Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process. billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

Optimal Sourcing

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 9, 2025

In this update, we share the latest developments from across Asia-Pacific, highlight the actions we’re taking to support your supply chain, and outline how we’re helping customers stay agile and resilient in today’s dynamic market environment. According to AAPA, air cargo demand in Asia-Pacific rose 4.9%

Asia

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

In April, freight company HLS Group reported 80 canceled sailings from China as trade tensions with the U.S. To keep operations and supply chains stable amid the volatility of today’s global trade dynamics, companies need a freight strategy that can flex under pressure. intensified. That means going multimodal.

Freight

Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For the past few years, the air cargo market has greatly benefited from international e-commerce. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 80% of e-commerce is transported by air and makes up upwards of 30% of total air cargo volume. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication.

Cargo

TransAudit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Political shifts, such as the ongoing ramifications of Brexit or the US-China trade war, can lead to new or increased tariffs that disrupt established supply chains and increase costs. For instance, new international laws aimed at reducing carbon emissions are forcing companies to adapt by investing in greener technologies.

Shipping

IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 7, 2025

Why More US Importers Choose DDP Shipping from China in 2025 By Dean Taylor (pictured) Content Writer 108 Views Stop Losing Sleep Over China–USA Freight If you’re importing products from China to the U.S., In 2025, freight forwarding from China to USA has become more than just a shipping decision—it’s a strategic risk.

China

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

Yet the complex supply chains behind those therapies are increasingly vulnerable. A System Under Strain The fragility of the medication supply chain isn’t theoretical; it’s happening in real time. In a 2022 ASHP survey, 99.7% of pharmacists reported experiencing shortages of critical sterile injectables.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. According to the releas e , overall disruptions to global supply chains increased 38 percent on a year-over-year basis.

Supply Chain Disruption

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

Twenty twenty-five is starkly different: the next global war has already begun, and it’s unfolding not on distant battlefields, but right through the supply chains that you rely on. Your supply chain is already directly in the line of fire. Let’s look at China.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

The challenge is compounded by the comparatively slow digital transformation in the supply chain and distribution sector, with many organizations remaining dependent on pricing systems that are either fully or partially manual. This is where strategic pricing and technology meet.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives relative to despite having a tentative back-to-work wage negotiation, the outstanding issue of port automation provides added concerns for global industry supply chain teams. ports lag behind other global ports in automation focused on increased throughput.

Negotiating Skills

Freight Waves

JULY 15, 2025

Some importers are bringing in year-end holiday cargo now ahead of potential higher tariffs later in the year,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said in a media briefing. The proactive stance, he said, preempts potential supply chain disruptions, ensuring steadiness in goods movement across critical periods.

Los Angeles

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

In response, importers must adopt strategic frameworks that blend regulatory readiness, supply chain agility, and predictive technologies. The industry’s supply chain continues to feel the effects of trade policies that have reshaped sourcing economics. Deploying technology and predictive tools for risk management.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 10, 2025

Kenco’s 2025 Supply Chain Innovation Survey found that one in four professionals now have $500,000 or more in their budget to incorporate new tools and technologies, and 39% have seen their budgets increase this year. And, of course, 41% are going all in on artificial intelligence-powered technologies.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

🙂 Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. For small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), e-commerce is an opportunity to sell to a larger customer base and to take advantage of various tech tools to compete with larger businesses. Automated Compliance: Streamlined documentation for cross-border trade.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

The Journey to Logistics Automation THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Have a Good Trip! The Journey to Logistics Automation Photo: iStock / imaginima July 11, 2025 Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain If picking the right systems for automating logistics is a journey, how do you even get out the door?

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Image: iStock/koto_feja July 9, 2025 Sponsored by DELMIA No other technology in recent history has received as much attention as artificial intelligence. There are a lot of different aspects beneath that simple understanding,” Indeed, businesses are adopting AI technology at a rapid pace. SPECIAL REPORT AI: Real or Hype?

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

It’s those that lay the groundwork with flexible, intelligent infrastructure that will be best positioned to scale and evolve alongside advancing technologies. But heres the challenge: Most of these tools sit outside core systems. And third-party routing tools cant adapt mid-journey when conditions change.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 27, 2025

Today, Oritain claims to cover more than 96% of the world’s cotton-growing areas with its tracing tools. Traceability has to run through every stage of a global supply chain, which can be frustratingly opaque, given the number of players and transformations that a given product undergoes. Manufacturers want to make sure.”

