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Tariffs Are the New Normal: Boardrooms are Finally Demanding a Pivot to Real-Time Supply Chain Orchestration – by Mark Morgan, Kinaxis

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Others had already pressure-tested their supply chain strategies for moments like this. Today, disruptions – whether from trade policy, labor strikes, extreme weather, or geopolitical instability – aren’t the exception. That’s why real-time supply chain orchestration is no longer a nice-to-have.

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ESG-Driven Supply Chains: Moving Beyond Compliance Toward Proactive Sustainability

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Supply chain sustainability is increasingly important for companies facing expectations from investors, regulators, customers, and employees. Integrating ESG across supply chains presents clear operational and strategic challenges that require focused attention. Data collection and verification remain areas of concern.

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Beyond Cost Optimization: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Unstable Trade Environment

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For years, supply chains were engineered to be lean. Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Recent years have brought a series of disruptions that exposed vulnerabilities in how supply chains are designed.

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The Policy Paradox: How US Tariffs and Tax Credits Risk Inflating Power Costs and Delaying the Energy Transition

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This demand spike coincides with a worldwide imperative to transition toward cleaner energy sources. However, a complex and at times contradictory web of federal policies is creating significant headwinds. The Conflicting Signals of US Energy Policy The current U.S. This creates a policy paradox.

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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

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Trade policies are constantly evolving, forcing companies to assess how these changes impact customer demand, supply networks, fulfillment strategies, and cost to serve. Supply chains need to be more agile than ever, yet much of the advice circulating in the industry remains high-level or less than ideal.

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Supply Chain AI: 25 Current Use Cases (and a Handful of Future Ones)

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It has led supply chain vendors to discuss how they currently use artificial intelligence. Further, virtually every supplier of supply chain solutions is eager to explain the ongoing investments they are making in artificial intelligence. ML is being used to keep key parameters and policies up to date.

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The US FDA’s Phase-Out of Synthetic Food Dyes – Supply Chain Impacts & Challenges

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This policy shift is being positioned as a voluntary industry transition rather than an outright regulatory ban. However, the scope and timeline of the initiative carry clear implications for the food and beverage supply chain. The affected dyes include Red No. 40, Yellow Nos. 5 and 6, Blue Nos. 1 and 2, Green No.