Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

MODEX 2024, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 11 to 14, attracted more than 35,000 attendees and featured over 150 educational sessions, keynote speakers, and networking events. Supply Chain Robotics: A Key Theme of MODEX 2024 One of the main themes of MODEX 2024 was the prominent role of robots in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2024

Over the past week and a half, the 2024 Paris Olympics have been underway, showcasing exemplary talent, strength, and dedication from athletes across the globe. Reducing reliance on single suppliers and diversifying supply sources can mitigate the impact of disruptions in specific regions or industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The EUs Forced Labor Regulation (FLR), published on December 12, 2024, prohibits the sale and export of products made with forced labor within the EU market. They will handle providing accurate data across their operations, including product sourcing, procurement, and transactions, to name just a few.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 18, 2024

I look forward to seeing the benefits of machine learning reach more manufacturers in 2024. 2024 heralds a symbiosis of human aptitude and AI prowess, amplifying both productivity and excellence.”[6] AI-powered smart grids balance supply and demand, reducing transmission losses and seamlessly integrating renewable energy sources.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Strategic Sourcing: The Foundation of Effective Procurement Strategic sourcing is far more than simply choosing suppliers. Done well, it can become a key driver of competitive advantage.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Last week, a team from Blue Yonder attended the 2024 Gartner ® Supply Chain Planning Summit in London. Across its nearly 200 markets, HEINEKEN needs to use a common data source and planning platform, apply the same standardized processes, ensure the same analytic rigor and achieve consistent financial results. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2024

” Source: Entrepreneurship Database Meunier and his colleagues also report that global economies experienced a rebound in new business registrations in 2021. 4] Liza Kate Mirelman, “ World Entrepreneurs Day ,” Postboxed Blog, 17 June 2024. [5] Low-income economies had only 0.4 new companies per 1,000 adults.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 10, 2025

In “2025’s Top 100 3PLs: How Logistics Giants are Confronting Uncertainty”, Joe Lynch and Seth Clevenger , Managing Editor of Features and Multimedia at Transport Topics, discuss the Top 100 logistics companies, 2024 performance, changes to the list, and the trends impacting the industry.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 15, 2024

Those messages have been a source of strength and inspiration for me during my recovery. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 15, 2024) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Thank you for thinking of me and reaching out.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. And if they are not, the retailer can look at alternative sources that aligns to their goals.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains. Labor activism in the form of labor contract negotiations among U.S. Indeed, they did.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Media sources are filled with prognostication. The post 2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. The end of the calendar year is sure to bring about predictions about the year ahead. The last few years will not be quickly forgotten.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2025

Think of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the drought in the Panama Canal, the Russia-Ukraine war, blockage of the Suez Canal, or the 2024 International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) strike at East and Gulf ports. digital twins) to visualize and assess the outcomes of different planned responses.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 14, 2025

SONAR aggregates data from hundreds of sources, presenting the data in charts and maps and providing commentary on what freight market experts want to know about the industry in real time. The post Import demand recovers back to even with 2024 appeared first on FreightWaves. To request a SONAR demo, click here.

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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. However, it covers key differences between purchasing and procurement, explores common contract types, and emphasizes the importance of strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The FLR, published on December 12, 2024, prohibits the sale and export of products made with forced labor in the EU market. Businesses will need to ensure accurate data reporting across core operations such as sourcing, procurement, and transactions. Consequently, demand for robust GTC solutions will continue to rise.

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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.

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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

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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. The data outcome is open source and can be used to improve project outcomes. ” I agree that the market is a bit of a mess. This work was expensive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to detect when an adverse event has occurred or may be about to occur. That information comes from inside the platform applications and increasingly from outside sources, like Interos.

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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.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

They write, “This includes tackling bigger issues such as compliance, supplier relationship management, risk and disruption, responsible sourcing, and transparency. “AI allows you to integrate real-time data from various sources, helping you devise more efficient delivery routes and schedules.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

data extractors, search APIs) to perform tasks, enabling them to dynamically adjust to new information and real-time knowledge sources. Integrate with External Tools and Data: AI Agents can augment their inherent language model capabilities with APIs and tools (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2025

This move empowers companies to make more informed sourcing decisions, comply with ESG standards, and build greener operations. The timing aligns with broader global challenges, including 2024 being thehottest year on recordand the circularity rate of the global economy remaining at an estimated7.2

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

China's Production of Impacted Minerals Source: Bloomberg In recent years, China restricted the exports of several other critical minerals. In August 2024, China announced restrictions on antimony, a metal used in defense technology. China is the top producer of all five recently restricted metals. It is not clear whether U.S.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

However, it offers a broad overview of the key concepts and principles of supply chain management that include: Planning Sourcing Production Delivery Returns To understand the entire supply chain ecosystem and its critical role in business success, get your hands on this course right now!

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Recognized as a leader in her field, Erika has been honored with the CISO’s Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Award (A100) and the 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award in the DEI Pioneer category. Erika holds a Ph.D.

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 18, 2024

In a world of perpetual disruption, your organization will need optionality – multiple sourcing for key products, parts and raw materials.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The announcement came in conjunction with last weeks reporting of consolidated full year 2024 financial results and guidance for 2025. The European based producers goal is to deliver 820 aircraft this year compared to the total of 766 aircraft delivered to 86 airline or leasing customers during 2024. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2025

A data fabric does not store data itself; it connects and provides access to data from diverse sources without physically moving or duplicating it. It accesses, transforms, and harmonizes data from multiple sources to make it usable and actionable for various business use cases. This is an impressive feat that sounds almost magical.

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ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

This guide breaks down the key procurement technologies in use today and the trends reshaping the future, such as AI-driven sourcing, predictive risk management, and deeper integration across the supply chain. What Is Procurement Technology? Here are some of the most important tools teams are already using.

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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

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Logility

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Joe Slater and Jonathan Doller at NASCES 2024. This eliminates the need for lengthy back-and-forth communications and manual data entry by delivering a single source of truth. Breaking Down Silos for Accelerated Department Alignment S&OP has long been plagued by one key issue: departmental silos.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 29, 2025

Commercial aircraft producer Boeing has formally reported Q4 and full year 2024 financial performance. Along with the ongoing complex set of challenges with the plane makers commercial aircraft business, the 2024 financial performance further points to the defense and space segment experiencing added financial headwinds.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 24, 2024

In May 2024, APQC gathered insights from supply chain professionals on Robotic Process Automation in supply chain. Survey respondents are second most likely to have implemented Robotic Process Automation in sourcing and procurement (20 percent). Many technologies are implemented as a source of cost cutting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 24, 2025

The patterns in the research over the period of 2015-2024 support: Supply Chain Organizations Are Not Achieving an Economy of Scale. There is a need to actively make trade-offs across source, make, and deliver while aligning to a balanced scorecard. No planning technology today can do this.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

SHIPSTA Becomes Freightos Procure Since joining the Freightos family in 2024, SHIPSTA has strengthened our Freightos Enterprise solutions, empowering large shippers with advanced procurement capabilities. Former Global Logistics Partner Manager at Kuehne+Nagel, specializing in LSP sourcing, onboarding, and management.

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