RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It’s a holistic approach that blends strategic planning, streamlined processes, and the right technology to transform your warehouse into a well-oiled, profit-generating machine. Eight proven optimization strategies, combining technology, best practices, and sustainable solutions.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2025

Consider this your business suddenly faces a major supply chain disruption. But the truth is, a fragile supply chain can make or break your companys success in today’s world. But the truth is, a fragile supply chain can make or break your companys success in today’s world.

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A ransomware attack targeting supply chain technology provider Blue Yonder has occurred and has reportedly caused the disruption of operations for a number of U.S. As of yesterday’s report, indications were that the software provider had not shared a timeline as to when the impacted systems would be restored.

Supply Chain Planning Software

AB&R

DECEMBER 10, 2024

American Barcode & RFID (AB&R) has successfully navigated the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain management. As businesses grapple with increasingly complex logistics challenges, a powerful technology has emerged as the linchpin of supply chain management: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

Supply Chain Software

TransAudit

JULY 24, 2025

As global supply chains grow more fragmented , the need to connect systems, standardize data, and act on insights has never been greater. In this article, we explore what true end-to-end visibility looks like, the tools that enable it, and how companies like Trans Audit help make sense of it all.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 6, 2025

These ecosystems rely on robust technologies to function efficiently and securely. One such technology that has emerged as the bedrock of digital ecosystems is blockchain. Understanding Blockchain Technology What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that underpins cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Supply Chain Design Software

RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

Organizing a warehouse in 2025 requires blending time tested practices with modern technology. Warehouse managers and manufacturing businesses face a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment across multiple channels, complex production processes, and an unpredictable supply chain. Balance aisle width and storage density.

Inventory Reduction

RFgen

MARCH 10, 2025

Supply chain disruptions have become all too common. The problem lies in effectively balancing inventory across the supply chain. This critical aspect of optimization is often overshadowed by flashier supply chain trends. When demand surges, inventory needs to rise, and vice-versa.

Optimal Sourcing

RFgen

JANUARY 21, 2025

The global supply chain is transforming rapidly. Rapid technological advancements offer opportunities but require constant adaptation. Therefore, traditional supply chain management is no longer enough; businesses must embrace new strategies to thrive.

Supply Chain Software

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

I recently hosted a webinar in which our star speaker was Lora Cecere, Founder at Supply Chain Insight. Supply chain management typically does not fit very well with procurement, which is a challenge at the best of times, and can be a disaster in difficult times. As late as the 1990s, supply chains were very local.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

New Roles and Skills likely to Emerge, Gartner’s Abdil Tunca Says July 30, 2025 Supply Chain Digest Says. In a recent blog post, Tunca had this to say: “CSCOs must develop an organizational structure to support the management of growing fleets of robots by creating a warehouse automation strategy.”

Warehousing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that, with the exception of high-performing organizations, 40% of logistics leaders cite the struggle to realize value from existing technology investments What do you say?

Logistics Network Optimization Software

IQMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We first saw the post-era of Y2K, followed by the market crash of 2008, and now the post-COVID business pressures on supply and demand. The geopolitical situation – Changes in the global landscape are affecting supply chains. In response, a growing number of North American manufacturers are pivoting to reshoring.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 14, 2025

In the ever-evolving world of technology, smart contracts have emerged as a groundbreaking innovation with the potential to bridge the gap between Bitcoin casinos and supply chain efficiency. Smart contracts revolutionize this experience by automating the payout process. This can be time-consuming and prone to errors.

Sourcing Strategies

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?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. Gilmore Says.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging,” the article this week says, adding that “In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.”

Supply Chain Design Software

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.

Price Reduction

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.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The differences continue: In my rough estimate labor productivity in the second facility is about twice that of the first even with less automation. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. See More Below) CATEGORY SPONSOR: SOFTEON According to Drewry, these risks are more harmful for companies shipping low-value products, as an extra $2,000 in freight cost per container can kill the margin in such cases.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software

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. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software

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.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Pre-tariff shipping was not enough to tighten the market balance even as seasonality improved in May,” Denoyer said. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5%

Supply Chain Design Software

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. The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

A strange as it may seem for todays generation, in the early days of bar coding (1980s and through much of the 1990s), the technology had many pitfalls. Supply Chain Digest Says. The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to Rob Mortimer, CEO of Fuelre4m, a Dubai-based firm that uses fuel technology to cut emissions, writing this week on the web site of the Maritime Executive “That’s not a long-term projection. Not technologically. So why isn’t there a stampede for this technology?

South Africa

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

In recent years, Klappich has turned some his attention to research on warehouse automation generally and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) specifically, where he has carved out a similar thought leadership position. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 31, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Company dissatisfaction with supply chain planning is growing. The growing dissatisfaction is on the inadequacies of today’s technologies. Yesterday, I facilitated a group of business leaders attempting to drive innovation in supply chain practices. Five years are a long time in the technology space.

Supply Chain Planning Software