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AI-Tuned Pricing and Inventory Strategies are the Way Forward for Retailers

Supply Chain Brain

Now, retailers can simulate “what-if” scenarios that reveal how different hypothetical tariff-driven cost increases could impact shoppers’ willingness to purchase upcoming SKUs at various price points, and which products’ margins will suffer most as costs fluctuate. He adds that it’s no wonder that only 15% of U.K.

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Strategic cargo theft is a rapidly growing concern

Freight Waves

to discuss the evolving landscape of cargo theft that continues to plague the freight industry. While straight theft (the physical taking of trucks, trailers, or cargo from where they’re parked) remains the most common form of cargo theft, criminal tactics have shifted in the last few years.

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Unease Remains in U.S. East and Gulf Coast Labor Talks

Supply Chain Matters

Some industry reports point out reluctance to route January 2025 import volume via east coast ports because of ongoing uncertainty. West Coast Port of Los Angeles reported 27 percent higher container volumes processed in the period from July to September. A published report by Business Broadcasting Network CNBC titled: U.S.

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Selling Into the EU? Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport

Supply Chain Brain

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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USPS is benefitting from its new air cargo contract but is UPS?

Cathy Roberson

Postal Service (USPS) transitioned its primary air cargo contract from FedEx to UPS effective September 30, 2024. In November 2023, for example, the OIG reported that the USPS did not accurately plan air weight capacity on specific lanes for FedEx. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication.

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5 Years Later: 3 Things COVID-19 Changed in Supply Chain And 2 It Didn’t 

BlueYonder

The pandemic showed vulnerabilities in the supply chain, which were amplified by subsequent eventssuch as the Red Sea tensions, which caused cargo traffic to fall from around 5000 containers per day in November to 2000 in December 2023. At first, there was a surge in essential purchases as people stockpiled necessities like toilet paper.

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Using AI Collaboration to Empower the Supply Chain Workforce

Supply Chain Brain

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. Sometimes The B2B buyer report revealed that 65% of buyers found AI-powered chatbots to be moderately or extremely helpful when it came to purchases.