BlueYonder

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Last week, a team from Blue Yonder attended the 2024 Gartner ® Supply Chain Planning Summit in London. They explored how AI can improve forecasting and decision-making, reducing inventory and lead times. The theme of this year’s conference was “Generating Value Together: Beyond Accuracy, Toward Intelligence.” All rights reserved.

Gartner

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

October 14th – 18th 2024 Supply Chain & Logistics News Yesterday, I landed back in the States from my autumn getaway. Its latest biofuel trial and the order of a dozen 13,000 teu methanol dual-fuel container ships in January 2024 with ships scheduled for delivery from 2027.

Price Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 5, 2025

During the 2024 holiday season, it reduced unnecessary package movement and shortened delivery distances by leveraging AI to strategically position inventory closer to customer locations. Walmart has implemented AI to enhance inventory forecasting. This is known as a human-in-the-loop (HITL) model.

Supply Chain Design Software

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Dive into our curated list of the top 12 blogs from 2024 that will elevate your supply chain knowledge and give you a competitive edge. 12 Useful Websites to Help You Liquidate Inventory and Make Money This blog post is about websites that can help you sell excess inventory and convert it into cash. Download Procument Reports 7.

Negotiating Skills

Logility

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Atlanta, GA – November 21, 2024 – Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. million for the quarter ended October 31, 2024, a 9% increase compared to $13.4 million or 85% of total revenues in the quarter ended October 31, 2024 compared to $21.5 Total revenues for the quarter ended October 31, 2024 decreased 2% to $25.3

Logility

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2025

It is worth noting that the major damage to interstate highways from Hurricane Helene in September 2024 took more than five months to repair. In 2024 alone, the billion-dollar damage mark was exceeded by 27 weather-related disasters in the U.S., history was the response to Hurricane Helene in September 2024. The largest U.S.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

It is not surprising that the TMS market will nearly double in size between 2024 and 2029, increasing from $11.75 It is no wonder that the AI in the supply chain market will grow more than 10x between 2024 and 2030, from $5 billion to $51 billion. billion to $23.07 Similarly, the WMS market is expected to grow from $3.9

Supply Chain Planning Software

Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

IoT devices track inventory in real time, providing valuable insights into stock movement, reducing waste, and ensuring products are available when needed.” ” Inventory optimization. This prevents surplus, reduces carrying costs, and minimizes the risk of stockouts, ensuring a balanced inventory.”

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 27, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides our summary and perspectives wrap up of the 2024 holiday fulfillment season. The Numbers Government data along with added adjustments by The National Retail Federation (NRF) indicates that retailers experienced a rather positive 2024 holiday fulfillment period. percent to a record $5.28

Procurement Analytics

ToolsGroup

MARCH 11, 2025

For demand forecasting, this means looking beyond mere accuracy to focus on: Strategic decision-making improvements Cost reduction strategies Inventory optimization Customer service enhancement 2.Understand Define Clear Business Outcomes The most successful technology investments start with a clear understanding of desired business outcomes.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions. Align the organization in 2025 to a balanced scorecard of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, ROCE, and order fulfillment. The answer is not th e Gartner Top 25.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2025

Lastly, in 2024, global CO2 emissions from energy reached a record high, and analysts indicate that the world is not on track to meet its renewable energy targets, despite widespread deployment of renewable energy in the last year. weeks of inventory at retailers. FedEx is continuing its Network 2.0

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freight Waves

JUNE 14, 2025

The threat of tariffs prompted companies to preemptively order goods and stockpile inventory to avoid cost-prohibitive levies—tariffs that would have significantly reduced, if not eliminated, demand, particularly for goods from China, their primary target. dropped from near-pandemic-era highs in early April to holiday-period lows by mid-May.

Supply and Demand

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2025

The Warehouse Management System market nearly grew by $1 billion in 2024, following a robust four-year climb since the pandemic. E-commerce giants like Amazon, Alibaba, Temu, and Shein are expanding their global warehouse footprints, driving the adoption of WMS to manage inventory, reduce lead times, and optimize last-mile delivery.

Demand Planning Software

ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2024

According to McKinsey & Company and BoF Insights State of Fashion 2025 report, achieving Inventory Excellence is a critical priority for retailers aiming to remain profitable amidst these economic challenges. Stay in touch with ToolsGroup on LinkedIn , Twitter and YouTube or visit www.toolsgroup.com.

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This strategic partnership aims to improve demand planning efficiency, optimize inventory performance, and elevate service levels. ToolsGroup’s advanced supply chain planning and optimization suite will be instrumental in refining our inventory management strategy and enhancing our competitive edge.

ToolsGroup

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Inventory Management AI Agents can track stock levels in real-time and compare them with demand forecasts, optimizing inventory levels and preventing overstock or stockouts. Multi-agent systems can monitor inventory levels and trigger restocking or adjust shelf space allocation.

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2025

The article states that total reported losses were around $455 million in 2024. Lululemon, Lacoste) Supply chain & consumer impact Shippers report supply shortages, higher prices, rerouted inventory Source: CNBC What's driving the surge in cargo theft?

