Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

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 also identifies ways to optimize transport costs, on-time deliveries, and emissions.

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ThroughPut

JULY 9, 2025

Behind the scenes of every successful business lies a well-orchestrated machine made up of four critical functions: supply chain, logistics, transportation, and operations. What Is Transportation? Real-World Example: Amazon’s two-day delivery is a result of highly optimized logistics, not just fast transportation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

In an increasingly globalized world, logistics and transportation have taken center stage in the successful operations of businesses worldwide. Emerging from the shadows of standard methods, custom logistics and transportation platforms are shaping the future of the supply chain industry.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

An efficient supply chain strategy is one that takes every aspect of your supply chain into account, from inventory management and warehouse design to freight tendering and transport optimisation. Inventory Management The key starting point is implementing proper ABC analysis, and you need to look at it from multiple angles.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

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. AI can help. The company says its new approach uses agentic AI to transform consumer feedback into profitable retail growth strategies.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2025

From cost fluctuations to sustainability requirements, understanding and addressing these hurdles is essential for smooth logistics. These price changes can ripple through supply chains, affecting freight budgets and delivery schedules. This unpredictability can create capacity challenges and increase transportation costs.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

Today’s digital networks enable continuous real-time optimization where demand signals update instantly across all nodes, inventory positions adjust dynamically, and transportation and warehouse plans reconfigure automatically in response to changing conditions. Third, decision-making is evolving from human-led to AI-augmented.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Inventory levels: Current or expected inventory levels at various locations. Inventory turnover: Inventory turns for each SKU. Transportation options: Costs and lead times for each available transportation mode. Transportation costs: Freight rates, fuel and labour costs, and other transportation expenses.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

AI will also come to the fore to help companies manage their carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability issues, especially reporting, Koganti said, and not least Scope 3 emissions, which are currently the bane of supply chain sustainability.

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Shapiro

JULY 18, 2025

AI-powered dashboards, autonomous freight, smart warehouses, and full-spectrum visibility platforms like Shapiro 360°. In this mission briefing, we’ll explore the technologies rewriting the rules of freight—tools that help importers see farther, move faster, and make smarter decisions with total control. Let us be your encryption key.

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RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

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.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

The Demand for Carbon Accounting The push for sustainability isn’t new, but it has reached a tipping point. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. At the same time, global regulations are tightening.

Rail Software 91

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Shippers need more labor to keep their transportation and distribution activities moving, but employees are becoming harder to find and more expensive to retain. As freight carrier rates and fuel prices rise, and competition for customers heats up, their margins are shrinking. In my recent blog post about the U.S.

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RFgen

JULY 18, 2025

Cost, Proximity and Speed Freight cost per container from Asia to North America has risen by nearly 60 percent since 2020, driven by port congestion and shipping-line rate hikes. RFgen’s inventory management platform automates transactions at the point of activity, giving you an up-to-the-minute view of stock levels across nearshore sites.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

Kevin Smith, the moderator of the panel and the president and CEO of Sustainable Supply Chain Consulting, joked about the title and the logistics environment. The CSCMP report calculates the USBLC as the total of various segment expenditures as well as other activities, such as inventories. Not much has changed.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 26, 2025

The Birth of Containerization The concept of containerization dates back to the late 19th century, with early experiments in using standardized containers for transportation. This standardization allowed for the seamless transfer of goods between different modes of transportation – ships, trucks, and trains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Efficient inventory management prevents excess stock and reduces storage costs, while optimized logistics keep transportation expenses in check. The extensive impact of these improvements is profound, enabling companies to more effectively meet market demands and sustain continuous growth.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This collaborative approach can take various forms, from co-developing new products to jointly managing risks and ensuring sustainability in the supply chain. The result is a vehicle that meets market demands for sustainability and performance while reducing time to market and production costs. Price per mile is only a starting point.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

By implementing an AI-powered planning solution that analyzed inventory levels, forecast needs and guided agents to service revenue-producing assets, the company was able to redefine its business model and save roughly $100 million. The business required 100% vehicle uptime but struggled to meet this goal and manage spare parts inventory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2025

They handle the logistics, paperwork, and regulations involved in transporting chemicals across borders. They oversee packaging, storage, and transportation to maintain quality and safety. Each country has its own set of rules regarding the transportation and handling of chemicals.

Chemicals 74

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 14, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

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.

Warehousing 71

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Our commitment to innovation, excellence, and customer satisfaction has gotten us recognized in Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and Supply Chain Planning (SCP) analyst evaluations. Here’s a closer look at our recognitions and the impact they have on our clients.

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RFgen

MARCH 10, 2025

The problem lies in effectively balancing inventory across the supply chain. When demand surges, inventory needs to rise, and vice-versa. However, as we’ve seen in recent years, predicting these shifts and adjusting inventory accordingly is far from simple.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 31, 2025

This makes them ideal for businesses with fluctuating inventory, seasonal demands, or off-site work that requires compact transport options. From the job site to the warehouse, factory floor to freight terminal, one ton of bags are built to go where the work happens. That adaptability also makes them a win for mobile operations.

Expense Reduction 95

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 4, 2025

Sustainable focus: Huboo is committed to sustainability, using recycled packaging and carbon-offsetting initiatives to reduce its environmental impact. Sustainability leadership: Wincanton leads the way in sustainable logistics, investing in electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles and implementing energy-efficient warehouse solutions.

Third Party Logistics 55

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

I worked in Materials Handling, Warehouse Management, Resource Planning, Industrial Engineering, I/T, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, Executive Leadership, Distribution, Freight Management, Reverse Logistics, Customer Experience and Order Management, and much more.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The DPP is a key part of the EU’s broader Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations (ESPR), which officially entered into force in July of 2024 as part of the region’s stated desire to “accelerate the transition to a circular economy model.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

Centralized medication management platforms allow hospitals to track and manage inventory across departments and facilities in real time. Teams spend less time reconciling inventory manually and more time on strategic, patient-facing work. Yet the complex supply chains behind those therapies are increasingly vulnerable.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

What it doesn’t necessarily mean is simply transporting those Chinese mega-factories to another hemisphere. You want to think about how to sustain manufacturing without being held to the geopolitical situation.” It could even entail some degree of domestic production. And the entire concept remains in its infancy.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2025

Between market volatility, rapid advances in automation and rising customer expectations, transportation leaders are being forced to rethink legacy systems and outdated ways of operating. An Ever-Evolving Market The freight market has never been static, but lately, the pace of change feels faster and more consequential than ever.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 14, 2025

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

Supply chain software is a game-changing tool that offers immense opportunities for growth and success in the transportation services market. Quality loss An issue with global supply chains is the uncertainty around the sustainability and quality of goods produced abroad. Digital Opportunity for 3PL Logistics Operations!

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

The recent port strike, the closed shipping lane that forced a shift to air transport, the bridge that blocked a port, even the grid brownout that slowed manufacturing, might have seemed like random disruptions. The knock-on effects included delivery delays, inventory shortfalls and price spikes across multiple industries.

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