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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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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.

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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.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. NMFTA says the new “Cybersecurity Cargo Crime Reduction Framework” is an actionable guide for shippers, carriers, third-party logistics providers and brokers that It outlines key steps parties can take to reduce cargo theft risk. See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.)

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Drewry notes that for a spot-rate shipper exporting or importing on the East-West routes will find that, on average, a container shipment’s cost can vary by about $1,400. Good advice from Drewry. Any reaction to this Drewy news ? Let us know your thoughts at the Feedback section below.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. April On what he calls Liberation Day, President Donald Trump publishes a wide schedule of tariffs on US imports from virtually every other country, creating supply chain chaos. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. Again this year, Penske Logistics funded the report development. trillion, up from $2.44

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. month-over-month.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Click here to send us your comments Gartners Dwight Klappich, retired last week, after announcing his plan to step down sometime in 2025 earlier in the year. Gartner acquired Meta in 2005, and Klappich’s career and industry profile took off. Whoever takes on his role at Gartner will have some very large shoes to fill for certain.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The erratic trade policy with on-again/off-again tariffs has led to price uncertainty for customers, who appear to be prepared to hold off large capital purchases until stability returns. a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 " Wh at are your thoughts on this ISM PMI?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

The Trump tariffs “are reshaping global supply chains and injecting a high degree of uncertainty into capital investment decisions, causing delays. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. What is going on?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. TuffAir’s strategy was novel, integrating small-aircraft logistics, FAA exemptions, Ohio-based test zones and proprietary software and flight routing technology.” TuffAir isn’t just a cargo startup, it’s a movement for impact, logistics and equity,” its site states.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 19, 2025

Around 47% of consumers state they are likely to purchase from a brand that includes diversity in its advertising. That is, why certain colors might be problematic, how family structures influence purchasing decisions, or what social media platforms matter in different regions. Target often excels at this.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. What do you say?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. million employees without a focus on good supply chain management. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 4, 2015

Editor’s Note : It is clear from several articles around the Skills Gap that we need programs that keep the next generations interested in one of the most vital parts of business today: mastering the supply chain. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Martin J. We hope you enjoy!

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. Theme 1: Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2022

On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. Retailers and delivery services companies that can break through today’s cycle of mediocre home delivery performance stand an excellent chance of improving customer loyalty and growing market share. Here are three charts that paint the whole picture.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. I asked Greg Aimi, currently at Gartner to help. In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). The list goes on and on. What Is Visibility?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

With visibility as the key driver for an effective supply chain improvement strategy, businesses today must rely on building collaborative relationships in their extended supply chains to gain visibility from end-to-end. Today’s technologies are allowing all the stakeholders in the supply chain to share a single network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Second, the pandemic kicked online buying and home delivery into “high gear” as many consumers embraced its convenience and dramatically expanded the scope of their online purchasing. Consumers are making purchasing decisions based upon environmental impact. So, how are these two trends mutually beneficial?

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Source: Supply Chain Digest. What does it take to create an award-winning supply chain? Last month, Lennox Residential was runner-up in the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Supply Chain Innovation competition, arguably the top supply chain award in North America.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. According to Gartner, Inc., What is the Hyperconnected Era or “The Internet of Things?”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Is this true for the supply chain industry? What seems to be clear by now is that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks of today’s global supply chain networks. This is also true for states and research institutes through advanced supply chain design and management expertise and capabilities.

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AIMMS

JULY 9, 2015

A recent report by the ACE European Group identifies supply chains as of the biggest sources of concern for European businesses today. This post will explore these and other challenges as well as the key innovations defining European supply chains. The challenges: demand, staffing and technology.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

It only takes a simple example to remind you how e-commerce continues to evolve and the potential it has to disrupt traditional markets, supply chains and even governments. Let me tell you how international e-commerce is changing one buying pattern and why it will reshape global logistics operations and government import regulations.

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