SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Understanding Supply Chain Risks Economic downturns act as stress tests for supply chains, exposing vulnerabilities that may have gone unnoticed during stable times. Maintaining robust cash reserves is paramount for navigating these turbulent times.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

They need to make decisions in real-time or near real-time, as the environment around them rapidly evolves. Now, teams can focus on strategy, instead of chasing information across multiple systems and endless email chains, saving time and money, and getting goods on shelves with less overhead and more reliability.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

To be precise, the ability to adjust pricing and pricing strategies in real-time, grounded in data and tailored to specific markets, has emerged as the most effective way to shield and even grow profits. The recent wave of tariffs introduced by the U.S. This is where strategic pricing and technology meet.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

At the same time, global regulations are tightening. The Demand for Carbon Accounting The push for sustainability isn’t new, but it has reached a tipping point. Consumers are holding brands accountable, with over half saying they’re willing to spend more on environmentally friendly products. Retailers are following suit. In the U.S.,

Rail Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Image: iStock/JuSun June 18, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” wrote William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. The eternal problem is that you can receive timely, accurate information, but it’s tricky to know what to actually do with it. trillion to U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Apples Siri and Amazons Alexa are personal-use examples of these, but from a business context, their uses are just starting to be implemented. SPECIAL REPORT AI: Real or Hype? Image: iStock/koto_feja July 9, 2025 Sponsored by DELMIA No other technology in recent history has received as much attention as artificial intelligence.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Success in this environment requires real-time visibility, strong carrier relationships and a strategy that balances cost, reliability and flexibility. Successfully navigating this environment requires not just operational discipline, but also agility, strong local partnerships and resilient supply chain design.

Hawaii

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2025

Attendees explored emerging market trends and how organizations are responding in real time, strategic investments in automation and artificial intelligence, best practices in change management, and the key performance indicators that matter most for long-term sustainability. It’s reshaping nearly every aspect of how we run our businesses.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. In a time of tariff-driven price increases, the platform can help retailers optimize in-season products to reflect active consumer sentiment.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

Just be prepared for anything and keep going. They provide optimized pick, putaway and replenishment functions, working with the human workforce to reduce travel time, errors and repetitive stress. Each requires specialized expertise, careful planning and targeted investment. The good news for CFOs is that they have options.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Vehicles are sidelined, drivers grow frustrated, and delivery times slip. Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. What Happens When Fleet Leadership Is Unstable Losing a fleet manager isn’t just an HR issue. It’s not just savings. Disruptions in decision-making. Compliance risks.

Negotiating Skills

Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

By pinpointing suppliers in affected regions and analyzing their capabilities and products, clients can proactively identify alternative sources, ensuring continuity and minimizing operational disruptions. Source: Cal Fire) A Red Flag Warning zone, represented in pink, highlights areas where critical fire weather conditions are expected.

California

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

In an era where margins are already razor-thin and uncertainty is the new norm, the ripple effects of delayed payments can be just as devastating as a dockworker strike or a port closure. Each tier, from raw-material providers to logistics firms, relies on predictable, timely cash flow. Supply chains don’t operate in silos.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

According to Forbes Market Insights , the global supply chain management market is projected to grow from $23.58 billion in 2023 to $63.77 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 11.7%. North America continues to dominates the market, with a 32.49% share in 2023. Industry experts see increasing use of generative, agentic and predictive AI.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

You’re seeing higher throughputs, and you have to achieve them in a shorter time span,” Senn explains. “If Build Up, Not Out Expanding your footprint isn’t just expensive — it’s disruptive. But the smarter move could be to look up. The New Demands on Fulfillment Facilities Warehouses today are facing a collision of pressures.

Vendor Strategies

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. This may sound like alarmism. Worse, we lack a coherent strategy to counter this "long war" already underway.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 25, 2025

Developed with direct input from freight brokers, this innovative tool delivers real-time, AI-driven insights into carrier reliability, empowering users to make faster, more secure decisions while safeguarding their business operations. What sets Risk Factors apart is its pioneering approach to fraud detection in the freight sector.

