Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Gartner 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Supply chain leaders should engage partners to identify and manage new shipping options. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Organizations must monitor transit times and adjust expectations for longer lead times and higher costs.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to a recent blog post by the maritime analysts at Drewry, which noted that “More than five years have passed since the huge shipping disruptions, damaging port congestion, and cost spikes of the Covid period, but one feature has remained: freight rate volatility.” Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Cargo 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

In addition to the broad plan for tariffs, the Trump administration announces a regime for fees on Chinese-made ships docking at US ports, in a move designed to aid the flagging US ship building sector. May Large supply chain software vendor E2Open announces that it is being acquired by Australian shipping software firm WiseTech.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

I will note we lost one member of our index when software maker and privately held Aptean acquired Logility early in 2025, and will soon lose another software company when non-public WiseTech’s purchase of e2open is finalized. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Pre-tariff shipping was not enough to tighten the market balance even as seasonality improved in May,” Denoyer said. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5% month-over-month. in May from 0.9%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4 Parcel shipping costs were estimated at $229.7 The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4

Logistics Network Optimization Software 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

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. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Smith’s pilots were asked to use their personal credit cards to buy fuel and stagger cashing their paychecks.” ( See More Below) CATEGORY SPONSOR: SOFTEON At one point, the company was down to its last $5,000 — which Smith took to Las Vegas and turned into $27,000 playing blackjack. Isn't this contradicting in itself?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Supply Chain Design Software 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

There is one easy answer: a large number of cargo ships continues to avoid sailing in the Red Sea in and out of the Suez Canal, to avoid attacks from so-called Houthi rebels in South Yemen. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

South Africa 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Gartner 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

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. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Manufacturing Procurement 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

Analysis 41

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. Mike Ledyard Vested Program Faculty, Vested Way / University ofTennessee Posted on: Aug, 04 2017 Excellent article. Isn't this contradicting in itself? of the total $14.5B What am I missing?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. How Do You Define Supply Chain Excellence?

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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. What is the Hyperconnected Era or “The Internet of Things?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. Three things are happening, that I think are significant: Flextronics has invested in the development of Elementum. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. Each company operates within its own plane, improving its own potential.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Some have automated, gateless check-in; some direct the drivers to check in with the shipping office. Greater automation is clearly what’s needed, yet many times when company leadership hears about cameras and IoT (Internet of Things) deployments, they assume they are expensive, complex deployments. They aren’t.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

Optimal Sourcing 208

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The application of data can help shippers gain control of shipping costs and make informed decisions, and the top freight data trends for 2019 exemplify how the use of a transportation management system (TMS) can further this cause. As omnichannel shopping becomes the standard for consumers, the use of freight data will excel.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

No Purchase Orders were used. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant's supply chain excellence. We came to the conclusion, that each fastener type be put in a slot in a special rack that Fastenal gave us. We only paid for fasteners as we used them. Read the full article here. .

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own. My team made a simple calculation of how many employees it takes to ship a package express versus shipping a container. Internet of Things.

Freight 166

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

The platforms are populated through feeds from the various systems and internet of things (IoT) devices and equipped with analytics to make sense of the data. Maritime Informatics is the application of information systems to increasing the efficiency, safety, sustainability of the world’s shipping industry.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.). Will this include drone deliveries? DescartesEvolution keynote by Ed Ryan, complete with drone! pic.twitter.com/rDXqt2Q7rV. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 19, 2020

It spans the purchase of raw materials to the final delivery of the merchandise to the customer, including the intermediate processing of the goods. The Internet of Things (IoT). Some services to consider are 24/7 technical support and free drop shipping or courier service to deliver beyond expectations.”

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2016

To drive centralized buying I had to dive down into the Bill of Materials and do a cross-tab. This was the first intelligent database system at the time that allowed me to look at a “deck” of the current buy for a commodity group for our production buy. And the total cost concept goes well beyond that.

Optimal Sourcing 58

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. RPA is an excellent tool for automating laborious processes currently executed manually.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Most people know the stuff they buy at the store is not made there and would likely come from a manufacturer. Frankly, I was blown away by how many cases were received and shipped out. As my anxiety built, I was able to anchor on the fact that we shipped mostly cases. Early in the week, we did not ship out as many cases.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Now it is only a matter of test buying products through unauthorized channels to recognize where the supply chain leakage is coming from. So I asked, “How about we make our employee the number #1 and fortify them better to radiate excellence to the customer as transferred effect?” Some strategies for an excellent supply chain are: 1.

Sourcing Strategies 89

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So procurement will buy ahead, and work with suppliers to understand the situation in the market, and that may drive up inventory in one sector. I may be carrying inventory for supply I wouldn’t normally take, but we have to buy ahead to avoid cost increases. OE to ship is about 5 days.

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