Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They offer software systems and technology for complex integration, rapid application development, and advanced analytics and sell those solutions to companies that need to accelerate optimized business outcomes. Further, each product a manufacturer produces usually has different end-to-end supply chain partners.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

In May 2025, one in seven home-purchase agreements fell through resulting in the cancellation of 56,000 purchase contracts. Supply chain was defined in 1982 as interoperability between source, make and deliver. The concept was that managing trade-offs and optimizing the whole to drive business outcomes would improve value.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. The models are just too different.) Customers will migrate off of the Logility platform onto newer flow-based outside-in models. This is despite the strengths of the recent purchase of Optimity.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. As companies across industries have discovered, a well-optimized supply chain can drive significant improvements throughout their operations.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

And cross-functional teams — from procurement and sales to finance and customer service — are left scrambling to react. Multimodal in Practice At a basic level, multimodal shipping can refer to using two or more distinct modes — such as truck, rail, air or ocean — in a single supply chain. That means going multimodal.

Freight

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

How MES is Shaping the Future of Manufacturing and Boosting Production Efficiency What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)? A manufacturing execution system (MES) is a comprehensive, dynamic software system that monitors, tracks, documents, and controls the process of manufacturing goodsfrom raw materials to finished products.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

At the outset, shippers may see Hawaiian shipping as an extension of their mainland operations, to which they can apply the same strategies and the same playbook. Building an effective shipping strategy for Hawaii is a moving target. Imagine shipping to Hawaii as an obstacle course.

Hawaii

RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Keeping track of all your moving parts in manufacturing is a tall order. That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. The right software can streamline your production, optimize stock levels, and even help you save money. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore.

Inventory Management Software

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Edge computing processing data locally, near the source has emerged as a method to address these challenges by reducing latency and improving resiliency. Different manufacturers and vendors often use different protocols and systems, making integrations resource intensive from both a capital and personnel perspective.

Real-time Visibility

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

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. The success of this globalized model rested on three assumptions, the first of which was that governments would act in a rational manner to ensure frictionless trade.

Optimal Sourcing

Jaggaer

MAY 8, 2025

I am a big believer in procurement getting involved as early as possible in new product development based on all the market knowledge available. The worst-case scenario is product engineering developing a new product, selecting a supplier and then telling procurement to get on with negotiation. How often do your purchase orders change?

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In supply chain operations, it plays a crucial role in mitigating risks, improving response times, and optimizing workflows. Improve collaboration between suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics partners. These include alternative sourcing strategies, backup transportation routes, and emergency inventory reserves.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

JUNE 23, 2025

Mobile barcoding ensures that data from warehouse operations, such as receiving, picking, and shipping, is captured instantly and accurately. Organizations today face global sourcing, geopolitical instability, and high customer expectations. Without this foundation of clean, real-time data, AI insights are delayed or unreliable.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

MARCH 10, 2025

This critical aspect of optimization is often overshadowed by flashier supply chain trends. By ensuring optimal stock levels where demand exists, businesses can minimize holding costs, prevent lost sales due to stockouts, and ultimately, keep customers happy. The problem lies in effectively balancing inventory across the supply chain.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Procurement teams may use one platform, while logistics depends on another, and finance runs an entirely separate system. That works to a point, but without layered analytics, the models lack precision. These systems reduce human error, improve turnaround times, and provide consistent structure across the purchasing cycle.

Vendor Strategies

RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It’s like having a magic wand that optimizes inventory levels, prevents shortages, and sharpens your demand forecasting—all from your smartphone. Mobile inventory management is a digital solution that combines a mobile inventory app with cloud-based software to track, manage, and optimize inventory in real-time.

Inventory Management Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

AI-driven decision intelligence will be critical for faster optimization of business processes, coupled with better and more precise decision-making at all operational and tactical levels, but how does it work? For example, a dispatcher is responsible for purchasing components for pre-production and stocking of two new products.

Supply Chain Planning Software

QAD

MAY 22, 2025

In today’s volatile global trade landscape, enterprises face ongoing pressure to optimize their supply chain operations. Depending on the nature of your business, your trading partners or your location, this could include procurement strategies, demand planning, logistics, and global trade management among others.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 6, 2025

Better inventory management, intelligent manufacturing, flexible logistical systems, and real-time delivery controls have all been made possible by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain and logistics. To maximise operations, procurement must be made aware of the effects that data problems will have later.

Supply Chain Software

Clear Spider

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From raw materials to shipping and storage, businesses across the U.S. As prices continued to rise, purchasing power plummeted. This has forced many manufacturers to reevaluate their sourcing and pricing strategies. Coupled with labor shortages , this has led to delays in shipping and deliveries. You’re not alone.

