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TPM25: Key Takeaways on Trade wars, the Red Sea and Tech for 2025

Freightos

Learn how tariffs, overcapacity, and supply chain innovation will shape global logistics this year. Judah Levine March 18, 2025 Blog This years TPM conference once again brought together thousands of ocean carriers, forwarders, BCOs, tech providers and many other transportation and supply chain professionals.

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Red Sea Insurance Premium Spikes as Houthi Risks Return

Supply Chain Brain

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Over these 10 years+ I have learned a lot about supply chain and logistics through conversations with end users, suppliers, and my colleagues. Department of Transportation (DOT) has added three major West Coast ports to its data-sharing supply chain platform. according to the Walmart Marketplace website.

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ToolsGroup Announces Launch of Dynamic Fulfillment for Real-Time Order Fulfillment Optimization in Retail

ToolsGroup

Hear more about this exciting launch from our CEO, Inna Kuznetsova: Omnichannel fulfillment introduces new complexity into sourcing decisions. How Dynamic Fulfillment Works Dynamic Fulfillment, as opposed to traditionally static, rules-based sourcing logic, is built on a comprehensive, cost-based approach. The reason?

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Yantian Port Congestion: How Can Shippers Navigate Another Major Supply Chain Disruption?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And while this market does not lend itself to a silver-bullet solution, there are things shippers can do to keep their supply chain afloat: Be open to hyper flexibility. A good example of how this plays out is in the case of congestion at the Port of Oakland. The result? continue to be exacerbated (i.e. Final thoughts.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17-21, 2015)

Talking Logistics

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. JDA Creates a More Profitable Omni-Channel Supply Chain. Oakland port terminals plan PierPass-style program (JOC). ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 2.8%