Wed.May 07, 2025

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An Introductory Guide to Major Trading Types

IT Supply Chain

By Rob Jackson (pictured) Content Writer The post An Introductory Guide to Major Trading Types appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How Weber Logistics Is Helping Shippers Navigate Tariff Volatility

West Coast and California Logistics

As geopolitical tensions and global trade policies continue to shift, importers are once again being challenged to rethink their supply chain strategies. The most recent wave of uncertainty stems from tariff developments between the U.S. and countries throughout the world, leaving many businesses unsure of how to plan for the months ahead.

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A Day Without vs With a Yard Management System

C3 Solutions

If you've ever spent time in a traditionally run, busy warehouse or distribution center, you've probably seen the chaos that can build up in the yard. Trucks can show up at any time, sometimes all at once.

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Meet Your New Strategic Partner: Launching The Blue Yonder Supply Chain Advisory

BlueYonder

ICON 2025 saw Blue Yonders biggest product release yet, unveiling new Cognitive Solutions designed to help businesses respond instantly to disruption, optimize costs, and make better decisions with certainty. But that wasnt the only big announcement. Taking to the ICON main stage, Chief Innovation Officer, Andrea Morgan-Vandome and President of Cloud and Customer Experience Darren Saumur announced the Blue Yonder Supply Chain Advisory.

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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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Maximizing Warehouse Productivity with Flexible Automation

Locus Robotics

Home May 07, 2025 Maximizing Warehouse Productivity with Flexible Automation Zavo Gabriel , Product Marketing Manager Fulfillment today is full of uncertainty. When order volumes shift weekly, SKUs change daily, and labor availability fluctuates weekly, daily, and even hourly, fulfillment leaders need systems that can adapt. On a recent SupplyChainBrain webinar , I spoke with Bob Bowman about why flexibility is a survival strategy for warehouses.

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Supply Chains Are at Risk — But No One Threat Stands Alone

Supply Chain Brain

With AI growing daily in sophistication, cybersecurity is becoming both more difficult and more necessary for those managing supply chains.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Software of 2025: Top Tools for Businesses

All Things Supply Chain

In 2025, the world of supply chain management continues to evolve, with technology playing an increasingly vital role in risk mitigation.

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The Most Common Challenges in Material Transport and How to Overcome Them

IT Supply Chain

By Allen Brown (pictured) Content Writer The post The Most Common Challenges in Material Transport and How to Overcome Them appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Downtime Is the New Bottleneck: How Fragile Logistics Tech Is Silently Killing Revenue

Loginext

Downtime is a silent threat in supply chain management, disrupting logistics and revenue. Learn how AI-native systems like LogiNext ensure resilience and reliability. The post Downtime Is the New Bottleneck: How Fragile Logistics Tech Is Silently Killing Revenue appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“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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How to Improve Water Pressure with Advanced Pump Technology

IT Supply Chain

By Richard Pearson (pictured) Content Writer The post How to Improve Water Pressure with Advanced Pump Technology appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Tecsys Placed as a Challenger in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems

Tecsys

Tecsys is recognized as a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, highlighting its vision and execution in the supply chain industry.

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Getting smarter with ‘demand-responsive’ fashion fulfilment

IT Supply Chain

By Chris More (pictured) Head of Sales, Ferags UK & Nordic Regions The post Getting smarter with demand-responsive fashion fulfilment appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Turning Returns Green with Reverse Logistics Software

Loginext

Reverse logistics software enables greener returns, reduced waste, and smarter inventory reuse- supporting sustainability and efficiency in your supply chain. The post Turning Returns Green with Reverse Logistics Software appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

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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Home Delivery World USA 2025: A Preview

Supply Chain Brain

Opal Portis, VP supply chain at Fabletics, looks ahead to Home Delivery World USA 2025, taking place May 21-22 at the Music City Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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ServiceNow and NVIDIA Fuel a New Class of Intelligent AI Agents Across the Enterprise

Logistics Viewpoints

New Apriel Nemotron 15B reasoning model delivers lower latency, lower inference costs, and faster agentic AIpurpose built for performance, cost, and scale ServiceNow brings accelerated data processing to Workflow Data Fabric with the integration of NVIDIA NeMo microservices, driving a closedloop data flywheel process that enhances model accuracy and personalized user experiences LAS VEGAS May 6, 2025 Knowledge 2025 at ServiceNows annual customer and partner event, Knowledge 2025 , ServiceNow

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May 5 – 7, 2025 – Gartner, Barcelona, Spain

Bristlecone

Bristlecone is heading to the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025 to explore innovative strategies for building agile and resilient supply chains.

