Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

These systems, often in the form of lightweight autonomous drones with no human operator, or more expensive but higher-throughput telescoping autonomous mobile robot (AMR), draws on advances in AI "world models" to navigate cluttered, dynamic warehouse environments — something not feasible via technology even a few years ago.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Over the next five years, those leaders have top priorities around enhancing the customer experience with more service options, increasing automation and further digitalizing processes and offerings What is a supply executive to do?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. On sustainability, Gartner says that there was a notable difference between the North American and EMEA regions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Then they ask what should be done about the problem and ask employees why they have proposed one solution instead of another. This generally requires considering a range of solutions and collecting more evidence.) That’s respect for people.” What do you say? Do it your way and get on with it.”

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Drewry notes that transpacific rates from Asia to the US West Coast have been especially volatile in the last six months, in the context of tariff announcements and sudden changes in both capacity and demand.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.)

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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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. April On what he calls Liberation Day, President Donald Trump publishes a wide schedule of tariffs on US imports from virtually every other country, creating supply chain chaos. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. CSCMP members can download a copy for no charge, and others can purchase one for a modest fee. With overall transport costs rising 8.7%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. If there are applications that demand the scanning of a wide variety of narrow elements, non-contact scanners may be required. Excellent operator performance will be achieved with training sessions that emphasize CONFIDENCE building along with the use of tools like Data Identifiers or Application Identifiers.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Any F eedback on our Supply Chain Graphic of the Week? Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. --FedEx employs over 500,000 people (370,000 in the U.S.) RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. at over 5,000 facilities worldwide. --Its Its website processes 500 million package tracking requests each day.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

He adds: “The emissions spike we’re seeing today is the result of years of underinvestment in meaningful, near-term solutions. There is no shortage of reporting tools, green fuel pilots or glossy ESG statements. The tools exist. What do you say? Not technologically. Not mentally.” The technology exists. The urgency exists.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

That also led Klappich to recently define a new category of software, which Gartner calls a Multiagent Orchestration Platform (MAOP) for managing mobile robots in warehousing and manufacturing. ( Using the right tools to do the right job is important and SCM is heavily dependent on sophisticated ERP systems to get right real data info ASP.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Another manager in the computers and electrics sector stated that: “Tariffs continue to cause confusion and uncertainty for long-term procurement decisions. a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5 The situation remains too volatile to firmly put such plans into place.“

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

The Trump tariffs “are reshaping global supply chains and injecting a high degree of uncertainty into capital investment decisions, causing delays. Ian Jansen Mr, NHLS Posted on: Sep, 14 2016 SCM is all about getting the order delivered to the Customer on date/ time requested because happy Customers = Revenue. What is going on?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. TuffAir’s site states that it plans to launch in the fall, “with high performance aircraft, lean operations and a scalable model to connect overlooked freight corridors across the Midwest. July 9, 2025 Ohio-based startup TuffAir has sued Amazon over claims related to intellectual property. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. However, in the polling data in the APICS webinar, we found that over 70% of the respondents had deployed solutions from the ERP-expansionists (either SAP or Oracle). The results confound me. Let me share the story.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. The results show some of the biggest supply chain management trends in supply chains for 2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Today, fewer and fewer supply chain professionals make the event. To make the event profitable, SAP Insider now combines supply chain, customer relationship management, human resource management, and product life cycle management. I remember attendance for the supply chain event was 5,000. Consultant presentations dominate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. As I whirl past the factories in the car, it makes me think about the adoption of supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

As an analyst in the battered supply chain software market for a decade, it is fun to watch you grow. Clients buy your software because you make it real. For those who are new to reading the Supply Chain Shaman blog, let me begin my analysis with a disclaimer. First let me start with congratulations for the LLamsoft team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. The supply chain career is new. Top Three Challenges for Supply Chain Employees.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

The solution solved a relevant industry issue. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. Transora had a short history. Clear governance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

She cannot count the number of SCM software acquisition announcements that promised 1+1=10. Very few software acquisitions reach their potential. The supply chain management market is troubled and needs some excitement. icon-scm was founded in 1992. In 2012, icon-scm had revenues of approximately $10 million.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Kevin Doubleday who discusses the importance of blockchain within the supply chain. Current Supply Chains don’t operate at the cadence of business. Integrating Blockchain within the Supply Chain could change that. Download white paper.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

As supply chain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. Surprisingly, IT research firm Gartner ranks Apple Supply Chain as the best supply chain in the world for 4 years in a row. Without a doubt, Apple Inc is the world leader in Innovation, Branding and Software Ecosystem. But, is Apples Supply Chain really the number 1?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. Let’s start by taking a look at history.

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Logility

APRIL 21, 2020

In the world of commerce, every business ecosystem has a type of supply chain that is critical to corporate operations.These supply chains rely on a network of plants and facilities to add value to, and transform, raw materials into a final product. What are best and worst case scenarios? Better estimates of demand.

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