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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 1, 2025
Photo: iStock/South_agency July 2, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor How does a retailer stay ahead of the dizzying number of factors that go into whether it can sell what it puts on the shelves at a profit? Combining them, you have two unmatched things coming together,” Petro says.
Freight Waves
JULY 12, 2025
A wave of uncertainty When the tariffs were paused (currently set to expire in August), shippers quickly resumed ordering—both to make up for delayed shipments and to ensure sufficient inventory ahead of potential demand spikes. More importantly, inventory costs have risen even faster—driven by tariffs and rising warehousing expenses.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 21, 2025
Optimizing costs – Efficient sourcing, logistics, and inventory management improve profit margins – crucial as startups seek profitability. Smart contracts – Blockchain-based smart contracts increase procurement efficiency and transparency. Agile, flexible supply chains are crucial for hypergrowth.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
This shift, driven by regulation and growing public pressure, investor scrutiny and retailer mandates, is redefining a successful CPG business. Retailers are following suit. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains.
Jaggaer
MAY 8, 2025
I am a big believer in procurement getting involved as early as possible in new product development based on all the market knowledge available. The worst-case scenario is product engineering developing a new product, selecting a supplier and then telling procurement to get on with negotiation.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 13, 2025
For a retailer, that might take the form of guidance as to where and how much to produce items, how to transport them, and where to position them in a manner that best reflects actual consumer demand. What makes mathematical optimization especially valuable, Yurchisin says, is its prescriptive — as opposed to merely descriptive — nature.
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