Inventory Management Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The DPP is a key part of the EU’s broader Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations (ESPR), which officially entered into force in July of 2024 as part of the region’s stated desire to “accelerate the transition to a circular economy model.” Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport SCB FEATURE Selling Into the EU?

Manufacturing Procurement

RFgen

JULY 8, 2025

For example, manufacturers relying on spreadsheets may overlook delays until production is interrupted. Automated replenishment rules maintain optimal inventory levels, minimizing both stockouts and overstock. That leads to emergency restocking, premium‐rate shipping and dissatisfied customers.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

JULY 18, 2025

Global manufacturing is realigning. During the pandemic, lockdowns in key manufacturing hubs in Asia disrupted supply of essential components, from semiconductors to medical supplies. Guadalajara has emerged as a hub for printed-circuit-board manufacturing, and Querétaro hosts major aerospace assembly lines. border cities.

North America

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

P2G automation offers a flexible, easily scalable alternative, deploying autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) under a subscription model. They provide optimized pick, putaway and replenishment functions, working with the human workforce to reduce travel time, errors and repetitive stress.

Warehousing

ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

In addition, poor visibility, unpredictable demand, and disjointed systems worsen the situation further and lead to inefficient procurement, misplaced stock, and emergency orders. Thats why a growing number of organizations are turning to AI software for spare parts inventory management. Lets break it down.

Inventory Management Software

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As the size and scale of their worldwide supply chains increase, many manufacturers, retailers and distributors are finding themselves constrained by shortfalls in resources, capacity and specialized knowledge. While market growth is exciting, it’s typically accompanied by growing pains. In my recent blog post about the U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

Tariffs are reshaping sourcing strategies, forcing tech upgrades, and making inventory planning a lot more complicated. For global businesses relying on real-time logistics and lean inventory models, the question is how prepared is your supply chain when tariffs hit? That kind of volatility breaks traditional supply chain models.

Inventory Reduction

ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

In addition, poor visibility, unpredictable demand, and disjointed systems worsen the situation further and lead to inefficient procurement, misplaced stock, and emergency orders. That’s why a growing number of organizations are turning to AI software for spare parts inventory management. Let’s break it down.

Inventory Management Software

IQMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Today’s manufacturers face unique challenges. WMS software guides inventory receiving and put-away, optimizes picking and shipping of orders, and advises on inventory replenishment. The system can also help a manufacturer to fulfill orders faster and instantaneously trace ordered products within the warehouse.

Optimization Software

Freight Waves

JUNE 24, 2025

A digital twin is a virtual model that can replicate a supply chain. Let me find new routes, new supply chain sources, new ideas. New York-based Interwoven Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technologies such as robotics and AI to transform the healthcare, manufacturing, logistics and transportation sectors.

Supply Chain Software

ThroughPut

JUNE 12, 2025

As operations, maintenance, and supply chain leaders navigate a landscape shaped by rising asset complexity, volatile supply chains, and tight capital budgets, the pressure to optimize every part, every process, and every purchase has never been greater. Yet for many organizations, spare parts inventory remains a critical blind spot.

Inventory Management Software

Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 7, 2025

Exigers Proprietary Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Model Exigers Proprietary model delivers comprehensive insights into supply chain risks by leveraging advanced AI-driven analytics to assess vulnerabilities across multiple tiers. To enhance collaboration, consider: Enhancing communication through automated alerts and updates.

Supply Chain Planning Software

TransAudit

JULY 24, 2025

From e-commerce to large-scale manufacturing, companies face growing expectations for fast, transparent deliveries. Different carriers and logistics providers often use proprietary formats, making it difficult to consolidate data into a single source of truth. We don’t just provide visibility—we turn it into bottom-line impact.

Real-time Visibility

IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

The past couple of years’ supply chain delays and uncertainty have led many manufacturers to rethink their long-term supply chain strategies. For decades, the comparatively low wages of skilled labor across many Asia-Pacific countries provided a cost-benefit even when raw materials or components had to be shipped from the U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

However, this software is expensive to purchase, time-consuming to implement, and requires ongoing maintenance and upgrades. This can help streamline supply chain processes, improve visibility, and assist in planning and optimization. Among these, Freight Forwarding is a vital service that ensures goods move seamlessly across borders.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Expedite deliveries, but not returns (because it is cheaper to ship slowly and customers are not looking for expedited return shipping). The same applies to certain products in your range, some of which will inevitably incur more costs than others in the process of manufacturing or buying, storage, and delivery to customers.

Inventory Reduction

BlueYonder

MARCH 20, 2025

They want accurate, on-demand availability information at the time of purchase and real-time tracking throughout the delivery process. And they want free or low-cost shipping. By 2030, 80% of new vehicle purchases will occur online, and 60% to 80% of new cars will be directly sold to consumers.

Supply Chain Planning Software