Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

adults expect to pay more for food this summer compared to last summer due to inflation, and nearly half (47%) expect to pay the same, suggesting 80% report feeling no relief from high grocery prices. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S. The survey, released June 23, also found that U.S.

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EFT

JULY 22, 2025

to create a $200 billion coast-to-coast rail network, a person familiar with the matter said. will ramp up supply of Chinese-compliant H20 chips in the coming months and look to bring more advanced semiconductors to the world's second-largest technology market, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said at an event in Beijing. trade deal.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

When duties render traditional sourcing unprofitable, companies must reconfigure supplier networks, often under tight timelines. With 2025 tariffs increasing component costs, Apple has accelerated efforts to diversify its supply chain. Beyond the U.S., Tariffs also destabilize supply chain operations.

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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.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

The need to know from Reuters’ global network of journalists Retailers rush to save US summer shopping season U.S. 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.

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EFT

JULY 7, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists Inside the airline seat industry crisis delaying jet deliveries Tucked beneath the armrest of a luxury business class seat in a factory in Wales lies a clue to a global aviation bottleneck that has left many airlines waiting impatiently for new jets.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

It built out its ground network alongside its air service and took the invention of e-commerce in stride. It built out its ground network alongside its air service and took the invention of e-commerce in stride. Smith soon realized that the market for its services was much larger than Smith initially thought. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to Rob Mortimer, CEO of Fuelre4m, a Dubai-based firm that uses fuel technology to cut emissions, writing this week on the web site of the Maritime Executive “That’s not a long-term projection. Not technologically. So why isn’t there a stampede for this technology?

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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.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. We LOVE how they’re embracing technology to change logistics and improve the end-user’s life.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There is no good system for visibility. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Enterprise control towers operate in islands without a dial-tone to drive interoperability with and within networks. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Work planners previously did manually can be calculated by software. Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. But shipping remains an open market and regardless of technology or how far in the supply chain Maersk stretches, it still has 4.1

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 26, 2017

How technology in logistics grew throughout 2016 is not limited to the technology that delivers products or enables better, faster picking processes. However, their use felt some restraint, and most companies used them to track large-scale shipments, such as cargo containers, reports Claire Swedbery of the RFID Journal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 12, 2024

Autonomous supply chains are systems that can operate with little to no human intervention, and they use artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and sensors to optimize the flow of goods. The key technologies that enable autonomous supply chains are artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, sensors, and blockchain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 28, 2023

About Mark Lavelle Mark Lavelle is the Chief Executive Officer at Maergo, a first-of-its-kind parcel delivery platform, purpose-built for branded direct-to-consumer delivery using modern technology and advanced data capabilities. He’s Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Deep Lake Capital. acquisition of Magento where he was CEO.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Colombian drug smugglers are disguising cocaine as “fake coal” within major bulk consignments to try to dupe port surveillance operations, according to a new report. For several years now, the e-commerce giant has been developing what it describes as a “multimodal AI model” called the Package Decision Engine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. Cargo imported into the U.S. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

technology from helping China’s military. In some cases, shoppers can send back different items than the ones they bought, return stolen items or claim a purchase never got delivered when it really did. The big three US airlines saw their cargo revenues decline last year as rates and volumes came under pressure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

According to a recent report, the company canceled, closed, or delayed 99 fulfillment facilities, impacting nearly 32.3 A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. million square feet of active or planned ground-level space in 30 states.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In many of these incidents, homeowners were reported to have mistaken delivery drivers for intruders due to their cars being unmarked. In November 2023, Blue Yonder acquired Doddle, a leading technology business focused on making the first and last mile more seamless, sustainable and profitable. Bank Freight Payment Index.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

However, achieving and maintaining visibility poses several challenges, including data availability and quality, technological limitations, and interoperability issues. Supply chain managers require visibility to track the necessary components from a purchase order for production or to fulfill a customer order.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Much of the world is clamoring for finished products from their usual suppliers; but dwindling cargo space, skyrocketing transportation costs, and component delays make it difficult to keep shelves stocked. Use analytics to put your available inventory to the best use. You’re not powerless against supply chain disruptions! ?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

semiconductor company Micron Technology, citing national-security risks. The opening of the fulfillment center in the Saudi capital will provide SMBs a platform to showcase their products and expand their reach, a top official of the e-commerce giant said. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The logistics business, is predominantly a network business driven by our employees. CEVA Logistics has supported many international movements of medical supplies needed in the fight against COVID-19, using our global network and capabilities for local good. Acting for People. Photo Credit: United Airlines.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

This means supply chain and logistics professionals need to distinguish between more frequently purchased products and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. Digital technologies will allow companies to increase their visibility, collaboration, speed, and responsiveness ? The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. These trends are clear in that technology will continue to, as it has over the last decade, drive change in supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company said that it used 85,916 metric tons of single-use plastic that year, an 11.6 Walmart announced that it will pilot agriculture technology with crop supply intelligence company Agritaskto get real-time information on crops and improve sourcing decisions around produce. percent decrease from 2021.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. I suggest that KPIs should rather indicate how well-orchestrated the end-to-end network is (e.g., However, you may wonder what kind of practices really work.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. In order to streamline the delivery, Coca-Cola implemented a vehicle routing software.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Robinson Expands Global Network, Acquires APC Logistics. GE Acquires Top Supply Chain Software Provider ShipXpress to Expand Digital Rail Offerings. MatchBack Systems Announces Major Big Data Milestone. bound cargo has been delayed at the point of origin, and cargo-laden Hanjin ships are unable to get into U.S.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In other words, last month’s announcement was a stay of execution, not a reprieve, and it’s only a matter of time before Amazon reveal plans for a comprehensive logistics network. Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. At over 243.5 Team Analysis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Variability increased during the pandemic and there is no good system for visibility. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Truck drivers report that maintenance issues are a constant nightmare. Leaders are flying blind.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The ”end” they refer to – whether it’s forwarding, fulfillment, or platforms for B2B or B2C sales – remains fairly ambiguous, spanning an acquisition of fashion logistics company HUUB in September 2021 to an investment in rapid fashion production company Unmade. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2016

Freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double, increasing by 92 percent, according to the latest projections by the U.S. Take cargo airships, for example.

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Precoro

APRIL 18, 2023

On the other hand, a software development company wouldn’t need to purchase raw materials but rather goods – such as hardware – and services, like software subscriptions. Cargo Status Current information about the location and status of cargo is the first pillar of supply chain visibility.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Surging online orders slow Wal-Mart delivery network (Reuters). Ford to test new self-driving vehicle technology in 2018 (Reuters). As reported by the Wall Street Journal : United Parcel Service Inc. Dockworkers Walk Out of Labor Talks (WSJ – sub. Large Truckload Driver Turnover Rate Rose in Third Quarter.

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