Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2025

It demands a deep dive into complex calculations and multi-faceted considerations that impact everything from sourcing and production strategies to long-term investment and risk management. Evaluating the options around sourcing from different countries and applying different inbound and outbound transportation strategies.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

The tool helps buyers find products faster, and reduces order errors. Similarly, New York City’s MyCity chatbot gave advice that was explicitly illegal, saying that restaurants could serve rodent-bitten food or that employers could take a cut of employee tips. Those are expensive mistakes for any supply chain executive to make.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain In the rush to adjust sourcing strategies in line with current trends in international trade, the answer might be to think small. But for many, rising tensions between trading partners, coupled with higher labor and logistics expense, have made that strategy untenable.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 26, 2025

A trucking entrepreneur, Malcolm McLean recognized the inefficiencies of traditional cargo handling methods and saw an opportunity for innovation. By standardizing container sizes, typically 20 or 40 feet in length, he introduced a level of uniformity that revolutionized cargo handling.

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

JULY 17, 2025

Whether it’s lost keys, damaged transponders, or even something more sinister like relay theft, access issues quickly escalate from minor annoyance to major expense. Here’s how to build a solid vehicle access resilience strategy that protects your supply chain, your drivers, and your sanity.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

The New Demands on Fulfillment Facilities Warehouses today are facing a collision of pressures. If you want to set a fulfillment strategy for the next five to 10 years, you need flexibility without downtime. Build Up, Not Out Expanding your footprint isn’t just expensive — it’s disruptive. Real estate costs are soaring.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Fleet managers oversee budgeting, cost controls, and maintenance expenses. Focus on retention by reducing burnout. Fleet managers who have the training and time to focus on preventive maintenance and asset management keep vehicles on the road longer and reduce unplanned expenses. Rising costs.

Negotiating Skills

IT Supply Chain

JULY 14, 2025

The Key Advantages of Implementing Barge Pumping Solutions By Mike Bronson (pictured) Content Writer 78 Views Industrial sectors that depend on liquid cargo movement, such as oil and gas, chemical production, or maritime transport, face constant pressure to improve efficiency while keeping costs under control.

Supply Chain Design Software

Locus

JULY 28, 2025

Understanding Last-Mile Transportation Last-mile transportation refers to the movement of goods from a distribution point, such as a fulfillment center, regional warehouse, or micro-hub, to the end customer. Each failure adds to cost per order, increases fuel use, and reduces stop-level productivity. Today, that model is obsolete.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

Here are some common risks that can disrupt supply chains: Natural Disasters: Events such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes can cause significant damage to manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and transportation networks. Cargo Insurance Cargo insurance specifically covers goods in transit.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A report published by the Washington Post titled Dockworkers union asserts ‘absolute, airtight’ anti-automation stance (Paid subscription) , indicated that the dockworkers demands are not unique: “ Technology has been eliminating some jobs and creating others for more than two centuries.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

For smaller fashion brands, as highlighted by Glossy , the financial burden of tariffs can be especially acute, often forcing them to absorb higher costs or shift their sourcing strategies entirely. The crux of the issue isn’t just the added expense but the unpredictability.

Cost Reduction Strategies

IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 3, 2025

It helps cut operational fat, reduce liability, and respond quickly to changing market needs. Rental agreements shift fleet costs from capital expenditures (CapEx) to operating expenses (OpEx). It reduces risk – You’re not stuck with unused vehicles when business slows.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

To build communication competence across regions, SCMDOJOs Communication Strategies Course for Supply Chain Professionals is an excellent resource. It helps professionals enhance clarity, build rapport across cultures, and reduce errors caused by miscommunicationkey skills when operating in high-pressure, multilingual environments.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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

Moving from raw, unintegrated data to useful supply chain analytics is expensive — and it takes time. And retailers are using AI to dynamically adjust pricing and inventory strategies in response to tariff-driven cost changes. Companies that took 2020 seriously and invested in their data are now leading their industries in AI.

