Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 17, 2025
The pandemic-era ecommerce boom that once supercharged online sales is losing steam. In 2020, U.S. ecommerce sales skyrocketed to around 35% , compressing a decade’s worth of growth into a single year. Fast forward to 2025, and the pace has significantly slowed, with projected annual growth hovering around 6% —a stark contrast to the pandemic peak of 18–20%.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 17, 2025
Historically, supply chain leaders managed supply chains in a world of abundance. The industry is plunging into a period of scarcity. What does this mean? What drives scarcity? There are many factors: war, supply shortages, climate change, labor (knowledge and availability), and shifts in governmental regulation. Understanding The Shift In running the supply chain during a period of abundance, waste was a by-product of traditional thinking.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 17, 2025
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Freight Waves
JUNE 17, 2025
(GIF: GIPHY) The annual Third‑Party Logistics Study from NTT DATA, Penske and Penn State has been published for 2025. This year’s report focuses on the relationships between shippers and 3PLs. It’s a benchmark of what is working and what needs a tune‑up in the industry. Shipper–3PL partnerships remain solid; 89% of shipper respondents said their relationships are successful, a decrease from 95% in the previous year.
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Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How BD Biosciences was successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 17, 2025
In “Beyond LTL & Truckload: The Expedite All Approach to Smaller Truck Solutions”, Joe Lynch and Mike Ernst , the President of Expedite All, discuss how specialized small truck solutions, spearheaded by networks like Expedite All, deliver efficient, on-demand transportation for time-critical shipments, leveraging cargo vans, box trucks, and straight trucks to bypass the limitations of traditional LTL and Truckload.
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Arena Solutions
JUNE 17, 2025
In a recent interactive session, Heatherly Bucher, Director of Strategic Alliances at Arena by PTC, sat down with Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, CEO and Co-Founder of Instrumental, to unpack the evolving landscape of tariffs , manufacturing strategy, and supply chain resilience. Their conversation offers a timely and insightful look into how companies are navigating uncertainty and what it means for the future of product development and manufacturing.
ivalua
JUNE 17, 2025
In a world of ever-growing economic uncertainty, procurement is at the heart of organizations’ aim to drive efficiency and cost savings. The rise of AI technology combined with Source-to-Pay (S2P) digitization are becoming key allies for leading procurement teams in their quest for ever smarter workflows, improved insights, and data-based decision-making.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
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Freight Waves
JUNE 17, 2025
In an industry where carrier identity theft and double brokering schemes cost hundreds of millions annually, Descartes has emerged as a frontline defender against fraud in freight transportation. The company’s innovative approach to securing the supply chain has earned it recognition as a winner of the 2025 FreightWaves Fraud Fighter Awards. “The surge in carrier identity theft and double brokering is still the biggest threat we face in over-the-road fraud,” explains Descartes.
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Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 17, 2025
3 Ways to Control Motors for Precision Movement in Positioning Conveyors! Conveyor rollers play a crucial role in the industrial sector by facilitating the movement of heavy goods from one place to another. These rollers are designed to withstand a significant amount of weight and pressure, but they can wear out over time due to constant use and lack of maintenance.
ThroughPut
JUNE 17, 2025
In the age of relentless disruption, razor-thin margins, and digitally empowered customers, the retail industry must rapidly evolve to stay relevant. AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. Artificial Intelligence empowers retailers to pivot from reactive to predictive, manual to autonomous, fragmented to connected.
Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 17, 2025
Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional significant added investments in U.S. manufacturing to counter existing high import tariffs. One relates to automotive production sourcing and one to semiconductor manufacturing. General Motor’s $4 Billion Investment U.S. based auto maker General Motors has announced plans to invest an additional $4 billion across U.S. based manufacturing facilities over the next two years in a production restructuring and realignment plan.
Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.
Americold
JUNE 17, 2025
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ThroughPut
JUNE 17, 2025
In the age of relentless disruption, razor-thin margins, and digitally empowered customers, the retail industry must rapidly evolve to stay relevant. AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. Artificial Intelligence empowers retailers to pivot from reactive to predictive, manual to autonomous, fragmented to connected.
BlueYonder
JUNE 17, 2025
Every business is subject to demand volatility, supply shortages, extreme weather, tariffs, transportation roadblocks and other disruptive forces. But Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies face special challenges today as they try to profitably, precisely match changing supply with shifting demand. In addition to the standard list of disruptions, CPG companies must also contend with the complexities of omni-channel sales and promotions, product seasonality, shelf life and perishability, new pr
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 17, 2025
How should a supply chain director of a multinational deal with all the announced and postponed import tariffs? I often hear that executives, like chess players, must think several moves ahead. However, companies aren’t playing on just one chessboard, but on multiple geographical boards at once – sometimes also with different product groups or divisions.
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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.
Jaggaer
JUNE 17, 2025
Bold leadership for agentic AI innovation, enhanced customer outcomes and accelerated growth RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – JAGGAER, a global leader in Source-to-Pay and supplier collaboration, today announced the appointment of Andrew Roszko as the new Chief Executive Officer of JAGGAER. We stand at a pivotal moment as global supply chains grow increasingly complex and demand more resilient, intelligent, and agile solutions.
Kinaxis
JUNE 17, 2025
Day in the life of a machine learning engineer sharkins Tue, 06/17/2025 - 08:46 Machine learning engineers stand at the forefront of innovation, blending creativity with cutting-edge technologies to transform complex data into actionable insights. At Kinaxis, our ML teams help architect systems that improve decision making and drive automation for supply chain planning and execution, helping some of the world’s most vital companies optimize their supply chains.
IT Supply Chain
JUNE 17, 2025
By Pini Usha (pictured) CEO of Buffers.ai The post Israel’s Airspace Closure Disrupts Supply Chains: How AI Helps Retailers Adapt appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Tecsys
JUNE 17, 2025
Streamlining the clinical supply chain enhances nurse satisfaction by reducing inefficiencies, freeing up time for patient care, and boosting morale and retention in hospitals.
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“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
In this time of "turbulent tariffs," continuous optimization of the supply chain is imperative, says Dave Salerno, director of 4Flow.
Freight Waves
JUNE 17, 2025
Electronics component maker Jabil is betting on surging infrastructure demand for AI data centers throughout the U.S. Jabil (NYSE: JBL ) said on Tuesday that it’s investing $500 million over the next several years to expand its footprint to support cloud and AI data center customers. The investment includes large-scale production facilities, capital investments and workforce development.
Freightos
JUNE 17, 2025
Home Iran-Israel not impacting freight yet; too much capacity may mean transpac rates have peaked – June 17, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. June 17, 2025 Blog Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 9% to $5,994/FEU.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 17, 2025
Subscribe Brain-Computer Interfaces Shaping the Oil Trade Landscape! When you think about the inner workings of an aircraft, your mind probably goes straight to engines, wings, and pilots. But behind every smooth flight, there’s an unsung hero working tirelessly: turbine oil. Yes, that’s right — without the right turbine oil, the engine that powers your plane wouldn’t function as efficiently, or maybe even at all.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Freightos
JUNE 17, 2025
Home Iran-Israel not impacting freight yet; too much capacity may mean transpac rates have peaked – June 17, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. June 17, 2025 Blog Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 9% to $5,994/FEU.
Supply Chain Digest
JUNE 17, 2025
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 17, 2025
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