3PL Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

With Detroit’s legacy as the Motor City, the region is home to countless manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors deeply embedded in the global automotive supply chain. Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions Global disruptions often lead to delays at ports, congested rail yards, and increased transportation costs. Here’s how.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Meanwhile, LogiSYM Asia Pacific, a well-established event with over a decade of history, brought together professionals from supply chain, logistics, and shipping sectors for strategic discussions on resilience, digitalization, sustainability, and global trade dynamics. New exhibitors added fresh momentum to the mobile robotics segment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence Americans are spending upwards of 4.1 This capital will help scale the company’s Shared Autonomy Platform and expand manufacturing for its TWA Reach forklifts, which integrate AI-driven autonomy with human oversight to optimize labor and safety in warehouse operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The transportation, logistics, and energy storage sectors are undergoing profound transformation, driven by rapid technological advancements, evolving consumer expectations, and the global pursuit of sustainability. For instance, global EV adoption is projected to reach 40% of total vehicle sales by 2030, according to BloombergNEF.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance. Just be prepared for anything and keep going.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This strategic partnership aims to improve demand planning efficiency, optimize inventory performance, and elevate service levels. The company’s dynamic approach and commitment to innovation have fueled its expansion to five strategically located warehouses, enabling comprehensive coverage of Central and Southern Italy. “In

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

They emphasized being an Industry Cloud Complete Company with industry-specific solutions for over 2000 micro verticals across Process Manufacturing, Distribution, Service Industries, and Discrete Manufacturing. Additionally, I asked about the impact of automation on the warehouse floor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. Relex will continue to do well in the retail market but will struggle to be a serious player in manufacturing due to the lack of thought leadership. Will this change the market? I don’t think so.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and upended the global economy, supply chain experts insisted that supply chain resilience was essential. Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. … My conclusion?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain In the rush to adjust sourcing strategies in line with current trends in international trade, the answer might be to think small.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Supply chains are the backbone of global trade that ensure the smooth movement of goods and materials across industries. Improve collaboration between suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics partners. These include alternative sourcing strategies, backup transportation routes, and emergency inventory reserves.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. AI can help.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2025

What makes it mathematical,” Yurchisin explains, “is what comes out of it when you develop a problem, go from beginning to end, then get what’s guaranteed to be the one global optimal solution — there is nothing better.” “If

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Embrace Technology and Data : Use real-time data for demand forecasting, inventory management, and route optimization. Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Regular reviews and joint business planning foster accountability and trust.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As the global automotive industry transitions from primarily producing internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to including electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids, we’re witnessing a true transformation. Getting the mix wrong comes with serious consequences — excess inventory on the one hand, and lost sales on the other.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 29, 2025

From natural disasters and IT issues to fluctuations in global politics, these challenges require strategic planning. For instance, hurricanes may delay shipments while earthquakes disrupt manufacturing operations. Optimize warehouse operations: Efficient use of storage space minimizes expenses while facilitating quick access to goods.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

It employs 450 million people globally, and contributes $1.45 It could do more to accelerate the journey of supply chain operations from the backroom to the boardroom than any other change. That’s because supply chain itself is huge, Koganti argued. In any given country’s economy, it represents around 20% to 30% of GDP. trillion to U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, triggering a ripple effect throughout global supply chains. That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.

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RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

Legacy systems, particularly manual inventory tracking and outdated technologies, do not offer the speed or visibility needed for responsive decision making. For example, manufacturers relying on spreadsheets may overlook delays until production is interrupted. Is Your C-Suite Embracing Tech-Driven Resilience?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Whether its the shock of a pandemic, geopolitics, or global trade wars, the pace and complexity of volatility in todays world is beyond the means of traditional supply chain business practices. Just prior to joining ARC, he was a key contributor on Oracle’s global industry strategy team for utilities.

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Freight Waves

JULY 10, 2025

This year’s theme emphasizes resilience in global supply chains, making Miller’s participation particularly poignant as professionals seek clarity on international economic shifts that ripple through domestic freight operations. ports, trucking networks, and warehouses. “The U.S.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2025

Global supply chains are the ground zero of the impact, rattling importers, exporters and domestic producers alike. These decisions must be made quickly as the full impact of these tariffs begins to cascade through the global trade network. The result?

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

As a result, users may receive decisions that are not objective in terms of identifying specific suppliers, customers, manufacturing facilities or distribution methods. If there’s bias, AI will produce a biased output. Solving AI Challenges To solve such challenges, companies should implement a strong data-governance framework.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The global supply chain landscape is undergoing significant transformations, influenced by rapid technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations, and the intricacies of international commerce. Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights indications providing added evidence that manufacturers and retailers are front loading inventory management actions in attempts to initially hedge against added U.S. We cited indications of the post Lunar New Year ramp-up of global production levels to replenish inventories, more so than in prior years.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 14, 2025

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

Tariffs are reshaping sourcing strategies, forcing tech upgrades, and making inventory planning a lot more complicated. For global businesses relying on real-time logistics and lean inventory models, the question is how prepared is your supply chain when tariffs hit? This would lock up cash and drive-up warehousing costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides the first of a two-part market education series addressing what we term as broadening the context from warehouse control layer or accelerator to that of supply chain execution orchestration.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2025

Today’s companies are also multi-enterprise networks of multi-tier suppliers, distributors, warehouses, carriers, and other partners – which further contributes to the complexity of fractured people, systems, and processes. These knee-jerk reactions then ripple throughout the supply base causing consternation. Bad news travels slow.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses.

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Clear Spider

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Now’s the time for businesses to look back at the strain that rising inflation put on their supply chains and inventory management. In this blog, we’ll explain the impact of rising inflation rates on inventory and supply chain management. This has forced many manufacturers to reevaluate their sourcing and pricing strategies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As supply chains become more complex and globalized, many companies find it beneficial to rely on third-party logistics (3PL) providers to handle some or all of their transportation, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment needs. They offer flexible management of labor, warehouse space, inventory, and transportation assets.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2025

Fertilizer markets over the last five years have undergone extreme price swings due to supply-chain shocks from the global pandemic and a surge in European prices of natural gas, a main input for most nitrogen fertilizers. Major agriculture producers Brazil and India are especially dependent on global markets for fertilizer.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Driven by omni-channel growth and multinational expansion, the global logistics industry is booming — and it’s expected to reach $18 trillion in value by 2030. They need new trucks, new warehousing space, new micro-fulfillment facilities — but high interest rates and rising real estate prices make them reluctant to invest.

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ModusLink Corporation

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply Chain Management – SCM – The Coordinated Process of Producing and Delivering Goods and Services from Suppliers to Consumers – Conceptual Illustration In todays rapidly evolving global marketplace, supply chain disruptions have become a regular occurrence.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Managing spare parts inventory has always been a delicate balancing actexcess inventory ties up capital, while shortages risk costly downtime and production delays. Thats why a growing number of organizations are turning to AI software for spare parts inventory management. What is Spare Parts Inventory Management?

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