Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

An organization with tens of thousands of different products may have to move them across many modes of transportation, IT systems, and third-party logistics partners, all adding to complexity, as well as loss of visibility and control. The ability to meet fulfillment goals is impeded by several issues.

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Plus

MAY 13, 2025

If you’re shipping into big-box retailers, retailer scorecards are an essential part of doing business. This blog breaks down what retailer scorecards are, what they measure (including OTIF), how they vary by retailer, and how you can improve your performance to avoid costly penalties. What Is a Retailer Scorecard?

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

Reverse Logistics

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Monitor retail presence, availability, and promotional compliance closely. Do Invest in Distributor Capability Building : Provide training, digital tools, and performance incentives.

Waste Reduction

SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Enhancing Collaboration Capabilities Supply chain management is inherently collaborative, often requiring coordination between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Challenges such as supply disruptions, demand fluctuations, and logistical inefficiencies require innovative and strategic solutions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

Photo: iStock/South_agency July 2, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor How does a retailer stay ahead of the dizzying number of factors that go into whether it can sell what it puts on the shelves at a profit? The company says its new approach uses agentic AI to transform consumer feedback into profitable retail growth strategies.

Price Reduction

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses. Ready to Transform Your Freight Operations?

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ThroughPut

JULY 9, 2025

Behind the scenes of every successful business lies a well-orchestrated machine made up of four critical functions: supply chain, logistics, transportation, and operations. What Is Logistics? What Is Logistics? Real-World Example: Amazon’s two-day delivery is a result of highly optimized logistics, not just fast transportation.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2025

For a retailer, that might take the form of guidance as to where and how much to produce items, how to transport them, and where to position them in a manner that best reflects actual consumer demand. What makes mathematical optimization especially valuable, Yurchisin says, is its prescriptive — as opposed to merely descriptive — nature.

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Waves

JULY 10, 2025

The event, a premier gathering for freight and logistics leaders, promises to equip attendees with forward-looking strategies amid ongoing U.S.-China China trade war, where CBB’s early warnings on export slowdowns helped firms diversify sourcing or adjust logistics plans. China trade dynamics and supply chain volatilities.

China

crisp

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Learn how to harness clean retail data across every team and system to improve decision-making and drive real business outcomes. Days at CPG companies are as varied as the products they create, the markets they serve, and the retailer partners they supply.

Optimal Sourcing

ThroughPut

JUNE 17, 2025

In the age of relentless disruption, razor-thin margins, and digitally empowered customers, the retail industry must rapidly evolve to stay relevant. AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. is a Game-Changer for AI in Retail Supply Chain What is AI in Retail Supply Chain?

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

Because logistics are tightly woven into production, fulfillment and the customer experience, the impact of a transit issue, like a delayed shipment, can quickly ripple across the whole business. It’s a logistics model designed for change — and the foundation for long-term supply chain resilience.

Freight

Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

While no two customers will have quite the same game plan, we’re building off the same foundation of retail logistics expertise we’ve accumulated over 15+ years of service to the CPG community. With retail compliance requirements always changing, it’s hard to keep track of what each retailer expects.

Retail

Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

This architecture deliberately pushes beyond visibility to enable action and automation, ultimately working toward what project44 describes as “self-optimized logistics” through “adaptive, automated actions at scale.” This extensive connectivity has resulted in impressive metrics: 1.2

Supply Chain Design Software

Locus

JULY 28, 2025

Measuring efficiency requires tracking metrics like first-attempt delivery rate, vehicle utilization, and route adherence. High-performing logistics teams use data, segmentation, and automation to improve routing outcomes. Take a typical retail fleet dispatching 300 orders a day. What Is Routing Efficiency in Logistics?

Sourcing Strategies

ThroughPut

JUNE 17, 2025

In the age of relentless disruption, razor-thin margins, and digitally empowered customers, the retail industry must rapidly evolve to stay relevant. AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. is a Game-Changer for AI in Retail Supply Chain What is AI in Retail Supply Chain?

