Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

During the two-day event, I participated in various sessions covering a range of topics, including Warehouse Management Systems, Labor Management, Agentic AI, and Warehouse Automation. The unification of transportation management and warehouse management systems has enhanced appointment scheduling and transportation planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. This could involve route optimization, load consolidation, or choosing the most cost-effective shipping methods based on urgency and distance.

Sourcing Strategies

RFgen

JULY 25, 2025

What Is Warehouse Order Picking? Warehouse order picking is a dynamic, multi‑step process that serves as the critical link between your on‑hand inventory and customer satisfaction. Pickers then locate each SKU, verify quantities, and stage items for packing and shipping.

Supply Chain Design Software

ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Winning the Supply Chain Wars To thrive amidst these challenges, ToolsGroup recommends five strategic pillars: Conduct What-If Scenario Analysis Simulate potential disruptions to plan and respond proactively. Optimize Distribution Networks Adapt warehouse locations and logistics for localized supply chains.

Price Reduction

RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

Organizing a warehouse in 2025 requires blending time tested practices with modern technology. Warehouse managers and manufacturing businesses face a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment across multiple channels, complex production processes, and an unpredictable supply chain. A logical layout is the backbone of efficiency.

Inventory Reduction

GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2025

Keeping shipping costs under control is no small task — and unpredictable freight fuel surcharges make it even tougher. In this blog, we'll walk you through how to calculate fuel surcharges on freight, track pricing trends, audit your shipping bills, and work with the right 3PL partner to keep your costs under control.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 13, 2025

Inventory and Warehouse Management Proper inventory and warehouse management is another important aspect of freight management. This includes control over the quantity of goods in the warehouse, their placement and movement. Accounting and control of expenses Companies must carefully control their shipping costs.

Inventory Management Software

RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. Collaboration: Facilitates real-time data sharing among warehouse personnel, field technicians, managers, and office employees.

Inventory Management Software

BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2025

Because AI agents exceed the ability of humans to ingest data and make rapid decisions, they help logistics teams make faster, more accurate decisions when compared with manual analysis. Agentic AI has applications across logistics operations, but let’s focus first on its potential to optimize the warehouse.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2025

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Efficient warehouse processes aren’t just cogs in the supply chain machinery; they’re the gears that drive optimization. A well-functioning warehouse isn’t just a place to store goods; it’s the engine room of streamlined operations.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

Following the acquisition by Thoma Bravo for 10.7B, Anaplan recently outlined $500M multi-year product investment designed to advance category leadership in scenario planning and analysis. Unless changes occur, the Company will miss the market for the inflection point for building holistic modeling of ship through (the channel) modeling.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SCMDOJO

JUNE 22, 2025

Behind the scenes, that level of responsiveness depends heavily on one critical factor: warehouse layout. As such, this guide breaks down the essential strategies for designing a warehouse layout that strengthens supply chain agility. An agile warehouse layout enables continuous adaptability.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

Modern technology enables predictive analysis and operational adaptability. Mobile tools, integrated sensors, and predictive systems enhance both day-to-day performance and long-term risk management by providing data that supports faster, more accurate decisions across warehouse and production environments.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

If youve followed our blog over the years, youll know that weve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why its vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

Network Design Software

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Risk assessment frameworks such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) or SWOT analysis will allow organizations to categorize risks based on severity and likelihood. Multi-location warehousing ensures critical products remain closer to key markets, reduces lead times, and enhances responsiveness.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Even with local processing, network variability, particularly in remote warehouses, ports, and along mobile routes, can still cause small but impactful delays. This reduces dependency on external networks while retaining the benefits of centralized reporting and analysis.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2025

In the immediate, companies are stockpiling products , moving warehouses, and updating production schedules to keep costs as low as possible. And with all the tariffs changing how supply chains produce and ship their products, now is the best time to start. However, this only addresses the immediate.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

For example, switching from air to ocean freight for non-time sensitive shipments can reduce carbon emissions by up to 95% per unit shipped. Warehouse Energy Warehouse operations today offer big opportunities for carbon emission reduction through facility management. How can we help?

Material Savings

BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Getting shipments from the production facility or warehouse to the retail store or the consumers doorstep is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Advanced digital software, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) like the Blue Yonder Transportation Management solution are purpose-built to address the top causes of shipping delays.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

When we talk about supply chain automation, we’re not just discussing robots in warehouses (though they’re certainly part of it!). Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – Companies like Amazon and Walmart are using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that drive around the warehouse aisles picking items with precision.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Artificial intelligence-driven platforms are transforming carbon accounting by automating data collection and analysis. By contrast, companies that digitize their carbon tracking shorten the learning curve and accelerate progress toward their sustainability goals. AI also provides visibility into emissions across the supply chain.

