Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Three major trends are driving growth in this industry whichcan be attributed to regulatory pressures such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, advancements in AI, and supply chain innovations. By 2027, when both the UFLPA and FLR are fully operational, the global supply chain landscape will have transformed significantly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2025

While the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers powerful incentives to build a domestic clean energy supply chain, a concurrent strategy of imposing steep tariffs on imported components, particularly from China, is creating a policy paradox. While technological advancements continue to push global battery prices down, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Supply Chain Matters features our latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology or industry services providers. WiseTech Announces $2.1

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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.

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EFT

JUNE 26, 2025

According to a global survey of over 5,000 international firms , companies are reeling from rising costs generated from tariffs to open 2025, with the overwhelming majority expecting upward pricing pressure to increase, leading to a reconsideration of supply chain strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 19, 2025

As Founder and Managing Editor I am pleased to announce that Cloud based supply chain planning and synchronization solutions provider Kinaxis® will again serve as a Sustained Sponsor of this independent thought leadership platform in 2025 and 2026.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Supply Chain Matters Founder and supply chain technology industry analyst Bob Ferrari provides highlights and some specific takeaways from a Linked In Live appearance last week. This event was sponsored by warehouse orchestration process support technology provider AutoSceduler.AI.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 6, 2025

Home January 06, 2025 Warehouse Automation Reflections for 2024 and What Lies Ahead in 2025: Part 2/3 Rick Faulk , Chief Executive Officer What will the future hold for warehouses in 2025? Mobile Automation Will Be the Fastest Growing Segment. trillion by 2026, growing at a 7-8% CAGR. ROI of Automation Will Continue to Improve.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

The Port of Los Angeles has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to generate more export traffic for the port from California’s Central Valley through an agreement with the city of Shafter and the developer of a logistics hub there. Central to the agreement is the Wonderful Logistics Center , a 3,400-acre development in Shafter, Calif. —

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Locus

MAY 23, 2025

Many recall 2020 as a disruption to logistics, but it ultimately became a defining reset. Four years on, volumes across both categories remain 2026% higher than pre-pandemic levels. And that shift is reshaping how enterprises think about logistics, technology, and transformation.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Other users of the information will be retailers and their supply chains, as well as government authorities seeking to uphold export regulations, according to Megan Brewster, vice president of advanced technology with Impinj , a manufacturer of radio frequency identification devices.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

As part of its partnership with drone company Wing, the retail giant intends to bring drone deliveries to Houston, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta and Charlotte by June of 2026, and will expand existing services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. A year later, the retailer added drone deliveries to its app for DFW customers.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 6, 2025

The National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB), designed initially to collect reports on bad actors in the supply chain, has been criticized for being clunky, outdated and ineffective. The agency is gathering public comment and refining the proposal based on feedback, with implementation likely to begin in 2026.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2025

These tools might tick a compliance box, but they don’t stop breaches. Author IT Supply Chain Posted on July 9, 2025 Categories Industry Talk Post navigation Previous Previous post: How Reliable Power Keeps Your Supply Chain Running Next Next post: 7 Best AI Transcription Tools for Business Use in 2026 © 2025 All Rights Reserved.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 20, 2025

That of course leads many companies to invest in expensive automation using advanced hardware and/or software. I will be back to WERC in 2026. h c a Home | Subscribe | Advertise | Contact Us | Sitemap | Privacy Policy © Supply Chain Digest 2006-2023 - All rights reserved Website Designed & Developed by : XDIMENSION

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Freight Waves

JUNE 17, 2025

Jabil has not announced any sites for new facilities yet, but expects its newest data center to be operational by mid-2026. Petersburg, Florida, Jabil is a global manufacturing and supply chain solutions company. and more than 100 worldwide, with investments in automation, robotics and process optimization. Based in St.