Optimal Sourcing

Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. The Logistics Managers’ Index – a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 signals contraction – had a 54.7

Capacity

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

And while no industry is immune from ongoing trade “volatility,” retail and consumer packaged goods organizations of every size and specialization are often impacted way more — and more immediately — than many other sectors. But even small or less-complex retail and CPG organizations can improve execution intelligence.

Sourcing Strategies

BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

Supply chain and logistics teams today face a pivotal moment in their evolution. The traditional metrics of excellence cost efficiency, on-time delivery while still important, are no longer sufficient in an era defined by volatility, complexity and political changes. Third, decision-making is evolving from human-led to AI-augmented.

Supply Chain Network Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. This shift, driven by regulation and growing public pressure, investor scrutiny and retailer mandates, is redefining a successful CPG business. Retailers are following suit.

Rail Software

John Galt

JULY 29, 2025

The challenge lies in transforming scattered retail and channel data into strategic intelligence that drives results – from inventory optimization and promotion planning to demand forecasting and omnichannel execution.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 17, 2025

To truly build resilience across the entire organization — including supply chain and logistics — businesses need to remove the internal silos that can lead to restricted data flow and collaboration. Breaking Down Business Silos Supply chains don’t exist in isolation. But pairing agentic and gen AI completely changed the game.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 6, 2025

It’s exciting and chaotic, but without the right tools, it can turn into a logistical nightmare. Efficient logistics and shipment management can make the difference between happy customers and one-star reviews. Reporting and Analytics Data is power. Customer Support Even the best software can sometimes hit a snag.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2025

There’s a growing sense that we may see a loosening of the regulatory environment — similar to the 2016-2020 period — which could offer carriers and logistics providers the chance to shift focus from compliance-heavy operations to strategic growth and efficiency. Which Metrics Matter?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

From planning cookie delivery routes to inventing new gadgets, girls will build key skills such as creative thinking, teamwork and problem-solving, getting a peek into how logistics keeps the world moving.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

The third assumption was that the logistics infrastructure would always be available. But during Covid, and other constraints like the Suez Canal closure, we saw what happens when suddenly logistics are not there when needed. We need to rewrite these systems and introduce new taxonomies to manage hyper-variability.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

The Journey to Logistics Automation THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Have a Good Trip! The Journey to Logistics Automation Photo: iStock / imaginima July 11, 2025 Robert J. The Journey to Logistics Automation Photo: iStock / imaginima July 11, 2025 Robert J. The problem lies in picking the right one.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

To thrive under these constraints, shippers need a playbook designed specifically for them — or they need to partner with a logistics provider that has thought them through. If you’re partnering with a logistics provider, you want to carefully vet their operations and reputation. It also means taking sustainability extremely seriously.

Hawaii

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 14, 2025

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Cost Reduction Strategies

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. The risk to business continuity is a further concern.

Warehousing

Locus

JULY 28, 2025

Retail, ecommerce, and CPG enterprises use it to streamline fulfillment, improve SLA compliance, and scale delivery without increasing overhead. Last mile delivery is one of the most resource-intensive parts of logistics, not just in cost, but in complexity. What Is Last Mile Technology?

Analytics Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

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Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

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Price Reduction

RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Key components of mobile inventory management include: Smartphone app: Allows field agents to log information, analyze metrics, and manage tasks even in remote areas with limited connectivity. Cloud software: Stores and distributes real-time data, producing reports accessible to all team members.

Inventory Management Software

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

The way they customize Shopify for operational effectiveness bridges gaps between marketing, customer service, and logistics and converts stand-alone silos into end-to-end digital ecosystems. Personalization is no longer the sole purview of marketing it’s also a logistics differentiator.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2025

Industries managing overwhelming workloads, like logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing, constantly face challenges in keeping up with demand. Industries like construction, healthcare, and retail benefit significantly from this cutting-edge technology. Subscribe What is the Digital Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Design Software