Freight Waves

JULY 23, 2025

Manhattan Associates, the supply chain software provider whose stock was a wild ride several months ago, reported earnings Tuesday that were cheered by investors and possibly signaled a broader demand turnaround in that sector. The earnings report for the second quarter appears to be changing that narrative.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Billion Acquisition of e2open Australia based logistics software provider WiseTech, developer of logistics execution software CargoWise , announced an agreement to acquire U.S. listed B2B logistics platform provider e2open Parent Holdings for a reported $2.1 WiseTech Announces $2.1 million in total revenues, a decline of 4.8

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Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

Issuances of common shares, net of issuance costs 3.6 The purchase price for the acquisition was approximately $112.7 Cost Reduction Initiatives Considering the economic and global trade uncertainty many Descartes customers are facing, Descartes has undertaken cost reduction initiatives designed to reduce its cost base.

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Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins. According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction. 

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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QAD

MAY 22, 2025

Depending on the nature of your business, your trading partners or your location, this could include procurement strategies, demand planning, logistics, and global trade management among others. Mastering Direct Spend Management Procurement teams generally do not report to the chief supply chain officer.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

The large language models that make up search engines will no longer need keyword searches, instead delivering well-articulated answers by using the semantic context of a query. For example, a dispatcher is responsible for purchasing components for pre-production and stocking of two new products.

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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.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

The software automatically pulls inventory data from your warehouse for a real-time stock count update across all your sales channels. Inventory Planner Inventory Planner helps you optimize your inventory purchasing operations with accurate forecasting and replenishment recommendations. Inventory management integrations 4.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

The software automatically pulls inventory data from your warehouse for a real-time stock count update across all your sales channels. Inventory Planner Inventory Planner helps you optimize your inventory purchasing operations with accurate forecasting and replenishment recommendations. Inventory management integrations 4.

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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. Adjusting customer pricing to align with rapid cost changes for raw materials is difficult in any instance. for use in offshore production.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Transparency and Reliability Since many businesses are selling comparable goods, it can take time for customers to decide which ones are worth purchasing. The software should automatically update inventories and order statuses on your e-commerce website and at the warehouse. But how do you go about creating this trust? Transparency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2025

Creating a comprehensive delivery schedule will help in managing resources effectively, minimize unnecessary trips, and reduce fuel costs. By implementing route­ optimization software or apps, your business can e­ffectively plan delive­ry routes that optimize both time and fue­l consumption.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

According to our 2024 report, Generative AI in the B2B Marketplace , 81% of B2B businesses are already investing in AI, with 79% anticipating increasing their AI budgets within the next year. Sometimes The B2B buyer report revealed that 65% of buyers found AI-powered chatbots to be moderately or extremely helpful when it came to purchases.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2025

Also, 62% of online shoppers in the US say delivery speed is what makes for a good purchase experience. Carbon emissions From recent reports, we could see that carbon emissions are rising to alarming levels causing serious damage to the globe. This number is said to climb up to almost 285 million in 2025.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

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

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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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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. Just-in-time (JIT) inventory offers a leaner, more cost-effective alternative to traditional purchasing and production models.

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Freight Waves

JULY 24, 2025

Tariffs have been a major focus of recent installments of FreightWaves’ monthly State of Freight webinar, held in conjunction with SONAR, but they took a back seat this month to various data points. The OTVI is reflecting what might be expected given that everybody in the sector still sees the freight market in some degree of a recession.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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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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Freight Waves

JULY 25, 2025

The company’s second quarter earnings report was no different. The one positive number the company provided in its earnings report was that Ryder’s used tractor pricing rose 3% sequentially from the first quarter, even as Ryder’s used truck prices overall fell 10% compared to the first three months of the year.

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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.” Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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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. As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Eurasian Rail Freight: Demand for rail freight between Asia and Europe has surged, leading to congestion and longer booking times. Organizations should trial rail options where feasible, weighing higher costs against faster transit. Contingency planning for alternative ports is essential.

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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

So we now turned to Mr. Mesher, arguably the most influential supply chain analysts of all time, which he later parlayed into a highly successful business career as CEO of software firm Descartes Systems. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. 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. What do you say? The general fertility rate of 54.5

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

China-US air freight tumbles on 'de minimis' tariff; airlines adjust routes Air freight capacity between China and the U.S. US freight industry hopes for back-to-school demand boost after tariff truce A 90-day trade thaw between Washington and Beijing could prove to be a welcome reprieve for the U.S. has hired FedEx (FDX.N)

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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

As can be seen, it was a mixed year for our supply chain software stocks, with some big winners, including software firm Kinaxsis (up 149.9%) and Oracle (up 64.4%). Gilmore Says. What do you say? Click here to send us your comments The overall market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, was up a solid 13.4% in the past year.

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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. It is fortunate that this industry offers a wide variety of outstanding hardware and software.

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