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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- June 26 2025

Supply Chain Matters

The Cloud -based e2open platform connects more than 500,000 manufacturing, logistics, channel, and distribution partners as one multi-enterprise network tracking over 18 billion transactions annually.

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It was Good to Get Back to WERC

Supply Chain Digest

The first conference came quickly thereafter in Columbus as well, which has been a distribution hub for a long time. As the name implies, the event focuses on 4-wall distribution center matters like no other conference really does, but there are other subjects covered as well.

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5 Reasons Why The Use of the IIoT by Manufacturers Is Unavoidable

GlobalTranz

According to Louis Columbus of Forbes magazine , the IIoT is estimated to unlock manufacturing savings more than $11 trillion by 2025 globally, boosting overall economic value by 33 percent. The IIoT by Manufacturers Is Extremely Valuable. Business has a way of moving toward technologies with the greatest value. In the U.S.,

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Digital Transformation Helps with Corporate Alignment

Enterra Insights

For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers. However, distribution centers may be given the conflicting task of minimizing excess inventory space and cost. An objective function scores an outcome’s utility so the best outcome can be chosen. 4] They are: 1.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Seven Great Historical.

Supply Chains Rock

Christopher Columbus: A Logistical Pioneer. When they finally saw Hispaniola, Columbus ran the Santa Maria aground. This cutting-edge strategy shaped todays continuous distribution systems. After all seven are revealed please let me know if we missed anyone. Drumroll please, in reverse order: 7. Stay tuned for number 6.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation.

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California Freight Heats Up, Spurred By Hanjin Collapse

DAT Solutions

Even if they didn’t have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other DCs farther east. On the down side, there were fewer loads moving out of Columbus and Chicago last week, but outbound rates remain strong in the Midwest.