Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The transportation, logistics, and energy storage sectors are undergoing profound transformation, driven by rapid technological advancements, evolving consumer expectations, and the global pursuit of sustainability. In 2023 alone, over $100 billion was invested in EV and battery supply chain M&A deals.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Supply Chain & Logistics News (October 28th – 31st) A day late but, Happy Halloween! The biggest 5 exporters of candy sweets are Germany, mainland China, Mexico, Belgium, and Spain. Song of the Week: The post October 28th – 31st Supply Chain & Logistics News appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Supply Chain Design Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

Global supply chains have been tested repeatedly by a series of disruptive events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.-China China trade disputes, and natural disasters. For years, supply chains have focused primarily on reducing costs, often prioritizing efficiency over resilience.

Modeling

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2025

Increasing concerns over mass supply chain disruptions. Its a rollercoaster for logistics and supply chain leaders operating in global markets. Businesses are facing greater volatility as tariff changes wreak havoc on supply chains, operational costs, and overall profitability. Extreme tariff volatility.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

During the two-day event, I participated in various sessions covering a range of topics, including Warehouse Management Systems, Labor Management, Agentic AI, and Warehouse Automation. Supply chain unification was an undertone for many of the sessions during the entire event.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. China trade relations and their broader implications.

China

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

E-commerce growth, labor shortages and unpredictable demand are pushing many facilities to turn to automation as a way to stay competitive. E-commerce growth, labor shortages and unpredictable demand are pushing many facilities to turn to automation as a way to stay competitive.

Supply Chain Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

As logistics leaders face growing pressure, from tighter delivery windows to environmental mandates, geopolitical instability, and driver shortages, one technology is proving to be a game changer: V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication.

Supply Chain Network Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. That, at least, is the theory behind mathematical optimization, and the way it’s being applied to supply chain management today. That’s an especially valuable tool for dealing with today’s ever-changing tariff schemes.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 6, 2025

Better inventory management, intelligent manufacturing, flexible logistical systems, and real-time delivery controls have all been made possible by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain and logistics. AI in supply chain and logistics is primarily used to boost production and efficiency.

Supply Chain Software

BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2025

The eruption of the trade war and subsequent shifts in tariffs has thrown organizations into disarray, and has them scrambling to understand the effects of tariffs on their businesses and supply chains. Global supply chains are the ground zero of the impact, rattling importers, exporters and domestic producers alike.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. To keep operations and supply chains stable amid the volatility of today’s global trade dynamics, companies need a freight strategy that can flex under pressure. intensified. That means going multimodal.

Freight

Freight Waves

JULY 24, 2025

The policy brief highlights that ports, which handle approximately 80% of international trade, “face unprecedented cybersecurity threats from state-linked actors” from Russia, Iran, and China. A significant proportion of these cyber assaults have been traced back to threat actors originating from Russia, Iran, and China.

Iran

BlueYonder

APRIL 30, 2025

In an IDC InfoBrief titled Building the Future of Supply Chains: AI-Driven Orchestration for Asia/Pacific Success, 99.7% of supply chain leaders in Asia-Pacific identified agility as critical to their success. Whats troubling APACs supply chains? According to IDC, 99.5%

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2025

While the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers powerful incentives to build a domestic clean energy supply chain, a concurrent strategy of imposing steep tariffs on imported components, particularly from China, is creating a policy paradox. While technological advancements continue to push global battery prices down, U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies

TransAudit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Global shipping and transportation present tremendous opportunities for businesses, but they also bring complex challenges, particularly when it comes to compliance. For instance, new international laws aimed at reducing carbon emissions are forcing companies to adapt by investing in greener technologies.

Shipping

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

Yet the complex supply chains behind those therapies are increasingly vulnerable. A System Under Strain The fragility of the medication supply chain isn’t theoretical; it’s happening in real time. In a 2022 ASHP survey, 99.7% of pharmacists reported experiencing shortages of critical sterile injectables.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

Exploring the Automotive Chip Shortage Supply Chain! There are a number of supply chains that work together in this industry to make it what it is. In fact, these supply chains span continents and involve a number of suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers.

