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Blockchain for Transparent and Secure Supply Chains, 2025 Update

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains do not just move products, they move promises. Blockchain, despite the early hype and hesitation, is proving to be the foundational architecture that this trust-deficient world demands. The Trust Deficit at the Core A modern supply chain spans continents and cultures. Counterfeit goods still fill markets.

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Mathematical Optimization: Supply Chain Management by the Numbers

Supply Chain Brain

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. By itself, the word “optimize” doesn’t mean anything specific. “A The word “perfect,” of course, can be misleading.

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Unmasking the Supply Chain: How Blockchain Brings Transparency and Trust

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains, which facilitate the movement of products from manufacturers to consumers, have historically encountered issues such as inefficiency, fraud, and a lack of transparency. Companies find it difficult to fully trust the data from suppliers, complicating efforts to ensure product authenticity, safety, and ethical sourcing.

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How to Incorporate Local SEO into Supply Chain Management

SCMDOJO

Thats why local SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is critically important for any business operation, and Supply Chain Management is no exception. If you are looking for ways to improve your supply chain management performance, e.g., by cutting costs and saving time, you must consider leveraging local SEO. What Is Local SEO?

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The Best Ways to Use Project Management to Build Resilient Supply Chains Amid Global Disruptions

SCMDOJO

Supply chains are the backbone of global trade that ensure the smooth movement of goods and materials across industries. One of the most effective strategies for building resilience is integrating project management into supply chain operations. A well-managed supply chain does not just survive crises it thrives in them.

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AI-Tuned Pricing and Inventory Strategies are the Way Forward for Retailers

Supply Chain Brain

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. And that’s not forecasting; it’s modeling. That’s what AI is capable of doing. The human brain has limitations. It also has great, unlimited imagination.

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Pricing Power: The Most Effective Weapon During Trade Wars

Supply Chain Brain

The challenge is compounded by the comparatively slow digital transformation in the supply chain and distribution sector, with many organizations remaining dependent on pricing systems that are either fully or partially manual. As the speed of trade policy changes continues to escalate, spreadsheets simply cannot keep up.