Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

For supply chains, AI offers new paradigms and approaches, delivering streamlined processes and results that are unprecedented. AI is about more than fixing problems — its fundamentally changing how supply chains operate. These tools empower users to enhance teamwork between humans and machines.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

MAY 8, 2025

I am a big believer in procurement getting involved as early as possible in new product development based on all the market knowledge available. The worst-case scenario is product engineering developing a new product, selecting a supplier and then telling procurement to get on with negotiation. How often do your purchase orders change?

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2025

This process involves tracking, managing, and optimizing hardware, software, and network components from procurement to disposal. Key Components of IT Asset Management ITAM involves several critical components: Asset Discovery and Inventory : Identifying all hardware and software assets within the organization.

Asset Management

My Office Apps

MARCH 26, 2025

How Kechie ERP Software Transforms Operations Across Key Business Sectors How are companies managing the external and internal challenges that increase the complexity of their operations every day? To stay competitive, businesses must adapt to cloud-based solutions that automate processes, boost productivity, and offer real-time access.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Subscribe Thesis Ideas for Supply Chain Students! Today’s fast-moving supply networks demand more than intuition; they require systems thinking, digital fluency, and strong data skills. As a result, the degree plays a growing role in boosting cost efficiency and visibility across supply chains.

Vendor Strategies

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

In earlier articles in this series on GenAI we have discussed its benefits and how it differs from other forms of artificial intelligence, as well as how in future these will converge to create highly sophisticated solutions, not least in procurement. Procurement, too, is vulnerable.

Procurement Solutions

Procurement Academy

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Procurement fraud is often overlooked, but it can tear away at your company’s integrity and reputation from the inside if left unchecked for too long. Proactively identifying and managing procurement fraud is incredibly important when safeguarding your organization’s future. Lets take a look.

Resource Reduction

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 19, 2025

We conclude that different types of loans may help e-commerce supply chains. Loans can save you everything, from funding inventory purchases to pay for innovations in common functions. Growing Need for Larger Chains E-commerce has grown over the decade and is not showing any signs of stopping. in CAGR by 2030.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

National brands are given prime shelf space, and special labels educate customers on how to avoid tariffs and buy Canadian. The conversion is remarkable, especially when you consider that store shelves are just one indicator of the tremendous shifts rippling through the supply chain.

Beverage

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

AI, at its heart, is a tool to help solve problems — like a hammer, or pair of scissors. What can supply chain leaders do to mitigate these risks? Sometimes The B2B buyer report revealed that 65% of buyers found AI-powered chatbots to be moderately or extremely helpful when it came to purchases. Customers Like AI.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

In an age where supply chains face persistent disruptionsfrom pandemics and trade wars to cyberattacks and climate volatilityresilience is no longer optional. This shift has pushed supply chain leadership to pivot from reactive management to proactive strategy built on data. Not sure where your supply chain stands?

Prescriptive Analytics Software

o9 Solutions

MAY 6, 2025

Three years ago, after attending a conference focused on AI, machine learning, and control towers, Sam McCartt, Vice President of Supply Chain Planning at Comcast returned to the office and was immediately confronted with a stark reality. That moment became the catalyst for a full-scale transformation of Comcast’s supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

So the solution has to be flexible and modular, because the market is flexible and modular.” Board execs are strained by the conversation around, ‘How do we purchase more, get a bigger footprint?’ But the right ASRS solution can alleviate staffing challenges in two major ways: 1.

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The regulation is designed to provide European consumers with extensive data about the provenance of the items they purchase, all the way back to the sourcing of raw materials. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “By

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 27, 2025

Today, Oritain claims to cover more than 96% of the world’s cotton-growing areas with its tracing tools. Traceability has to run through every stage of a global supply chain, which can be frustratingly opaque, given the number of players and transformations that a given product undergoes. Manufacturers want to make sure.”

Manufacturing Procurement

BlueYonder

JANUARY 15, 2025

With their trendy offerings and short product life cycles, fashion retailers face special scrutiny today from government regulators, shareholders and educated consumers. One of the main benefits of digitizing the returns management process via Blue Yonder software is speed. Another is profitability. Contact Blue Yonder to learn more.

Retail

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

According to Gartner’s 2024 Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence , predictive analytics is considered a traditional AI capability that is increasingly being integrated into enterprise application suites such as ERP, CRM, digital workplace, supply chain, and knowledge management systems.

Predictive Analytics Software

Precoro

APRIL 14, 2025

Tools and Technologies to Combat Invoice Fraud Frequently Asked Questions About Invoice Fraud What Is Invoice Fraud? Example: A fraudster establishes a fake company called "Prime Office Solutions" and sends a polished invoice to a mid-sized business for 100 laptops, totaling $50,000.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Clothing Supply Chain: From High Fashion Runway to Landfill! Education and Outreach Thrift stores can go beyond just selling goods; they can also play a role in educating the community about sustainability and ethical consumption. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on November 21, 2023.

Material Savings

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 3, 2025

Environmental considerations are also key in the Florida market, where consumers are increasingly aware of the impact of their purchases on the ocean and beaches they love. Logistics and Distribution Efficient management of logistics and distribution is crucial for the timely supply of beach gear to retail outlets.

Florida

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

New Roles and Skills likely to Emerge, Gartner’s Abdil Tunca Says July 30, 2025 Supply Chain Digest Says. Initially, robot management will operate as a distinct role within supply chain. Over time, managing robots will become integrated into various departments and job functions” Tunca concludes.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Having a clear and current view of inventory becomes the foundation for intelligent procurement, better vendor negotiations and smart reallocation of inventory across nodes. We now have the tools to track inventory more accurately, while spending less money on tracking. Inventory is capital sitting on the floor.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that “Over 90% of supply chain logistics functions have started or completed a digital transformation within the past three years, and high-performing functions set the logistics digital technology strategy 48% of the time.” A ny comments on Gartners thoughts?

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

We always start with a check on the US and global economy, as that has such an impact in the end on supply chain practice. One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Gilmore Says. What do you say? growth for all 2025, 2.8%

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

Each of them has a role to play in procurement, but it’s important to understand the differences between them to ensure that you apply the right tool for the right job. In automotive supply chains, AI inspects parts for defects, reducing recalls. based on self-supervised learned patterns. AutoGPT, Devin AI).

Predictive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

Supply Chain Design Software

ShipBob

JULY 14, 2025

Make sure to include details about free shipping thresholds to encourage higher-value purchases. How ShipBob empowers ecommerce brands to optimize their PDPs ShipBob doesn’t just handle fulfillment ; as an expert partner, we offer the tools you need to optimize every stage of your supply chain — even before you make a sale.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

For many, higher costs, supply chain delays, and unpredictable inventory flows are creating significant hurdles. While navigating tariffs requires short-term tactics such as pricing adjustments and inventory management, it’s also important to think about the following long-term strategies: Diversify supply chains.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Then they ask what should be done about the problem and ask employees why they have proposed one solution instead of another. This generally requires considering a range of solutions and collecting more evidence.) That’s respect for people.” What do you say? Do it your way and get on with it.”

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software