Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2025

In addition, other infrastructure repairs which impact freight transportation in and around Ashville, North Carolina are still not completed. These events impacted everything from facility operations and transportation routes to energy costs and inventory management. tallying a staggering $182 billion in damages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Bob Gill, General Manager of ARC Advisory Group (right), presented the award to Dave Ching, Head of Sales for Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand (left). Kole AMR integrated with a robotic picking arm in action Kole Robotics, another new participant, presented its range of AMR solutions for retrieval of totes at elevated height.

Asia

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2025

While each presents unique benefits, their value depends on disciplined implementation and integration into business-critical workflows. Among Tier 1 retailers and logistics service providers, AI is embedded in planning, inventory control, and exception resolution. shifting macroeconomic indicators).

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

In an increasingly globalized world, logistics and transportation have taken center stage in the successful operations of businesses worldwide. Emerging from the shadows of standard methods, custom logistics and transportation platforms are shaping the future of the supply chain industry.

Supply Chain Design Software

Kinaxis

AUGUST 1, 2025

Create a comprehensive inventory that maps each product to its tariff classification, current duty rates, and potential increases under various scenarios. Your kanban and inventory strategies need tactical adjustments to prevent operational stalls. The key metric here is landed cost impact. Tariffs disrupt both assumptions.

Negotiating Skills

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

His keynote address highlighted the company’s recent accomplishments, such as the introduction of a new inventory planning solution, substantial investments in research and development, and advancements in artificial intelligence. The company has also focused on AI integration, with AI agents now available on their platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Together, they presented the vision for the future and innovation priorities. A customer case story presented showed significant speed improvements in identifying process issues and reductions in employee time spent on this task, potentially leading to substantial annual savings through improved early payment discounts.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technological Advancements Real-time inventory tracking and predictive analytics give leading firms a competitive edge. Optimize Inventory and Pricing Use AI-driven insights for stock mix optimization and dynamic pricing, reducing excess stock while meeting service level goals.

Price Reduction

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. Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects.

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Freight Waves

JULY 12, 2025

While “typical” has become a relative term in recent years due to shifting and increasingly normalized shipping behaviors, this early peak offers valuable insight into what transportation markets might expect for the remainder of 2025. This situation presents a double-edged sword for many companies. ports from around the world.

Purchasing Skills

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Specifically, the company announced the release of five, new generative AI agents: Inventory Ops Agent: This agent helps planners match supply with demand by guiding attention to mismatches, exceptions, and systemic issues. It also identifies ways to optimize transport costs, on-time deliveries, and emissions.

Supply Chain Design Software

Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

The first part of the presentation was led by Korhan Acar, a partner at Kearney, the global management consulting firm that produced the report in conjunction with the CSCMP. The CSCMP report calculates the USBLC as the total of various segment expenditures as well as other activities, such as inventories. Not much has changed.”

Procurement Analytics

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Businesses may struggle to balance inventory, increasing the likelihood of either overstocking, tying up valuable capital and incurring storage costs, or understocking. Higher Costs and Lower Profits: While recession may incur low demand, operational costs such as energy and transportation can remain high or fluctuate unpredictably.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Inventory levels: Current or expected inventory levels at various locations. Inventory turnover: Inventory turns for each SKU. Transportation options: Costs and lead times for each available transportation mode. Transportation costs: Freight rates, fuel and labour costs, and other transportation expenses.

Network Design Software

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Buyers should be aware that solutions differ in terms of whether their visibility and control span the entire supply chain or only focus on a specific function such as Transportation Management, Demand or Supply Planning, or Warehouse Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Data security at the edge also presents risks. Environmental factors present additional challenges. Edge devices in logistics must often operate outdoors or in other harsh conditions, including extreme temperatures, exposure to vibration during transport, and inconsistent power quality, all of which can affect reliability.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While multi-industry logistics, transportation and customer fulfilment teams might have languished with a sigh of relief, they are likely to be aware that this new contract is not a done deal yet. Yet, there is still a reported lag times related to movement of containers to intermodal inland rail or surface trucking transportation.

Negotiating Skills

Freight Waves

JUNE 14, 2025

This swift recovery has raised questions about the potential impact on supply chains and surface transportation as a new wave of imports makes its way to U.S. However, the extent of inland freight movement will depend largely on inventory levels, many of which were already elevated in anticipation of the tariffs.

