RFgen

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Balancing supply and demand requires careful planning and the ability to adapt to changing market conditions, especially when considering the bullwhip effect in supply chain management. Referring to the post-2008 period, he notes: “Sales are rising rapidly from 2017 through 2018.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm Client Alert Supply Chain Risk Alert Severe wildfires and windstorms have impacted Southern California since January 7, 2025. Exiger empowers clients to assess the impact of wildfires on their supply chain through cutting-edge visualization tools that map the geolocations of their suppliers.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 17, 2025

Top 10 Data Extraction Tools in 2025 By Rob Jackson (pictured) Content Writer 101 Views Let’s be real: in 2025, the phrase “data is the new oil” is about as fresh as a three-day-old cup of office coffee. The right data extraction tool. Automated data extraction tools have gone from “nice-to-have” to “must-have.”

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

During the American Revolution, paper was in short supply as the popularity of books and newspapers exploded. Fast forward to 2018, when KFC ran out of chicken in the UK. Manufacturers have been trying to prevent these experiences since the dawn of products. What Does MRP Software Do? And do I need to use it?”

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Hybrid powered Class 8 heavy duty tractor designer and manufacturer Nikola Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. In the declaration filed in bankruptcy court, company CEO Steve Girsky indicated that Nikola has curtailed manufacturing of new trucks as a means to conserve cash ahead of the bankruptcy.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2024

He has stated that his intent is to increase the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States. manufacturing output actually fell in 2019 when the first round of tariffs were issued by Trump. Many of the sectors cited above as having declining output in 2019 were the exact goods protected by the 2018-2019 tariffs (e.g.,

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Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

Yet the term itself covers a wide range of technologies performing different tasks. Each of them has a role to play in procurement, but it’s important to understand the differences between them to ensure that you apply the right tool for the right job. In automotive supply chains, AI inspects parts for defects, reducing recalls.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Tariffs hit hard on the bottom line by hiking up costs across supply chains, thereby affecting sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution decisions. However, if organizations adopt proactive tariff optimization strategies and build adaptive supply chains, these challenges can be turned into opportunities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

November 4th – 8th 2024 Supply Chain & Logistics News Steve Banker a tenured Supply Chain analyst with ARC Advisory Group will be presenting next Wednesday, November 13th with Wendy Ripley on “How Orvis Used Order Tracking to Eliminate Stockouts.” million in funding from the U.S.

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IQMS

JANUARY 5, 2023

The takeover of IQMS in 2018 by Dassault Systèmes and the relabeling into DELMIAWorks had essentially two main objectives in mind. It supplements and completes the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, adding manufacturing ERP and MES into its product portfolio. Qualification is extremely important here.

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EFT

JUNE 5, 2025

Electrification continues to make rapid inroads into trucking, as the International Energy Agency (IEA) recorded an 80% growth in sales in 2024 , led by China and making it the third consecutive year of expanding sales after poor market performance from 2018 to 2021. Credit Volvo Group.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 6, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives relative to this weeks announcement from adaptive supply chain planning technology provider ketteQ regarding its new product release which is named Dubai. Improved open architecture and solver-based technology.

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Stord

MAY 29, 2025

The global supply chain stands at another critical juncture as U.S.-China Steel/Aluminum, Auto Parts, and Legacy China Tariffs from 2018 and 2019 are still valid and in effect. 8 As such, the challenge to quickly manufacture and transport inventory now, or at a moment's notice, remains paramount.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. 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?

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QAD

MAY 30, 2025

Certified QAD Implementation Partners QAD works with more than 100 global partners as channel partners, system integrators and services organizations, solution providers and technology partners. Among our global implementation partners are Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), InfoSys, Tech Mahindra, and YASH Technologies.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Trump administration has been vocal on its goal of ‘America First’ as it looks to shrink the federal government, encourage more domestic manufacturing, and position itself as an isolationist in global matters. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. could represent $1.5

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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.

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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?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Presidential election ramps up to its final week before election day, Supply Chain Matters highlights how strategic supply chain sourcing decisions can sometimes take on domestic or geopolitical connotations. The contract manufacturer reportedly is planning production capacity for 20,000 GB200 NVL 72 servers in 2025.

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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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging,” the article this week says, adding that “In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.”

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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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The differences continue: In my rough estimate labor productivity in the second facility is about twice that of the first even with less automation. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. What do you say?

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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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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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. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

power grid at serious risk through exploiting itsheavy reliance on foreign-manufactured High-Voltage Power Transformers (HVPTs) and their critical components. Regulatory and legal risks Over 100 companies in the supply chain source components from entities linked to Uyghur forced labor , creating compliance challenges.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Supply chains are messy. Blockchain in Supply Chain Can Help. A manufacturer in China doesn’t read the specs on an order. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Blockchain in supply chain changes that.

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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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. month-over-month.

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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. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

confectionary business in 2018. Global Supply Chain Management Argentina: A New Opportunity in Latin America’s Industrial Sector Global Supply Chain Management U.S.-Swiss For several years, Ferrero has been seeking to grow its business in North America, making a series of acquisitions, including Nestlé’s U.S.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 29, 2025

In our previous article we considered the potential impacts on European manufacturers if the incoming Trump administration imposes tariffs. Lets now consider the direct and indirect impacts on American manufacturers. From an American manufacturers perspective, the impact of tariffs is not all bad but neither is it all good.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

A strange as it may seem for todays generation, in the early days of bar coding (1980s and through much of the 1990s), the technology had many pitfalls. Supply Chain Digest Says. The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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