Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

At the outset, shippers may see Hawaiian shipping as an extension of their mainland operations, to which they can apply the same strategies and the same playbook. Building an effective shipping strategy for Hawaii is a moving target. Imagine shipping to Hawaii as an obstacle course.

Hawaii

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Meanwhile, LogiSYM Asia Pacific, a well-established event with over a decade of history, brought together professionals from supply chain, logistics, and shipping sectors for strategic discussions on resilience, digitalization, sustainability, and global trade dynamics. New exhibitors added fresh momentum to the mobile robotics segment.

Asia

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Multimodal in Practice At a basic level, multimodal shipping can refer to using two or more distinct modes — such as truck, rail, air or ocean — in a single supply chain. based manufacturer that ships engine blocks through several U.S. Once complete, the engine blocks are distributed to buyers across the country.

Freight

ShipBob

JUNE 20, 2025

Table of Contents ** Minutes What is product sourcing? Where can I source products from? This makes it essential that buyers understand where they are sourcing their products from and how that ultimately affects their brand. What is product sourcing? Where can I source products from?

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply chain was defined in 1982 as interoperability between source, make and deliver. Commercial teams operate in a ship-to environment, but the supply chain teams operate in a transactional world based on a ship from model. Visibility of the translation layer of ship to converted to ship from is not existent.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This could involve route optimization, load consolidation, or choosing the most cost-effective shipping methods based on urgency and distance. Distribution: Data-driven distribution networks utilize advanced routing and scheduling to ensure timely deliveries while minimizing transportation expenses.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. The sales team can go have those conversations, with real-time lead times and even the factory the product will ship from, with customers.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2025

LoRaWAN A long-range, low-power protocol that supports applications across large outdoor areas, such as shipping yards, intermodal facilities, and cold chain transport. LoRa’s ability to operate across multiple kilometers with minimal power usage has made it a favorite in distributed supply chains.

Supply Chain Design Software

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2025

A reliable third-party logistics (3PL) provider can help you create a secure, resilient shipping strategy that safeguards your freight — and your peace of mind. This can happen in a variety of ways — from truck stops and warehouse facilities to distribution centers and even during delivery routes. The good news?

3PL

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process.

Optimal Sourcing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There are several business processes that an ERP must have to support automotive distribution. What is automotive distribution? Supply chain management The international sourcing of automotive components is now a common practice but it can still present challenges.

Automotive

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 9, 2025

With 30+ years in international container shipping, Michael brings a rare dual lens as both a BCO and former ocean carrier. Its activities across a diversified range of business lines span the entire value chain, from origination to distribution, helping to feed and clothe up to 500 million people every year.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 8, 2025

From sourcing premium raw ingredients to delivering each fresh pint to customers, breweries face a host of complex challenges. Sourcing High-Quality Raw Materials Quality is king in brewing. Another challenge is how to maintain freshness while navigating distribution channels.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They can lead to delays in shipping to complete stoppage of production. The approach entails distributing production and sourcing among various locations or suppliers instead of depending on a single source. Additionally, they can reduce the effects on production, distribution, and revenue.

Sourcing Strategies

RFgen

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction Inventory management is the backbone of a successful supply chain operation, but it’s often a source of persistent frustration. This lack of real-time data creates delays throughout the entire operation, from receiving to production to shipping.

Inventory Reduction

3PL Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

However, recent years have tested the industry with persistent global disruptions, including pandemic-related slowdowns, raw material shortages, labor constraints, and international shipping delays. Whether it’s temporary overflow or a long-term distribution center, these facilities create breathing room in tight supply chains.

Detroit

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2025

Packaging systems play an integral role in supply chain operations, from manufacturing to distribution of products to end users. Furthermore, supply chain management involves product planning, raw material sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, and distribution. Product Packaging Ideas to Reduce Costs!

Packaging

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 11, 2025

This means adopting sustainable sourcing practices, minimizing waste, and reducing carbon footprints. To combat this, businesses are diversifying their supplier base, sourcing from multiple regions, and investing in local supply networks. Sustainability as a Priority The 21st-century consumer is environmentally conscious.

Supply Chain Software

RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

You’re expected to ship more orders, faster, with fewer errors — all while managing rising costs and shrinking labor pools. Dynamic Workload Distribution: The system distributes workloads evenly across the team, preventing bottlenecks and ensuring everyone stays productive.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

Optimizing costs – Efficient sourcing, logistics, and inventory management improve profit margins – crucial as startups seek profitability. Sustainable sourcing – Careful supplier selection based on sustainability credentials. Agile, flexible supply chains are crucial for hypergrowth.