3PL

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights updated forecasts and support services related to the 2024 holiday fulfillment period. As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in January 2024 , the initial 2023 holiday sales number was reported as $964.4 Noted was that spending is expected to increase between 2.5 percent and 3.5 billion and $989 billion.

Forecasting

Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It can look like using supply chain finance as a lever to free up cash flow, and it can also look like allocating resources toward initiatives such as geographical diversification, the creation of inventory buffers, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. ” Actions to Consider • Map the supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

In 2024, their supply chain planning solution was added to the platform. Manhattans Omnichannel solutions provide an operating platform for digital commerce, retailers, and wholesale businesses. The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The company opened 10 stores in 2024 and expects to exceed that number in 2025. Improved inventory accuracy in the warehouse Because of the increases in picking efficiency, workers were freed up for new tasks. Fleet Feet created an inventory coordinator team that focuses solely on inventory accuracy.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides both perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains.

Predictive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2025

Thanks to Big Data, the quantity and the clarity of insights available to operation managers improve the accuracy of forecasting demand and helps optimize inventory level. No longer are there hidden or unknown aspects of inventory, supplier performance or customer demands. Cover photo provided by Tomasz Rezik.

Price Mitigation Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 24, 2025

The research methodology for the Supply Chains to Admire compares the performance of a company against its industry peer group for the metrics of Year-over-Year Revenue Growth, Inventory Turns, Operating Margin, and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). The methodology is now 20 years old.

Gartner

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

billion in the 12 months through November 2024), is supporting electricity costs. Predictive analytics tools enabled by AI are helping organizations optimize inventory management, reduce downtime, and improve demand forecasting.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logility

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Joe Slater and Jonathan Doller at NASCES 2024. So, instead of waiting for formal updates, each team sees the immediate impact of changing demand on inventory, production schedules, and budgets. Breaking Down Silos for Accelerated Department Alignment S&OP has long been plagued by one key issue: departmental silos.

S&OP

ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 29, 2024

billion in 2024 to $41.02 ToolsGroup’s AI-powered supply chain software is helping manufacturers navigate this new landscape: Probabilistic Demand Forecasting : Accurately predicts demand for reused and recycled parts, minimizing excess inventory. billion by 2033.

Automotive

Locus Robotics

JANUARY 10, 2025

Home January 10, 2025 Warehouse Automation Reflections for 2024 and What Lies Ahead in 2025: Part 3/3 Rick Faulk , Chief Executive Officer Now that Ive looked back at 2024 and offered my warehouse automation predictions for 2025 , lets turn to the three areas warehouse leaders should concentrate on to prepare their operations for the future.

Supply Chain Software

Logility

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply chain managers can identify patterns and trends, leading to more accurate demand forecasts and optimized inventory levels. Companies must ensure the right inventory, at the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost. The potential of this advantage will only continue to increase, and the time to integrate AI is now.

Modeling

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Multi-enterprise: The One Network acquisition, announced in 2024, extends capabilities across multiple companies and tiers in the supply chain. To understand what the SADA loop concept looks like in execution, supply chain teams can take a look at the results from Blue Yonders Composable Journey , launched at the beginning of 2024.

Supply Chain Design Software

Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2025

Discover the top five aerospace and defense supply chain challenges of 2024 from Resilincs exclusive EventWatch AI data. With geopolitical uncertainties, rapid technological advancements, and increasing demands for efficiency, aerospace and defense supply chains faced a unique set of challenges in 2024. billion. . #3

Aerospace

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The latest round was $10M on January 11, 2024. Note the lack of resilience of Eastman through the pandemic and the negative shift in operating margin and inventory turns since 2018. Renames the Company Daybreak. Founded by Infosys executives, the company blew through a lot of cash with very little market penetration.

Supply Chain Planning Software

The Network Effect

JULY 11, 2025

Latest posts by Michael Bruens ( see all ) Rethinking Defense Supply Chains with Network-Based Command Centers - July 11, 2025 Modern Defense Supply Chains: The Essential Capabilities for Multi-Domain Operations - May 3, 2025 Fielding Software to Defense: A Journey of Ineffectiveness, Inefficiency, and Frustration - February 8, 2024 Post navigation (..)

Supply Chain Network Software

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with December 2024, Q4-2024 , and year-end global supply chain assessments as reported by various global wide PMI reporting. At the end of 2024, global manufacturing activity levels remained at a state of contraction amid international trade volume declines. and thus 2024 provided a 0.8

Manufacturing Procurement

Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

SONAR: Outbound Tender Reject Index for 2025 (blue shaded area), 2024 (green line) and 2023 (pink line). SONAR: National Truckload Index (linehaul only – NTIL) for 2025 (blue shaded area), 2024 (green line) and 2023 (pink line). Inventory costs (78.4) percentage points even as growth in inventory levels (51.5)

Capacity

ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Black Friday 2024 is in the rearview mirror, and the results are in. Stockouts and Overstock Hurt Retailers The inventory imbalance was glaring this year: 33% of shoppers ** reported being unable to find the items they wanted due to stockouts. Plan real-time adjustments to your inventory to meet shifting trends.

Inventory Reduction