Tue.Jul 08, 2025

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Don’t Hit Pause: How Supply Chain Innovation Is Your Best Defense Against Uncertainty

RFgen

Uncertainty is a constant factor influencing supply chain operations. Geopolitical tensions, fluctuating tariffs, labor shortages, cyber threats, and climate induced disruptions continue to cause significant operational challenges. Even minor disruptions can cascade into larger problems. In response, many supply chain leaders consider pausing digital transformation initiatives to minimize risk.

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Infios and S&S Activewear Named a 2025 “Top Supply Chain Project Winner”

Logistics Viewpoints

Revolutionizing Supply Chains: S&S Activewear’s Award-Winning Fulfillment Strategy In today’s fast-paced world, where same-day delivery and labor shortages are common challenges, speed, accuracy, and resilience are essential for supply chain success. S&S Activewear recognized the need to evolve its distribution network to stay ahead of the competition.

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The Final Link in Supply Chain: Start Your Own Delivery Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Same Day Delivery Benefits for Small Business! (Infographic) The global supply chain has so many links. The last one is the delivery of the product to the end customer. Modern technology allows everyone to order nearly anything they think of online and wait for the product on their doors. With billions of online store users, there’s a constant shortage of the final supply chain – the delivery.

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Atlanta freight market outperformed during July 4th

Freight Waves

The Fourth of July is a significant benchmark for the U.S. truckload market, marking a seasonal uptick in demand that challenges transportation providers across the country. Historically, this holiday period is characterized by heightened freight activities driven by an increase in consumer spending and the need for timely distributions of goods as various industries prepare for summer events and promotions.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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Rebate Management Software and Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Effective Sales Contract Lifecycle Management Best Practices! Rebate Management Software is designed to handle the intricate calculations and processes associated with rebates in the supply chain. In industries like pharmaceuticals and medical devices, where pricing and distribution are highly regulated, a sophisticated system is vital. These systems help ensure compliance with industry standards and optimize financial performance by accurately tracking and managing rebate agreements.

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Sustainable Practices That Can Help Any Business Become More Eco-Friendly!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Start Your Business’ Sustainability Journey in 5 Steps! Businesses across different sectors have started looking for ways to improve sustainability and sustainable practices and reduce their carbon footprint. While in the past, there may have been instances of brands that resorted to cynical practices with the sole aim of boosting their sales, with many incorporating greenwashing practices into their companies, that is something of the past for many.

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How Do IT Supply Chain Attacks Actually Happen?

IT Supply Chain

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Your Supply Chain Digital Twin - Why it should integrate with Design & Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

As a supply chain planner, you're under pressure to deliver speed, resilience, and efficiency—often while navigating incomplete data, frequent disruptions, and decisions made in silos. This webinar explores how extending your digital twin to include design, engineering, and manufacturing can turn fragmented efforts into coordinated advantage.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) – Out of the Fog

Arkieva

Learn how we apply AI in supply chain planning through demand forecasting, MILP-based supply planning and risk mitigation across complex supply chain networks. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) – Out of the Fog was first posted on July 8, 2025 at 9:07 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

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

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Convotherm Digitizes Procurement and Achieves 3.2x ROI with QAD SRM

QAD

Convotherm, a Welbilt brand based in Germany, is renowned for its industry-leading combi steamers used in professional kitchens across the globe. With more than 35 models in circulation and customers in over 100 countries, Convotherm plays a key role in the commercial foodservice market. Despite the company’s success, Convotherm faced increasing pressure to streamline its supplier management processes amid rising supply chain volatility, growing regulatory demands and the need for greater effici

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2025 Q3 Freight Market Update & Predictions

Zipline Logistics

We’re back with our usual quarterly update to give you the latest on all things CPG freight market, retailer dynamics, and what shippers can expect heading into quarter three (Q3). What Could Impact My Freight in Q3? Inflation Inflation can have ripple effects on the cost of fuel, equipment, labor, insurance, and inventory storage. The Federal Reserve sets a target rate of 2% for maximum employment and price stability.

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Transpacific ocean rates continue to slide; Air cargo out of the Middle East still recovering – July 08, 2025 Update

Freightos

Home Transpacific ocean rates continue to slide; Air cargo out of the Middle East still recovering – July 08, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. July 8, 2025 Blog Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 8% to $3,124/FEU.

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Summer Slowdowns? Audit & Optimize Your Warehouse Tech

AB&R

For many operations, July offers a moment to catch your breath. With mid-year routines settling in and the rush of Q4 still a few months away, now is the ideal time to evaluate the systems and tools driving your warehouse efficiency. Because when peak season hits, there’s no room for tech that lags behind. Whether you’re managing thousands of SKUs, overseeing multiple facilities, or simply trying to keep your inventory counts aligned, your labeling, tracking, and mobility systems are criti

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AI-Enabled Robotics Software for Manufacturing Automation: Speeding Time-to-Value

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.

