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Using AI Collaboration to Empower the Supply Chain Workforce

Supply Chain Brain

AI chatbots are beneficial, but they have room for improvement, so supply chain executives should understand the pros and cons and deploy them with caution. Those are expensive mistakes for any supply chain executive to make. According to Forbes , 86% of buyers prefer interacting with humans over AI.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 15 2025

Supply Chain Matters

Blue Yonder Acquires Pledge Earth Technologies Supply chain planning and execution technology software provider Blue Yonder announced its acquisition of the business of Pledge Earth Technologies Ltd. We built Atomic to be the inventory planning system we always wished we had.

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Navigating Maritime Chokepoints to Improve Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Suez Canal, for example, is crucial for energy and cargo shipments moving between Asia and Europe. Longer voyages also lead to higher inventory-carrying costs, can lead to increased use of more costly modes of transportation, and can increase demurrage. Avoiding this Canal means going around the Cape of Good Hope.

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The Hydrogen Advantage for Commercial Trucking

Supply Chain Brain

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.

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Profitable Agility: Part 2 of Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution

BlueYonder

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. These companies did not realize that profitable agility relies on a bag of capabilities, not simply “visibility.”

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a survey by McKinsey, 93% of supply chain executives plan to increase their investments in resilience, and 47% of them consider automation and digitization as the top priority. Rolls Royce predicts that lighter unmanned vessels will burn 15 percent less fuel.