Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains. Labor activism in the form of labor contract negotiations among U.S.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Blue Yonder – A Leader in Supply Chain Management At Blue Yonder we are proud to announce that we have been recognized as a Leader in what we believe are three major areas by top industry analysts. Seedcom Logistics implemented Blue Yonder Warehouse Management to streamline their processes and optimize inventory management.

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Bristlecone

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Bristlecone, the industrys largest pure-play supply chain service provider, is thrilled to announce its recognition in the 2024 Gartner Market Guide for Supply Chain Strategy, Planning and Operations Consulting [1] and Market Guide for Supply Chain Planning Solutions Systems Integrators [2].

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers Now for those statistics I mentioned. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2025

Gartner has recognized Blue Yonder as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems 1 report for the 14th consecutive time 2. We continue to solidify our position as a pioneer in the supply chain management space, demonstrating remarkable growth and innovation, underscoring our robust market presence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2025

” At that time, the sales organization used more point-of-sale data than their competitors, they had an impressive and innovative IT team, and their supply chain processes were what I considered best-in-class. And, this company was celebrated as #17 on the Gartner Top 25? Over time, as I watched, this changed.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2025

We proudly announce that Blue Yonder has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 1 for the 14th consecutive year 2. Blue Yonder supports businesses throughout the entire supply chain, from initial to final delivery and back.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 7, 2025

This is a lesson weve learned at Exiger after helping many of the Fortune 500 and government agencies around the world to map, manage, and orchestrate their complex, global supply chains. Data Accuracy and Transparency Mapping and visualizing your supply chain network is imperative.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 17, 2025

As companies across North America and Europe reconfigure their supply chains to reduce dependency on overseas operations in the wake of recently announced tariffs, there is a growing need for fully transparent, granular, and holistic visibility into manufacturing and supply chain operations as a whole. ThroughPut.AI

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2025

As our Supply Chain Matters readers may have noticed from various social media feeds, this week has been one that featured two supply chain technology focused conferences and a noteworthy product release announcement. The application was initially configured for furniture manufacturing and design company MillerKnoll.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 11, 2025

In light of environmental urgency, resource constraints, and the ever-loudening call for social responsibility, traditional linear supply chains are quickly becoming outdated. What is a Circular Supply Chain? Its take, make, dispose model is now seen as wasteful and obsolete.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

The port at Haifa is Israel’s busiest and most important link enabling international trade and exports as well as receiving and processing import containers supplying goods to the local population,” said Gartner VP analyst David Gonzalez.

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ThroughPut

JULY 14, 2025

A lot of companies need to re-examine every item that they sell and source, especially whether it makes sense to stress-test pricing or eliminate the offering altogether. Aankhen CEO Subhash Chowdary has a track record of transforming supply chains for companies like Nestle, Lockheed, Dell, and other leading supply chains.

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ThroughPut

JULY 14, 2025

A lot of companies need to re-examine every item that they sell and source, especially whether it makes sense to stress-test pricing or eliminate the offering altogether. Aankhen CEO Subhash Chowdary has a track record of transforming supply chains for companies like Nestle, Lockheed, Dell, and other leading supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Hansen , economists at the International Monetary Fund, observe, “Historically, supply chains were simple and operated within confined geographic areas. However, in our modern economy, supply chains are highly complex and involve numerous producers around the globe.”[4] So do most supply chain professionals.

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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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Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

According to Gartner’s 2024 Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence , predictive analytics is considered a traditional AI capability that is increasingly being integrated into enterprise application suites such as ERP, CRM, digital workplace, supply chain, and knowledge management systems.

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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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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 24, 2025

We always start with a check on the US and global economy, as that has such an impact in the end on supply chain practice. What is your reaction of 1H supply chain 2025 in numbers and charts? This week, we offer our popular look at the first six months of 2025 in numbers and charts. Gilmore Says. What do you say?

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 17, 2025

Scrapy – Open-Source Framework for Custom Data Extraction Scrapy is the power tool for developers. It’s free and open-source, making it ideal for tech-savvy teams or startups building their own data pipelines. It’s free and open-source, making it ideal for tech-savvy teams or startups building their own data pipelines.

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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

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. Newly Critical Suppliers : Materials, logistics, tech: sectors once peripheral now sit at the heart of defence supply.

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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. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being.

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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. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. But supply chain managers make decsions and use organizational resources that impact a company's financial well being. 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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