Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. That vote, which occurred in 2022 at an FC in Staten Island, New York, has to date not led to a contract between Amazon and the workers there, as Amazon continues to fight the outcome.

Supply Chain Design Software

EFT

MAY 19, 2025

Egypt's Suez Canal offers 15% discount for big container ships to win back trade Egypt's Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130,000 metric tons, to encourage trade back now the security situation has eased and help ships offset rising insurance costs, its authorities said on Tuesday.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 29, 2025

Tariffs on medicines are a blunt instrument that will disrupt supply chains, impact on investment in research and development, and ultimately harm patient access to medicines on both sides of the Atlantic,” said the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries (EFPIA) in a July 28 statement. relies heavily on European-made drugs.

Pharmaceutical

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2025

New York time. Still, all those declines were initially far more muted than in the aftermath of April 2. Wall Street traders drove stocks to their worst session since May, fueled by weak jobs and manufacturing data. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% as of 11:17 a.m. Yields on U.S.

Negotiate Pricing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

auto plants in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee, after announcing a $888 million investment in a Tonawanda, New York plant to support GM’s next generation V-8 engine. In the shareholder letter, Barra said the investments will “greatly reduce our tariff exposure,” with the new manufacturing capacity to begin coming online in 18 months.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

And he raised the specter of more industry-specific tariffs, floating a 50% rate on copper products that sent that metal climbing as high as 17% in New York on July 8, a record one-day spike. Global Supply Chain Management Argentina: A New Opportunity in Latin America’s Industrial Sector Global Supply Chain Management U.S.-Swiss

Brazil

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

The shares dipped in after-hours trading in New York on July 22. Featured Product Popular Stories Mobility at the Margins: What Border Crossings Reveal Before Trade Data Does Air Cargo Climate Crisis Has Caused Food Price Spikes Global Supply Chain Management U.S. Revenue slipped by 1% to C$4.3 billion ($3.1

Forecasting

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 6, 2025

posted a second straight disappointing quarter, fueling concerns that rising competition, new tariffs and a shift away from yoga pants are derailing its ambitious growth plans. The company and its retail peers are trying to manage supply chains that have been upended by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Bloomberg U.S.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 5, 2025

According to The New York Times , Swiss leaders were under the impression that they had a framework trade deal in place with the White House ahead of the Trump administrations August 1 deadline for announcing sweeping reciprocal tariffs against dozens of nations. as Tariff Deadline Nears Swiss Leaders Rush to Salvage Talks with U.S.

Switzerland

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

According to the New York Times , Mercedes said on July 30 that revenue in 2025 would come in “significantly below” 2024. Auto Industry Global Supply Chain Management Tariffs Threaten to Raise Costs Across U.S. The company also lowered its projection for profit margins.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 8, 2025

Photo: iStock/hungryworks August 8, 2025 SupplyChainBrain Japan’s top trade negotiator said the Trump administration has agreed to correct an “extremely regrettable” blunder in the execution of its trade agreement with the country, according to The New York Times. and open its market to more American goods.

Japan

Freight Waves

AUGUST 12, 2025

And the C prong requires an IC to be able to show that they are operating an independent business, based on tests such as whether they own their own tools and equipment and whether they can show a history of running that business based on number of customers and financial performance. But there still would be hurdles.

New Jersey

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 4, 2025

The strike could put added pressure on the already troubled planemaker, which generates about 30% of its revenue from its defense and space division , said The New York Times. Featured Product Popular Stories 100 Great Supply Chain Partners 2025 In the Age of Supply Chain Tech, Who — or What — Is a ‘Partner’?

St. Louis

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

According to the New York Times , the food company best known for its ketchup and boxed Mac & Cheese, said the shift would affect only about 10% of its portfolio by sales, including brands like Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Crystal Light and other beverages and desserts that contain dyes like Red No. 40 and Blue No.

