ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ToolsGroup invites NRF attendees to Booth #4043 to explore its retail planning technology, including the launch of Inventory.io, designed to help businesses prepare for the unknown in 2025. ToolsGroup also invites all NRF attendees to visit Lounge #4 to take a spin on ToolsGroups popular Supply Chain Wheel of Fortune.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 2, 2025

Why can’t we put the same energy that we put into inventing new words, tossing around acronyms, and parading on a stage to advocate for maturity models to improve supply chains? Supply chain concepts follow hype cycles. They both exist in supply chain circles. Do we have the right narrative?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? That’s because the promise of artificial intelligence for supply chain operations is huge. It could do more to accelerate the journey of supply chain operations from the backroom to the boardroom than any other change. trillion to U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, triggering a ripple effect throughout global supply chains. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint. Retailers are following suit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

NEW YORK & OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2025 Infor, the industry cloud complete company, and Kinaxis Inc. TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Supply Chain Matters features our latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology or industry services providers. WiseTech Announces $2.1

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2025

”[2] She adds, “According to McKinsey, generative AI and other technologies have the potential to automate 60 to 70% of employees work. ”[4] Gartner lists agentic AI as its top 2025 technology trend. AI Converges with Other Technologies. Exciting things always happen when technologies converge.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Journalists Madhumita Murgia , Richard Waters , and Eleanor Olcott report, “Its release of a new AI model, known as R1, upended assumptions about US supremacy in AI and raised the prospect that some in China are learning how to beat Silicon Valley at its own game. ” DeepSeek’s strategy seems to be working.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives relative to despite having a tentative back-to-work wage negotiation, the outstanding issue of port automation provides added concerns for global industry supply chain teams. ports lag behind other global ports in automation focused on increased throughput.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2025

Microsoft’s Claims Tech writer Davide Castelvecchi reports, “Microsoft has announced that it has created the first topological qubits a way of storing quantum information that the firm hopes will underpin a new generation of quantum computers. ”[7] The most interesting word in that paragraph is the word “believes.”

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2025

The annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City wrapped up Tuesday evening, bringing to an end 3 full days of keynotes, conference sessions and exhibitor talks about almost everything under the retail sun. Now, lets dig in.

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crisp

MARCH 4, 2025

“Globally known, locally loved” New York City-based Magnolia Bakery , known for its iconic banana pudding and other sweet treats, has successfully expanded from brick-and-mortar stores to nationwide retail distribution. My supply chain team uses the platform heavily for sales and operations planning (S&OP).

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

According to the New York Times, Iran sent a barrage of missiles into Israel on June 20 that struck in several places, including Haifa, where two people were severely injured. Earlier, Israel announced it had conducted overnight strikes on missile factories and a research center linked to Iran’s nuclear program.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2025

12 14, 2025, over 40,000 retail professionals will descend on the Javits Convention Center in New York City for the retail industrys biggest show of the year NRF 25. Every year, retail professionals gather to learn from their peers, see and hear about the latest strategies and technological innovations in the retail space.

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E2open

MAY 25, 2025

(NYSE: ETWO) (“E2open” or the “Company”), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with a leading multi-enterprise network, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by WiseTech Global Limited (ASX: WTC) (“WiseTech”), a leading provider of logistics execution software solutions.

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Exiger Perspectives

APRIL 28, 2025

Exiger Launches Advisory Council of Industry, Academic and Government Leaders Meet Exiger at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 19 - 21 May 2025 International Barcelona Convention Centre, Barcelona, Spain Days Hours Minutes Seconds BOOK A MEETING Increasing geopolitical risk and disruption require the leading AI solution.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

This initial agreement called for the base hourly rate for union workers to rise from $39 to $63 per hour over a new six-year contract period. The employers, this person said, got language in the contract that will give them a more straightforward path for introducing automated machinery. East and Gulf Coast ports.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 6, 2025

The Trump Administration continues to focus on tariffs as a tool in advancing its trade goals. Consumers ,” The New York Times, 4 March 2025. [7] As a result, a global trade has erupted. In some ways, Trump’s tariffs are not a surprise. During his campaign, he repeatedly indicated how much he loved tariffs.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 15, 2025