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Waves

JULY 30, 2025

A truck shipment managed by Ceva Logistics and containing about $15 million worth of Apple products and semiconductors was stolen earlier this month in Reno, Nevada, and remains under investigation, according to authorities and a source familiar with the case. Click here for more FreightWaves/American Shipper stories by Eric Kulisch.

Nevada

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Image: iStock/JuSun June 18, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” wrote William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. He sees a near future in which there are multiple agents, each with their own realm of responsibility, such as shipping, pricing and forecasting.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2025

A rise in nearshoring and away from single-source dependency The pandemic was a wake-up call that exposed the fragility of globally interconnected supply chains and the risks of over-reliance on distant suppliers and single-source strategies. 3 long term changes to the supply chain 1.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 22, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted global supply chains, causing delays in the production and distribution of chemicals, traps, and other pest control tools. Firstly, they need to establish strong relationships with multiple suppliers and diversify their sources of products.

Sourcing Strategies

3PL Insights

JULY 7, 2025

Shipping delays: Which carriers struggled and why? Holiday shipping cutoffs : Establish realistic deadlines for standard and express shipping. Use our holiday shipping guidelines as a starting point. Tech tools to consider: Order Management System (OMS) : Route orders based on inventory and shipping zones.

Supply Chain Planning Software

ThroughPut

JULY 9, 2025

Core Activities in Logistics: Order fulfillment Warehouse and inventory management Freight and shipping coordination Packaging and labeling Last-mile delivery and returns Goal: Efficient and cost-effective movement and storage of goods. It includes managing trucks, ships, planes, trains, and the infrastructure and data that support them.

Optimal Sourcing

Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2025

But here's the critical difference between LSPs and the rest of the supply chain: while manufacturers and retailers have invested in AI-driven systems that can automatically identify affected products, calculate new landed costs, and adjust sourcing strategies in real-time, most LSPs are still operating with manual processes.

Optimal Sourcing

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Following widely-known standards keeps your vendor options open so you’re not locked into sourcing from a small pool of specialty suppliers that can negatively impact time to market. Enterprise-wide data sharing capabilities help you distribute vital information quickly. Finance : Resilience depends on financial flexibility.

Manufacturing Procurement

RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

“This year, I believe we’re going to see higher investments in supply chain technology as well as a change in leadership styles to complement these investments,” says Radu Palamariu, MD of Alcott Global and Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Practice, co-author of From Source to Sold. Delivering on promises builds loyalty.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Arena Solutions

JULY 15, 2025

Include critical component source locations and production, distribution, and service locations Include customer demand risk based on market locations 2. Then rank the potential level of operational impact including duration, cost, quality, capacity, and lead times. Key first actions include: 1.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 28, 2025

Planning, sourcing, production, shipping, and after-sale support are all typical components of conventional supply chain management systems. How Blockchain Works Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger technology that stores digital data records, or “exchanges,” in a manner that renders them tamper-proof.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freight Plus

MAY 13, 2025

If you’re shipping into big-box retailers, retailer scorecards are an essential part of doing business. These scorecards track things like delivery timing, order accuracy, shipment completeness, and compliance with shipping documentation. Do Retailer Scorecards Differ by Retailer? What Do Retailer Scorecards Typically Measure?

Optimal Sourcing

BlueYonder

MARCH 17, 2025

As they fulfill huge, unpredictable order volumes and process more and more returns in their distribution centers, sellers are often challenged to achieve both high service levels and high profitability. They need to offer low-cost or free shipping and returns, while also protecting margins.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

These include alternative sourcing strategies, backup transportation routes, and emergency inventory reserves. Businesses that depend on a single supplier or a limited number of vendors are at higher risk if production delays, raw material shortages, or geopolitical issues impact their primary source.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

Changing Process Objectives Demands for faster deliveries or direct ship online fulfillment can be sometimes orchestrated from product postponement strategies that leverage warehouses into direct customer fulfillment entities. However, todays rapidly changing logistics and distribution environment requires more synchronous data movement.

Supply Chain Execution

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2025

The industry’s supply chain continues to feel the effects of trade policies that have reshaped sourcing economics. Recent tariff hikes on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), medical devices and certain raw materials — particularly those sourced from China—are creating cost pressures and altering sourcing strategies.

Pharmaceutical

ThroughPut

AUGUST 12, 2025

Core Logistics Activities: Order fulfillment Warehouse and inventory management Freight and shipping coordination Packaging and labeling Last-mile delivery and returns management Goal: Ensure efficient, cost-effective movement and storage of goods. Supply chain sources globally and plans production schedules.

Optimal Sourcing