ShipBob

APRIL 9, 2025

Table of Contents ** Minutes What are warehouse functions? But they couldn’t be more wrong: a warehouse is a dynamic hub of activity that is the foundation of the entire ecommerce order fulfillment process. What are warehouse functions? However, managing warehouse functions is no simple feat.

Warehousing

Locus Robotics

JUNE 12, 2025

Home June 12, 2025 From Pen and Paper to Robots: Inside Staples Canada's Automation Journey Mary Hart , Sr. Content Marketing Manager When Mert Selcuk joined Staples Canada as Senior Manager of Supply Chain Strategy and Capabilities, he didn’t just step into a supply chain organization. That allowed us to ask the question: what’s next?”

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 10, 2025

For example, a decrease in throughput could be the result of undertrained employees, suboptimal warehouse layout, mismatches in SKU location with system records, or even unreadable barcodes. It’s easy for managers to envision what that solution might look like in their warehouse.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

Nearshoring to countries within the same trade bloc or region, such as Mexico or Canada, offers faster transit times, reduced tariff exposure and more predictable compliance requirements. What satisfies FDA requirements might not meet the standards set by the EMA, MHRA, or Health Canada. Nearshoring and friend-shoring.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics DHL Express Canada Workers on Strike Following Lockout Last Mile Delivery U.S. Featured Product Popular Stories Watch: Why Choose FTZs to Mitigate Tariffs?

Fort Worth

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

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Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

SupplyChainBrain DHL Express Canada Ceases Deliveries for Now More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! UNFI ), one of the U.S.’s s largest organic food distributor has led to empty shelves at Whole Foods stores across the country, reports NBC News. UNFI ), one of the U.S.’s

Food

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

It is not just Procurement, Warehouse Management and Shipping. It started to show up in job titles, functional names, metrics, and processes. A Personal Retrospective My view of what constitutes Supply Chain Management is very broad. I believe it is all encompassing, inclusive of virtually every function in an organization.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

Canada Trade Talks Ahead of G-7 Global Trade & Economics UAW President Retaliated Against Union Officer in Funds Feud HR & Labor Management 6 Strategies for Building an Adaptive Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Most work in warehouses packing and shipping items, but about 350,000 of them have corporate jobs. Canada Trade Talks Ahead of G-7 Global Trade & Economics Selling Into the EU? Jassy encouraged employees to “experiment with AI whenever you can.” Amazon is the largest private U.S. employer after Walmart Inc.,

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 27, 2025

Mexico-Canada Freight Down in All Modes for April U.S.-Mexico-Canada Mexico-Canada Freight Down in All Modes for April Photo: iStock/grandriver June 27, 2025 SupplyChainBrain Total transborder freight in North America was $126.3 and Canada was $56.6 billion in April, decreasing 8.5% compared to April 2024, according to the U.S.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories DHL Express Canada Ceases Deliveries for Now Last Mile Delivery UAW President Retaliated Against Union Officer in Funds Feud HR & Labor Management Canada Sets Deadline to Hike Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Against U.S. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

This delay creates a dangerous blind spot for operators — higher landed costs, longer lead times and shifting sourcing patterns will start to accumulate in warehouses over the next two to 12 months. For many, this will be compounded by the risk of a recession, sharpening the consequences of excess inventory, stockouts or misallocations.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

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Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories DHL Express Canada Ceases Deliveries for Now Last Mile Delivery Canada Sets Deadline to Hike Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Against U.S. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Watch: How to Innovate Both Products and Their Supply Chains More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

Also impacted are logistics services, including carriers, warehouses, third-party logistics providers and other entities in the distribution chain. Podcast | Massive Changes Are Happening Across the Retail Landscape Podcast | How AI and Computer Vision Are Creating ‘The Warehouse of the Future’ Robert J.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

from China, Canada, Mexico and other countries in the coming weeks and months. trade policies , both Canada and Mexico have promised to impose their own tariffs on American exports in retaliation. In 2023, American imports from Canada totaled $428 billion, while imports from Mexico were even higher, at $479 billion.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

retaliatory tariffs on American exports such as agriculture and machinery by the European Union and Canada further complicate global trade dynamics, creating a web of economic pressures. Use of Free Trade Agreements The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement allows duty-free trade between the three countries, encouraging nearshoring.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Modeling

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Mexico has unique, strategic advantages under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and a favorable trade environment, “This positions Mexico as a reliable alternative for companies seeking to reduce exposure to trade friction and long lead times from overseas markets,” the report’s authors said.

Mexico

EFT

MAY 19, 2025

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.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2025

Trump threatened Brazil over domestic politics, India over its ties with Russia, and Canada over plans to recognize a Palestinian state. While the “Liberation Day” rates followed a crude formula linked broadly to a nation’s trade deficit, the ensuing numbers appeared more arbitrary. tariff rate will rise to 15.2% before Trump took office.

Negotiate Pricing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

Photo: iStock/JHVEPhoto June 23, 2025 SupplyChainBrain DHL Express Canada suspended its delivery service across the country June 20, as workers continue to strike, and new federal legislation banning replacement workers comes into effect. DHL’s customers in Canada include Lululemon, Shein and Siemens.

Canada

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 5, 2025

No, Canada and Mexico Are Not Building a Freight Corridor to Avoid the U.S. A July 18 video posted on YouTube by user “ PPR Mundial ” claims Canada and Mexico are seeking to circumvent the U.S. and then Ontario "without ever crossing the Canada-U.S. There is no rail route from Mexico to Canada that does not cross the U.S.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

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Iran

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

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Brazil

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 25, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

The Montreal-based company, which operates a network in Canada and the U.S., And instead, there is an increasing uncertainty around the tariff and trade environment — particularly in Canada — and some concerns over weakening macroeconomic environment.” The shares dipped in after-hours trading in New York on July 22.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

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Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 15, 2025

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Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Material Savings

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America. It said its shipments to North America were 25% lower in the three months to June compared to the same period in 2024, due in part to tariffs. Total sales over that time were also down 10%. Although Stellantis has manufacturing plants in the U.S., it also manufactures vehicles in the U.K.,

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Featured Product Popular Stories DHL Express Canada Ceases Deliveries for Now Last Mile Delivery WSC: Need for Clarity on U.S. Port Fees for Chinese Ships Ocean Transportation Canada Sets Deadline to Hike Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Against U.S. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

In an order issued on June 12 , Canadas Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu directed the union to vote on CPs offer "as soon as possible." Canada Trade Talks Ahead of G-7 Global Trade & Economics The Top 8 EDI Myths - Debunked! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 5, 2025

as Tariff Deadline Nears Swiss Leaders Rush to Salvage Talks with U.S. as Tariff Deadline Nears Photo: iStock/3dmitry August 6, 2025 SupplyChainBrain Just days after assuming they had secured a trade understanding with Washington, Swiss officials are now in a diplomatic sprint to avoid some of the highest U.S. tariffs in the world.

Switzerland

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

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Resource Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

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