Freight Waves

JULY 2, 2025

On June 20, DHL Group announced the immediate promotion of Mark Kunar to CEO of DHL Supply Chain North America to replace Patrick Kelleher, who resigned. Keller only held the job for one year. Kunar is responsible for managing the business across the United States and Canada, leading a workforce of 52,000 associates.

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Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

Descartes Announces Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Financial Results WATERLOO, Ontario and ATLANTA, Georgia, June 4, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Descartes Systems Group Inc. We’re excited for Bill to extend his leadership of our growth successes in North America to our global commercial operations,” said Mr. Ryan. Other charges 3.4

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Freight Waves

JULY 11, 2025

Compass Group, a global leader in foodservice and support services, is teaming up with Illuminate Group to transform cold chain management with a new joint venture, “TemperPack+.” Illuminate Group CEO Tyler Smith noted the increasing need for a reliable and circular model.

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Freight Waves

JULY 15, 2025

DHL Group executives have been playing a game of musical chairs in the past month. Deutsche Post AG is the legal entity that does logistics business worldwide as DHL Group. De Bok joined DHL Group in 1999 and was managing director of DHL Supply Chain for several countries and regions, including Italy, the Nordics, and Asia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

Prior to founding FourKites, Matt spent 7 years in the enterprise software space working for market leaders such as Oracle Corp and i2 Technologies/JDA Software Group. Matt is passionate about logistics and supply chain management and has a keen sense for how technology can disrupt traditional silo-based planning and execution.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 9, 2025

Bristlecone, a Mahindra Group company and the industry’s largest pure-play supply chain services provider, today announced the appointment of Lakshmanan Chidambaram (CTL) as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, effective July 1, 2025. He is also a member of the Mahindra Group Executive Board.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The report indicated that Starbucks ’s company owned stores across North America were impacted, impacting the ability to manage the schedules of baristas and resulting in store managers having to manually calculate store employees compensation. All rights reserved.

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Freight Waves

JULY 16, 2025

In North America, Mexico had the most overall cargo theft incidents at 63% during the quarter, the U.S. accounted for 32% and Canada had 3%, according to BSI’s second-quarter report.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

The company has a global workforce with customers across North America , Europe , and Asia , along with a leadership team that is 57 percent female. Descartes Acquires PakageRoute SaaS logistics technology provider Descartes Systems Group announced that it has acquired PackageGroup , a provider of final-mile carrier capabilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

In 2023 , a worker strike among delivery and logistics workers at parcel carrier UPS was characterized by The Wall Street Journal as being “ the largest collective bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America.” Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 8, 2025

Reportedly, this partnership will include a midmarket team of sellers in North America and EMEA regions within Infor for the selling of this capability. Databricks was founded in 2013 by a group of seven data scientists. Bob Ferrari Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog.

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

Tariffs and rising import costs make overseas production less attractive, prompting companies to shift operations back to North America. -China trade tensions driving businesses to reconsider offshore manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2025

SAP RISE Program’s Concealed Cost Increases In a published commentary earlier in June, Executive Editor Bob Ferrari highlighted observations of enterprise and Cloud ERP provider’s annual Sapphire North America customer conference. © Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 7, 2025

With more than 150 years of operations, Kraft Heinz runs one of the most complex supply chains in the food and beverage industry, managing over 5,000 SKUs across more than 30 factories and 100 distribution points in North America alone. But complexity came with challenges. Is it usable? Can we implement this remotely?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Blue Yonder transportation management immediately began generating up to $14 million a year in freight cost reductions in North America compared to our previous manual methods. These customers included Ardagh Group, Coca Cola Southwest Beverages, Dawn Foods, Dole Packaged Foods, Merit Medical, Micron, onsemi, Paccar, and Solidigm.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Kinaxis has further indicated in a Linked-In posting that Jeff Flammer is being appointed as Senior Vice President of North America Sales. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 9, 2025

At aim10x Europe, Stefano Pietroni, Group Vice President of Supply Chain Design, Planning, and Customer Service, and Patrizia Urbani, Global IT Vice President for Supply Chain and related functions, shared how the company is repositioning planning from a back-office function to a strategic business enabler. Each phase builds on the last.”

