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How Blockchain Helps Improve Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Zion Market Research says that by 2028, the market for blockchain technology in supply chain management will be worth more than $3.1 This technology could make it easier for retailers, wholesalers, and financial institutions to work together by speeding up product delivery, lowering costs, and making it easier to track products.

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Selling Into the EU? Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport

Supply Chain Brain

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

But according to a report on the data, US birth rates rose only for one demographic: Hispanic women. births per 1,000 women in 2023 was the lowest ever recorded since data collection began in 1909, according to the CDC report. That left logistics costs as a percent of US GDP down a bit in 2024 to 8.7%.

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The need to know

EFT

Egypt's Suez Canal offers 15% discount for big container ships to win back trade Egypt's Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130,000 metric tons, to encourage trade back now the security situation has eased and help ships offset rising insurance costs, its authorities said on Tuesday.

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The need to know

EFT

China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices China's finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union that exceed 45 million yuan ($6.3 million) in value, in retaliation to Brussels' own curbs last month.

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In Logistics, the Last Few Feet are as Important as the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Logistics providers know their job isn’t complete until every foot of the last mile is covered. Edwin Jiang notes, “Today, the last mile remains both the most challenging and costly segment of the journey, accounting for nearly 50 percent of the total cost of delivery. There are 5,280 feet in a mile. ”[2].

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

The global cobot market size is estimated to be worth $866 million in 2022 and is forecasted to a readjusted size of $1682 million by 2028. 4 Due to their low cost and simple design, cobots are also becoming widely used in supply chain management. Metrics monitoring Real-time data can be accessed globally using cloud computing.