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When Designing the Right Manufacturing Plant, Small Can Be Beautiful

Supply Chain Brain

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. But for many, rising tensions between trading partners, coupled with higher labor and logistics expense, have made that strategy untenable. It could even entail some degree of domestic production.

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Online Platforms Offer Ocean Freight Services to SMBs

Cathy Roberson

However, transportation and logistics costs can be prohibitive. As such, many SMBs turn to online platforms to sell products and for transportation and logistics assistance. International cross-border e-commerce is typically transported by air cargo. are then directly transported to a Walmart fulfillment center.

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Mathematical Optimization: Supply Chain Management by the Numbers

Supply Chain Brain

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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AI: Real or Hype?

Supply Chain Brain

As a result, users may receive decisions that are not objective in terms of identifying specific suppliers, customers, manufacturing facilities or distribution methods. SPECIAL REPORT AI: Real or Hype? If there’s bias, AI will produce a biased output. Resources include the U.S.

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Warehouse P2G Robotics: A Flexible and Affordable Solution

Supply Chain Brain

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.

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Net-Zero Commitments Are Reshaping Carbon Tracking in CPG Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.

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Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Brain

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