RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2025

Nearshoring may cut risk but raise unit cost. Inventory risk breakdown and the jump in accuracy for real-time data 2) Optimized warehouse operations The hidden waste: walking. What works: Digitize repetitive transactions to reduce touches and errors. Extra inventory can cushion shocks but ties up cash and risks waste.

Waste Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2025

This can damage your reputation and reduce sales. Below are a few other ways to help you reduce lead times. Here are some strategies for effective collaboration: Supplier relationship management (SRM): Establishing a strong SRM process fosters open communication and transparency between the business and its suppliers.

Inventory Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

But with the explosion of IoT devices across transportation, warehousing, and distribution, logistics providers face a critical challenge: how to ensure continuous, reliable, and cost-effective communication across diverse physical environments and use cases.

Supply Chain Network Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Edge computing processing data locally, near the source has emerged as a method to address these challenges by reducing latency and improving resiliency. Even with local processing, network variability, particularly in remote warehouses, ports, and along mobile routes, can still cause small but impactful delays.

Real-time Visibility

Shapiro

JULY 18, 2025

Real-time tracking was a novelty, warehouse robotics belonged in sci-fi, and digital collaboration was in its infancy. AI-powered dashboards, autonomous freight, smart warehouses, and full-spectrum visibility platforms like Shapiro 360°. Smart Warehousing Tactics for Modern Missions Warehouse automation has gone tactical.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

1 Vet Automation Vendors for Real Flexibility Not all automation systems are created equal. When evaluating vendors, look for flexibility in both the technology and the implementation model. – Starting small helps your team adjust to new workflows, minimizes risk, and reduces upfront costs. Can your system keep up?

Supply Chain Software

TransAudit

APRIL 17, 2025

From vendor selection to route planning and landed cost forecasting, every part of the process is being affected. Carrier and Freight Strategy Adjustments Tariff-related rerouting has prompted carriers to rethink their strategies: Ocean carriers are restructuring trans-Pacific lanes to avoid ports with elevated duties or delays.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. We were able to make better decisions via automation, while also eliminating days of manual effort.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Impact on vendor relationships. When management shifts frequently, relationships with vendors and service providers become unstable, leading to potential renegotiation delays, lost bulk pricing, and inconsistent service levels. Focus on retention by reducing burnout. Stable leadership strengthens the supply chain overall.

Negotiating Skills

IT Supply Chain

JULY 17, 2025

Here’s how to build a solid vehicle access resilience strategy that protects your supply chain, your drivers, and your sanity. Delayed starts cause missed loading windows, lost dock appointments, and costly premium freight. Step 1: Documented Spare-Key Strategy by Route Criticality Think about spare keys as an insurance policy.

Supply Chain Planning Software

TransAudit

JULY 24, 2025

End-to-End visibility —once a buzzword—is now a business imperative, unlocking the power of data analytics to improve performance, reduce costs, and manage risk with confidence. Key Components of an Effective E2E Visibility Strategy IoT (Internet of Things) Integration The foundation of true end-to-end visibility lies in connected devices.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

The New Demands on Fulfillment Facilities Warehouses today are facing a collision of pressures. If you want to set a fulfillment strategy for the next five to 10 years, you need flexibility without downtime. But the smarter move could be to look up. Consumers expect rapid, error-free delivery. Real estate costs are soaring.

Vendor Strategies

SCMDOJO

JULY 6, 2025

Build Supplier Diversity Into the Strategy A strong procurement ecosystem doesn’t rely on just one source. Instead, it spreads out supply needs across multiple vendors and regions to avoid disruptions when unexpected events occur. This shared visibility reduces lag time and confusion. Warehousing strategy plays a part, too.

Manufacturing Procurement

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Vendor Dynamics: Indicates the complexity and potential risks/opportunities in your supplier base. Vendor Dynamics: Simply tracks the total count of active suppliers you engage with. A very high number might suggest opportunities for consolidation (better leverage, reduced admin). Internal warehouse or planning problems?

Pricing Training

Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy. Over the last several years, we have worked diligently with our vendors to further diversify our global supply chain. Although we are pleased with this reduced dependency, we're not satisfied, and we're working to accelerate our diversification efforts.

Purchasing Skills

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

Her approach blends data-driven strategy with a human touch, helping companies solve complex problems while creating space for collaboration. As Director of Operations at Bettaway and Director of Business Development at PalletTrader, Kristina brings energy, creativity, and a drive for results to the world of logistics and supply chain.

Beverage

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Warehousing and distribution management is nota core skill. Many enterprises have taken heed and determined that inbound and outbound transport and warehousing are consequential processes of their business rather than fundamental or core processes. Why do organisations outsource logistics operations? Performance is sub-optimal.

