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. In terms of inventory strategy, First Insight assigns each SKU a unique “Value Score” based on a range of factors, including pricing, likeability and consumers’ likelihood of purchase.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

At the same time, companies have been forced to pull forward inventory purchases, creating a squeeze where carrying costs are up while cash flow is tight. Until a trailer is unloaded and the warehouse records that inventory, it’s not reflected in the companys warehouse management systems.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

This may include efforts such as sourcing new vendors and route optimization, while long-term strategies should focus on building supply chain resilience against future tariff fluctuations. This might involve consolidating shipments, reducing excess inventory or adjusting delivery schedules to reduce 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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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For instance, a student struggling with inventory management concepts can receive supplementary materials, interactive simulations, and one-on-one tutoring sessions tailored to their needs. MTSS platforms enhance collaboration capabilities by offering features such as group project modules, discussion forums, and peer review systems.

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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.

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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

JUNE 16, 2025

Encouraging fleet managers to participate in these groups can help them stay informed and connected to best practices. Leadership can be a lonely road—give your managers a chance to learn, vent, and grow alongside others walking the same path. Focus on retention by reducing burnout.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Much of this added container volume is attributed to either retailers front-loading their Q4 inventory purchases, or diversions related either to the likely threat of a U.S. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. East and Gulf Coast port disruption in Q1-2025.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Network Design Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses. Place your main inventory holdings close to your logistic partner’s central hub.

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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. Sources: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions, Pia Orup Lund, Tim Payne, et al.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

This in the second half of 2024, businesses front-ended added inventory purchases to mitigate higher costs of goods. That has generally driving up safety stock inventory levels and warehousing costs. percent in inventory storage and carrying costs, and 2.8 As the results of the U.S. Costs in all of 2024 rose a reported 5.4

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RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2025

In a recent webinar , Jason Miller, Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, highlighted this complexity: “Monthly and quarterly inventory reports…group all categories togetherInventories are up. Inventories are down. What should we do?

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 19, 2025

Loans can save you everything, from funding inventory purchases to pay for innovations in common functions. Grown from the concept of the e-commerce supply chain – end-to-end process from product sourcing through delivery, it has become the determining factor in a business advantage. Jared Weitz is a U.S.-based

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

Haifa port, which was privatized in 2022, is owned 70% by Indias Adani Ports while the remaining 30% is held by Israels Gadot Group. The ocean carrier said it had not experienced any further disruptions to its scheduled operations in the region.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2025

This capability combines tariff-specific inputs, sourcing logic, pricing levers, and demand modeling so companies can assess margin risk, teat strategies, and evaluate trade-offs. Bob Ferrari Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. All rights reserved.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy. Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States. During that period, the vast majority of our supplier partners developed diversified sourcing strategies across several countries, including the United States.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 27, 2025

Phishing emails are a common source of ransomware attacks. Lack of visibility remains a basic challenge, as groups struggle to oversee their extended supplier networks completely. Phishing and social engineering. These are the primary attack methods , with cyber criminals targeting supply chain employees to gain initial access.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

Shift to Ocean During a Freightos webinar in January, Judah Levine, Freightos’ head of research, said that there are signs that some Chinese exporters and US e-commerce importers or sellers are starting to build up inventories via ocean freight in potential anticipation of stricter de minimis rules. fulfillment center network.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 29, 2025

The only loser in our index for the week was warehouse developer Prologis, down just 0.1%. See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

It is tempting to immediately map these ideas onto physical warehousing, kitting and localisation services, truck fleets, railroad wagons, and the like, with their armies of operators, drivers and maintenance staff. Reducing the number of human operators in transport and warehousing is constantly on companies minds.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

At least three carmakers, including Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. and China FAW Group Co. issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It helps manage purchasing, supplier relationships, and order processing while integrating procurement with finance, inventory, and other core business functions. Inventory Management Integration ERP systems integrate procurement with inventory, automatically updating stock levels and triggering reorder points when needed.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 13, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 7, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 6, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 22, 2025

See performance for the past week, month and year for each stock and the whole index in the chart below: Source: SCDigest Feedback No Feedback on this article yet. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 18, 2025

Collaborative Supplier Relationships In 2025, the most successful contractors build reliable, data-informed relationships with a core group of suppliers who understand their timelines and volume needs. Predictive Insights for Inventory and Scheduling Forecasting used to be a quarterly affair.

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EFT

JULY 15, 2025

tariffs: stop offering less-popular styles during the holiday shopping season so they can avoid having to offer discounts to move inventory. Blackstone ups offer to $666 million in battle for UK's Warehouse REIT U.S. on Thursday raised its offer for Warehouse REIT (WHRW.L) has a simple strategy to deal with U.S.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Entry-Level Positions Entry-level supply chain roles, such as logistics coordinators or inventory analysts, provide foundational skills and require analytical abilities, attention to detail, and software proficiency to manage shipments and stock effectively. Certifications such as CPIM or CSCMP enhance credentials and career prospects.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We have another one that is commercially available as well called Stretch, which is a logistics and warehouse robot used for moving boxes, say, up to 50 pounds. We have a unique history having been owned by Google for five years and owned by SoftBank for a couple of years before Hyundai Motor Group bought 80% of the company back in 2021.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Semiconductor companies are using generative AI-driven tariff modelers to simulate trade scenarios, optimize sourcing and respond to shifting policies. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are deploying AI to track the origin of thousands of components, model tariff impacts and drive faster sourcing decisions. Know your data.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2025

For example, setting internal benchmarks for racial representation in leadership or offering programming limited to particular identity groups are likely to be challenged as contrary to EO 14173 and unlawful under Title VII.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

The group was stress-tested during the pandemic, and this experience has resulted in a calm and collected mood.,” While it does improve individual productivity, that productivity isn’t adding up at the department or group level.” Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

And did you know Amazon has already deployed more than one million warehouse robots of multiple types? The goal, he said, is to turn future warehouse robots into assistants that can respond to verbal commands, such as to unload a trailer. The robotic warehouse era is surely here. Any reaction to the this article ?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Kai Furmans Professor, KIT Posted on: May, 22 2017 I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030. I've learned that one doesn't have to remind Germany about your EDI orders.

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