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New National Motor Freight Traffic Association Cargo Theft Framework Released

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The Hidden Cost of Bad MRO Data: How Clean Data Cuts Millions in Transaction Waste

USC Consulting Group

In industrial operations, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) functions are essential but often overlooked as a source of inefficiency. While MRO spend typically accounts for less than 10% of a company’s total procurement, it can represent up to 80% of its transactional activity. The root of this imbalance? Poor data. Bad MRO data is more than a technical issue, it’s a strategic liability.

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Trump Escalates Reciprocal Tariff Negotiations

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights added developments relative to efforts in imposing reciprocal tariffs on individual countries. Following our Supply Chain Matters posting yesterday regarding an announced U.S. and Vietnam trade deal last week , President Trump took actions to escalate and provide added tensions and associated dynamics surrounding ongoing tariff negotiations.

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Why Shift-Level Visibility Beats Daily Metrics in 24/7 Remote Ops

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer The post Why Shift-Level Visibility Beats Daily Metrics in 24/7 Remote Ops appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Why Smart Factories Are the Only Path to Successful Onshoring

The golden age of offshoring is over, and simply bringing production home isn’t enough. This eBook breaks down why smart factories are the essential path to successful onshoring in a volatile global economy. You'll explore a shift from nostalgia to reinvention: how digital-first systems, real-time feedback loops, and empowered frontline teams make onshore production faster, more adaptive, and more resilient.

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How Tariffs are Reshaping the Global Supply Chain | Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels on Bloomberg

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger provides thought leadership and expert perspectives on the compliance, risk, and governance industry through our blogs, articles & white papers.

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From Side Hustle to Startup: Building a Digital Business from Scratch

IT Supply Chain

By Mike Bronson (pictured) Content Writer The post From Side Hustle to Startup: Building a Digital Business from Scratch appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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PTC’s Onshape and Arena Selected by Nimble to Scale Superhumanoids that Power Next-Gen Autonomous Logistics

Arena Solutions

BOSTON – July 8, 2025 – PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced that Nimble , a leader in AI robotics and autonomous logistics technology, is replacing its legacy computer-aided design (CAD), product data management (PDM), product lifecycle management (PLM), and quality management system (QMS) tools with PTC’s cloud-native Onshape ® CAD and PDM platform and cloud-native Arena ® PLM and QMS platform.

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Leveraging Proxies for Efficient Data Scraping!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Remote Access and the Need for Proxies! In today’s world of data-driven decision-making, proxies have become indispensable tools for ensuring smooth and anonymous web scraping. Whether you’re extracting market data or monitoring competitor pricing, choosing the best scraping proxies is essential to streamline the process while maintaining privacy and avoiding IP bans.

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

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.

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Surprising Ways People Use Motorola Today

IT Supply Chain

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Audi’s Decision to Use IAAI for their Vehicle Auctions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Benefits of Leasing the Audi A3 for your Business! Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, has recently announced their partnership with Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAAI) for their vehicle auctions. But what led to this decision and how will it benefit Audi? Audi has been selling their used vehicles through various channels, including auctions, for years.

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Are Tariffs Creating Supply Chain Havoc? | Insights from Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2025

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger provides thought leadership and expert perspectives on the compliance, risk, and governance industry through our blogs, articles & white papers.

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U.S. Tariff and Deportation Policies on Collision Course in Agribusiness

Supply Chain Brain

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Tail Inventory: The Silent Cost Driver You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how centralizing slow-moving SKUs can help reduce fulfillment costs by $300M+ while boosting fulfillment efficiency.

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The Crisis in Access to Critical Raw Materials | Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2025

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger provides thought leadership and expert perspectives on the compliance, risk, and governance industry through our blogs, articles & white papers.

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Source-to-Pay Tools for Enterprise Procurement

ivalua

Choosing the right Source-to-Pay (S2P) tools can be overwhelming. It requires you to juggle multiple priorities: unifying systems, improving visibility, reducing risk, and proving ROI across every stage of the procurement process. So where should you start, and what capabilities truly matter in a modern S2P platform? In this blog, we walk through the most important tools for supporting each stage of the S2P lifecycle and what to look for in an enterprise-ready solution.

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US parcel market to grow 36% by 2030, Pitney Bowes says

Freight Waves

Revenue growth for U.S. parcel shipping lagged volumes last year as an influx of new last-mile delivery companies put downward pressure on prices in a market that is expected to grow 36% by 2030, according to an annual industry report from Pitney Bowes. Smaller carriers are increasingly taking market share from legacy carriers FedEx, UPS and the U.S.