Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The attackers reportedly used advanced ransomware and malicious software to disrupt port operations and tamper with the Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) on several ships, causing significant delays, misrouted cargo, and heightened risks of collisions and groundings. Supply chain disruptions will remain a fact of life.

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EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists China's rare earth magnet shipments halve in May due to export curbs China's overseas shipments of rare earth magnets halved in May from April, tumbling to their lowest levels in more than five years due to export curbs. demand for illegal e-cigarettes.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that, with the exception of high-performing organizations, 40% of logistics leaders cite the struggle to realize value from existing technology investments What do you say?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2025

In this special edition of our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column, we highlight two noteworthy investments. flagged fleet, expand the capacity of key container ports on both coasts, develop state-of-the art warehousing across the country and establish a significant air cargo hub in Chicago.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging,” the article this week says, adding that “In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.”

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The differences continue: In my rough estimate labor productivity in the second facility is about twice that of the first even with less automation. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. See More Below) CATEGORY SPONSOR: SOFTEON According to Drewry, these risks are more harmful for companies shipping low-value products, as an extra $2,000 in freight cost per container can kill the margin in such cases.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2025

tariffs, and UPS is implementing new surcharges and processing fees, further impacting supply chains. These developments highlight the growing influence of technology, sustainability, and geopolitical factors in shaping global trade and logistics. flagged vessels, likely sourcing the new ships from shipyards in South Korea.

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Freight Center

JUNE 18, 2025

Canadian National to move forward on new Chicago-area logistics hub Canadian National Railway (CN) has announced a $170 million investment in Illinois as part of its 2025 capital program to enhance rail infrastructure across the state. For more information, you can read the full article here.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Pre-tariff shipping was not enough to tighten the market balance even as seasonality improved in May,” Denoyer said. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

A strange as it may seem for todays generation, in the early days of bar coding (1980s and through much of the 1990s), the technology had many pitfalls. Supply Chain Digest Says. The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. at over 5,000 facilities worldwide. --Its

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

In recent years, Klappich has turned some his attention to research on warehouse automation generally and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) specifically, where he has carved out a similar thought leadership position. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

Unifor has said its bargaining priorities with DHL revolve around wages, working conditions and surveillance and automation in the workplace. DHL’s customers in Canada include Lululemon, Shein and Siemens. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. a little up from 48.5

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

Writing on the research firm’s blog post, Ash Sharma, Chief Commercial Officer & VP of Research - Robotics & Warehouse Automation for Interact says that “The mobile robot industry, previously marked by rapid expansion and investment, is now undergoing a period of challenges and readjustment.” year-over-year out to 2030.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg last week that supplies remain “day-to-day” despite apparent progress in U.S. The company briefly shut down a factory in Chicago for a week last month due to a shortage of the materials. trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China. Ford Motor Co.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. TuffAir’s strategy was novel, integrating small-aircraft logistics, FAA exemptions, Ohio-based test zones and proprietary software and flight routing technology.” Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. With market maturity for zero-emissions vehicles losing momentum in North America, we’ve reshaped our capital allocation strategy to refocus on further developing our internal combustion technology,” O’Leary said during a speech at the event. What do you say? Isn't this contradicting in itself?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

Are you up-to-date with the latest events in freight shipping and logistics? Staying current in the world of shipping and freight also takes strong networking and communication. 7 of the Best Freight Shipping Events to Attend in 2015. 3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum by EyeForTransport Chicago, IL June 16 -18.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

We LOVE how they’re embracing technology to change logistics and improve the end-user’s life. Movers marketplace matching shipping requirement with freelance student drivers. Supply chain platform matching drop-ship retailers, manufacturers, distributors and freight forwarders. Chicago only.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago. Automate was not co-located with ProMat as it has been in years past. The HAI autonomous case handling robots clearly show a value proposition of flexible automation providing throughput for high storage density facilities and operations. First stop, Pickle Robot.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. Empty grocery store shelves.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. So, what is true E2E supply chain visibility?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 6, 2022

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

So, as I sit in this uncomfortable seat, fighting sleep, winging my way to Chicago, I am asking myself a simple set of questions. The supply chain world is dominated by men. So, why is it that in this male-dominated world of supply chain there is very little chutzpah? The supply chain team takes and ships orders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? Supply chains are not the same. Let me explain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bart De Muynck and Joe Lynch discuss the connective tissue of the supply chain, which is a reference to project44. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the most trusted end-to-end visibility platform, tracking over 1 billion shipments annually for the world’s leading brands.

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