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In mathematical terms, optimization is a mixed-integer or linear programming approach to finding the best combination of warehouses, factories, transportation flows, and other supply chain resources under real-world constraints. ML can also be used to generate labor standards for warehouse workers.
Geopolitical instability, extreme weather, labor shortages, and fluctuating consumer demand regularly impact global logistics. They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.
From May 19 to 21, 2025, CeMAT Southeast Asia and LogiSYM Asia Pacific were co-located for the second consecutive year at Singapore EXPO, creating a comprehensive platform for the regions logistics and supply chain community. Geek+ was honored as Best Warehouse Robotics Company for its smart warehouse automation solutions.
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The event, held in sunny Las Vegas, was well attended and featured numerous speakers with innovative ideas. His keynote address highlighted the company’s recent accomplishments, such as the introduction of a new inventory planning solution, substantial investments in research and development, and advancements in artificial intelligence.
He introduced Enterprise Promise and Fulfill, a new solution that supports enterprise-wide inventory visibility and real-time order orchestration. The post Manhattan Momentum 2025: Agentic AI: Expanding Automation Across the Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management.
Meeting Demand Surges in the Restaurant Supply Chain Peak demand days—such as National Hamburger Day or Super Bowl Sunday—create major stress on restaurant and foodservice logistics. Traditional forecasting methods often fail to capture real-world variables like local weather, special events, or marketing campaigns.
of events and respond accordingly. Clarity of Impact: Context helps planners understand the significance of an event. For example, a warehouseinventory discrepancy may only matter if it affects high-priority orders or strategic customers. For instance, detecting a delay in a shipment is not enough. The post Context.
This was an intimate, packed 2-day event with executives, customers, other market analysts, and additional Infor team members. The event began with an address from the CEO, Kevin Samuelson, and CTO and President, Soma Somasundaram. Additionally, I asked about the impact of automation on the warehouse floor.
The explosive growth of e-commerce also creates significant logistics challenges for retailers and D2C manufacturers. They must track inventory, orders and returns in real time, at all times. Imagine the complexities of a single fulfillment-and-returns operation, in one warehouse. But lets be honest.
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By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. And certainly there are more frequent, large events affecting companies, that had previously been spaced out.” AI can help. And that’s a great skill set to have.
The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance. Just be prepared for anything and keep going.
The bad news is that things like climate events, economic upheaval, and geopolitical unrest seem to grow more complex with each passing year.” Those areas are: Warehouse optimization. “Advanced AI algorithms analyze historical data to predict future stock requirements and optimize warehouse space.
Supply chain and logistics teams today face a pivotal moment in their evolution. We are witnessing nothing short of a reinvention of what it means to excel in supply chain management: respond well to every disruptive event and find ways to move ahead of the competition in an increasingly complex marketplace.
Specifically, the company announced the release of five, new generative AI agents: Inventory Ops Agent: This agent helps planners match supply with demand by guiding attention to mismatches, exceptions, and systemic issues. It includes root cause diagnosis and alternative action recommendation. truck, rail, barges), and sea.
These pressures are progressively pushing companies to consider advanced automation in their supply chains and warehouses. In addition, many companies are facing challenges with volatile demand requirements, short lead times, an inventory comprised of hundreds of brands and thousands of SKUs, etc.
Back in 2019, Joseph Shamir , Founder of ToolsGroup, wrote, “If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected — from extreme weather events to endless political psychodramas to tech startups disrupting whole industries. There is a] need to prepare supply chains not only to survive, but to thrive in chaos.”[1]
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Agentic AI has become a catchphrase and discussion point for logistics teams in just about every industry today, as well as logistics service providers (LSPs). AI agents observe events and ingest data, recognize patterns, develop contextual insights and execute an optimal action, based on predefined rules and parameters.
Supply Chain Matters provides the first of a two-part market education series addressing what we term as broadening the context from warehouse control layer or accelerator to that of supply chain execution orchestration. What is missing is data-driven logistics and decision-making as opposed to solely event or disruption driven.
The event, a premier gathering for freight and logistics leaders, promises to equip attendees with forward-looking strategies amid ongoing U.S.-China ports, trucking networks, and warehouses. Supply chain leaders have grappled with disruptions from events like the U.S.-China “The U.S.
Just-in-time (JIT) inventory models, lean supplier networks, and offshore manufacturing reduced expenses but left companies exposed to disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing geopolitical shifts demonstrated the risks of relying on single-source suppliers and minimal inventory buffers. Resilience is now taking precedence.
For instance, a student struggling with inventory management concepts can receive supplementary materials, interactive simulations, and one-on-one tutoring sessions tailored to their needs. Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects.
Legacy systems, particularly manual inventory tracking and outdated technologies, do not offer the speed or visibility needed for responsive decision making. Businesses are now expected to detect, respond to, and recover from disruptions rapidly, driving demand for tools such as mobile data collection and real time inventory visibility.
As a former COO, overseeing Kaizen events, value-stream mapping analysis , upgrading ERP systems, and implementing customer success programs, I recall how easy it was for functional leaders to get bogged down in their own imperatives and lose sight of the big picture. The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Bad news travels slow.
Other developments to watch for, according to Koganti, include computer vision, which combined with robotics offers the ability to scan store or warehouse shelves and automatically issue order for replenishment, There are already nine billion cameras in the world (seven billion of them in phones).
Factors such as geopolitical shifts, extreme weather events, raw material shortages, and infrastructure challenges can significantly impact operations. Effective demand planning also optimizes inventory levels, reducing costs associated with storage and carrying inventory.
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They’re managed with several point solutions serving supply chain functions, such as warehouse, transportation and order management. This same deep network visibility proves invaluable during other disruptions such as natural disasters and geopolitical events. The result?
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI): Implementing VMI allows suppliers to manage the inventory levels at the customer’s location. Just-in-time (JIT) inventory management: JIT is a lean manufacturing approach where inventory is ordered and delivered just in time for production or customer delivery.
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