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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

Logistics Viewpoints

The manufacturing sector is facing unprecedented volatility in global trade, with tariffs becoming the latest in a series of uncertainty drivers that are impacting virtually all industries. Manufacturing plants are deeply entrenched; tied to infrastructure, suppliers, skilled labor, and regulatory requirements.

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Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Limitations of Traditional Supply Chain Planning Traditional supply chain planning relies on retrospective analysis. Amazon is a leader in AI-driven supply chain management.

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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? The data outcome is open source and can be used to improve project outcomes. You are right. The answer is not th e Gartner Top 25. Your next step?

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The US FDA’s Phase-Out of Synthetic Food Dyes – Supply Chain Impacts & Challenges

Logistics Viewpoints

From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Sourcing and Ingredient Availability A central impact of this policy is the need to replace synthetic colorants with natural alternatives. Production scheduling may also be affected.

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Top Supply Chain Planning Vendors Are Investing to Support Agile Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

A recent supply chain planning market analysis released by the ARC Advisory Group suggests EY has picked up on a trend. While executive support for purchasing SCP has waned, future sales of supply planning are still linked to a suppliers ability to support agile planning. For SAP, good planning relies on robust collaboration.

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Build Political Capital to Drive Supply Chain Planning Success

Supply Chain Shaman

How should a global manufacturer make a decision? In short, the research tells me that the manufacturing industries are stuck. In contrast, for a global manufacturer, the answer is more complex. What is the role of make, source, and deliver? And how can supply chain planning help? What defines a feasible plan?

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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite the evolution of technology, none of the 28 industry segments I follow can drive improvement at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. In the Supply Chains to Admire Analysis, I apply three measurements–improvement, resiliency, and balance to the patterns in the orbit charts. Change is Hard. Guess what?