Freight New York Procurement Warehousing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 2, 2025
Labor shortages in warehousing persist as a significant issue, with a vacancy rate of 7.4%. The report mentions the freight recession, but is largely silent on the impact on business resiliency. While we have end-to-end transactional processes (order to cash and procure-to-pay), there is no end-to-end planning solution.
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.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. AI can integrate with procurement platforms, utility meters, logistics trackers and internet of things sensors to gather real-time data. Retailers are following suit. In the U.S.,
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 20, 2025
According to the New York Times, Iran sent a barrage of missiles into Israel on June 20 that struck in several places, including Haifa, where two people were severely injured. Earlier, Israel announced it had conducted overnight strikes on missile factories and a research center linked to Iran’s nuclear program.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 11, 2025
The New York Times reports that the takeover would combine Ferrero, a family-owned company that makes Tic Tacs, Ferrero Rocher candies and Nutella spreads, with the producer of Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other cereals. billion , the companies announced on July 10.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 8, 2022
Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted late last week to join a union, which is a painful defeat for the e-commerce giant that has aggressively fought unionization efforts in recent years. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.
Freightos
JANUARY 12, 2016
How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.
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