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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

Logistics Viewpoints

The manufacturing sector is facing unprecedented volatility in global trade, with tariffs becoming the latest in a series of uncertainty drivers that are impacting virtually all industries. Manufacturing plants are deeply entrenched; tied to infrastructure, suppliers, skilled labor, and regulatory requirements.

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Step Past AI Hype Drive Real Value

Supply Chain Shaman

Policy and Rules Management: Ontological frameworks enable complex rules and policy management. Ontological frameworks enable constant learning and policy adaptation. Listen closely for words like the knowledge graph, ontological rules and policy management processing, pattern recognition, large language models, and narrow AI.

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AI Leader in Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing joins MISUMI

Logistics Viewpoints

a leading global supplier of mechanical components for the manufacturing industry headquartered in Japan. The manufacturing and supply chain industries are rapidly evolving and increasingly volatile, fueled by shifts in global tariff and trade policy, geopolitical uncertainty, logistics disruptions, and technology developments.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

More recently, fluctuating trade policies have emerged as a persistent challenge, especially for firms with global footprints. When a critical Tier-2 supplier is affected by a tariff policy change or regional shutdown, the ripple effects often catch manufacturers by surprise. Trade policies will continue to shift.

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How to Tackle Today's Most Complex Inventory Challenges

Speaker: Andrew Kurpiel - AmerCareRoyal | Bill Benton - GAINS | Paul Benhamou - Benco Dental

Leading distributors and manufacturers are finding success in today's challenging environment by leveraging data and insights. Change inventory policies amid changing simulations and evolving scenarios of supply and demand. The turbulence in today’s supply chain requires you to react faster and make continuous adjustments.

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My Favorite AI Use Cases

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, Waffle House openings in the southeastern United States are an essential signal for hurricane recovery to align distribution policies. I helped a manufacturer of men’s underwear grow its market share by testing price points and assortment on Amazon before the launch in brick-and-mortar stores.

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The World Today Part 1: The Best Manufacturing Ecosystems Win

Enterra Insights

Factors like automation, massive investments in at-scale, fit-for-purpose technologies, specialized training, low labor rates, and effective demand and supply planning capabilities, have woven themselves like threads into the fabric of efficient global manufacturing ecosystems. So, how do we define a global ecosystem?