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Tariffs Are the New Normal: Boardrooms are Finally Demanding a Pivot to Real-Time Supply Chain Orchestration – by Mark Morgan, Kinaxis

Logistics Viewpoints

Others had already pressure-tested their supply chain strategies for moments like this. That’s why real-time supply chain orchestration is no longer a nice-to-have. Scenario modeling, running what-if simulations to stress-test sourcing, pricing, and inventory decisions, has become a cornerstone of supply chain strategy.

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7 insights from The Rise of AI in the Finance Function report and debate

Taulia

AI is like Detroit in the early days of the automotive sector; we understand the power of the technology, but we have no way of knowing the speed with which it will transform our lives just as those early pioneers of the automobile had no concept of how fast the car would revolutionize the world of transport and everything impacted by it.

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“Just in Time” for Automotive: Enabling Tariff Risk Mitigation in as Little as 7 Days 

BlueYonder

For example, aluminum raw material is cast into a piston in Canada, then shipped to Detroit for machining incurring a 25% tariff based on the piston’s value. Tariffs can significantly raise production costs, particularly for automakers dependent on global supply chains.

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Trump’s Latest Announced Auto Industry Import Tariffs

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg reported that the President indicated that the Detroit Three automakers have to move their parts divisions back to the U.S. Implications for Automotive Industry Supply and Demand Dynamics As expressed in our prior highlighting of these continually changing U.S. will be subject to tariffs. All rights reserved.

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U.S.-Mexico-Canada Freight Down in All Modes for April

Supply Chain Brain

Read More: Mexico ‘Reliable Alternative’ for Companies Looking to Escape Trade Friction Detroit, Port Huron, and Buffalo are the top truck ports for U.S. Detroit, Port Huron, and International Falls are the top rail connection ports for U.S. Truck freight crossing the borders of either Canada and Mexico was down 8.6%, at $82.8,

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

Most supply chain suppliers have solutions that are very similar to each other. Emerge has an interesting new platform to deal with the problems shippers are having procuring truck capacity. The Emerge solution has attributes of different supply chain software solutions. Emerge is that kind of company.

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 32-36

QAD

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Our Delivering on the Promise of Delivery white paper that discusses our vision, “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes,” is just as good poolside as it is at your desk!