Manufacturing Procurement

Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm Client Alert Supply Chain Risk Alert Severe wildfires and windstorms have impacted Southern California since January 7, 2025. Exiger empowers clients to assess the impact of wildfires on their supply chain through cutting-edge visualization tools that map the geolocations of their suppliers.

California

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

So argues Greg Petro, CEO of First Insight , a retail platform that uses AI analysis of consumer feedback to predict demand, determine pricing thresholds and model scenarios around, for example, differing tariff levels or supply chain bottlenecks. and China, or where the U.K. is going to land on car parts.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

Late payments are the silent disruptor that’s eroding trust, liquidity and operational continuity across the supply chain. Supply chains don’t operate in silos. China tariffs continues to evolve, impacting industries from tech to fashion. Recent developments illustrate how volatile this landscape has become.

Cost Reduction Strategies

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

In the hyper-connected global economy of the present day, supply chains traverse continents, cultures, and myriad communication barriers. This is where audio translation technology is a game-changer. Audio translation technology offers a solution by interpreting spoken directions and dialogues in several languages in real time.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Generative AI and AI-powered software agents “should change the way our work is done,” Jassy said in an email to employees on June 17 that laid out his thinking about how the emerging technology will transform the workplace. “We recently announced a round of layoffs that hit software developers hardest. And Microsoft Corp.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2025

While such a move isn’t likely at this point, “we can’t take for granted just how concentrated some of these production and supply chains are,” Taylor said in an interview. “We The latest escalation of violence between Israel and Iran had raised fears over a possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical export channel.

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Waves

JUNE 13, 2025

Recent tariffs and trade investigations exacerbate existing tensions, complicating the global supply chain and challenging the shipping sector’s adaptability. The ICS findings reveal a precarious balance between the allure of tried-and-tested fuel options and the promise of innovative green technologies.

Survey

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

Canada

Freight Waves

JULY 23, 2025

Boeing on Monday officially began production of the 777-8 freighter by drilling the first hole into a wing spar, while Airbus reached another milestone in building its new A350 freighter as the companies gear up competition for sales of large cargo jets. Other 777-8 customers include Lufthansa, Silk Way West, Cargolux, ANA and China Airlines.

Saudi Arabia

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

and China FAW Group Co. issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry. Supply chain financing is common in the auto industry. At least three carmakers, including Dongfeng Motor Group Co.,

Price Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

The company applies AI and other analytics to this data to provide supply chain risk analytics and insights to its clients. In short, what makes them different is that they can quantify and thus prioritize supply chain risks. In Asia-Pacific, China believes Taiwan rightfully belongs to them.

Pharmaceutical

Cathy Roberson

APRIL 29, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. But, at the same time, it has also invested in technology tools in its super hubs that are replacing closed facilities to process packages quicker and with less workers. Non-China/Hong Kong exports were up double-digits during Q1. billion, up 2.7%

Cost Reduction Strategies

EFT

JUNE 5, 2025

Electrification continues to make rapid inroads into trucking, as the International Energy Agency (IEA) recorded an 80% growth in sales in 2024 , led by China and making it the third consecutive year of expanding sales after poor market performance from 2018 to 2021. With tensions between the U.S.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

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Survey

Freightos

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Air Rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. In air cargo, rates ex-China remained elevated but level last week even in whats meant to be one of the busiest weeks of the year, as capacity additions, frontloading and advanced capacity reservations combined to avert peak season chaos.

Asia

EFT

JULY 15, 2025

China's exporters rush to beat Trump's next big tariff deadline China's exports regained momentum in June as firms rushed out orders to capitalise on a fragile tariff truce between Beijing and Washington ahead of a looming deadline next month, with shipments to Southeast Asian transit hubs particularly strong.

Negotiating Skills

Freightos

JULY 1, 2025

Air rates – Freightos Air index China – N. China – N. The president stated again last week that the US has signed a trade deal with China. Join 60,000+ Supply Chain Experts Who Never Miss an Issue! Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 4% to $2,969/FEU. America weekly prices increased 3% to $5.31/kg.

Negotiating Skills