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Blockchain for Transparent and Secure Supply Chains, 2025 Update

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-World Impact Blockchain is not an academic exercise, it’s already in use by industry leaders: Renault Group moved its entire supply chain documentation process onto blockchain. It requires: Shared governance across ecosystems. Smart contracts : Automated enforcement of terms, from payment triggers to regulatory compliance.

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Supply Chain Sustainability and the Future of Business

Enterra Insights

The result is a stalemate of epic proportions, as corporations hit the pause button on their climate-related reporting and sustainability increasingly becomes perceived as a burdensome compliance exercise.” That is the top-down pressure coming from governments, regulators, and other global institutions.

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The New Rules of Business: Why Reinvention is the Key to Survival

QAD

Dr. Zhexembayeva suggests an exercise called the 75-to-5 rule. Start by listing the principles that governed success during long business cycles. Rewriting the Rules for a Turbulent World To adapt to todays volatile environment, businesses must acknowledge that the old rules no longer apply.

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Takeaways From the 2024 Holiday Fulfillment Period

Supply Chain Matters

The Numbers Government data along with added adjustments by The National Retail Federation (NRF) indicates that retailers experienced a rather positive 2024 holiday fulfillment period. Late Stage Consumer Buying There is other data that reflects that consumers exercised careful planning along with last-minute shopping actions.

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Top Supply Chain Risks to Prepare for in 2025

Logistics Viewpoints

However, the report summarizes the military drills around Taiwan in recent years and comments that more or bigger Chinese military exercises could disrupt transportation through significant seaports and airports in the region. A full-scale invasion seems unlikely. This may be overly optimistic.

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The New Procurement Reality: Managing the Supply Chain with Artificial & Human Intelligence

Jaggaer

Finance became more powerful with the evolution of the global supply chain, but they tend to lack the knowledge needed to exercise this power. Humans will need to (re)design and evolve the rules of engagement for AI agents: how they interact, how theyre governed, when they escalate. In a variable world, this is an ongoing challenge.

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Revisiting of our 2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

The major labor concern are plans for future port automation Other major labor negotiations among the two nationwide Canadian rail lines and their operational workers resulted in a brief nationwide rail disruption and a subsequent action by the Canadian government to initiate a mediated settlement. businesses was recently ratified.