Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2025

” At that time, the sales organization used more point-of-sale data than their competitors, they had an impressive and innovative IT team, and their supply chain processes were what I considered best-in-class. The use of the supply chain as a functional organization within the organization to reduce costs. Why would I do this?

Material Savings

Logility

MAY 14, 2025

The 2025 NA Gartner Supply Chain Symposium|Xpo made one thing crystal clear: AI is no longer the futureits the engine driving the transformation of todays supply chains. From smarter networks to scenario planning, here are key takeaways from our time at the event: 1. AI Is the Heart of Change The narrative has shifted.

Gartner

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Supply chains are the backbone of global trade that ensure the smooth movement of goods and materials across industries. One of the most effective strategies for building resilience is integrating project management into supply chain operations. A well-managed supply chain does not just survive crises it thrives in them.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Precoro

AUGUST 1, 2025

  That’s why prices can often be negotiated down, especially when paired with a should-cost model. Read on for more insights about pricing, the benefits of the should-cost model, tips on how to build one, and what software can automate the process. Find out more about: What is the should-cost model? What is the goal?

Negotiating Skills

SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 15, 2025

Oil and gas production is more than just an energy source—it is the backbone of modern industrial progress and global trade. In today’s competitive market, every drop of efficiency in extraction and logistics fuels innovation across supply chains, ensuring that products reach consumers faster and at lower costs.

Sourcing Strategies

RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

Uncertainty is a constant factor influencing supply chain operations. In response, many supply chain leaders consider pausing digital transformation initiatives to minimize risk. This lack of real time information causes slow reactions to supply chain issues, allowing minor problems to escalate quickly.

Supply Chain Planning Software

John Galt

JULY 22, 2025

Customer Portal Partner Portal Contact John Galt Solutions Atlas AI-driven SaaS platform that connects and orchestrates your entire supply chain. But here’s the hard truth: your inventory might be sneaking around behind your back – racking up costs, hoarding working capital, and ghosting your optimization efforts.

Inventory Reduction

Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

Businesses often use it in retail and purchasing. Category management isn’t just another procurement trend. It’s a way for companies to group similar goods or services (like IT infrastructure, facilities, or raw materials) and manage them holistically instead of handling every purchase in isolation.

Manufacturing Procurement

Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins. According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction. 

Cost Reduction Strategies

Locus

JULY 28, 2025

Optimized road infrastructure highlights the importance of routing efficiency in high-traffic zones. In the sections that follow, we’ll dissect routing efficiency through an operational lens: what it entails, which factors shape it, how to quantify its impact, and the proven strategies enterprises are adopting to optimize it.

Sourcing Strategies

Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. DeliverDirect serves various industries, including retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and related sectors, and it utilizes a network of alternative carriers for the last-mile delivery. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Cargo

Jaggaer

MAY 21, 2025

Watch our on-demand webinar to discover how procurement can lead the way in ESG and decarbonization, and learn from experts about driving sustainability transformation across your supply chain. Explore how JAGGAER helps procurement teams stay ahead of regulatory pressure with end-to-end transparency. So, a low threshold.

Procurement Analytics

Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

They need visibility across multiple internal systemslike ERP, CRM, and financial platformsand even external sources shared with suppliers, partners, and customers. Modern platforms pull data from a wide array of sources: ERPs, relational databases, Excel files, cloud apps, third-party providers, and beyond. Why does that matter?

Prescriptive Analytics Software

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. Initially, robot management will operate as a distinct role within supply chain. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. Any reaction to the this article on robot managemen ?

Warehousing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Over the next five years, those leaders have top priorities around enhancing the customer experience with more service options, increasing automation and further digitalizing processes and offerings What is a supply executive to do?

Logistics Network Optimization Software

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. One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Gilmore Says. What do you say? The index for June came out at 100.2,

Supply Chain Design Software

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?

Supply Chain Planning Software

IT Supply Chain

JUNE 20, 2025

The 6 Best Industrial Marking Machine Manufacturers By Claire Lloyd (pictured) Content Writer 124 Views Industrial marking machines help companies maintain accuracy, efficiency and compliance. Manufacturers rely on these machines to keep workflows running smoothly and avoid costly errors or rework. Telesis Technologies, Inc.

Manufacturing Procurement

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?

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. On sustainability, Gartner says that there was a notable difference between the North American and EMEA regions.

Gartner

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.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Drewry notes that transpacific rates from Asia to the US West Coast have been especially volatile in the last six months, in the context of tariff announcements and sudden changes in both capacity and demand. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. Good advice from Drewry.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Cargo

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.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. While discussions between the two companies are at an advanced stage, the terms could still change, sources said. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. Omaha, Neb.-based

Supply Chain Design Software

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. April On what he calls Liberation Day, President Donald Trump publishes a wide schedule of tariffs on US imports from virtually every other country, creating supply chain chaos. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Taulia

JULY 3, 2025

While increased demand means the potential for growth, the industry’s notoriously complex supply chains face unprecedented strain, potentially locking up billions in capital (on SAP Taulia’s platform, aerospace and defense businesses saw spend increase by 25.3% Two key areas stand out: optimizing payments and mastering cash flow.

Aerospace

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. Gilmore Says.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

Supply Chain Design Software

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. CSCMP members can download a copy for no charge, and others can purchase one for a modest fee. of total transport costs and 38.5%

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. If there are applications that demand the scanning of a wide variety of narrow elements, non-contact scanners may be required. Work with support sources that can significantly contribute to the planning, training and implementation processes at a systems level. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Source: State of Logstics Report 2025 May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese saying goes. Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. In order to help companies decide objectively to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2025

For the rest of the world, this is a serious demand shock,” Raghuram Rajan, former India central bank governor and chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, who is now a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, told Bloomberg TV on August 1. consumers from price spikes. That could all be about to change.

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