China Inventory Metrics 
Freight Waves
JULY 10, 2025
FreightWaves has announced that Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book International, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming Future of Freight Festival (F3) this November. China trade dynamics and supply chain volatilities. Leland Miller is widely regarded as a leading authority on China’s economy and financial system.
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 terms of inventory strategy, First Insight assigns each SKU a unique “Value Score” based on a range of factors, including pricing, likeability and consumers’ likelihood of purchase.
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 13, 2025
Featured Product Popular Stories End to De Minimis Slows Flow of Air Cargo from China to U.S. Rapid-fire, essentially live decision-making only happens when you have a reliable and fast solver behind the scene,” he says. More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 21, 2025
In April, freight company HLS Group reported 80 canceled sailings from China as trade tensions with the U.S. Inventory buffers shrink. intensified. In mid-May, after the two countries agreed to temporarily halt planned tariff increases, container bookings surged by nearly 300% , straining port operations and carrier capacity.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 14, 2025
Supply Chain Matters highlights indications providing added evidence that manufacturers and retailers are front loading inventory management actions in attempts to initially hedge against added U.S. We cited indications of the post Lunar New Year ramp-up of global production levels to replenish inventories, more so than in prior years.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 22, 2025
Among the most effective solutions: automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), which use mobile robots to handle inventory storage and picking. 4 Maximize Your Existing Space If you’re only storing inventory at eye level, you’re missing out on massive potential. Modular systems make it easy to expand as your business grows.
Arena Solutions
JULY 10, 2025
UK, Europe, and China reveals that several are already taking action to mitigate the effects of tariffs. Just-in-Case (JIC) Inventory Unlike the just-in-time (JIT) model, which prioritizes lean inventory, JIC emphasizes maintaining buffer stock to safeguard operations. An Allianz survey of 4,500 firms across the U.S.,
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