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JULY 3, 2025

Direct and indirect procurement are two fundamental approaches in supply chain management, each serving distinct functions within an organization. Both focus on improving efficiency and reducing costs but differ in their strategic approach and impact on the core business operations. Streamlining operations in indirect procurement helps maintain an agile and cost-effective organizational structure, while direct procurement emphasizes ensuring the quality and availability of key materials necessar

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ToolsGroup

JULY 3, 2025

Meeting Demand Surges in the Restaurant Supply Chain Peak demand days—such as National Hamburger Day or Super Bowl Sunday—create major stress on restaurant and foodservice logistics. To successfully optimize food supply chain operations during these surges, businesses must tightly manage ingredient availability, production schedules, and delivery timing-all within narrow, often unpredictable timeframes.

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Freight Waves

JULY 3, 2025

Importers are paying an effective 21% tariff on all containerized imports entering the United States, the world’s second-largest ocean line said. That’s less than half the rate of the peak average earlier this year, Maersk said Wednesday in a market update. “On average, companies are currently paying an effective average tariff rate of approximately 21% relative to container load on all U.S. imports, according to Maersk’s container-weighted effective average tariff rate metric,” the company said

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E2open

JULY 3, 2025

Why new product demand forecasting is challenging Walk into any Target and head to the shampoo aisle. You’ll find at least 75 choices: new ingredients, unique scents, hair-type formulas, and everything in between. Today’s consumers expect variety. Not just more choices, but new ones, driven by personal preferences, seasonal trends, and whatever’s popular on social media this week.

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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 was BD Biosciences 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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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Thesis Ideas for Supply Chain Students! Businesses cutting across various sectors have encountered unexpected disruptions, leading to the realization that their supply chains are more complex than previously thought. Such complexities bring in several challenges rather than benefits. While trying to manage this increasing uncertainty and adjust to the ever-evolving business environments, simplifying these complex supply chains has become an important objective.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

What is Blockchain? And How Does it Work? (Infographic) For the past decade or so, the blockchain has been slowly but surely infiltrating our lives. What started as the domain of cryptocurrency has now become a tool for all kinds of applications, from logistics to healthcare. And as its technology continues to evolve, so too does its potential impact on our lives.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 3, 2025

By Andrew Tavener (pictured) Head of Fleet Marketing EMEA, Descartes The post Powering Greener Logistics: Practical Steps to Decarbonise Fleet Operations appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

The Disintermediation of the Supply Chain! These days, customers expect their orders to be delivered as quickly as possible. Long lead times often lead to frustration, making a customer less likely to buy from you next time. This can damage your reputation and reduce sales. However, the great news is that you can improve lead times by making a few strategic changes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 3, 2025

The move has since faced criticism from an array of groups, including international nonprofit Human Rights Watch and United Nations human rights advocates among others.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Resilience is the New Critical Supply Chain Strategy! Technology has grown in leaps and bounds in the automation niche, and companies of all kinds can benefit from the use of these tools to further their business goals and plans. However, many businesses are still unaware of what smart automation technologies are, or how they can be added to business processes to improve workflows and save money and time.

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Freight Waves

JULY 3, 2025

A new report says the uncertain economic climate continues to weigh on intermodal and carload traffic in different ways. The latest analysis by the Association of American Railroads finds that the U.S. economy is caught between signs of strength and pervasive uncertainty, influenced by a range of variables including consumer spending patterns, global supply chain challenges, and fluctuating interest rates.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe The Expertise of Tradespeople: The Electricians! As industries worldwide prioritize sustainability, the electrical infrastructure of industrial facilities is becoming a focal point in reducing carbon emissions and optimizing energy efficiency. Industrial facilities consume substantial amounts of electricity, making the need for sustainable electrical solutions critical in efforts to meet global environmental goals.

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Jaggaer

JULY 3, 2025

TGW achieves high levels of automation, more efficient workflows and significant time savings Vienna, 3rd July 2025 – TGW Logistics, one of the world’s leading providers of highly automated intralogistics solutions, relies on JAGGAER’s software solutions for its source-to-pay activity, originally with the aim of increasing the level of automation and boosting operational efficiency.

