Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2025

This week in supply chain and logistics news includes Blue Yonder being selected to support Border States, an electrical distribution company, with their warehouse management needs. million in Q4 of fiscal year 2025. Its members have been on strike for a new contract since June 8 after DHL initiated a lockout. volume was 13.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 7, 2025

I laugh when business leaders tell me that they are going to replace their current supply chain planning technologies with “AI.” 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 reason?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

” Dragons are a good analogy for the risks faced by supply chains. No one can say for sure what dragons lie ahead in 2025 for supply chains, but some risks are known. Navigating this years looming risks to build a secure supply network has never been more critical.[1] ”[3] Climate Change.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

Yesterday April 4 2025, the U.S. food supply by the end of 2026. However, the scope and timeline of the initiative carry clear implications for the food and beverage supply chain. Sourcing and Ingredient Availability A central impact of this policy is the need to replace synthetic colorants with natural alternatives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

The industrial sectorparticularly supply chain management, is facing unprecedented complexity. Lets delve into the core concepts of AI Agents and multi-agent workflows, their relevance to what ARC Advisory Group calls Industrial AI , and their potential to revolutionize supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Last week, I attended a half-day conference, ESG Here to Stay: 5 Investment Themes for 2025, hosted by IBM in their Manhattan office. The core topics ranged from how prepared the world is to power the energy transition, developments in carbon removal, financing new investments, and grappling with supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Today, in supply chain planning, this could not be further from reality. 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). The signal is clear for commercial teams, but not for supply.

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Freightos

JUNE 10, 2025

Home Container rates surging as shippers rush ahead of deadlines – June 10, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. Join 60,000+ supply chain experts who never miss an issue!

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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 core message was that the standard for supply chains has changed, requiring a digital and intelligent network platform. Smart Import is also being leveraged to accelerate data integration from various sources.

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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. Pledge provides supply teams and logistics providers (LSPs) with accredited emissions measurement and reporting capabilities.

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2025

The rise of AI technology combined with Source-to-Pay (S2P) digitization are becoming key allies for leading procurement teams in their quest for ever smarter workflows, improved insights, and data-based decision-making. Accurate, centralized data is the foundation of AI readiness and automation.

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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. The resulting strategic question for companies is: How do we build resilient supply chains when even the rule-makers are unstable?

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Kinaxis

MAY 20, 2025

With standards for interoperability, security, and data sovereignty, Catena-X addresses a core industry challenge of enabling supply chains to operate as connected, intelligent networks rather than isolated, reactive nodes. This is about building proactive, not reactive, supply chains.

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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. Coupa CEO Leagh Turner took the stage to declare that we’re entering a new era defined by AI, resilient supply chains, and predictive intelligence drawn from the worlds most powerful B2B network.

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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. Everything should be expected and planned for.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 9, 2025

Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! It requires a streamlined, reliable supply chain, from sourcing gear and managing equipment lifecycles to ensuring a seamless student experience. Sourcing Specialized Equipment Every scuba training center starts with the same foundation: gear.

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Resilinc

JUNE 13, 2025

From our CEO’s powerful speaking session, to demos at our booth of our AI agents for tariff disruption and more, the Resilinc team showcased the power of Agentic AI for supply chain risk at Reuters Supply Chain USA 2025. Key takeaways from Reuters Supply Chain USA 2025 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2025

On May 9, 2025, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a bilateral trade agreement focused on tariff adjustments across several key sectors. trade policy shift introduced in April 2025. Companies should incorporate these provisions into their sourcing, pricing, and compliance strategies.

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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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ivalua

MAY 28, 2025

Ivalua NOW AMER 2025 in New Orleans was an event that exceeded all expectations, delivering an unforgettable experience for our thriving procurement community. As always, a special thank you to our 2025 Partner sponsors! We came, we connected, and we conquered! Brent Griffith Day 2: More Keynotes, Sessions, and Silent Demos!

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

SAP is embedding its generative Joule across the SAP Ariba source-to-pay solution portfolio to make it easier for their customers to manage routine inquiries, such as status updates, summarization, and frequently asked questions. SAP’s Business Network is a supply chain collaboration network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2025

Sustainability isnt just a corporate goal anymoreits a supply chain requirement. This move empowers companies to make more informed sourcing decisions, comply with ESG standards, and build greener operations. See how better data is driving better environmental choices across the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Ted Krantz, CEO of Interos Interos , a company providing supply chain resilience and risk management software, emailed me to say that there was a supply chain risk everyone seemed to be ignoring – AI-related risks. Interos just published a report called 5 Supply Chain Predictions You Need to Know in 2025.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

As a supply chain executive, picture beginning your day with a cup of coffee when a news alert notifies you of newly imposed tariffs affecting your primary suppliers in China. 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.

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ivalua

JUNE 9, 2025

We’ve seen AI take over everyday tools and search engines; AI in Sourcing and Procurement is becoming a strategic tool in our kit, At Ivalua, we are helping global procurement teams integrate AI across the Source-to-Pay process, bringing automation, insight, and agility to every step. This is where AI can make a huge difference.

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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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Resilinc

MAY 12, 2025

Get the inside scoop on the top supply chain trends shaping 2025direct from the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo. Whats next for supply chain leaders? At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025 , one thing was clear: AI is no longer a future visionits a present-day game changer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Five years ago, we all thought the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the most disrupted supply chain landscape we would ever see. Since then, supply chain disruptions and volatility have only increased. We were wrong. Today the question is not just When is the next disruption coming?

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2025

Discover the top supply chain disruptions of 2024 and other significant supply chain trends from Resilincs exclusive data. The supply chain landscape in 2024 was characterized by significant transformations and challenges, with resiliency as a key theme across all industries.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 23, 2025

Based in Chicago, his expertise covers a wide range of operations topics, with an emphasis on end-to-end supply chains and their redesign for four critical purposes, growth, cost, resilience, and sustainability.

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ModusLink Corporation

JUNE 11, 2025

However, this upbeat tempo is expected to slow down considerably as we head into the end of 2025. Jonathan Gold, NRF’s Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy, explains that many retailers had previously paused their purchases due to significantly high tariffs. Bibliography Source: U.S.-bound million TEU.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? 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. That’s because supply chain itself is huge, Koganti argued.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

All supply chain vendors seek to position themselves as leaders in supply chain AI. 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. But there is a larger AI ecosystem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

Complexities integrating data from across global supply chains. Start with your supply chain. These responses illustrate that supply chain sustainability is top of mind for many companies. You can take action and respond to supply chain issues before they cascade into catastrophes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, triggering a ripple effect throughout global supply chains. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint. Retailers are following suit. In the U.S.,

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