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Beyond Resilience: 5 Steps to Building an Antifragile Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Why Resilience Is No Longer Enough Supply chains were once designed for efficiency, not disruption. But in today’s world of pandemics, geopolitical shocks, and extreme weather events, efficiency alone is a fragile strategy. The goal is no longer just resilience – it’s antifragility. Coined by Nassim Taleb, antifragility means getting stronger from shocks, rather than just surviving them.

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Farelanes: Real Time Lane Pricing for Everyone with Neal Huffman

The Logistics of Logistics

Neal Huffman and Joe Lynch discuss Farelanes: real time lane pricing for everyone. Neal is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Farelanes, a company specializing in providing real-time lane pricing data for the logistics industry. About Neal Huffman Neal Huffman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Farelanes, a company specializing in providing real-time lane pricing data for the logistics industry.

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The Benefits of Automating Supplier Onboarding & Management

AFFLINK

Managing suppliers is one of the most critical aspects of running a business, but it's not without challenges. The traditional supplier onboarding processcollecting documents, verifying credentials, and ensuring compliancecan be time-consuming and prone to errors. Automating these workflows, however, offers a better way forward. In fact, companies that have automated procurement negotiations consistently achieve significant cost savings compared to traditional methods.

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The ‘ABC’ Strategy: Western Tech Companies Diversify Manufacturing Beyond China

IT Supply Chain

By Christine Baker (pictured) Content Writer The post The ‘ABC’ Strategy: Western Tech Companies Diversify Manufacturing Beyond China appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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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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Making Cents of Change: How a Flexible ERP Transforms Supply Chain Resilience

Tecsys

Every supply chain professional Ive talked to lately has the same thing on their mind: making sense of the new U.S. trade landscape. While the headlines focus on tariffs, I see something bigger brewing. In my view, the current shift is only a preview of the broader, more profound changes companies will need to navigate in the coming years.

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Navigating Global Trade and Supply Chain Challenges in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

Rising tariffs and trade barriers arent the only challenges facing companies engaged in international trade in 2025.

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Samsung Galaxy Flip3 vs. Flip5: How Refurbished Models Hold Up in 2025

IT Supply Chain

By Claire Lloyd (pictured) Content Writer The post Samsung Galaxy Flip3 vs. Flip5: How Refurbished Models Hold Up in 2025 appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Why Your 3PL Partner May Change in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

With business climates shifting across the country and across the globe, supply chains and their strategic partners exist in a constant state of flux2025 will continue in the same vein, with some caveats to consider.

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How IT Teams Can Manage Memory Usage in Cloud Environments

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post How IT Teams Can Manage Memory Usage in Cloud Environments appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Driving Proactive Decisions Through Supply Chain Control Tower Software

MercuryGate

Every supply chain faces daily firefights that drain resources. Your weapons, like supply chain control tower software, make the difference in the outcomes of these challenges. The post Driving Proactive Decisions Through Supply Chain Control Tower Software appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Why Every Smart Warehouse Needs a Real-Time Security Camera System

IT Supply Chain

By Peter West (pictured) Content Writer The post Why Every Smart Warehouse Needs a Real-Time Security Camera System appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Top 100 Trucking Congestion Points 2025

Supply Chain Digest

Does ATRI Report Provide a Guide for Where to Invest

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What to Do Immediately After a Workplace Injury: Essential Steps

IT Supply Chain

By Rob Jackson (pictured) Content Writer The post What to Do Immediately After a Workplace Injury: Essential Steps appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Revolutionizing Hiring: Remote-Insourcing That Slashes Turnover & Training Costs!

What is Remote-Insourcing? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Not anymore. Remote-Insourcing isn’t outsourcing—it’s a revolutionary staffing model that lets our clients fill key entry-level positions with top-tier, loyal, long-term talent, integrated seamlessly into their businesses—just like local employees but without the turnover or W2 HR hassles. With under 4% unwanted attrition, you train once and keep the same team for years.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Feb. 28, 2025

Supply Chain Digest

New Port Fee for Chinese Made Ships. Amazon Expects Huge Savngs from FC Robots. East Coast Dock Workers Ratify Deal.

