Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

From a shipping standpoint, reverse logistics works well when the product being returned is routed directly to the correct location. A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies. Hidden Opportunities for Supply Chain Cost Reductions Of course hidden costs, if you can find them, mean hidden opportunities.

Reverse Logistics

TransAudit

JULY 24, 2025

End-to-End visibility —once a buzzword—is now a business imperative, unlocking the power of data analytics to improve performance, reduce costs, and manage risk with confidence. Key Components of an Effective E2E Visibility Strategy IoT (Internet of Things) Integration The foundation of true end-to-end visibility lies in connected devices.

Real-time Visibility

Freight Plus

MAY 13, 2025

If you’re shipping into big-box retailers, retailer scorecards are an essential part of doing business. And if you’re not hitting the right numbers, your transportation strategy could be quietly eating into your margins. One of the most important metrics on a retailer scorecard is OTIF , which stands for On Time, In Full.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Running procurement and supply chain without metrics is like driving blindfolded. Vendor Dynamics: Indicates the complexity and potential risks/opportunities in your supplier base. Decoding the Metrics: What Are They Telling You? Vendor Dynamics: Simply tracks the total count of active suppliers you engage with.

Pricing Training

Precoro

JULY 1, 2025

Definition: Vendor relations is a strategic practice of cultivating productive, long-term relationships with suppliers. When done right, it’s beneficial for both sides: vendors get a reliable client, while companies benefit from a stable supply chain, consistent product quality, better pricing, and room to grow and collaborate.

Negotiating Skills

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy. Decision-makers must plan supply chain resilience strategies for a wide range of risk scenarios. The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 13, 2025

Imagine being able to offer faster deliveries, reduce costs, and minimize errors. The actors involved (suppliers, manufacturers, products, vendors, retailers, transport companies, among others) must collaborate. Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Do you want to increase your sales and improve customer satisfaction?

Supply Chain Planning Software

ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Why Traditional Methods Just Can’t Cut It Anymore. In other words, businesses can eliminate the guesswork in demand forecasting and proactively plan for it with the help of data-backed decision-making. This ensures inventory is balanced across locations, at all times—while significantly reducing waste and preventing shortages.

Inventory Management Software

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

You know where an order originated, its order status of fill, ship dates, and customers’ comments, all from a single dashboard. This real-time visibility translates into faster issue resolution, enhanced forecasting, and vendor coordination. For instance, repeat customers can receive preferential shipping or tailored promotions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 25, 2025

Additionally, supply chain vulnerabilities, such as weak security in third-party vendors can create entry points for attackers. Strengthen Third-Party Vendor Security Your logistics business relies on a network of partners, including shipping carriers, freight brokers, and software providers. Human error causes most breaches.

Risk Management

Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With the new year on the horizon, we’re finalizing 2025 supply chain strategies for our most important customers. The Cheat Code for Shipping to ‘Big Box’ Retailers A recent survey revealed that 66% of retail buyers have ended relationships with suppliers over delivery issues.

Retail

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

FedEx Cuts CO2. cut in jet fuel emissions from its aircraft, thanks to fleet modernization and better efficiency. FedEx says that since 2005, aviation emissions intensity (the amount of emissions per unit of activity) has dropped 31% and the company is aiming for a 40% reduction by 2034. The Fed Downgrades GDP Forecast.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

JANUARY 8, 2025

Barcode Integration: Enable quick scanning and accurate data entry, reducing manual errors and saving valuable time. Vendor Management : Centralize supplier information and automate reordering to simplify procurement processes. Automated reordering eliminates costly rush shipping charges.

Inventory Management Software

Ware2Go

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

When implemented correctly, a backorder strategy can transform potential lost sales into future revenue while enhancing customer loyalty. Let’s explore what makes backorders a smart strategy, what causes them, and how they’ve evolved into a key part of modern fulfillment. They reduce overstocking. They help with planning.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

For smaller fashion brands, as highlighted by Glossy , the financial burden of tariffs can be especially acute, often forcing them to absorb higher costs or shift their sourcing strategies entirely. Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Lawyer for 737 Crash Victim Families Slams DOJ Deal with Boeing Quality & Metrics U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies

ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast. This reduces the need for manual entry, ensuring better inventory accuracy. Bring together all the metrics you need in one place to inform your decisions and strategies.

Procurement Solutions

ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast. This reduces the need for manual entry, ensuring better inventory accuracy. Bring together all the metrics you need in one place to inform your decisions and strategies.