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Bristlecone

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Bristlecone is headquartered in San Jose, California, with locations across North America, Europe, and Asia. It is part of the Mahindra Group. Learn more at www.bristlecone.com. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 3, 2025

In the Hackett Groups Enterprise Key Issues Study , 89% of executives across business functions said their organizations are advancing GenAI initiatives, up from 16% in the prior year. Elizabeth elaborated on the Hackett Groups findings regarding Procurement Trends with a Transformational Impact.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 24, 2025

Reportedly, this partnership will include a midmarket team of sellers in North America and EMEA regions within Infor for the selling of this capability. Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For further information, please visit the ketteQ.com Bob Ferrari Founder and Executive Editor © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post ketteQ the Newest Sponsor of Supply Chain Matters first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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QAD

MAY 1, 2025

KION Group AG: A 360 Procurement Transformation One of the most inspiring examples is the KION Group, a global leader in material handling solutions. By implementing QAD SRM, they were able to standardize these processes globally, creating consistency from North America to EMEA and APAC. His takeaway?

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IQMS

JANUARY 20, 2023

That message was brought home by a recent 3DS Innovation and Collaboration Study conducted by The MPI Group. Despite the clear benefits, The MPI Group found that less than half of the companies in their research had excellent collaboration between their leadership functions and other functions within the organization.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2025

The investment was led by Altira Group and Aramco Ventures , with participation from existing investors NEA, KDT , and Activant. DHL Supply Chain , the Groups contract logistics division introduced Stretch commercially in North America in 2023 and more recently, has expanded deployments to the United Kingdom and across Europe.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Michael Hartshorn - Group President and Chief Operating Officer Williams-Sonoma Q1 ending May 4. And fourth, assessing selective pricing actions and further reductions in discounting, both in North America and in our other regions, with a continued focus on providing a compelling value proposition to our consumers.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

In 2024, cargo theft incidents surged to 3,625 across North America, a 27% year-over-year increase, with losses exceeding $455 million and an average loss per theft of $202,364. million Details: A group smuggled 479 kg of cocaine and handguns via trucks. Link: FreightWaves: Was the $1.4

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

Global EV sales rise in May as China hits 2025 peak -Rho Motion Global sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 24% in May compared with the same period a year ago, as strength in China offset slower growth in North America, according to market research firm Rho Motion. This week's U.N.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

For several years, Ferrero has been seeking to grow its business in North America, making a series of acquisitions, including Nestlé’s U.S. confectionary business in 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Prior to founding FourKites, Matt spent 7 years in the enterprise software space working for market leaders such as Oracle Corp and i2 Technologies/JDA Software Group. Matt is passionate about logistics and supply chain management and has a keen sense for how technology can disrupt traditional silo-based planning and execution.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Execs at the world’s biggest truck maker, including Daimler Truck North America CEO John O’Leary, told analysts and investors the company was pumping the brakes on investment in alternative powertrains, particularly in North America. ( As one group said we spend most of our time hiding money.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European supply chain industry is comparable in size — by some measures bigger — than the North American supply chain industry. Europe is also more complex than North America, given factors such as the sheer number of countries and the wide variability in policies, infrastructure and the like.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

A number of ARC Advisory Group research initiatives have shown that the lack of available labor, rising labor costs, and limited labor reliability are widespread concerns for warehouse operators. Software emerged in North America, quickly followed by Western Europe, then parts of Asia, and finally Latin America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

Part of this transformation is focused on a move away from an increasingly complex matrix structure to a more agile model based around five Business Groups – Nutrition, Personal Care, Home Care, Beauty & Well Being, and Ice Cream. In the past, Mr. Smith explained different business groups were using different planning solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In SCP, they have one of the largest practices in North America. Open Sky Group is perhaps best known for being Blue Yonder’s largest dedicated WMS partner. Spinnaker SCA does more supply chain planning (SCP) system integration and consulting than any other boutique in North America.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. To prove the concept, Nick decided to run a simulation and tested the North America market. North America Simulation Output. Talking numbers worked. Ask for Help.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

World Kitchen’s supply chain– with significant manufacturing and distribution operations throughout North America and Asia– was complex. The group worked together to gain an understanding of the right fit of products with low volume and profit. Categorize. Categorization of Products for Review.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2023

Jim is the President, Life Sciences & Healthcare DHL Supply Chain North America. About Jim Saponaro Jim Saponaro is the President, Life Sciences & Healthcare DHL Supply Chain North America. Jim Saponaro and Joe Lynch discuss the life sciences and healthcare supply chain. ft in warehousing space.

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