Warehousing

FLEXE

JULY 9, 2025

Skip to content Learn How Flexible Warehousing Can Be Your Hurricane Season Lifeline Stay Informed Warehousing Solutions Back Warehousing Solutions Warehousing Solutions Flexible Warehousing Infrastructure solves today's challenges. Capacity Reduce network capacity constraints and improve efficiency.

Beverage

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 25, 2025

Additionally, supply chain vulnerabilities, such as weak security in third-party vendors can create entry points for attackers. Secure Your IT Infrastructure Your logistics operations depend on technology, from tracking systems to warehouse management software. If any of these vendors suffer a breach, your data could be at risk.

Risk Management

QAD

JULY 23, 2025

AI in Supply Chain: Transformative Technologies and Strategies Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the supply chain landscape, offering powerful tools to help streamline operations, boost resilience, and increase visibility across every link in the chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The EC has been working closely with different external experts to determine what are the relevant product categories and which should go first — the most likely to make the biggest impact in terms of getting the EU toward the goal of reducing climate emissions,” Brewster says. Complying with the rule will be no easy task.

Manufacturing Procurement

IT Supply Chain

JULY 14, 2025

Managing US Tariff Risks By Jackson Wood (pictured) Director of Industry Strategy, Descartes 142 Views Currently the biggest risk with US tariffs is the instability of policy and the speed at which decisions are implemented. For UK and EU companies this means being proactive is going to be essential to reduce the impact of uncertainty.

Waste Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

That was the minor drop in the American Trucking Associations’ Freight Tonnage Index – leaving it basically flat – in May versus April, according to the ATA this week. in May versus the same period in 2024, as the freight recession continues on. The Index was down 1.3%

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 7, 2025

Why More US Importers Choose DDP Shipping from China in 2025 By Dean Taylor (pictured) Content Writer 108 Views Stop Losing Sleep Over China–USA Freight If you’re importing products from China to the U.S., Maybe your freight forwarder disappeared just when you needed a delivery update. chances are you’ve had a shipment go sideways.

China

Shipsy

JUNE 27, 2025

It acts as the central hub for managing all logistics and freight-related activities within a supply chain. By digitalizing and automating key transport processes, a TMS reduces manual workload, minimizes errors, cuts costs, and ensures faster, more reliable deliveries.

Singapore

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

For smaller fashion brands, as highlighted by Glossy , the financial burden of tariffs can be especially acute, often forcing them to absorb higher costs or shift their sourcing strategies entirely. The crux of the issue isn’t just the added expense but the unpredictability. Suppliers can’t afford to let loyalty override accountability.

Cost Reduction Strategies

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. You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast.

Procurement Solutions

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. You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast.

Procurement Solutions

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 12, 2025

The industry loves its just-in-time approach —parts roll in right when they’re needed to keep warehouses lean—but that leaves zero room for error. Then there’s the cost: skyrocketing freight rates turn a smooth operation into a budget buster. It’s not just about finding new vendors; it’s about rerouting entire networks on the fly.

Automotive

ShipBob

JUNE 9, 2025

Enquiring about specific warehousing projects or services Since a 3PL RFP allows you to clearly describe your brand’s needs, you can get as granular and specific as you need to. This makes RFPs highly useful for enquiring about specific warehousing projects or services. As a result, you can easily compare responses to each other.

3PL

Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With the new year on the horizon, we’re finalizing 2025 supply chain strategies for our most important customers. In order to offer savings to their customers, Aldi uses strategy and innovation to control costs. A crucial part of the process is the logistics of delivering your freight to CVS distribution centers.

Retail

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

Show notes: A white paper from AutoStore: “Key Questions to Ask Warehouse Automation Vendors.” RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Logistics Quality & Metrics Warehouse Automation Warehouse Management Systems Related Articles Warehouses Are on a Journey to Going ‘Dark.’ This episode is sponsored by AutoStore.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

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Supply Chain Design Software

Locus Robotics

MAY 22, 2025

On a recent episode of Warehouse Automation Matters , Chris Caouette, Chief Revenue Officer at North Bay Distribution , shared what brands should really be looking for in a 3PL and why automation is no longer optional. To hear more, listen to the full Warehouse Automation Matters episode. Total landing cost is what really matters.

3PL

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 7, 2025

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Supply Chain Design Software

Cathy Roberson

MARCH 31, 2025

The cost includes, but is not necessarily limited to, paying the vendors/manufacturers for the inventory and transportation and warehousing costs prior to selling the goods. The longer inventory sits in a warehouse or in a physical store, the cost remains on the retailer/manufacturing financial books as a credit.

Reverse Logistics

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 3, 2025

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Supply Chain Design Software