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

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JULY 3, 2025

How to Scale Your ECommerce Business! The changes in customer behavior and preferences during the pandemic led to a boom in the e-commerce industry. Even this year and beyond, the ecommerce industry is expected to grow because more than 50% of people prefer online shopping instead of buying in-store. That said, many potential entrepreneurs have turned to e-commerce to give their target audience the perfect digital shopping experience.

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Freight Waves

JULY 3, 2025

SONAR has launched a new capability allowing users to search and visualize spot rates at the lane level and compare year-over-year seasonality directly within its charts. This enhancement to the high-frequency freight market intelligence platform aims to provide shippers, carriers, and brokers with critical insights for navigating the volatile transportation market.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 3, 2025

Cargill said that it's now using once-discarded cocoa shells as fuel for biomass boilers at its facilities in Amsterdam.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Traffic Management Tips for Construction Sites: A Guide! Work zones are a common sight on our roads. Even though they are essential for the reparation and development procedures of infrastructure, these zones can bring risks for drivers and workers. The correct safety measures are needed in such areas to avoid unwanted injuries and damages. Therefore, today, we will discuss traffic management in work zones and how to implement it utilizing best practices, necessary equipment, and proper training

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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.

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Jaggaer

JULY 3, 2025

Boards are watching. Investors are asking. And the mandate is clear: apply AI not just for automation, but to deliver measurable impact, resilient operations, and future-ready teams. The manufacturing industry is at a turning point. AI is moving from hype to reality, and the C-suite is under mounting pressure to deliver clear, ROI-driven strategies—especially in the high-stakes world of procurement and supply chain.

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Tecsys

JULY 3, 2025

Prepare your warehouse for DSCSA 2025 enforcement. Ensure compliance in data exchange, serialization, and collaboration to avoid regulatory risks and supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Characteristics of Bitcoin Exchange Platforms! Cryptocurrency is on the rise and its potential for growth is astronomical. It is no surprise that more and more people are becoming interested in this new form of digital currency. With the help of the best crypto apps and exchanges, you can make informed decisions and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the crypto world.

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QAD

JULY 3, 2025

Real-time visibility. Predictive power. Smarter decisions. In today’s high-pressure manufacturing environment, true agility isn’t just a goal – it’s essential for survival. Faced with volatile demand, equipment failures, and disruptive supply chains, how can manufacturers move beyond reacting to chaos and instead gain a proactive edge, all while boosting quality and efficiency?

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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.

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Descartes

JULY 3, 2025

Descartes MacroPoint™ FraudGuard 2.0 Provides Transportation Industry with Next-Generation Solution for Freight Fraud Defense ATLANTA, Georgia, July 7, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced the release of Descartes MacroPoint™ FraudGuard 2.0, the latest advancement in freight fraud technology designed to help shippers, freight brokers, and third-party logistics providers (3PL) s

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Americold

JULY 3, 2025

Americold continues to expand its global footprint with a major investment in Canada. Recently, company executives, alongside provincial and local leaders, gathered at Port Saint John, New Brunswick, to celebrate the groundbreaking of Americold’s first import-export hub in the country.

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 3, 2025

By Rob Ellinor (pictured) Programme Manager (Strategic Business), Domino Printing Sciences The post GS1 2D Codes: Paving the Way for Increased Productivity in Building & Construction appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Taulia

JULY 3, 2025

Financial Agility in the Age of AI: A Strategic Imperative for Aerospace & Defense The winds of change are sweeping through the aerospace and defense industry. A surge in defense spending, driven by geopolitical realities and amplified by targets like the 5% GDP investment endorsed by the US and NATO allies , presents both a golden opportunity and a formidable challenge.

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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

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JULY 3, 2025

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Freight Waves

JULY 3, 2025

FedEx Corp. next month will implement a streamlined pricing structure for parcel pickups in the U.S. and Canada aimed at simplifying the customer experience. The move is made possible by the company’s ongoing campaign to collapse separate Express and Ground delivery networks into a single operation. The new rating structure, which takes effect Aug. 18, will charge one fee for both expedited or standard shipping, even if FedEx ( NYSE: FDX ) performs two pickups in the same day.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe A Journey Through the Evolution of Vehicle Entry Tools! If you’ve ever relied on a ute for work or adventure, you’ll know it’s more than just a vehicle—it’s an extension of your trade, your toolkit, and sometimes your weekend escape. Whether it’s hauling gear to a remote jobsite or navigating rough bush tracks, your ute’s got to stand up to some serious punishment.

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