Chemicals

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2024

During my walk back from the gym a few days ago I passed by this truck in front of a local organic store here in Brooklyn, New York. The vehicle deployments are expected to lower emissions by 7,052 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually, equivalent to 1,533 passenger cars removed from the road.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

Case Study

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor held an Innovation Summit at their headquarters in New York City on March 18 th and 19 th. Several top executives laid out Infor’s strategy for differentiating their solutions based on their technology, product development, and customer service. However, each user has their own instance of the software.

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2014

“How do I know if I am ready for cool technologies? I also continued to work on the manuscript for the book Metrics That Matter to publish in the fall of 2014. This week’s topic was cool technologies. I wanted it to be a discussion about cool technologies, but we quickly got into the subject of adoption.

Supply and Demand

Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Here are seven strategies to elevate freight management in an organization to build a more competitive supply chain advantage. Utilize technology to automate administrative tasks and make smarter decisions. Leverage technology to normalize RFP responses and analyze carrier bids at different levels of granularity.

Negotiating Skills

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution. The centers feature an automated, high-density storage system that, among other benefits, allow the retail giant to double the number of customer orders it can fulfill in a day. Retail groups this week are applauding a U.S.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash.

Material Savings

Kinaxis

AUGUST 31, 2015

If those aren’t the right tools for the job, what is? I heard a colleague once give the following analogy: Imagine a pilot flying from New York to Los Angeles at night without any navigation systems or instruments to measure his location, wind speed, or altitude. Can he arrive on any predictable timetable? Cross-functional view.

S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The bank said Friday that it is launching new “Supply Availability Indexes” via a blog posting on Monday that going forward will feature as part of its regular monthly surveys of regional business activity. to international supply availability,” the New York Fed said.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

Buzz words filled the air at the NRF Big Show, held at the Javitz Convention Center in New York last week. The legacy solutions from ten years ago are more expensive and both the traditional software licence model and the consulting model are incented to sell the MOST EXPENSIVE, not the BEST, systems. The air was thick.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

This week, many of my friends will gather in New York for NRF. Consider the recent news… Why the closure of retail stores? For today’s supply chain leader, the pressures on both operating margin and inventory turns is great. A Closer Look at Consumer Value Chains and the Value of the EACH.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

Building a sustainable fashion supply chain and improving ESG performance will require a more deliberate approach in 2022. Digitalization and sustainability are expected to offer more significant returns, and supply chain pressures are poised to continue growing. Digitize Supply Chains with the Right Technology.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics. Today is September 11. I never forget.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

Supply Chain Design Software

Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation.

Supply Chain Design Software

Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2014

I’ve been using the word convergence to describe many of the trends occurring in the supply chain and logistics field today, and convergence was certainly evident at Roadnet’s perform 2014 User Conference a few weeks ago. FreshDirect , an online grocer serving the New York City metropolitan area, is a great example.

Conference

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A look at the supply chain readiness of several major U.S. cities, and their adoption of smart-city technologies. Deloitte Consulting and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have teamed up to analyze how seven large metropolitan areas of the United States are transforming their traditional supply chain base into digital supply chains.

San Francisco

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

While Chicago and New York/New Jersey hubs are no strangers to inclement winter weather, severe and widespread cold brought snowstorms to Atlanta and other southern U.S. On one hand, new orders for U.S. percent, marking the largest drop in this metric since last July. Be Sociable, Share!

Capacity

The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Ephraim Ausch is the Chief Logistics Officer at Tactical Logistics, an end-to-end provider of supply chain logistics services. Ephraim started his career at a bulk candy company that had retail locations in New York. Tactical has warehouses in both Chino, California, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Warehousing

Logility

APRIL 13, 2022

Before COVID-19 arrived in March 2020, most people outside the profession lumped “the supply chain” in with other facets of life that were accepted as both real and vital, but also mysterious, complex, and probably not worth too much attention. What Supply Chain Means Today. ” . “We Grudging respect, perhaps.

Sustainability