Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Background In our prior Supply Chain Matters postings we highlighted for readers published reports indicating that VW was clearly aiming to consider either vehicle or supplier factory closures in its home country of Germany. This newly formulated job security plan extends through 2030. That is not likely to change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 25, 2025

This week’s Supply Chain and Logistics News featured headlines about a sharp decline in solar installations in the European Union, attributed to a drop in political support. Yamaha team signed a 3PL agreement with supply chain company DHL. supply chains. Lastly, the U.S. Lastly, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2025

Here’s your supply chain & logistics news for the week. Some key developments in supply chain and logistics include Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ successful integration of a human-centric digital strategy, leveraging technologies like Continuous Manufacturing and MES to boost agility and workforce adoption.

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USC Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For instance, the European Union set a carbon dioxide standard for heavy-duty vehicles, targeting a 15% reduction by 2025 and a 45% reduction by 2030. Logistics Technologies Are Advancing Advanced logistics and management technologies can increase supply chain visibility , making managing multiple modes of transport more accessible.

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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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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

New Roles and Skills likely to Emerge, Gartner’s Abdil Tunca Says July 30, 2025 Supply Chain Digest Says. In a recent blog post, Tunca had this to say: “CSCOs must develop an organizational structure to support the management of growing fleets of robots by creating a warehouse automation strategy.”

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Freight Waves

JULY 14, 2025

Global supply chain automation analysts at Interact Analysis have lowered their projected growth for the mobile robot market by $800 million, citing shifts in global supply chains and heightened uncertainty, largely due to tariffs. billion—down from our earlier, more optimistic estimates.”

Forecasting

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides a perspective on electric utility demand and supply network challenges and opportunities. The agency further predicts that annual spending will rise to $600 billion by 2030. The paper declares that utilities must adopt a more flexible and dynamic approach to supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that, with the exception of high-performing organizations, 40% of logistics leaders cite the struggle to realize value from existing technology investments What do you say?

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BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2025

The automotive industry has been shifting gears for the last few years, driven by the transition from internal combustion engines (ICEs) to electric vehicles (EVs), the emergence of autonomous driving and a growing appetite for customized rides. By 2035, the largest automotive markets (the EU, U.S. As Ford Motor Co.

Modeling

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

We always start with a check on the US and global economy, as that has such an impact in the end on supply chain practice. What is your reaction of 1H supply chain 2025 in numbers and charts? Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 6, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Highlights of the interview are provided below: Q: Why is it critical for supply chain planning leaders to evolve their roles to more proactively shape business decisions in today’s environment? What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

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BlueYonder

MAY 19, 2025

import tariffs on finished vehicles and automotive parts are getting a lot of attention, and with good reason. In addition, thousands of employees face layoffs , and automakers are already weighing some big supply chain shifts in response. President Donald Trump has sent through the global automotive industry.

Modeling

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging,” the article this week says, adding that “In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.”

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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. From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. In the U.S.,

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The differences continue: In my rough estimate labor productivity in the second facility is about twice that of the first even with less automation. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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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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Freight Waves

JUNE 5, 2025

Announced in March, the collaboration aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence to enhance automation, cut costs and improve efficiency across GM’s factories. At the heart of this partnership is Nvidia’s advanced computing technology, which GM is leveraging to build custom AI systems for its manufacturing operations.

Automotive

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. month-over-month.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

A strange as it may seem for todays generation, in the early days of bar coding (1980s and through much of the 1990s), the technology had many pitfalls. Supply Chain Digest Says. The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. at over 5,000 facilities worldwide. --Its

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 12, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to Rob Mortimer, CEO of Fuelre4m, a Dubai-based firm that uses fuel technology to cut emissions, writing this week on the web site of the Maritime Executive “That’s not a long-term projection. Not technologically. So why isn’t there a stampede for this technology?

South Africa

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

In recent years, Klappich has turned some his attention to research on warehouse automation generally and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) specifically, where he has carved out a similar thought leadership position. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 31, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2025

Click here to send us your comments Original Column Starts Below: I’ve done projects before and since, but nothing was quite like the year I spent at totes Isotoner putting in an automated distribution system in a new DC in Cincinnati 10 years ago. I can see why. That design has become more common today, but was very new back then.

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