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

As supply chain executives evaluate zero-emission strategies, hydrogen fuel cell technology emerges as a compelling solution that aligns with the operational demands of commercial fleets. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total. At their core, hydrogen fuel cells are fairly simple. Maintenance advantages.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 3, 2025

They have six warehouses in the Midwest, and serve customers across industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, cosmetics, pet food, renewable energy and automotive. Their team oversees customer inventory so that they can be ready to distribute those goods at any given point in time.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft.

Cargo

EFT

MAY 19, 2025

cargo have surged since the countries declared a 90-day truce on punitive tit-for-tat tariffs last weekend, operators said, spawning traffic jams at Chinese ports and factories that could take weeks to clear. China to US ocean cargo bookings surge after tariff pause, Vizion says U.S. retailers including Walmart (WMT.N)

Price Reduction

Freight Center

JUNE 18, 2025

This pioneering Green Corridors Intelligent Freight Transportation System (IFTS) will connect inland terminals near Monterrey, Mexico, and north of Laredo (I‑35 area), operating 24/7 with low-emission shuttles to streamline customs crossings and dramatically reduce border congestion and emissions—by up to 75% compared to conventional diesel trucks.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. Click here to send us your comments The story is well known.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

Mortimer again claims that early tests results show up to 20% better fuel performance, and marked reductions in greenhouse gases, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides. Mortimer again claims that early tests results show up to 20% better fuel performance, and marked reductions in greenhouse gases, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides.

South Africa

Freight Waves

AUGUST 5, 2025

government recently eliminated a waiver on duties and fees for small-dollar shipments arriving from China and Hong Kong. Applying the new rule worldwide at the end of August could reduce projected full-year operating profit by $231 million, the company’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. billion, but operating profit grew 5.7%

Policies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

According to CNN, At Home announced its filing on June 16, after agreeing to a deal with its lenders to eliminate nearly all of its $2 billion worth of debt, and give the company $200 million in new funds to continue operating while the bankruptcy process plays out.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

said profit will fall as much as 36% this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce earnings by about $2 billion, more than the automaker previously expected. said profit will fall as much as 36% this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce earnings by about $2 billion, more than the automaker previously expected.

Expense Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

After securing access to TuffAir’s materials, Amazon abruptly ceased communications, only to unveil a remarkably similar regional air cargo model within months, based on the same technical, operational and strategic elements TuffAir had disclosed,” the company alleged in its legal filing. No comment as yet on the suit from Amazon.

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

JUNE 19, 2025

This coverage helps vessel owners, cargo handlers, and marine businesses avoid costly legal problems. There are several critical aspects to consider regarding a marine liability policy: Coverage Scope This policy usually covers a wide range of risks, including vessel collisions, cargo loss, and onboard accidents.

Policies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Steel is at the beginning of the value chain, so you create a lot of instability for all these supply chains that get disrupted that now all of a sudden have to deal with much more expensive steel,” Henne told the Guardian : She said Europe must intervene to save the sector, because it is fundamental to military security and is a large employer.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 6, 2025

Expenses rose about 10%. RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Air Cargo Aerospace & Defense Related Articles Benefits of Lean Could Be Lost if You Dont Stay in for the Long Haul DOT Plan Would Permit Long-haul Trucking in U.S. is doubling down on its long-haul expansion with the first purchase of Boeing Co. to about HK$3.7

Procurement Analytics

GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. A Better Scope Management.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound freight to the client’s customers. More Resources.

3PL

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Do you have a messy, unorganized warehouse? We know that you are also the victim of the ‘ Warehouse Disease’ , i.e. even after regularly organizing your warehouse, it turns messy the minute you receive or ship some cargos. There are many ways to optimize your warehouse storage system, such as: 1. Optimize Now.

Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Anti-narcotics investigators have uncovered substantial amounts of the disguised drugs in the past two years as smugglers go to ever-more elaborate lengths to get illicit cargoes on board ships. The service will be available in over 3,500 cities and towns across the country. The majority of the volume will fit within UPS’ existing U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sustainability is a byproduct of the network effect, as load consolidation and route optimization mean less trucks on the road to deliver the same freight, which is important for reducing carbon emissions. This gives a much better ETA of shipments to warehouses, stores, and end customers. TMS Innovation. Time Slot Management.

Trends

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. Robot orders surge again in Q1. s CargoNet.

Logistics Network Optimization Software