Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Across the globe, companies continue to pledge to reduce their emissions, capture their emissions, and help to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. For many companies, this process begins with an overhaul of their manufacturing processes, looking at ways to promote sustainable manufacturing.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

In fact, in todays ultra-competitive environment its global ecosystems that compete not companies alone. Nevertheless, the reality remains that strong partnerships and alliances are crucial for smart manufacturing, supply chain resilience, and overall competitiveness. Displays are provided by suppliers in South Korea and China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

The modern supply chain is a complex network of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers, all interconnected and reliant on a shared ecosystem of trust and accountability. Companies that prioritize low costs at the expense of ethics risk damaging their reputation, losing consumer trust, and facing legal consequences.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

They noted the fact that companies whose leaders had supply chain experience took a more proactive approach to addressing potential supply-chain challenges, and in leveraging the supply-chain function to generate new business opportunities. They are no longer just vendors of goods and services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. are expected to rise by $3,000 to $12,000 per car, forcing manufacturers to either pass costs to consumers or cut production.

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Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

What food and beverage companies need to know about tariffs: Lessons from Canada sharkins Fri, 05/16/2025 - 09:53 Tariffs have been a constant threat since the beginning of 2025, but one sector has felt the impact more immediately than most: consumer packaged goods. Enter a Canadian supermarket today, and you will witness the transformation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

When you talk to companies that have implemented enterprise or supply chain applications, executives will usually admit that they have under-invested in training and preparing users to use the new technology. Molex is a private company headquartered in Lisle, IL in the US. The company uses a process monitoring tool called Celonis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Companies are increasingly adopting electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles to transition away from fossil fuels. Reducing carbon emissions is a cornerstone of this effort.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

A manufacturing company, for example, can monitor real-time data from its suppliers, production lines, and distribution centers. By analyzing this data, the company can identify areas for improvement and implement changes to improve operational efficiency. Manufacturing : A smart factory relies on IT-OT integration.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Running a manufacturing business isn’t easy. That’s where a manufacturing ERP comes in. Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software integrates all your core business processes into one powerful platform. It’s a lot to handle. Let’s get started.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

All companies and agencies above are heavily investing in technology and tools to deliver packages faster and more efficiently. Companies will become increasingly dependent on digital tools to sort, track, and mitigate issues at the border. In 2023, Amazon delivered around 5.9 billion packages more than UPS and FedEx.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Jack Fiedler, the vice president for digital transformation of the global supply chain at Lenovo Lenovo is ranked tenth by one leading analyst firm among a list of global companies with exceptional supply chains. I’ve not seen a company that does a better job of agile planning across an end-to-end, multi-tier supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The company aims to change this with the expansion of its data fabric portfolio. When you combine the volume, complexity, and speed with which decisions need to be made and executed, the current way companies manage this is unsustainable. A supply chain data fabric can help companies augment their supply chain processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 28, 2024

In late 2023, Descartes conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. The study also provided insight into what companies are doing to address it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

At the recent ARC Forum 2025, Rachelle Howard, Director of Manufacturing Systems Automation and Digital Strategy, showcased how Vertex strategically blends advanced technology with a strong people-focused culture to boost manufacturing and supply chain agility.

Pharmaceutical 230

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Balancing increased demand with consistent quality and controlled costs is difficult but essential for manufacturers looking to expand. Successfully scaling manufacturing requires more than just adding resources.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2025

In April 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they had experienced cargo theft or other types of freight fraud in the past year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

The current AI landscape can be viewed as a series of wars,” where companies and organizations are battling for dominance across various technological and market battlefronts. Nvidia continues to dominate with its high-performance GPUs, but companies like AMD and Intel are rapidly developing their own competitive offerings.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In a survey we conducted in October 2020, 91% of our Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the time had come to transform the traditional transportation procurement process.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2025

On the positive side, companies such as a small manufacturer of advanced plastic components used across various sectors, such as medical, industrial, automotive and consumer products has experienced increased interest from clients eager to purchase American-made goods. Where do industrial companies focus to prepare for tariffs?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

During my current supply chain planning market research, I have received briefings from several SCP companies. At a division of one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, 85% autonomy on manufacturing plans and 95% acceptance of proposed purchase orders has been achieved. You manufacture stuff. That’s an action.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

My head is wobbling with announcements, late-night Friday press releases, company name changes, and executive turnover in the supply chain planning market. Renames the Company Daybreak. No doubt that the company, Noodle.ai, needed a fresh start after burning through $107M in capital of five rounds of financing. Kinaxis and o9.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping supply chain operations by enabling predictive planning, allowing companies to anticipate disruptions before they occur and adjust operations accordingly. Companies must react after the fact, often incurring higher costs and reduced service levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This includes the evolution of schema-on-read architectures and the use of advanced sensing and network automation as companies work through endless cycles of legacy technology like ERP and APS. The issue is that most companies are using new forms of technology to make bad decisions faster. The reason? Clarity on Value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2025

I helped a manufacturer of men’s underwear grow its market share by testing price points and assortment on Amazon before the launch in brick-and-mortar stores. For example, I worked with a company that decided on seed supply chains. The class is limited to manufacturing, retail, and distribution business leaders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This partnership aims to streamline delivery processes, improve driver safety, and increase delivery accuracy, benefiting companies like Prologics, Inc. The strike, costing Boeing $1 billion a month, is exacerbating the company’s financial woes, with its third-quarter losses reaching $6.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. This strategic shift enabled the company to mitigate the adverse effects of escalating trade tensions effectively.

Price Reduction 216

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

These forces are accelerating mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as companies seek to adapt to a dynamic landscape, capitalize on emerging opportunities, and secure competitive advantages. imports from China declined by 10% year-over-year, while domestic manufacturing investments surged by over $100 billion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly. First, overreliance on a narrow group of suppliersespecially those in politically sensitive regionsexposes companies to risk when trade relationships shift.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Mobile barcoding helps supply chain companies achieve their green and sustainability initiatives. Many modern companies still use paper processes and spreadsheets to record inventory movements before manually transcribing these transactions into their ERP.

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