Automotive

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives relative to despite having a tentative back-to-work wage negotiation, the outstanding issue of port automation provides added concerns for global industry supply chain teams. ports lag behind other global ports in automation focused on increased throughput.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

The challenge is compounded by the comparatively slow digital transformation in the supply chain and distribution sector, with many organizations remaining dependent on pricing systems that are either fully or partially manual. This is where strategic pricing and technology meet.

Price Reduction

Arena Solutions

MARCH 25, 2025

Lithium-ion batteries have become the dominant technology due to their high energy density, long lifecycle, and decreasing costs. A significant portion of this growth came from China, which accounted for 86% of the global increase in PEV sales. In 2023, the global lithium-ion battery market was valued at approximately $54.4

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 7, 2025

Why More US Importers Choose DDP Shipping from China in 2025 By Dean Taylor (pictured) Content Writer 108 Views Stop Losing Sleep Over China–USA Freight If you’re importing products from China to the U.S., In 2025, freight forwarding from China to USA has become more than just a shipping decision—it’s a strategic risk.

China

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. Let’s look at China.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

In response, importers must adopt strategic frameworks that blend regulatory readiness, supply chain agility, and predictive technologies. The industry’s supply chain continues to feel the effects of trade policies that have reshaped sourcing economics. Deploying technology and predictive tools for risk management.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. According to the releas e , overall disruptions to global supply chains increased 38 percent on a year-over-year basis.

Supply Chain Disruption

Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides the latest edition of our news capsule follow-up, namely an update on previous significant developments or commentaries that we have featured on this blog. This move raised the specter of a wider consolidation of China ’s domestic EV market players, including possible Tesla.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 10, 2025

Kenco’s 2025 Supply Chain Innovation Survey found that one in four professionals now have $500,000 or more in their budget to incorporate new tools and technologies, and 39% have seen their budgets increase this year. And, of course, 41% are going all in on artificial intelligence-powered technologies.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

JULY 18, 2025

Reliance on distant Asian supply chains is giving way to production closer to home, in Mexico and the U.S. Midwest, driven by geopolitical friction, rising overseas costs and the need for supply-chain resilience. China rivalry has deepened, creating an environment where tariffs and export controls can change overnight.

North America

TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This trend, known as reshoring , is driving the emergence of regionalized freight networks , optimizing supply chains for efficiency, cost savings, and resilience. The Shift to Reshoring: Why Its Happening Economic and Geopolitical Drivers Trade Tensions and Tariffs Global trade policies continue to reshape supply chains, with U.S.-China

Supply Chain Network Software

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

What excites me personally is that were no longer just offering platforms were empowering our customers with real decision-making intelligence, helping them make their supply chains more resilient, efficient, and sustainable.

Optimal Sourcing

RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

The impact of tariffs on supply chains is no longer abstract. From the new tariffs impact on supply chains to newer policy shifts between the U.S., China, and the EU, trade barriers are driving more than price changes. How Do Tariffs Affect Supply Chains? Thats changed. Another trend?

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides both perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains. Supply chain teams benefitted from such actions.

Predictive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. What it doesn’t necessarily mean is simply transporting those Chinese mega-factories to another hemisphere. It could even entail some degree of domestic production. Enter the concept of the “microfactory.”

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

The Journey to Logistics Automation THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Have a Good Trip! The Journey to Logistics Automation Photo: iStock / imaginima July 11, 2025 Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain If picking the right systems for automating logistics is a journey, how do you even get out the door?

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

It’s those that lay the groundwork with flexible, intelligent infrastructure that will be best positioned to scale and evolve alongside advancing technologies. But heres the challenge: Most of these tools sit outside core systems. And third-party routing tools cant adapt mid-journey when conditions change.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Image: iStock/koto_feja July 9, 2025 Sponsored by DELMIA No other technology in recent history has received as much attention as artificial intelligence. There are a lot of different aspects beneath that simple understanding,” Indeed, businesses are adopting AI technology at a rapid pace. SPECIAL REPORT AI: Real or Hype?

Optimal Sourcing

Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm Client Alert Supply Chain Risk Alert Severe wildfires and windstorms have impacted Southern California since January 7, 2025. Power outages, evacuations, and closures of key transportation routes have disrupted production and distribution networks in the Southern California region and beyond.

California