Freight Waves

JUNE 27, 2025

Global market researcher Interact Analysis released a report in January predicting growth in the mobile robotics market would dip by 18% over the next two years. The MHI report predicts robotics and automation will jump from 41% of supply chain leaders using it today to 83% adopting it over the next five years.

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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. How often do your purchase orders change?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

listed B2B logistics platform provider e2open Parent Holdings for a reported $2.1 The Cloud -based e2open platform connects more than 500,000 manufacturing, logistics, channel, and distribution partners as one multi-enterprise network tracking over 18 billion transactions annually. In comparison, WiseTech reported $683.7

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SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

By embedding analytics across logistics, sourcing, and fulfillment, businesses gain the visibility and foresight needed to stay competitive.Analytics-driven leadership is no longer a luxury; it’s the foundation of operational survival in todays volatile business environment. Analytics allows organizations to move beyond intuition.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 1, 2025

It is not just Procurement, Warehouse Management and Shipping. It started to show up in job titles, functional names, metrics, and processes. The movement of goods from one country to the other has been a foundational driver of logistics and freight management in all forms of transportation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

However, this software is expensive to purchase, time-consuming to implement, and requires ongoing maintenance and upgrades. Outsourcing logistics allows companies to leverage these advanced systems and data analytics capabilities without the high costs of ownership. 3PLs can provide higher order accuracy and faster deliveries.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 8, 2025

These systems help ensure compliance with industry standards and optimize financial performance by accurately tracking and managing rebate agreements. They help manufacturers and distributors foster loyalty and encourage bulk purchasing. However, managing these rebates manually can lead to errors and inefficiencies.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Industry experts see increasing use of generative, agentic and predictive AI. AI-driven decision intelligence will be critical for faster optimization of business processes, coupled with better and more precise decision-making at all operational and tactical levels, but how does it work?

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Know exactly what retail buyers expect from you and how to avoid damaging your relationships by reading our Retail Buyer Report. In order to offer savings to their customers, Aldi uses strategy and innovation to control costs. This approach also applies to their transportation and supply chain network.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can automatically process orders and route them to the most optimal fulfillment center, allowing you to seamlessly fulfill orders various sales channels. Inventory Planner Inventory Planner helps you optimize your inventory purchasing operations with accurate forecasting and replenishment recommendations.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can automatically process orders and route them to the most optimal fulfillment center, allowing you to seamlessly fulfill orders various sales channels. Inventory Planner Inventory Planner helps you optimize your inventory purchasing operations with accurate forecasting and replenishment recommendations.

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IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

And increasingly, they are exploring cost-effective nearshoring strategies as a way to gain greater control, shrink transportation times and costs, and improve their competitive position. Optimize inventory management. Adjusting customer pricing to align with rapid cost changes for raw materials is difficult in any instance.

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Ware2Go

MARCH 14, 2025

Your customers want freedom of choice — not just in the goods or services they buy, but also in how those purchases are completed and delivered. That means customers gain a unified experience in which they get to shop, purchase, and receive products seamlessly via their desired method. Consumer expectations are high.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 7, 2025

The result is inflated inventory, missed promise dates, and high freight costs. Multi-tier manufacturing networks Complex routings, constrained capacity, and material availability make it difficult to coordinate across component and assembly plants. This leaves planners guessing which risks are relevant and how to respond.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 7, 2025

A big thanks to Eric Kulisch for alerting the market of OIG’s study) According to the OIG’s report, "Assessment of Changes to Air Transportation Contracts” , the new contract has, so far, lowered USPS’ costs, consolidated air stops, and increased flexibility with lower volume commitments and more planned capacity.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

adults expect to pay more for food this summer compared to last summer due to inflation, and nearly half (47%) expect to pay the same, suggesting 80% report feeling no relief from high grocery prices. SupplyChainBrain Amazon Looks to Expand Rural Delivery Network More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

Meanwhile, Bill Gates investment in transportation signals optimism in a struggling sectorwhat recovery does he foresee? Dive into this week’s round: Top Supply Chain Risks to Prepare for in 2025 This week, Everstream Analytics released its report covering anticipated top supply chain risks for 2025. Steel Corp.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 7, 2025

Partnering with a tech-enabled fulfillment company can enable you greater visibility into stock levels across your sales channels and warehouse locations to inform your procurement strategy for JIT inventory. Monitor and Adapt with Data A data-driven approach is essential for continuous JIT optimization.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Research indicates that up to 75% of firms report positive impacts from outsourcing to logistics service providers (Langley J, Capgemini 2007). While many logistics service providers commenced as transport companies, they have diversified to engage in contract warehousing logistics, freight forwarding plus many other value adding services.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Freight volumes were mixed but mostly down, as the “freight recession” continued on now for more than two years. growth for all 2025, 2.8% for overall global growth, and 4.0% compared to 2024.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Gartner says, adding that “They are approaching the current environment from a data-driven analytical method that wasn’t nearly as prominent five years ago.” It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

When duties render traditional sourcing unprofitable, companies must reconfigure supplier networks, often under tight timelines. With 2025 tariffs increasing component costs, Apple has accelerated efforts to diversify its supply chain. Beyond the U.S., Tariffs also destabilize supply chain operations.

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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. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

In the first facility management was focused on controlling the workforce through individual metrics. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

CSCOs, he says, should reassess existing supplier networks, confirm the viability of current mitigation plans, and address any overreliance on specific geographies to reduce exposure and ensure business continuity. Organizations should trial rail options where feasible, weighing higher costs against faster transit.

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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

JUNE 6, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops.

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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. But according to a report on the data, US birth rates rose only for one demographic: Hispanic women. That left logistics costs as a percent of US GDP down a bit in 2024 to 8.7%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Click here to send us your comments The Cass report showed May shipment volumes in the US were down 3.4%seasonally The monthly report from Cass and partner Tim Denoyer of ACT Research is based on data from the billions of dollars of freight bills that Cass pays for its shipper clients. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

Meanwhile, our supply chain and logistics stock index, which is made up of more than 20 stocks across freight carriers, logistics service providers, and supply chain hardware and software vendors, lagged the S&P, with a gain of just 10.3% in the past year, using an unweighted average of the 22 stocks in the index.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. Again this year, Penske Logistics funded the report development. Somewhere along the way, CSCMP took over the sponsorship.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

It built out its ground network alongside its air service and took the invention of e-commerce in stride. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions. It built out its ground network alongside its air service and took the invention of e-commerce in stride. What do you say?

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