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How ERP Can Help Mitigate the Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The importance of supply chains The supply chain is the journey that raw materials, components, and other goods take before they go into production or assembly, and then sold to customers. Many supply chains span across continents and are becoming increasingly complex. A resilient and trusted supply chain is now seen as critical and manufacturers need visibility over it to address any supply chain disruptions.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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Google Inks Deal to Develop Three Sites for Nuclear Reactors

Supply Chain Brain

Each site will generate at least 600 megawatts of power capacity, with the option for Google to buy the power once the reactors are operational.

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Unlock the full value of your risk data with Integrations from Kodiak Hub

Kodiak Hub

If your organization already invests in third-party risk providers like Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) , EcoVadis , Creditsafe , or Moodys , youre well on your way to building a more resilient and informed supply base. But heres the challenge: even the best risk data can lose its impact when it lives in silos. Risk subscriptions alone arent enough. Its what you do with the data that counts.

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Amazon Unveils Robot That Can Pick and Stow Items By Touch

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon's director of applied science Aaron Parness described the technology as a "fundamental leap forward in robotics.

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Amazon Quest for World Domination Continues with Major Investment in Rural Fulfillment

Supply Chain Digest

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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World’s Trade Superhighway Feels Strain From U.S.-China Decoupling

Supply Chain Brain

A pall of uncertainty hangs over what for decades has been one the main maritime highways of the global economy, carrying manufactured goods and vital commodities.

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Real-Time Mobile Inventory Powers Customer-Centric Supply Chains

RFgen

More than ever, business environments are highly volatile. As such, delivering a consistently exceptional customer experience (CX) is no longer optional. Its necessary to compete. Supply chain leaders are waking up to a powerful truth: CX isnt just a marketing metric; its a direct driver of profitability, retention, and operational resilience. According to Gartner, improving CX is now a top three strategic priority for supply chain organizations, and for good reason.

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Survey: Tariffs a 'Slow Bleed on Profitability' for U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Workforce reductions have been widespread across sectors, with 45% of companies reporting job cuts of 5-10% as a direct result of tariff-driven cost pressures.

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Legacy Sourcing and Planning Solutions Struggle With Today’s Supply Chain Challenges -Part Four

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters Founder and Executive Editor Bob Ferrari has teamed up with procurement sourcing and technology applications analyst Michael Lamoureux, in the sharing of a joint perspective as to why legacy sourcing and planning software applications will struggle with this ongoing and increasingly highly uncertain business environment with its associated supply chain challenges.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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U.S. and China Agree to Meet in Geneva for Trade Talks

Supply Chain Brain

Both sides have claimed that the other has been eager to come to the table, and each have remained steadfast in their assertion that they will not back down in the face of economic pressure.

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Building a Customer-Centric Supply Chain: Why Real-Time Mobility Is the New Profit Lever

RFgen

More than ever, business environments are highly volatile. As such, delivering a consistently exceptional customer experience (CX) is no longer optional. Its necessary to compete. Supply chain leaders are waking up to a powerful truth: CX isnt just a marketing metric; its a direct driver of profitability, retention, and operational resilience. According to Gartner, improving CX is now a top three strategic priority for supply chain organizations, and for good reason.

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Blanks keep rates level; no de minimis air rate collapse yet; US-Houthi truce first step to Red Sea return? – May 7, 2025 Update

Freightos

Home Blanks keep rates level; no de minimis air rate collapse yet; US-Houthi truce first step to Red Sea return? – May 7, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. May 7, 2025 Blog Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) stayed level at $2,321/FEU.