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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

I laugh when business leaders tell me that they are going to replace their current supply chain planning technologies with “AI.” Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions. You are right.

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How to Optimize Fulfillment with Unified Data

Logistics Viewpoints

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. Optimizing fulfillment requires a series of steps to get a shipment from its source to the end customer.

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End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration: Achieving Visibility and Operational Control

Logistics Viewpoints

This complexity has introduced gaps in visibility and responsiveness that traditional systems werent designed to handle. It is not a technology on its own, but rather a process that combines planning, execution, and monitoring through integrated tools and workflows.

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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

However, as carbon taxes and emissions reporting requirements continue increasing, supply chain professionals face mounting pressures from inside and outside their organizations to measure and improve performance against new, nebulous sustainability metrics. Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions.

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Ethical Considerations in Supply Chain Compliance

Logistics Viewpoints

The modern supply chain is a complex network of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers, all interconnected and reliant on a shared ecosystem of trust and accountability. Balancing these priorities requires investment in robust auditing systems, supplier education, and long-term partnerships that emphasize shared values.

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Beyond Cost Optimization: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Unstable Trade Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

Sudden tariff increases can quickly make a cost-optimized procurement strategy untenable, leaving companies scrambling to adjust. When a critical Tier-2 supplier is affected by a tariff policy change or regional shutdown, the ripple effects often catch manufacturers by surprise. Metrics must reflect the new priorities.

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Step Past AI Hype Drive Real Value

Supply Chain Shaman

Building a software company is hard work. Try to gain an understanding of how technological advancements can improve work. Agents: Robotic agents, agent-based optimization, and chatbots formulate suggested actions from query, market shifts, or exceptions. I am speaking to many that are ill equipped. Ask for use cases.