Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights yet another labor strike timed to impact a peak period in domestic and global commerce. While alternative carriers have grown since 2018, today’s higher shipping volumes mean even private networks risk bottlenecks. All rights reserved.

Canada

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. Here’s how.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This is the very same authorization the first Trump Administration utilized to levy 25 percent steel and 10 percent on aluminum tariffs in 2018. But things started to change after he introduced the steel and aluminum tariffs in March 2018 and also launched a trade war against China. With the U.S. Stay tuned. All rights reserved.

Manufacturing Procurement

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

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 Matters

MARCH 12, 2025

Supply Chain Matters updates readers on todays milestone of U.S. That is different than steel and aluminum tariffs imposed during the first Trump presidency in 2018. Bob Ferrari Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. All rights reserved.

Manufacturing Procurement

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? But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 6, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Highlights of the interview are provided below: Q: Why is it critical for supply chain planning leaders to evolve their roles to more proactively shape business decisions in today’s environment? What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

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

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. In the 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election, Scott Walker was defeated as Governor by candidate Tony Evers.

Mexico

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

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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

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. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. month-over-month.

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

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

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. Yet the term itself covers a wide range of technologies performing different tasks.

Predictive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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

AUGUST 12, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

South Africa

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 31, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2025

This enabled totes not only to negotiate a great price, but see huge opportunities to reduce supply chain costs, especially in distribution, where Isotoner’s ratios were totally out of whack. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Distribution

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Another manager in the computers and electrics sector stated that: “Tariffs continue to cause confusion and uncertainty for long-term procurement decisions. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 12, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

California

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 5, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments The ramifications of the tariffs on the economy and supply chains remain largelyunknown. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

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.

Pharmaceutical