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How Retail Chargebacks Work and What You Can Do About Them

West Coast and California Logistics

All major retailers issue chargeback penalties for non-compliant shipments from their suppliers. The specific penalties are explicitly laid out in each retailers routing guide and range from about 1% to 5% of a suppliers gross invoice amount. For example, Walmarts On-Time in Full (OTIF) program charges 3% of item value for products that are late or missing.

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FAA Weighs Canceling Verizon Contract in Favor of Musk’s Starlink

Supply Chain Brain

The move has raised concerns about conflicts of interest since Elon Musk's SpaceX is regulated by the FAA.

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Leading Forced Labor Expert Dr. Laura Murphy Joins Exiger’s Advisory Council

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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3 Ways Your Wholesaler ERP System Is Failing You

The supply chain is the world’s most complex logistics challenge, where efficiency and accuracy are critically important to ensure goods are accessible to consumers when needed. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems play a key role for wholesale distribution companies in this process, serving (among other things) as the inventory management software that attempts to ensure that the right products are available in the right quantities at the right time and place.

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EU Pushes Back Against Claim it Was ‘Formed to Screw’ U.S.

Supply Chain Brain

"The EU wasnt formed to screw anyone," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tuskwrote on XFebruary 27.

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Aerospace company Daher investing $30 million to build TBM, Kodiak planes at Witham Field

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Check out this article from TCPalm: Aerospace company Daher investing $30 million to build TBM, Kodiak planes at Witham Field [link] – Bob

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Podcast | The Future of Freight Consolidation

Supply Chain Brain

There are a number of scenarios in which freight consolidation makes sense. But getting the most out of the exercise can be tricky.

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AI in Supermarkets Stands for “All In”

Enterra Insights

The Oxford Languages Dictionary defines the term “all in” as being “completely committed to or very much in favor of something.” When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), it appears most grocers are all in. The staff at Wave Grocery observes that AI is a perfect partner in the grocery sector. They write, “Artificial intelligence has rapidly permeated into industries around the globe, with the supermarket and commerce fields being no different.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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Why One Lithium Battery Per Truck Is Failing Multi-Shift Operations

Supply Chain Brain

Proponents of the transition to lithium batteries have discovered that successful electrification isn't about the batteries at all it's about reimagining power infrastructure.

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Bristlecone Flash – Feb 2025

Bristlecone

TRANSFORMING LOGISTICS THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY Optimize logistics sustainability with eco-friendly practices, circular supply chains and smart technologies. Reduce waste, lower carbon footprints and enhance efficiency through AI-driven optimization, green transportation and regulatory compliance, ensuring long-term resilience, cost savings and business success.

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‘Buy Canada, Bye America’: Trump’s Taunts Spur Fury in the North

Supply Chain Brain

Its a significant shift for a country that purchases almost as much in U.S. goods each year as the entire European Union.

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Preparing for Tariffs: Steps to Take Now

Exiger Perspectives

Preparing for Tariffs: Steps to Take Now WEBINAR | March 6, 11am et Do you know the full tariff exposure your business is facing? New and proposed tariffs such as 25% on EU imports are set to reshape supply chains, impact costs, and stir up uncertainty. Many organizations struggle to see beyond their direct suppliers, leaving them vulnerable to hidden tariff risks that could affect profitability, operations, and competitiveness.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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U.K. Can Increase Trade With Trump’s America, Rachel Reeves Says

Supply Chain Brain

Britain has consistently argued that it does not have a notable trade deficit with the U.S.

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Robots, Forklifts, and AI for Safer, Smarter Warehouses

Locus Robotics

Home February 27, 2025 Robots, Forklifts, and AI for Safer, Smarter Warehouses Erica Moyer , Sr. Product Manager The growth of material handling equipment (MHE) in warehousing is expected to grow significantly within the coming years. This is driven by increasing e-commerce demand, use of automation and artificial intelligence (AI), and a focus on warehouse efficiencies.

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Understanding the Connected Worker & ERP Integration

QAD

What is the Connected Worker Integration with ERP? The manufacturing world is changing. To stay competitive, businesses need to upskill their frontline workers with the tools and information they need to excel. A connected worker integration powered by ERP has the potential to drive transformative results across your entire operation. But what does that look like in the real world?