Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While SAP has had procurement analytics solutions, last year at Spend Connect Live, SAP announced the Spend Control Tower. Daniel Chapman, the senior director of process transformation for procure to pay at Warner Music, was a keynote speaker. This solution provides insights in a much easier way to digest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Industry-specific content is available for processes like Source to Settle, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, and more. The upcoming (beta version June 2025) Infor Nexus Digital Assistant will offer a conversational interface allowing users to ask complex questions, get analysis, and access transaction links directly within the platform.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

No one can say for sure what dragons lie ahead in 2025 for supply chains, but some risks are known. The WEF survey ranked state-based armed conflict as the most pressing concern for 2025. ”[6] Everstream Analytics agrees that cyberthreats rank high among risks supply chains will face in 2025. 5] Geopolitical Risks.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently. Were raising the bar.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

Coupa Inspire 2025 opened with a bold message from the main stage in Las Vegas: the future of global trade isnt just digitalits autonomous. But now, it’s being activated through AI agents designed to automate sourcing, manage risk in real time, and reduce the friction thats long plagued procurement and finance functions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

Yesterday April 4 2025, the U.S. From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Companies may need to revise inventory strategies and adjust procurement lead times accordingly. food supply by the end of 2026. 40, Yellow Nos.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2025

2025,the United States and China announced an agreement to reduce tariffs on each others goods for a limited period of 90 days. China will suspend various non-tariff measures introduced in April 2025, including export restrictions on rare earth elements, regulatory investigations of selected U.S. Today, May 12. In the U.S.,

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ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

Enterprise procurement leaders are under more pressure than ever—juggling cost control, compliance, supplier risk, and internal complexity, all while trying to modernize outdated systems. AI, automation, and generative tools are redefining efficiency, allowing procurement teams to move from reactive to proactive decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 2, 2025

Examples are consensus forecasting, the evolution of the SCORE model, the Annual State of Logistics Report, and the Gartner Top 25. Let’s use the 2024 State of Logistics Report , “Navigating Through the Fog,” as an example. During the pandemic, logistics was a constraint. business logistics costs totaled $2.3

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently. Were raising the bar.

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EFT

JUNE 3, 2025

Channels: Technology Supply Chain Logistics CEO Focus Freight eCommerce/Retail CSCO Focus Hi-Tech Industrial Logistics 3PL Tags: supply chain logistics shipping freight sourcing procurement reshoring nearshoring suppliers Event Date: Tue, 2025-11-04 to Wed, 2025-11-05 Event URL: [link] Event Location: Houston Number of attendees: 200 Programme URL: (..)

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses. What’s become increasingly clear is that there are no more black swans in global logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 23, 2025

Key Takeaways: The Strategic COO: Navigating Disruption and Driving Change Kearney’s third annual COO survey, in collaboration with AWS, reveals that while COOs anticipate organizational growth in 2025, they foresee significant hurdles related to skills gaps and execution challenges.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 18, 2025

What Contractors Need to Streamline Procurement in 2025 By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer 111 Views You’re on-site before dawn, the framing crew’s ready, but the steel shipment’s stuck in limbo, the invoice isn’t approved, and your project management app just pinged you for the fourth time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. May air cargo volumes rise amid global disruption Freight market pressured again in May, Cass data shows General Motors (GM) is accelerating sustainability efforts in its supply chain, focusing on logistics, materials, packaging, and supplier engagement. That’s all for this week.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 3, 2024

From COVID to geopolitical tension, the past five years have emphasized the need for procurement agility. From COVID to geopolitical tension, the past five years have emphasized the need for procurement agility. These external factors are near-impossible to predict, forcing more frequent tender updates to remain inline with the market.

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Resilinc

MAY 12, 2025

At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025 , one thing was clear: AI is no longer a future visionits a present-day game changer. Here are four trends the Resilinc team took away from the 2025 Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo that are shaping the next era of supply chain leadership. Whats next for supply chain leaders?

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TransAudit

APRIL 17, 2025

Why Tariffs Are Stealing the Spotlight in 2025 Were only a few months into 2025, and yet one word has dominated nearly every conversation in global trade and transportation: tariffs. Lack of communication between logistics, procurement, and accounts payable departments. Contact us today for a custom solution.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. Fortunately, your organization can get ahead of the learning curve by knowing what trends in logistics to watch for this year.

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

Implementing new technologies is the top strategic priority among the 671 supply chain leaders interviewed by Blue Yonder for their 2025 Supply Chain Compass , and it is a goal they are highly confident in achieving, however, digging into the report reveals legacy technologies and data structures might hold them back in these ambitions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. It remains the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, with a plan of powering its operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025 – a full five years ahead of its original target. Assuming this really is the end of the road for Brady, it was certainly a great ride for football fans.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

As part of the workshop, we are developing a list of Do’s and Don’ts related to Distributor Management.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Black (Swan) is the New White Since 2019, supply chains and logistics have seen one black swan event after another disrupt operations and impact costs starting with trade wars and the pandemic and continuing through the Ever Given, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea , multiple labor disruptions, and now a possible renewed trade war.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Image: iStock/JuSun June 18, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” wrote William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. Koganti said this is the fastest-growing use of AI in supply chain, especially when it comes to forecasting, procurement and fulfillment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 2, 2025

Just when shippers catch a break, the landscape shifts again, forcing procurement teams to adjust strategies in real time. About Xeneta Xeneta is the leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform transforming the shipping and logistics industry. tariffs are reshaping freight.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Billion Acquisition of e2open Australia based logistics software provider WiseTech, developer of logistics execution software CargoWise , announced an agreement to acquire U.S. listed B2B logistics platform provider e2open Parent Holdings for a reported $2.1 WiseTech Announces $2.1 million in total revenues, a decline of 4.8

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

East Asia – April 29, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. East Asia – April 29, 2025 Update appeared first on Freightos. Home China volumes fall as demand climbs from S.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. This blog explores the key insights from the report and reflects on how procurement technology can be a game-changer in addressing these pressing priorities.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

Supply chains are entering the era of legal volatility sharkins Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:22 The conventional assumption that tariffs are geopolitical risks is becoming outdated. Supply chain and logistics leaders will need to embrace new processes to prepare for short- and long-term impacts of evolving legal challenges.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This one figure speaks volumes about how organizations worldwide want access to the best supply chain management tools to boost efficiency and value in their distribution and logistics network. To help you optimize your search for the best supply chain management software in 2025. What can you expect in this guide? Let’s jump right in!

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 1, 2024

DAT iQ provides freight intelligence to inform your budget and procurement strategies so you can navigate market volatility with greater confidence and agility. This segment is in the growth stage of its evolution, serving large enterprise brands and their Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain teams. Samuel has his B.A.

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Kinaxis

MAY 29, 2025

Surviving the ride: How leading industries are turning tariff challenges into opportunities fbaker Thu, 05/29/2025 - 08:01 Navigating today’s unpredictable trade landscape can feel a bit like a white-knuckle ride, with companies constantly bracing for the next twist. Key takeaway Top challenge: Cost increases on raw materials (e.g.,

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2025

billion in 2025 and averaging a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.05% between 2024 and 2029. No matter what industry your brand is in, losing money to lackluster logistics is a problem. Zipline Logistics has an extensive carrier network throughout the U.S. and 15 years of experience in the CPG retail space.

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Jaggaer

JULY 3, 2025

Today, however, TGW Logistics is also benefiting from significant cost savings: in 2023 alone, process costs were reduced by around 2.4 Today, however, TGW Logistics is also benefiting from significant cost savings: in 2023 alone, process costs were reduced by around 2.4 million euros. million euros.

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