This includes the construction of a new $500 million Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center in Niagara, New York. Paired with automated packing systems and AI-powered robotic arms that swiftly sort packaged units for shipping, Amazon’s new Robotics Fulfillment Centers claim to cut fulfillment times by up to 25%.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Supply chain professionals have certainly taken notice and are making plans to mitigate the effects and/or adapt to these new realities. Its concern is that Chinese dominance of the global market for these essential technologies would harm the U.S. ” That, too, is good news. economy and national security.”[1]

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EFT

JUNE 9, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists Auto companies 'in full panic' over rare-earths bottleneck Frank Eckard, CEO of a German magnet maker, has been fielding a flood of calls in recent weeks. Trump tariffs stoke supply chain worries for US businesses, survey shows A majority of U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. China was also marketed as a low-cost labor option for many US supply chains twenty to thirty years ago and now we’re seeing similar mentions about Southeast Asian countries.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides a perspective on electric utility demand and supply network challenges and opportunities. ProcureAbility has published a white paper titled: Currents of Change, Electrifications impact on the utility supply chain. There tends to be established suppliers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional significant added investments in U.S. Micron Technology to Invest $200 Billion in U.S. Production Memory and data storage hardware producer Micron Technology has announced plans to invest $200 billion in semiconductor production needs to be located in the United States.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

The economic toll of cargo theft alone is estimated at $15–$35 billion annually, disrupting supply chains and inflating costs for businesses and consumers. Context: Chicago’s logistics network is prone to forgery, with automated systems missing discrepancies. Context: Tech hubs face equipment thefts.

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Exiger Perspectives

MAY 1, 2025

Procurement leaders trust Exiger AI technology to uncover hidden supplier risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive smarter, more resilient sourcing decisions at scale. Were excited to join World Procurement Congress 2025 for several exclusive events to discuss technology-driven transformation and building resilience.

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 12, 2025

JUNE 11, 2025 – Exiger , the market-leading supply chain AI company and largest provider of supply chain technology to the U.S. The Software Report also named Gurfein one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Software. Navy WASHINGTON, DC.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2025

In this special edition of our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column, we highlight two noteworthy investments. Key ports mentioned where New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami and Dutch Harbor, Alaska. based technology providers. As a reference, CMA CGM is the owner of the U.S.

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Exiger Perspectives

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Quadrennial reviews have traditionally been focused on national defense and security efforts, and in some ways it is fitting that the administration has initiated a supply chain review given the importance of supply chains to national security. The Quadrennial Review highlights work in that area across 10 supply chains.

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QAD

JUNE 17, 2025

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, Information Technology (IT) has transitioned from a supporting function to a core driver of competitive advantage. They were on aging technology that was getting more and more difficult to support. Risk a concept until its realization becomes an actual event, and then organizations suffer.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of EV auto maker Teslas Q4 and 2024 financial performance. We do so from a supply chain, production and new product management lens. Bob Ferrari Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. million vehicles.

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EFT

MAY 12, 2025

China to strengthen control over strategic minerals exports China said on Monday that it will strengthen controls over the full supply chains of strategic minerals exports as part of efforts to tighten its dominant grip on materials it deems crucial to its national interest. the chief financial officer said on Thursday.

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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. That vote, which occurred in 2022 at an FC in Staten Island, New York, has to date not led to a contract between Amazon and the workers there, as Amazon continues to fight the outcome.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

bookings for container transport from China to the United States spiked almost 300% in the wake of the United States and China pausing punishing tit-for-tat tariffs, container-tracking software provider Vizion said on Wednesday. Nissan cut plants and workers as new CEO Espinosa takes axe to costs Nissan Motor (7201.T)

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2025

The New York Times reports that the takeover would combine Ferrero, a family-owned company that makes Tic Tacs, Ferrero Rocher candies and Nutella spreads, with the producer of Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other cereals. billion , the companies announced on July 10.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2025

tariffs, and UPS is implementing new surcharges and processing fees, further impacting supply chains. These developments highlight the growing influence of technology, sustainability, and geopolitical factors in shaping global trade and logistics.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 5, 2025

General Motors is making significant strides in revolutionizing its manufacturing processes through a new partnership with chipmaker Nvidia. Announced in March, the collaboration aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence to enhance automation, cut costs and improve efficiency across GM’s factories.

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