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Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Brain

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

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Surviving the Tariff Storm of 2025: Why Post Payment Audits are Now Essential

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Why Tariffs Are Stealing the Spotlight in 2025 Were only a few months into 2025, and yet one word has dominated nearly every conversation in global trade and transportation: tariffs. Tariff Volatility: The Ripple Effects on Transportation and Logistics Immediate Cost Impacts With duty rates rising, total landed costs are increasing fast.

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Reshoring and Regionalized Freight Networks: The Future of Logistics

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Industries such as semiconductors, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and transportation equipment are at the forefront of reshoring efforts , leading to a fundamental shift in freight demand patterns. Aerospace and transportation equipment companies are investing in Arizona and New Mexico. Midwest U.S. Southwest U.S.

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When Designing the Right Manufacturing Plant, Small Can Be Beautiful

Supply Chain Brain

It might mean setting up plants in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America, aa means of cutting transit time and responding more quickly to changing patterns of demand. What it doesn’t necessarily mean is simply transporting those Chinese mega-factories to another hemisphere. It could even entail some degree of domestic production.

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Selling Into the EU? Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport

Supply Chain Brain

Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage The Top 8 EDI Myths - Debunked! It’s talking to suppliers to understand what we already have, where are the gaps, and how we can fill them.”

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The State of U.S. Logistics is One of High Uncertainty

Supply Chain Matters

The cost of drivers were reported as 6 percent in overall transportation costs, 4.9 Of noteworthy significance was the indication that Mexico overtook China as the largest trading partner for the U.S. Once more, the report observes that reshoring activities related to Canada and Mexico “ have significantly contracted in 2025.”

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Legacy Sourcing and Planning Solutions Struggle With Today’s Supply Chain Challenges — Part Five

Supply Chain Matters

He further established the case for why supply chain teams need to context integrated sourcing as well as procurement. It is not solely procurement focused, but tactical and operational logistics focused. They must therefore be included in a decision intelligence capability.