Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2025

Finally, for the first time, BYD has outsold Toyota in the first 4 months of 2025. From Indias perspective, the trade deal complements its ambition to become a preferred manufacturing destination, encouraging businesses to diversify their investments. and lower manufacturing activity were reported in the months preceding the talks.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Running a manufacturing business isn’t easy. That’s where a manufacturing ERP comes in. Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software integrates all your core business processes into one powerful platform. It’s a lot to handle. Let’s get started.

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ivalua

JULY 1, 2025

This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. But what does it actually take to regain control and build a procurement strategy that’s both resilient and scalable?

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Resilinc

JUNE 9, 2025

Resilinc made a powerful impact at ISM World 2025—highlighting how AI-driven foresight and financial risk intelligence can transform reactive supply chains into strategic assets. This is especially relevant in light of proposed 2025 U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods and reciprocal actions from trading partners.

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ivalua

JULY 1, 2025

This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. But what does it actually take to regain control and build a procurement strategy that’s both resilient and scalable?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2025

Announced at its ICON 2025 conference in Nashville, Chief Sustainability Officer Saskia Van Gendy joined CEO Angove on stage to share what this means for the organization and its customers. Blue Yonder continues to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability with its latest acquisition of a UK-based Pledge Earth Technologies (Pledge).

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Based in Aberdeen, the new entity aims to pool resources, reduce costs, and boost profitability while increasing production from 140,000 boed in 2025 to 200,000-220,000 boed within five years. billion Rosebank oilfield.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

NEW YORK & OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2025 Infor, the industry cloud complete company, and Kinaxis Inc. TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

At the recent ARC Forum 2025, Rachelle Howard, Director of Manufacturing Systems Automation and Digital Strategy, showcased how Vertex strategically blends advanced technology with a strong people-focused culture to boost manufacturing and supply chain agility.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

Yesterday April 4 2025, the U.S. The resulting increase in demand may place pressure on agricultural producers and extract manufacturers to scale operations. Reformulation and Product Development The transition will require most affected manufacturers to reformulate products that rely on the targeted dyes. 40, Yellow Nos.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Factors like automation, massive investments in at-scale, fit-for-purpose technologies, specialized training, low labor rates, and effective demand and supply planning capabilities, have woven themselves like threads into the fabric of efficient global manufacturing ecosystems. So, how do we define a global ecosystem?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 17, 2025

Throughout 2024, manufacturers were on a high-speed journey packed with technological advancements. That pace is set to continue in 2025 as ERP systems continue to transform the way manufacturers operate. An ERP strategy to optimize the potential of the innovations on offer is critical for manufacturers across the globe.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 29, 2025

About ToolsGroup ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, distributors and manufacturers to navigate through supply chain uncertainty. Gartner Disclaimer: GARTNER and Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo are registered trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Logility

MAY 14, 2025

The 2025 NA Gartner Supply Chain Symposium|Xpo made one thing crystal clear: AI is no longer the futureits the engine driving the transformation of todays supply chains. Whether its demand forecasting, network design, or manufacturing optimization, AI is enabling companies to respond faster and smarter to disruption.

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BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2025

Its been an energizing first day of ICON 2025. In case you missed it, these are the key takeaways and announcements from the ICON 2025 Main Stage. In addition, Nunzio also announced an entirely new class of Cognitive Mobile Apps, including apps for Replenishment, Warehouse Management, MerchOps, Manufacturing, and Space Planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

AMD unveiled an expanded roadmap for its Instinct accelerators , with the MI325X slated for late 2024 and the MI350 series promising a 35x increase in AI inference performance by 2025. This puts pressure on other device manufacturers to follow suit. AWS is also expanding its range of AI services and making them easier to use.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ToolsGroup invites NRF attendees to Booth #4043 to explore its retail planning technology, including the launch of Inventory.io, designed to help businesses prepare for the unknown in 2025. Retailers are increasingly concerned about the year ahead as they grapple with potential tariffs and broader economic uncertainties.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 7, 2025

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? Align the organization in 2025 to a balanced scorecard of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, ROCE, and order fulfillment. You are right.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With enforcement delayed until December 2025, businesses have time to integrate this tool, which streamlines data collection, geospatial analysis, and compliance verification. A key supply chain challenge is securing a steady, cost-effective supply of iron, the core material of the batteries.

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E2open

JUNE 24, 2025

We’re thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 23 e2open clients recognized in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2025. We believe this recognition highlights and reinforces the commitment of these companies to exceptional, forward-thinking supply chain management that truly delivers on their business purpose.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration. In the first quarter of 2025, the Business Network will launch a new service that allows sellers to pay a subscription fee and receive value-added features that will help those suppliers attract new buyers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 28, 2025

STEEL TARIFFS: STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCE Steel manufacturers are responding to shifting tariff dynamics with proactive strategies and AI-powered risk modeling. READ WHITE PAPER IBP ADOPTION MADE SCALABLE A Fortune 500 manufacturer boosted IBP adoption and planning accuracy by aligning demand and supply functions. Subscribe here.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2025

Spend Matters recently released their Spring 2025 SolutionMap for Risk Management , and we’re pleased to share that Resilinc has maintained a strong position ahead of competitors in the Supply Chain Risk Management module.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2025

Innovative Technologies Transforming Glass Manufacturing By Dean Taylor (pictured) Content Writer 22 Views Glass manufacturing is evolving rapidly with the aid of new technology. In short, robotics brings speed, safety, and consistency to glass manufacturing like never before.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 27, 2025

Here’s what we noticed during our time at ProMat 2025: All eyes on AI No matter where you looked throughout the McCormick Center, automation and AI were everywhere. More from Blue Yonders ProMat 2025 experience To read more about our time at ProMat, including an in-depth recap of Kluths entire session, head to our blog.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Understanding Manufacturing Resource Planning: Key Concepts and Benefits of MRP II Get clear on the differences between MRP, MRP II, and ERPthree systems that get lumped together but play very different roles in manufacturing. Embracing the Future: How Manufacturing 4.0 is here, and its changing everything.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 6, 2025

Bearing Point ghaywood Fri, 06/06/2025 - 17:43 Contact Bearing Point Reach out to learn more, ask questions or request a meeting. We serve many of the world's leading companies across diverse industries including Manufacturing, Retail, Automotive, and Life Sciences. www.bearingpoint.com Partner Region Global

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

This isnt a hypothetical scenario; its the daily grind for many businesses in 2025, where global trade rules shift faster than you can update your spreadsheets. manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? For example, U.S.-based

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

During the first week of June 2025, job cuts continued with 90,000 layoffs with iconic brands like Kimberly-Clark (1500-1900), Microsoft (6,000), P&G (7000), and Wal-Mart (1,500). In May 2025, one in seven home-purchase agreements fell through resulting in the cancellation of 56,000 purchase contracts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But in the context of the Shippers Council, the shipper is the cargo owner (or BCO beneficial cargo owner), usually a manufacturer, who contracts with a logistics service provider (LSP), which, in the Councils definition, can be a transportation (land, sea, air) company, an express company, a forwarder, or a full-fledged 3PL.

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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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BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2025

The Gartner 2025 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions 1 report positions Blue Yonder furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision. Our robust and innovative solutions cater to large enterprises across diverse industries, including retailers, manufacturers and logistics services providers.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 16, 2025

My first report for subscribers is out - The Logistics M&A Market: January – May 2025 Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. A brief introduction: The global M&A market in 2025 is navigating through a storm of uncertainty. Supply chains, in particular, have become a focal point.

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