IQMS

MARCH 6, 2023

The rapidly evolving global supply chain dynamics of the last few years have led manufacturers to rethink their strategies. Early 2020 through mid-2022 saw soaring demand for certain medical products and consumer goods, manufacturing disruptions due to Covid-19, and backlogged transportation channels.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 8, 2025

The 2020 SolarWinds breach worked like this. Open-Source Components A lot of IT tools are built on open-source code. If hackers insert a bug or backdoor into a popular open-source library, that flaw spreads into every product that uses it. Attackers can tamper with hardware or firmware during manufacturing or shipping.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

This round was led by NewRoad Capital Partners , an operator-led investment firm focused on high-growth supply chain and logistics, retail, and marketing technology companies, and joined by MK Capital and Moore Strategic Ventures. a Japan based global supplier of mechanical components for the manufacturing industry.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Jason Miller, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, clarifies the difference: “The bullwhip effect is the idea that the variance in orders becomes amplified as you move upstream in the supply chainfrom retailer to wholesaler, wholesaler to manufacturer, and so on.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

Consumers have embraced e-commerce for price comparisons, ease of purchase anytime and anywhere, and for those participating in subscription services such as Amazon Prime, free shipping, and other benefits. However, transportation and logistics costs can be prohibitive. of total sales in 2024 compared to 15.3%

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2025

There’s a growing sense that we may see a loosening of the regulatory environment — similar to the 2016-2020 period — which could offer carriers and logistics providers the chance to shift focus from compliance-heavy operations to strategic growth and efficiency. For this reason, centralized data governance is becoming essential.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2025

Our robust and innovative solutions cater to large enterprises across diverse industries, including retailers, manufacturers and logistics services providers. Geographic and Industry Reach Blue Yonder’s Supply Chain Planning Solution stands out due to its strategic acquisitions and expansive global and industry reach.

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QAD

MAY 6, 2025

As a former buyer specialist turned Presales consultant for QAD, Ive seen firsthand how Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions can transform procurement processes. Moreover, we were unable to carry out the buyer’s most crucial action: sourcing appropriately with suppliers on the platform.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 7, 2025

Still Foggy at the Top – What the New Logistics Report Means for the Rest of Us For all the hope around trucking bouncing back, the new CSCMP “State of Logistics Report” just affirmed what most small carriers already feel: Things are still off. trillion on logistics last year. That’s 8.7%

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EFT

JUNE 5, 2025

The research says that since 2020 battery prices have fallen 30%, allowing batteries to become bigger without incurring major rises in costs. The IEA forecasts that the purchase price of a battery electric HGV will be 15-35% cheaper by 2030 and a fuel cell truck 20-25%.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2025

In what was termed exclusive reporting, citing informed sources, Reuters indicated last week ( Paid subscription ) that BYD has been slowing its production and expansion pace by reducing work shifts in some China based factories. According to this report, China’s auto buyers had the opportunity to acquire an EV auto for upwards of $7,700.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2025

Enhanced Capabilities through Strategic Acquisitions Our transportation management solutions offer end-to-end global transportation management, complemented by logistics solutions such as Warehouse Management and Yard Management solutions. Johnny Ivanyi, Global Head of Logistics Operational Excellence, Bayer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This wonderful business aspect, supply chain, is defined as the entire process of making and selling commercial goods, including every stage from the supply of materials and the manufacture of the goods through to their distribution and sale. This record high is highlighted as the value of global trade reached a record level of $28.5

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Pressure for companies to change their supply chains is also coming from domestic political sources. Consumers will continue to want low prices (especially in a recession), and firms won’t be able to charge more just because they manufacture in higher-cost home markets. At the height of the pandemic, Willy C.

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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 Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Companies that took 2020 seriously and invested in their data are now leading their industries in AI. Semiconductor companies are using generative AI-driven tariff modelers to simulate trade scenarios, optimize sourcing and respond to shifting policies. Those that didn’t are scrambling to pay down technical debt.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2025

It was the largest stock market decline since March 2020, the equivalent of the peak of the global pandemic. Todays digital based product design and process management strategies have been duplicated across global wide regions for localized sourcing and production sourcing. trillion in market value. All rights reserved.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Ideally, with our nearshoring directory, you can turn to local distributors and manufacturers to help your business grow more sustainably. Many UK businesses had to change their sourcing strategies, leading to an increased focus on stockpiling goods to avoid interruptionsa costly and inefficient approach. Potential U.S. exports.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 6, 2025

We observed that the overall April data not only points to a state of global wide contraction in production and procurement activity but qualitative indicators of cutbacks in new or export order levels not seen since the initial time of the global pandemic in 2020. As shipping and logistics professionals are well aware, U.S.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2025

Meanwhile, supply chain and logistics news continue to unfold. Now Let’s Get Into The Top Supply Chain & Logistics News for the Week! The company, which was founded in Massachusetts in 1950, was purchased for $11.3 egg supply chain. Finally, ABB has made an undisclosed acquisition of Lumin, a U.S.-based

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. The stated aim of those measures is to bolster domestic manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. In the U.S., In the U.S., An estimated 60% of U.S.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Supply Chain Digest Says.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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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. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

That sad end came to an end after having a market cap of $30 billion at its peak in 2020, when the company was worth – briefly – more that Ford Motor Company, after if signed a strategic partnership deal with General Motors. That left logistics costs as a percent of US GDP down a bit in 2024 to 8.7%. trillion, up from $2.44

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E2open

JULY 3, 2025

License delays and sensitive data requirements push firms to rethink sourcing strategies. License delays and sensitive data requirements are now pushing firms to fundamentally rethink their sourcing strategies. million kilograms, the lowest level since February 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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

As can be seen, the index has soared in 2025 now exceeding levels at the start of the pandemic in early 2020. 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. The major focus of logistics is on e-commerce.

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