Procurement Solutions

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The EC has been working closely with different external experts to determine what are the relevant product categories and which should go first — the most likely to make the biggest impact in terms of getting the EU toward the goal of reducing climate emissions,” Brewster says. Complying with the rule will be no easy task.

Manufacturing Procurement

Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Instead of developing strategies to keep spend management and purchasing compliant, companies end up with multiple instances of maverick spend or unsustainable vendor behavior. Employees make purchases outside approved vendors, often due to convenience or lack of knowledge.

Procurement Analytics

ShipBob

JUNE 9, 2025

Standardizing responses for easy comparison Not all 3PLs are created equal – and while most offer the same core capabilities of storage , picking , packing, and shipping, you’ll want to consider all of a partner’s service offerings before making your decision. Can you negotiate shipping fees on our behalf?

3PL

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

This shift has pushed supply chain leadership to pivot from reactive management to proactive strategy built on data. Sophisticated models score vendors based on financial stability, geopolitical exposure, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) compliance. Organizations must anticipate risk, adapt faster, and recover smarter.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

These shifts in consumer behavior may be small but the bullwhip exaggerates their effect the further you go up the supply chain, because each vendor along the chain from end-consumer to raw materials supplier, has greater observed variation in demand, and thus greater need for safety stock.

Optimal Sourcing

RFgen

MAY 7, 2025

Supply chain leaders are waking up to a powerful truth: CX isnt just a marketing metric; its a direct driver of profitability, retention, and operational resilience. Real-time updates on confirmations, shipping, and invoicing flow back to the customers systems automatically with no manual imports required. Its necessary to compete.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

In a recent blog post, Tunca had this to say: “CSCOs must develop an organizational structure to support the management of growing fleets of robots by creating a warehouse automation strategy.” Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

In a world where tariff and shipping uncertainty can compress margins and flexibility overnight, the companies that can trust their inventory data and make fast, confident decisions will survive. But just as important, the units directly cut working capital needs. The core issue isn’t simply cost; its accuracy and agility.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Garner says that successful organizations should focus on the following actions: Prioritize long-term digital strategy over short-term goals Gartner says that as logistics continues to transform technologies, processes and people, the need for high-quality data and decision-making capabilities is growing.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

Ocean container shipping rates were down in the first half, with the China Containerized Freight Index starting the year at 1547, then falling to a low in April of 1102 before rising back to 1342 at the end of June. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 25, 2025

Cybersecurity readiness is also becoming a factor in vendor evaluations," Furgé warned. RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Ocean Transportation Technology Regulation & Compliance Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt Related Articles IMO’s Convention on Ship Recycling Enters into Force U.S.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Use them to align plans with your company’s longer-term North Star strategies. Use them to align plans with your company’s longer-term North Star strategies and frame investments in the context of addressing multiple business objectives. Supply Chain Digest Says. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills.

Supply Chain Planning Software

RFgen

MAY 7, 2025

Supply chain leaders are waking up to a powerful truth: CX isnt just a marketing metric; its a direct driver of profitability, retention, and operational resilience. Real-time updates on confirmations, shipping, and invoicing flow back to the customers systems automatically with no manual imports required. Its necessary to compete.

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

The growing level of robotic automation has driven productivity gains at Amazon facilities, which reduces fulfillment costs, which in turn also helps the company deal with labor shortages and high turnover levels at its fulfillment centers. Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

As you noted, however, this time the placement was for “IoT Platforms,” a category of software tools from a good number of vendors to manage connectivity, data communications and more with IoT-enabled devices in the field. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

In the first facility management was focused on controlling the workforce through individual metrics. Large amounts of confusion about what to do next and larger amounts of rework are eliminated. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

NMFTA says the new “Cybersecurity Cargo Crime Reduction Framework” is an actionable guide for shippers, carriers, third-party logistics providers and brokers that It outlines key steps parties can take to reduce cargo theft risk. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

CSCOs, he says, should reassess existing supplier networks, confirm the viability of current mitigation plans, and address any overreliance on specific geographies to reduce exposure and ensure business continuity. Supply chain leaders should engage partners to identify and manage new shipping options.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to a recent blog post by the maritime analysts at Drewry, which noted that “More than five years have passed since the huge shipping disruptions, damaging port congestion, and cost spikes of the Covid period, but one feature has remained: freight rate volatility.” Supply Chain Digest Says.

Supply Chain Design Software