Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins.   Make no mistake: cost avoidance can make a significant difference in your long-term spending and prevent future financial risks, such as inflation or supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

If you asked those same leaders what they wished they had in place and are now investing in heavily, the answer would be “supply chain analytics.” Moving from raw, unintegrated data to useful supply chain analytics is expensive — and it takes time. Enter 2025, and we’re facing another major supply chain challenge.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. On sustainability, Gartner says that there was a notable difference between the North American and EMEA regions. On sustainability, Gartner says that there was a notable difference between the North American and EMEA regions. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Gartner analyst Stan Aronow recently ruminated on this topic in a blog post, noting that “There are so many factors that can make us wrong in any time horizon.” Gartner analyst Stan Aronow recently ruminated on this topic in a blog post, noting that “There are so many factors that can make us wrong in any time horizon.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain There’s always been procurement in supply chains — but today’s CPO is a whole different animal. Procurement sits at the center of every global supply chain, for acquisition of raw materials, components, assembly, finished goods, transportation and a range of other business functions.

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 10, 2025

Backed by over €800BN in spending and new EU initiatives such as EDIP and ASAP, it’s redrawing the map of defence supply. From chemicals to chips, and logistics to software, sectors once seen as non-military are now critical to European security — with major implications for sourcing, compliance, and growth.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference.

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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. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Mike Dargis President of asset-based carrier based in the Midwest, Zip Xpress Inc.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. The stated aim of those measures is to bolster domestic manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. In the U.S., An estimated 60% of U.S.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. 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. That’s respect for people.” What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. NMFTA says the new “Cybersecurity Cargo Crime Reduction Framework” is an actionable guide for shippers, carriers, third-party logistics providers and brokers that It outlines key steps parties can take to reduce cargo theft risk. See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.)

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Good advice from Drewry. Any reaction to this Drewy news ? Let us know your thoughts at the Feedback section below.

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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. April On what he calls Liberation Day, President Donald Trump publishes a wide schedule of tariffs on US imports from virtually every other country, creating supply chain chaos. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

Ford CEO Jim Farley said the situation demonstrates the need to develop a domestic supply chain for critical auto components. China has instituted a new approval process for exports of rare earths that has slowed supply lines. “We trade tensions with China.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market 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. trillion, up from $2.44

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Click here to send us your comments Gartners Dwight Klappich, retired last week, after announcing his plan to step down sometime in 2025 earlier in the year. Gartner acquired Meta in 2005, and Klappich’s career and industry profile took off. Whoever takes on his role at Gartner will have some very large shoes to fill for certain.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

The Trump tariffs “are reshaping global supply chains and injecting a high degree of uncertainty into capital investment decisions, causing delays. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. What is going on?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

SupplyChainBrain Gartner: Iran-Israel Conflict a 'Stress Test' for Middle East Supply Chains More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. TuffAir’s strategy was novel, integrating small-aircraft logistics, FAA exemptions, Ohio-based test zones and proprietary software and flight routing technology.” TuffAir isn’t just a cargo startup, it’s a movement for impact, logistics and equity,” its site states.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. ABF’s test of the Semi trounces the standard key performance indicator if taken as a stand-alone metric but also surpasses publicly available data released by carriers in earlier pilot tests and by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. What do you say? An y reaction to t hese stories?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

You are pissy and opinionated in this world of supply chain blandness. The term supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. I have been trying to define it as a supply chain analyst for over fifteen years. The Supply Chain Index. I find it refreshing.” I could taste it.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

As supply chains become more impacted by market disruptions and unpredictable events, they’re also becoming more critical to a company’s customer experience levels and bottom line. Why Monitor Transportation Metrics. Why Monitor Transportation Metrics. Actionable data is one of the most critical business drivers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. Surprisingly, IT research firm Gartner ranks Apple Supply Chain as the best supply chain in the world for 4 years in a row. But, is Apples Supply Chain really the number 1? 1) Apples Supply Chain Model. Supply Chain Model of Apple Inc.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Supply chain management books that are praised by supply chain executives, consultants and supply chain management professionals at all levels. Background In dynamic supply chain management environment, people have to make the quick and decisive actions against various issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. Theme 1: Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic. Theme 4: Sustainability will become an opportunity, not a challenge for supply chains.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 17, 2024

Last week at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2024 conference in Barcelona, the supply chain community gathered for one of the most anticipated events of the year. The conversations were both dynamic and thought-provoking, reflecting the complex and rapidly evolving nature of global supply chains.

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