Rail Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

Supplier risk analysis – Using AI and big data to monitor suppliers continuously reduces risk. Warehouse Management Autonomous mobile robots – Flexible robots like from Locus Robotics optimize warehouse workflows. AR/VR – Immersive technologies enhance training and assist warehouse workers.

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Waves

JULY 10, 2025

ports, trucking networks, and warehouses. administrations, or internal challenges like property sector woes—directly impact freight volumes, shipping rates, and inventory strategies. China remains the world’s manufacturing powerhouse, accounting for a significant portion of global exports that feed into U.S. “The U.S.

China

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It’s hard to consider so many variables simultaneously and approximate the clarity of that elusive crystal ball — especially if planning teams are using manual methods, human analysis and consumer-grade spreadsheets. Given today’s more accurate forecasting results, both overstocks and shortages can become a thing of the past.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 1, 2025

Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Custom SCM System Step 1: Start with Discovery and Define the Right KPIs Begin by gathering detailed input from every department involved in the supply chain—procurement, warehousing, production, logistics, and finance. Inventory & Warehouse Control: Track stock levels, batch IDs, and reorder alerts.

Supply Chain Design Software

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Shipping networks may experience delays and disruptions, potentially exacerbated by cost-cutting measures within the logistics sector. While perfect forecasting remains elusive, leveraging robust data analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and real-time market intelligence can significantly improve accuracy.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

JUNE 23, 2025

Mobile barcoding ensures that data from warehouse operations, such as receiving, picking, and shipping, is captured instantly and accurately. Saumya: AI agents streamline supply chain operations by automating planning and forecasting tasks that traditionally require hours of human analysis.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Home February 24, 2025 Understanding Opportunity Cost in Warehouse Automation Decisions Kane Edwards , Business Development Manager Every business decision comes with trade-offs and choosing one path means forgoing another. In the context of warehouse operations, this principle applies directly to warehouse automation.

Supply Chain Software

Freight Waves

JULY 12, 2025

Chart of the Week: Import Ocean TEUs Volume Index – USA SONAR : IOTI.USA Booking volumes for container imports, as measured by the Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index (IOTI), appear to have peaked in early July—about a month ahead of the typical peak shipping season.

Purchasing Skills

SCMDOJO

JULY 6, 2025

Using a tool like the Cost Breakdown Analysis Template can help procurement teams analyze supplier costs and make more informed sourcing decisions. Real-time monitoring tools give procurement teams instant insights into stock levels, shipping delays, and supplier performance. Warehousing strategy plays a part, too.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

” 3000+ That is the number of new cars that we being transported on the Morning Midas, a cargo ship headed to Mexico and which sank in the North Pacific on Monday, nearly three weeks after a fiery blaze broke out on board. Coast Guard is monitoring the incident and has deployed several vessels to manage potential pollution.

Supply Chain Design Software

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

While CPI is normally used within project management and earned value analysis, it has significant application and importance within supply chain contexts, particularly in procurement, logistics and warehousing. One way to assess the cost performance of any function within the supply chain is through Cost Performance Index (CPI).

Negotiating Skills

AB&R

APRIL 29, 2025

In todays fast-paced warehouses, distribution centers, and field operations, every scan counts. Ideal for: Large warehouses, manufacturing, and logistics operations where speed and durability are non-negotiable. Ideal for: Large warehouses, manufacturing, and logistics operations where speed and durability are non-negotiable.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

Use tools like business credit reports, payment history analysis, and trade references to evaluate customer financial stability and identify early warning signs of potential payment delays. Trade Deficit Narrows by Most on Record as Imports Plunge Global Trade & Economics Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

The recent port strike, the closed shipping lane that forced a shift to air transport, the bridge that blocked a port, even the grid brownout that slowed manufacturing, might have seemed like random disruptions. Who pays the crew of the ship that blocked your shipping lane? But take a closer look. This may sound like alarmism.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Let’s break down what each metric in SCMDOJO’s Procurement and Supply Chain scorecard reveals: Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): This goes beyond the purchase price to include all associated costs shipping, implementation, maintenance, training, disposal, etc. Internal warehouse or planning problems? Supplier lateness?

Pricing Training