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

JULY 22, 2025

Abandoned transactions, lost sales and reputational damage are just a few of the consequences resulting from just a brief period of downtime. What is more, these consequences are not just brought on by hard downtime, meaning complete outages, but soft downtime too. And the financial impact of this is severe.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

A System Under Strain The fragility of the medication supply chain isn’t theoretical; it’s happening in real time. Integrated digital solutions bring together disparate systems and data streams, improve transparency across workflows, and equip decision-makers with timely, actionable insights. In a 2022 ASHP survey, 99.7%

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. In the U.S.,

Optimal Sourcing

ModusLink Corporation

JULY 17, 2025

US Global Trade War, as American tariffs with opposing cargo freight containers in conflict as an economic dispute over import and exports. As we edge closer to Q4 2025, the air for e-commerce businesses isn’t just getting colder; it’s getting electrified with the promise of peak season sales. Let’s dive in.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

But just as we teach kids not to run with scissors, we have to set up guardrails around AI to make it both safe and useful. According to our 2024 report, Generative AI in the B2B Marketplace , 81% of B2B businesses are already investing in AI, with 79% anticipating increasing their AI budgets within the next year.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

In a statement to CBC News , a DHL Express spokesperson said that the company had proposed a 15% salary increase over five years, but "there was simply not enough progress" in talks to indicate that the two sides would come to an agreement in time. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Canada

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

The charterer can decide the type of cargo, loading, and unloading points, and other specifics of the voyage, making it a tailored solution for maritime transport needs. The charterer only pays for the specific voyage, making it more affordable than long-term commitments like time charter agreements.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 15, 2025

Cargo vans are versatile vehicles that offer more than just transportation—they can generate a pretty decent income. In recent years, cargo van owners have benefited from many earning opportunities that have multiplied exponentially. Where Can You Earn Fast Money Online! Establishing the capabilities of your van is crucial.

Cargo

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

Sourcing raw materials from Asia, coordinating freight with European logistics providers, or navigating distribution networks in the Americas cross-border operations rely on effective communication to make them happen. In regular times, coordinating these operations is already a difficult undertaking.

Supply Chain Planning Software

EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

European truckmakers tackle rare-earths bottleneck with stockpiling, supply chain shifts European truckmaker Volvo Group has been seeking alternative sources of rare earths and Daimler Trucks has been building inventories to deal with supply issues linked to Chinese export curbs, saying lessons had been learned from the chip crisis.

Negotiating Skills

Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2025

The tariff applies to imported sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans, and light trucks, along with key components such as engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical systems. On March 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on vehicles and certain auto parts imported into the U.S.,

Automotive

EFT

MAY 26, 2025

President Donald Trump has backed away from a threat to impose 50% tariffs imminently on imports from the European Union, giving more time for talks between Washington and the 27-nation bloc to produce a deal. Tariff truce will not spark cargo boom at busiest US seaport, executive director says The head of the busiest U.S.

Negotiating 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. The core issue isn’t simply cost; its accuracy and agility. Each of these outcomes burns cash and morale.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Moving from raw, unintegrated data to useful supply chain analytics is expensive — and it takes time. This time, it’s not a global pandemic, but an administration’s uncertain and shifting stance on tariffs. The goal: to be better prepared to manage operations in moments of near-total uncertainty.

Vendor Strategies

Freight Waves

JUNE 21, 2025

“Fred was more than just the pioneer of an industry and the founder of our great company. He was a mentor to many and a source of inspiration to all. Please keep the entire Smith family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” said CEO Raj Subramaniam in a message to FedEx employees. FedEx has grown into an $87.7

Las Vegas

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. billion to $7.5

Expense Reduction

Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

The following Supply Chain Matters multi-part guest commentary is authored by Michael Lamoureux who provides over 18 years of experience and observations and experience in procurement sourcing technology applications. Michael is the Editor-in-Chief of the Sourcing Innovation blog. Indirect sourcing is easy.

Supply Chain Design Software

Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Just a couple of weeks into the new US administration, and it appears that global trade will become even more costly and difficult to maneuver than in years past. Let’s not forget, the need to stay on top of the latest news from reputable sources will be important as well.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Shapiro

JULY 15, 2025

is once again turning up the heat in the trade world—and this time, it’s targeting countries that continue to buy Russian energy. Russian crude offers China both a reliable energy source and a steep discount, helping offset rising global oil prices. At the same time, Turkey is heavily dependent on U.S. While the U.S.

United Arab Emirates

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

The fundamental appeal of hydrogen stems from its exceptional energy density — approximately three times that of diesel. Theres no combustion —just an electrochemical reaction that produces power to drive electric motors. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total. Greater than 20% of the U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies