Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

These decentralized networks aim to boost flexibility, reduce risk, and improve responsiveness, aided by technologies such as blockchain, AI-driven logistics, and expanded visibility into supply chains. These events highlighted the urgent need for diversification and risk mitigation strategies across global supply networks.

Modeling

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Technology can change or even improve work. We are not designing work with the human factor in mind. The goal of human factor process design is to make it easy for employees to do the right thing (and hard to do the wrong thing). Visibility of the translation layer of ship to converted to ship from is not existent.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 25, 2025

Unlike transporting goods across state lines, cross-border shipping demands specialized expertise, robust infrastructure and comprehensive security measures. Infrastructure for efficient freight movement The physical infrastructure supporting cross-border shipping forms the backbone of efficient operations. Mexico trade.

El Paso

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

“Proven US technologies are now rolling out globally, enabling faster, smarter operations at scale.” ” the retail giant said, adding that “With reusable platforms like self-healing inventory and agentic AI, teams can quickly adapt tools to local needs while staying connected through a unified tech stack.

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ThroughPut

JULY 9, 2025

Core Activities in Logistics: Order fulfillment Warehouse and inventory management Freight and shipping coordination Packaging and labeling Last-mile delivery and returns Goal: Efficient and cost-effective movement and storage of goods. It includes managing trucks, ships, planes, trains, and the infrastructure and data that support them.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Network Design Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

Topping the winners for the week was software firm Oracle, up 5.1%, followed by carrier XPO Logistics, which rose 4.1%. The biggest losers for the week were software firm Descartes Systems, down 11.8%, and RFID firm Impinj, off 0.6%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

Topping the winners for the week was software firm Manhattan Associates, up 7.8%, followed by FedEx, up 7.5%. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 13, 2025

The top loser in our index for the week was software firm Descartes Systems, down 3.2%, followed by USP, which fell 2.7% CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 7, 2025

Topping the winners for the week was software firm Oracle, up a huge 23.7%, followed by carrier Werner, which rose 2.8%. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 6, 2025

The only loser in our index for the week was software firm Kinaxsis, down just 0.3%. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Blue Yonder Acquires Returns Manager h 1000+ That is the number of generative AI services and applications currently n progress or built, but that figure is a “small fraction” of what it plans to build. The Fed Downgrades GDP Forecast. FedEx Cuts CO2. That news came from Jassy in a message to employees shared Tuesday.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 29, 2025

CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc. Topping the winners for the week was RFID firm Impinj, up 8.0%, followed by 3PL Ryder, which rose 7.1%.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 20, 2025

Topping the winners for the week was software firm Oracle, up 6.5%, followed by another software provider, Descartes Systems, up 4.0%. CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 22, 2025

CDC/TradeBeam Cognizant Techn Compliance Netw Cornerstone Sol DiCentral Dow Jones E2Open EnVista Epicor Hempstead Consu IBM/ILOG IHS iSuppli Infor Infosys Inside ERP INSIGHT, Inc. Topping the winners for the week was data collection firm Zebra, up 3.7%, followed by 3PL Ryder, which rose 2.0%.

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BlueYonder

MAY 1, 2025

For example, aluminum raw material is cast into a piston in Canada, then shipped to Detroit for machining incurring a 25% tariff based on the piston’s value. A multi-sourcing and multi-shoring approach, guided by needs, cost, service, and risk scenario trade-offs, will strengthen supply chain resilience against disruptions.

Just-in-Time

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Perhaps you’ve seen the recent mobile service ads, where the pitchman talks about a 1 percent difference in reliability. He and other characters in the commercial mock the importance of spending more for only a 1 percent difference in service. Perhaps I’m just tired of seeing this guy; he’s gone from pitching the “Can you hear me now?”

Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The intricate networks of shipping routes, ports, and inland terminals have strengthened the interconnectedness of the world economy, and maritime shipping is the critical mode of global transport. Ships end up using alternative ports that have not been designed to handle the amount of traffic they are now getting.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 12, 2025

Powered by generative AI, this new system harnesses data from dozens of sources, including satellite imagery, road networks, building footprints, customer instructions, information from prior deliveries, and street imagery, to create a comprehensive delivery solution for millions of locations. What’s that, you ask?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello commented that “Excluding the services economy — the largest part of economic activity— the goods market is all over the map, thus impacting freight levels. The Index was down 1.3% in May versus the same period in 2024, as the freight recession continues on.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 12, 2025

One promising solution is the implementation of integrated logistics networks, a strategy that promotes coordination, technology adoption, and collaborative partnerships to enhance supply chain performance. Understanding Integrated Logistics Networks According to the research paper by Judijanto et.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

3000+ That is the number of electric cars on a ship that caught fire and was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean this week, according to many reports. Smoke was first seen coming from a deck of the vessel, whose cargo included about 800 EVs, the ship’s manager, Zodiac Maritime, said in a statement.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

Designing a supply chain to accomplish that task isn’t as straightforward as it seems, especially when technology is involved. A smart company pays attention to the way their supply chain operates, and that means working with a proactive design over a reactive one. To Sum It All Up.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Buy online, pickup in store, return via postal service. Buy online, ship direct to consumer, return to brick and mortar store. Buy via mobile, ship to a third party location (like work or a hotel). Your segmentation and network design have to adapt. Can you see where I’m going with this? A talent standpoint?

Gartner

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

The three traditional methods are the use of a transportation management system (TMS), transportation execution system (TES), and managed transportation services (MTS). A TMS offers optimization capabilities across multiple modes to improve service levels and reduce freight spend. First are technology risks. Look to the Cloud.

Price Reduction

Arkieva

JULY 23, 2015

The total volume moved through the network is in excess of 289,000 tons. In general, optimization tools that address network design balance fixed costs of warehouses and distribution points against transport costs, lead times, and customer service levels. With that kind of volume, distribution costs are an issue.

Network Design Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

In particular, Ferguson’s supply chain is built for speed and to provide high service levels. of in-stock products ship the same business day from our DCs; that is best of breed for any industry.” million square feet in 10 distribution centers and 35 million square feet across its branch network. Across the US, Ferguson has 6.5

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Supply chain design looks very different by company. Today, three out of four companies greater than 10B$ have a network design group that averages seven people. So, how do companies get good at supply chain design? The work can use multiple technologies and combine cognitive learning, simulation and optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

What follows are some key things a newcomer to the supply chain profession, or an interested reader of news headlines, needs to know about SCP technologies, processes, and roles. A network design model figures out where factories and warehouses should be located. The key solution for this is network design.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Supply chain executives must evolve from cost and service as the key objectives for optimal demand-supply balancing towards the “quadfecta” of cost, service, resiliency, and sustainability. Metrics such as lead-times, forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and service are used to measure operational risks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Much of the inventory on the ships at sea will miss the essential seasonal windows.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

AIMMS featured in IT Subway Map of European Supply Chain Software Providers : We’re proud to report that we’ve been featured in 5 different subway lines, or software categories, in this year’s IT Subway Map of European SC Software Providers. Browse the map and you’ll find yourself in our stop!

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means continuously assessing the trade-off between the total cost to serve and meeting customer demand and minimizing lost sales.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Its patented technology finds and fills underutilized trailer space so Shippers can save, Carriers can earn more, and goods can move terminal-free faster and more efficiently.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

AIMMS

JANUARY 28, 2019

In 1966, HEINEKEN became one of the first Dutch companies to adopt container shipping. Decades later, they would debut a climate-efficient shipping route between their brewery and the port of Rotterdam. To learn more about these efforts, we spoke with Wilko Sierksma , HEINEKEN’s manager for Network Design and Global S&OP. .

Modeling

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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