Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Edge computing processing data locally, near the source has emerged as a method to address these challenges by reducing latency and improving resiliency. The glasses process inventory and product picking data locally, reducing the time needed to retrieve and fulfill orders compared to fully cloud-dependent systems.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Seedcom Logistics implemented Blue Yonder Warehouse Management to streamline their processes and optimize inventory management. Kimberly-Clark leveraged Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve significant freight cost reductions and operational efficiencies. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 15, 2025

This start-ups technology is based on the open-source database PostgreSQL. Established in 2021 in the United Kingdom based software provider Pledge reportedly brings accessibility and transparency to freight emissions measurement and reporting. We built Atomic to be the inventory planning system we always wished we had.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy. Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States. During that period, the vast majority of our supplier partners developed diversified sourcing strategies across several countries, including the United States.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The biggest losers for the week were software firm Descartes Systems, down 11.8%, and RFID firm Impinj, off 0.6%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 13, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The top loser in our index for the week was software firm Descartes Systems, down 3.2%, followed by USP, which fell 2.7%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 7, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The biggest losers for the week were RFID firm Impinj, down 8.0%, and SAP, off 5.3%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 29, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The only loser in our index for the week was warehouse developer Prologis, down just 0.1%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 6, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The only loser in our index for the week was software firm Kinaxsis, down just 0.3%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 22, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. The biggest losers for the week were Oracle, down 4.7%, and carrier Old Dominion, off 2.3%.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

Haifa port, which was privatized in 2022, is owned 70% by Indias Adani Ports while the remaining 30% is held by Israels Gadot Group. The ocean carrier said it had not experienced any further disruptions to its scheduled operations in the region.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

At least three carmakers, including Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. and China FAW Group Co. issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry.

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EFT

JULY 15, 2025

Mosel river in Germany reopened to shipping, damaged lock working Inland waterways freight shipping on the river Mosel in western Germany is back to normal with ships able to use a damaged lock for sailings in both directions on the river, navigation authorities said on Friday. has a simple strategy to deal with U.S.

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EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

President Donald Trump, the head of the VDA auto industry lobby group said an interview published on Friday. Shipping firm Maersk temporarily pauses Haifa port calls Container shipping company Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said on Friday it had temporarily paused vessel calls at Israel's Haifa port, amid the country's escalating conflict with Iran.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Both contribute to overall sourcing cost savings. For example, cutting inventory to save money could result in stockouts, delayed orders, backorders, and missed customer opportunities. When companies group purchases, they can use increased negotiation power to secure superior pricing, service, and contract conditions.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Semiconductor companies are using generative AI-driven tariff modelers to simulate trade scenarios, optimize sourcing and respond to shifting policies. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are deploying AI to track the origin of thousands of components, model tariff impacts and drive faster sourcing decisions. Know your data.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2025

For example, setting internal benchmarks for racial representation in leadership or offering programming limited to particular identity groups are likely to be challenged as contrary to EO 14173 and unlawful under Title VII.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

The group was stress-tested during the pandemic, and this experience has resulted in a calm and collected mood.,” While it does improve individual productivity, that productivity isn’t adding up at the department or group level.” Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft. (at What do you say?

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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.”

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Ongoing disruptions in the Middle East are driving up supply chain costs across energy, transportation, insurance, inventory, and technology. Eurasian Rail Freight: Demand for rail freight between Asia and Europe has surged, leading to congestion and longer booking times. Supply Chain Digest Says. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

All that is distant memory now, as the maker of freight trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells announced it had begun selling off its assets. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Work with support sources that can significantly contribute to the planning, training and implementation processes at a systems level. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Be certain that both hardware and software issues can be addressed. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Source: State of Logstics Report 2025 May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese saying goes. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Bigger Risk Naval groups are also warning of greater risk. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group issued fresh threats against U.S. Calls and emails to the ministry weren’t immediately responded to outside usual working hours. airstrikes mean U.S.-linked linked ships sailing through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden face a high risk of attack.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

He began his analyst career in 2003 at a company called Meta Group, then the second largest research firm in the industry. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

And the letter to Brazil also presents a warning shot to the BRICS group of developing nations, which Trump has cast as a threat to the U.S. Brazil is the first country to receive one of Trump’s tariff notifications that was not on the initial list of trading partners when he announced higher so-called reciprocal tariffs in April.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 25, 2025

A group of 13 state attorneys general from both parties has formally objected , warning that it threatens civil rights and consumer protections. But in doing so, as Fierce Healthcare points out, the bill even overrides state protections already in place to guard against algorithmic bias, opaque decision-making and consumer harm.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

The Inventories Index registered 49.2, meaning companies in total decreased inventory in the month, but at a slower pace. A ‘too low’ status for the Customers’ Inventories Index is usually considered positive for future production.” (See Source: ISM However, of the 18 sectors tracked by ISM, 9 reported growth in June.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. Always have enough to Sell / Produce 2.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

Lapo Civiletti, the chief executive of the Italian group, said in the July 10 announcement that the deal would expand Ferrero’s presence in North America and help the company move beyond its candy and snack offerings. confectionary business in 2018.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 15, 2025

Although the Florida Tomato Exchange trade group praised the new tariffs as an "enormous victory for American tomato farmers," Mexicos Economic Secretary Marcelo Ebrard warned that it would be "impossible to substitute Mexican tomatoes" without seeing dramatically higher prices for consumers. That ends today," Lutnick said.

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