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). Geek+ was honored as Best Warehouse Robotics Company for its smart warehouse automation solutions. New exhibitors added fresh momentum to the mobile robotics segment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 2, 2025

” In this type of presentation, I struggle to sit in my chair. I prefer a grounded, data-driven presentation focused on improving value. Examples are consensus forecasting, the evolution of the SCORE model, the Annual State of Logistics Report, and the Gartner Top 25. During the pandemic, logistics was a constraint.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Geopolitical instability, extreme weather, labor shortages, and fluctuating consumer demand regularly impact global logistics. They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Amazon is a leader in AI-driven supply chain management.

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Freightos

JULY 7, 2025

Home Making Logistics Data Actionable: Insights from Freightos and Gryn July 7, 2025 Blog Data is the backbone of efficient decision-making. However, transforming raw data into actionable insights remains a significant challenge for many logistics organizations. Prioritize Critical Data Sets Not all data is equally valuable.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this model, you are presenting the surgeons with all the options. They have built a warehouse with material handling systems and a warehouse management system from Tecsys. Inbound supplies will flow into the warehouse and then be delivered to medical facilities across the state. This is what it looks like.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

During the two-day event, I participated in various sessions covering a range of topics, including Warehouse Management Systems, Labor Management, Agentic AI, and Warehouse Automation. The presentation underscored Manhattan’s commitment to helping associates do their best and maximize the effectiveness of distribution operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, logistics managers cannot deliver against todays goals with yesterdays TMS systems. Ideally, TMS systems should present emissions, costs, lead times, and other principal metrics comparisons side-by-side instead of in silos. Reducing emissions from transportation is crucial to achieving organizations sustainability goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

As logistics networks become increasingly complex, the volume of real-time data generated by devices, equipment, vehicles, and facilities is growing rapidly. However, implementing edge computing in logistics environments introduces its own set of technical and operational complexities that require careful planning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

In an age where supply chains stretch across continents and rely on increasingly complex data streams, the ability to present data clearly and effectively is no longer a luxury—it’s a strategic necessity. That’s where visual storytelling and structured presentation frameworks come into play.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

But when he presents this to many companies, they don’t believe it. “I I presented this at Home Depot, and an executive looked me right in the eye and said that’s too good to be true. Planners that do not accept the plan presented to them need to select a reason code for why the plan was not good enough.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2025

Its a rollercoaster for logistics and supply chain leaders operating in global markets. Think of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the drought in the Panama Canal, the Russia-Ukraine war, blockage of the Suez Canal, or the 2024 International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) strike at East and Gulf ports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2025

The logistics, supply chain, freight transportation, warehousing, and inventory management sectors often operate on razor-thin margins. Logistics and transportation companies played a crucial role in the broader relief efforts, moving beyond their typical service offerings. tallying a staggering $182 billion in damages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Planners need the right information at the right time, presented with the proper context, to make meaningful decisions. For example, a warehouse inventory discrepancy may only matter if it affects high-priority orders or strategic customers. To break through the noise requires context. The post Context.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Logistics OpsAgent: The solution helps logistics teams monitor conditions and recommend route changes to prevent delivery disruptions, as well as automate appointment scheduling changes. The company provides supply chain teams and logistics service providers (LSPs) with accredited emissions measurement and reporting capabilities.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 2, 2025

The global logistics industry undergoes transformative change because of technological developments which enhance delivery services from last-mile operations to worldwide freight management. The Need for Customization in Logistics The IMARC Group predicts the global logistics market will achieve $15.5 trillion in value by 2027.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 27, 2025

The Digital Supply Chain involves the real time awareness of everything going in throughout the end-to-end Supply Chain, enabled by electronic connectivity and the automated presentation of information and analytics to inform and make the best possible decisions. Making presentations involved creating acetate slides, or transparencies.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2025

Agentic AI has become a catchphrase and discussion point for logistics teams in just about every industry today, as well as logistics service providers (LSPs). As corporate logistics teams and LSPs grow their physical footprints and expand their distribution capabilities, AI agents are becoming a critical solution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 15, 2025

Transforming Warehousing: Unlock New Opportunities with Geek+ Synopsis We are excited to announce an event where we delve deeper into Geek+ and our transformative solutions for the warehousing industry. Dont miss your chance to be part of the future of warehouse automation!

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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.

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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. 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. The landscape is shaped by a complex lattice of variables.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Optimize Distribution Networks Adapt warehouse locations and logistics for localized supply chains. Click here if you would like to download our presentation on winning the supply chain wars Strengthen Supplier Relationships Build diversified and collaborative networks to enhance visibility and reliability.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. Collaboration: Facilitates real-time data sharing among warehouse personnel, field technicians, managers, and office employees.

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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 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.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For instance, students might be tasked with developing a logistics plan that involves coordinating with multiple stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of goods. For instance, a student interested in sustainable supply chain practices might choose courses focused on green logistics, ethical sourcing, and environmental impact assessment.

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AB&R

JULY 25, 2025

Here’s how you can quickly identify and take the right steps to improve your warehouse efficiency and performance with the Zebra Warehouse Maturity Model. Many warehouses struggle with slow, manual, and outdated processes that get in the way of getting work done. Do we know what inventory we have on hand?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2025

About Jon Doolen Jon Doolen is a seasoned business coach with over two decades of expertise in retail logistics, particularly specializing in final mile delivery and third-party logistics for home furnishings and luxury products.

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3PL Insights

MAY 16, 2025

But as consumer expectations evolve and ecommerce continues to dominate retail, reverse logistics is becoming an essential strategy in maximizing profitability. Let’s explore how 3PLs can help to better make returns a more affordable and profitable opportunity through reverse logistics. What Is Reverse Logistics?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

If youve followed our blog over the years, youll know that weve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why its vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 27, 2025

Geodis has unveiled two innovative returns solutions designed to streamline the increasingly complex world of reverse logistics. As e-commerce continues its rapid expansion, the volume of product returns has surged, presenting significant challenges for retailers. Find more articles by Stuart Chirls here.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

These disruptions can occur due to decreased consumer demand, supplier instability, or logistical challenges. Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management. sea, rail, air) helps mitigate risks related to fuel prices or logistics bottlenecks.

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Freight Waves

JULY 12, 2025

This situation presents a double-edged sword for many companies. Inventory levels have grown somewhat erratically this year, though they’ve followed a generally upward trend since last summer, according to the Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI). Each week a Market Expert will post a chart, along with commentary, live on the front page.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Over the last 10-15 years, outsourcing of logistics activities to third-party logistics service providers has become increasingly popular. Research indicates that up to 75% of firms report positive impacts from outsourcing to logistics service providers (Langley J, Capgemini 2007). But what of the balance?

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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. Disagreements Remain One of the contentious topics involved in these labor contract negotiations was tolerance for future port automation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2025

Today’s companies are also multi-enterprise networks of multi-tier suppliers, distributors, warehouses, carriers, and other partners – which further contributes to the complexity of fractured people, systems, and processes. These knee-jerk reactions then ripple throughout the supply base causing consternation. Or so we thought.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides observations and additional information perspectives related to the 2025 State of Logistics report. Background and Summary Earlier this month, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSMP) released findings from its annual State of Logistics research report. percent of national GDP.

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