviation.flights, a website that tracks plane movements at the manufacturer. and Asia’s biggest economy. and Asia’s biggest economy. and Asia’s biggest economy.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

TuffAir’s strategy was novel, integrating small-aircraft logistics, FAA exemptions, Ohio-based test zones and proprietary software and flight routing technology.” TuffAir isn’t just a cargo startup, it’s a movement for impact, logistics and equity,” its site states. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Connecting with hundreds or even thousands of vendors and logistics service providers is the first step in enabling this process. Source: RevCascade website. The drop-shipping process involves the sharing of information (e.g., inventory, orders, shipping) and synchronization of activities across multiple trading partners.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

The world’s most valuable automaker by market capitalization also maintains CEO Elon Musk’s celebrated remark in 2017 that the Semi will travel up to 500 miles on a single charge. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers. Although rate volatility is expected to stabilize in 2017, organizations must do more with fewer resources to survive. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

Manufacturers are set to invest up to $70 billion in the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) by 2020, reports John Greenough of Business Insider. Previous Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing. Previous applications of the IIoT in manufacturing have led to a savings of 12 percent across the industry.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Rebounding freight volumes and the proximity of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are set to change the industry in 2017, reports Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. based carrier’s role in Mexico as nearshoring manufacturing trends drive more cross-border trade. Global supply chains are shifting, Mexico’s role in global trade is growing, and Mexican small and medium enterprises and manufacturing sectors are looking for reliable access to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The Rubikloud acquisition was a $60M cash purchase. Elemica Purchase by Eurazeo.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Amazon’s purchase of Kiva Robots changed the landscape of robotics in the supply chain. Per IDC Manufacturing Insights , the use of robotics will become more platform based through robot-as-a-service, reducing costs of deployment and maintenance. Clearly, robotics will become more important in 2017 than during any previous year.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. We will feature over the next 4 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. Share This: Read More.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 22, 2017

The use of the term supply chain to describe make/source and deliver as a function is relatively new. While we have centuries of building logistics and transportation teams, the term supply chain was first defined in 1982. 2) Networking at the Imagine 2017 Conference. 3) Hiring and Mentoring.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Tang argues, because the current crisis is hardly unprecedented; it is based on the changes that Boeing made to its R&D and manufacturing processes during the development of the 787 Dreamliner.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Update Helps Businesses Scale Logistics to Meet Multi-Channel Demand. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

In the below article I propose to have a look at the main benefits and advantages of the cloud-based logistics management. Each industry has its peculiarities, among the others, in the logistics, manufacturing, and supply. It incorporates your resources from every stage of the logistic process in the real-time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

These rising prices can cut into the profits of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who are reliant on this form of energy for powering their facilities. Oil, gas, steel and metal products account for other everyday items purchased from the two countries.” Natural gas has become increasingly important in generating electricity.

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