Supply and Demand

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Some factors that can present risks include trade disputes, social turmoil, severe weather, and unstable market conditions. Technologies like IoT sensors , blockchain, and data analytics allow for immediate monitoring of inventory, production, and transportation. Below are several ways to build supply chain resilience.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2025

Evaluating the options around sourcing from different countries and applying different inbound and outbound transportation strategies. And it will have explored different and creative options around use of its production facilities, distribution facilities and transportation partners. million ($3.59

Cost Reduction Strategies

Taulia

APRIL 10, 2025

AI is like Detroit in the early days of the automotive sector; we understand the power of the technology, but we have no way of knowing the speed with which it will transform our lives just as those early pioneers of the automobile had no concept of how fast the car would revolutionize the world of transport and everything impacted by it.

Report

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Many virtual attendees were also present, with representatives from across logistics, procurement, manufacturing, IT and sustainability not only learning from the esteemed speakers presenting, but also sharing their expertise and experiences.

Optimal Sourcing

Logility

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

million for the same period last year, as anticipated, partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud. million for the same period last year partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud.

Logility

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Supply chain and procurement executives should urgently pay heed to the need to make sure it is distributed to them, said Jay Koganti, vice president supply chain at the Center of Excellence of Estée Lauder , during a presentation titled “ AI Trends Transforming Supply Chain – and How Leaders Should Respond,” at the DPW New York conference June 11.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Though Hawaii presents exceptional complexity, it serves as a valuable stress test for global shippers. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 requires that goods transported between U.S. The landscape is shaped by a complex lattice of variables. ports be carried on ships that are built in America, and owned and crewed by Americans.

Hawaii

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

Supply chain software is a game-changing tool that offers immense opportunities for growth and success in the transportation services market. Through the analysis of large datasets, companies can anticipate and adjust to changes in demand, effectively manage inventory shortages, and optimize their workforce.

Waste Reduction

RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

In this guide we walk through the essential steps to design a layout, implement labeling and slotting strategies, manage inventory with lean principles, and adopt technology solutions that keep operations agile. Balance lean inventory with resilience to supply chain disruptions. Inventory planning informs space and labor allocation.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Professionals can stay in their roles while learning how to reshape inventory flow, vendor performance, and forecasting. Improving Forecast Accuracy and Supplier Relationships Inventory planning often relies on historical sales trends. It’s a present necessity. More importantly, they learn how to translate data into action.

Vendor Strategies

QAD

JULY 23, 2025

These insights help supply chain professionals optimize key activities such as inventory management, demand forecasting, and delivery route planning, thus increasing efficiency and reducing operational costs. Enhancing the sourcing process: Identifies optimal suppliers by evaluating pricing, lead times, and risk factors.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Transportation and Logistics: Increased production volume complicates logistics. Material Flow: Optimize material flow patterns to accommodate increased volume without creating bottlenecks or excessive inventory.

Material Savings

IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

And increasingly, they are exploring cost-effective nearshoring strategies as a way to gain greater control, shrink transportation times and costs, and improve their competitive position. Optimize inventory management. Strengthen collaboration with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

The last five years have prompted many businesses to interrogate whether their pricing processes are fit for purpose, but the extreme challenge presented by the current trade policy landscape has heightened that need.

Price Reduction

crisp

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Navigating a launch into big-box retail, a successful D2C brand is preparing inventory for its first shipments. By accessing daily inventory levels, sales velocity, and demand patterns across every retailer and distribution channel, supply chain professionals can transform operations into a well-oiled, data-driven engine.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2025

Predictive Maintenance Technology: Avoid Downtime and Cut Costs Equipment-intensive industries like manufacturing, transportation, and utilities experience costly downtime when machines fail unexpectedly. Sharing screens to present data or visuals clearly during discussions.

Supply Chain Design Software

IQMS

MARCH 6, 2023

Early 2020 through mid-2022 saw soaring demand for certain medical products and consumer goods, manufacturing disruptions due to Covid-19, and backlogged transportation channels. The rapidly evolving global supply chain dynamics of the last few years have led manufacturers to rethink their strategies.

Forecasting

IT Supply Chain

JULY 10, 2025

Modern UX design techniques focus on presenting complex data in a clear, comprehensible manner, which allows users to grasp important trends and make informed decisions promptly. By analyzing historical data, AI can project future demands and recommend optimal inventory levels, thereby minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency.

Supply Chain Design Software

RFgen

APRIL 3, 2025

Introduction Today’s supply chain presents significant complexity and operates at an accelerated pace. Without real-time insight into inventory, logistics, and production planning, organizations face the potential for costly inefficiencies, operational delays, and unrealized opportunities.

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