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Jaggaer

MAY 13, 2025

Juan Carlos Gallardo, Cosentinos Global Head of Suppliers and Processes, summed up with the word flexibility the achievements enabled by JAGGAERs technology. The multinational has 9 production plants (8 in Almera and 1 in Brazil), an Intelligent Logistics Centre in Spain, and more than 160 commercial and distribution facilities worldwide.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. Noel Geoffroy - Chief Executive Officer Over the course of the past few years, we've made meaningful improvements in our supply chain to better prepare us for this moment. Today, approximately 15% of our supply chain for the U.S. comes from China.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry. At least three carmakers, including Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. and China FAW Group Co.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In our Supply Chain Matters commentary at that time , we noted that the announcement was significant from two dimensions. The start-up was subsequently targeted in a short-seller report alleging that founder and former chairman, Trevor Milton had overhyped the companys business capabilities and technology offering.

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Freight Waves

JULY 11, 2025

That was the odd situation that occurred Thursday on what is likely to be the final quarterly earnings call of supply chain software provider E2open, which has agreed to be acquired by Australia’s WiseTech Global. What if they gave an earnings call and nobody came? since the deal was announced in late May.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

These tariffs will raise costs, disrupt supply chains, and force companies to rethink sourcing and logistics strategies. Businesses must act immediately to safeguard operations, contain financial risks, and maintain supply chain stability. Strengthening Domestic Supply Chains Businesses that manufacture in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 12, 2025

Amazon says the technology helps its drivers better navigate complex and varied environments—like multi-building apartment complexes or brand-new neighborhoods that dont yet appear on navigation apps—so they are able to deliver packages to customers where they want them. Calfornia Rules on Warehouse Emissions. Drill Baby Drill.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Meanwhile, the European Commission has approved a 920 million state aid package to boost semiconductor production in Dresden, aligning with its goal of technological self-sufficiency. In corporate developments, Honeywell plans to spin off its Automation and Aerospace divisions to create three independent companies, enhancing strategic focus.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

“Compliance, sanctions, and tariffs loom,” writes Lora Cecere , Founder of Supply Chain Insights. She adds, “Supply chain leaders have little history to use as a guide to prepare.”[1] companies to reexamine the efficiency and resiliency of these recently developed strategies and supply chains.”[2]

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Supply Chain & Logistics News (November 11-14th) This week I posted my early analysis of the new administration’s impacts on the energy transition, sustainability, and trade. If you are interested in reading more go here.

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

technology firms, saying that it was a "blatant attack" and that he would set a new tariff rate on Canadian goods within the next week. Trump cuts off US trade talks with Canada, shattering optimism over tariff deals U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks with Canada on Friday over its tax targeting U.S.

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists US ocean container imports tumble in May as China tariffs take hold U.S. year-over-year in May, the sharpest decline since the pandemic, as President Donald Trump's 145% tariffs took hold, supply chain technology provider Descartes (DSG.TO) said on Monday.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. The stated aim of those measures is to bolster domestic manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?

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EFT

JULY 7, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists Inside the airline seat industry crisis delaying jet deliveries Tucked beneath the armrest of a luxury business class seat in a factory in Wales lies a clue to a global aviation bottleneck that has left many airlines waiting impatiently for new jets.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Also downgraded was the forecast for 2026 GDP to just 1.5%. this year and stay there in 2026, according to the OECDs forecast. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc. EVs Cars Catch Fire at Sea.

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Freight Center

JULY 15, 2025

This exemption only applies to supplies and goods being delivered for the emergency restoration of essential services. The logistics industry has always been a key player in disaster relief, and the Texas flooding disaster is no exception. The converted aircraft is expected to be delivered by the end of 2025 or early 2026.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 6, 2025

The company and its retail peers are trying to manage supply chains that have been upended by U.S. Sales Slowdown The tariffs further complicate chief executive officer Calvin McDonald’s target of doubling sales from 2021 to 2026. President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Already upended for two years by the COVID-19 pandemic, the worldwide logistics industry is facing new challenges. While demand is high, ongoing product shortages continue to cause supply chain disruptions, create unpredictable shopping behaviors and drive rapid delivery expectations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2024

Paired with advancements in regenerative agriculture, water-saving technology, packaging innovation, and more, the move reflects the PepsiCo division’s significant progress toward its PepsiCo Positive sustainability goals. The post Supply Chain & Logistic News (August 19th – 23rd) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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