Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Edge computing processing data locally, near the source has emerged as a method to address these challenges by reducing latency and improving resiliency. Data security at the edge also presents risks. Environmental factors present additional challenges. Security strategies have also evolved.

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Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction.    The key thing to remember is that cost reduction in procurement isn’t just about slashing expenses. It cuts costs yet helps maintain product quality and smooth operations. Negotiate better contract terms.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Q2’25, the company completed the reclassification (the “Reclassification”) of the Company’s common stock to eliminate its Class B Common Stock. Additional media recognition in Beverage Wholesaler and Rethink Retail showcased Logility’s innovative approaches to AI and vendor management. million or $0.11

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies. Natural Language Processing (NLP): Allows AI agents to interpret and generate human language, which proves useful for analyzing contracts, processing vendor communications, and understanding internal requests.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies. Natural Language Processing (NLP): Allows AI agents to interpret and generate human language, which proves useful for analyzing contracts, processing vendor communications, and understanding internal requests.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Additionally, tools like zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) enable companies to verify information without disclosing sensitive details, and smart contracts automate key processes without intermediaries, reducing costs and delays Regulations such as the U.S. ERP & SCM Systems (2000s2015): Centralized ERP suites (e.g.,

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

How AI is Transforming Manufacturing: Strategies, Benefits, and Use Cases Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a huge topic and one that is constantly changing as research and development efforts push out the boundaries of whats possibleand whats already happening! Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The big data architectures are often present in the current “AI offerings.” Yawn and walk on if the answer is i mproving demand error or reducing inventory levels. The session is a roundtable format–no sponsorships, vendor speeches, or pay for play pitches. The business network market is in need of innovation.)

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 3, 2025

This disconnect between AIs potential and real-world adoption presents a significant opportunity for companies to gain a competitive edge, especially in supply chain management where uncertainty is the norm. By leveraging cutting-edge AI-powered solutions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

This change in perspective has influenced how businesses portray their supply chain management and vendor relationships, making these functions pivot to spearhead competitive advantage. They encompass strategic planning and market analysis, supplier relationship management, and risk mitigation.

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2025

tariffs and potential retaliative measures in other regions present unique challenges due to their scale and unpredictability. Many executives are therefore adopting more cautious investment strategies, and put greater emphasis on cash management and cost-savings. It is the foundation of AI readiness and automation.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 9, 2025

The event, themed “Generating Value Together: Beyond Accuracy, Toward Intelligence,” included presentations, discussions and networking opportunities that highlighted the importance of intelligent decision-making to balance margin, cash and growth, moving beyond the traditional focus on forecast accuracy. All rights reserved.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

This systematic approach to quality management leads to fewer defects, reduced waste, and enhanced customer satisfaction. This results in reduced carrying costs and improved order fulfillment rates. By automating these processes, manufacturers can reduce delays, manage production timelines, and meet customer demands more efficiently.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Why Traditional Methods Just Cant Cut It Anymore. In other words, businesses can eliminate the guesswork in demand forecasting and proactively plan for it with the help of data-backed decision-making. This ensures inventory is balanced across locations, at all timeswhile significantly reducing waste and preventing shortages.

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Clear Spider

APRIL 4, 2025

The Disruptive Nature of Tariffs on B2B Supply Chains For B2B companiesincluding distributors, manufacturers, and logistics providerstariffs can disrupt procurement strategies, production schedules, and delivery timelines. Increase supply chain visibility to proactively manage supplier relationships and procurement strategies.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 6, 2025

Transformation Scope and Strategy With executive support, Comcast consolidated approximately 900 internal supply chain employees and more than 3,000 contractors into a unified structure. Now they’re talking about assortment strategy and improving velocity.” We didn’t grow headcount,” Sam said. “We

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Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

With today’s growing cost pressures and increasingly complex supply chains , quick fixes no longer cut it. What procurement teams need is a clear view of their spend, tighter control, and a strategy that delivers lasting value—exactly what category management provides. Read on to learn: What is category management?

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2025

Why Traditional Methods Just Can’t Cut It Anymore. In other words, businesses can eliminate the guesswork in demand forecasting and proactively plan for it with the help of data-backed decision-making. This ensures inventory is balanced across locations, at all times—while significantly reducing waste and preventing shortages.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2025

Our results allowed us to manage hundreds of vendors for our clients and meet demanding service level agreements. Modern supply chain management solutions and supply chain software eliminate most of the guesswork. But, to set it all up, not to mention the time and expense, was a major undertaking. This no longer has to be the case.

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AFFLINK

JUNE 11, 2025

While this new landscape means easier and faster product ordering for consumers, it puts traditional supply chains under unprecedented pressure to adapt their direct-to-consumer fulfillment, inventory management, and procurement strategies. However, many organizations struggle to balance efficiency with cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Reshoring, the practice of bringing manufacturing operations back to the United States, has gained renewed momentum in recent years, largely driven by a combination of political priorities, economic strategies, and global supply chain disruptions. The Case for Reshoring: Benefits for Supply Chains 1.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Executive Summary Gain Supply Chain Visibility and Eliminate Modern Slavery Risks As global regulations on modern slavery grow stricter, multinational corporations face increased pressure to ensure transparency and compliance in their supply chains. While you could manually check the U.S.

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QAD

JULY 23, 2025

AI in Supply Chain: Transformative Technologies and Strategies Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the supply chain landscape, offering powerful tools to help streamline operations, boost resilience, and increase visibility across every link in the chain.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic sourcing formalizes the gathering, analysis and application of information to align purchasing strategies with the organizations broader goals while securing the best possible overall value. Which Suppliers Are Truly Strategic? Even the largest organizations have limited time and resources.

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RFgen

MAY 30, 2025

Automated Picking & Put-to-Light Combining vision-guided picking arms with put-to-light sorting improves accuracy to 99.99%, virtually eliminating costly mis-shipments. IT, operations, finance and key vendors) to oversee integration, define KPIs (uptime, throughput, TCO), and monitor performance on an executive dashboard.

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E2open

MARCH 27, 2025

As requirements have changed and the TMS market has grown, the vendor landscape has become more crowded and complex. Users can produce faster, more optimal outcomes with decisions and automation that incorporate past, present, and future context. Supply chain technology leaders should use this research to evaluate the TMS market.”

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Resilinc

MAY 12, 2025

At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025 , one thing was clear: AI is no longer a future visionits a present-day game changer. This years agenda cut through the noise, focusing on real-world approaches to AI and autonomous decision-making.

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QAD

JULY 8, 2025

Eliminating Manual Processes and Gaining Supplier Visibility Convotherm’s sourcing activities were previously managed using spreadsheets and ad-hoc communication. As a result, RFQs were time-consuming to issue, supplier responses were difficult to compare and vendor selection was limited to just a handful of familiar partners.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With the new year on the horizon, we’re finalizing 2025 supply chain strategies for our most important customers. In order to offer savings to their customers, Aldi uses strategy and innovation to control costs. And as our gift to you this holiday season, we want to share that foundation with you!

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Taulia

JULY 16, 2025

Lesson 1: Supplier needs have fundamentally shifted Business conditions continue to present significant challenges. By partnering with a vendor like SAP Taulia, companies can streamline the experience for their suppliers, with easy enrollment and access to full payment and invoice-level detail.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As per Gartner’s Prestigious 2023 Market Guide for Analytics and Decision Intelligence Platforms in Supply Chain , ThroughPut AI was recognized as a leading vendor in this space.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast. This reduces the need for manual entry, ensuring better inventory accuracy. It gives you access to 100+ payment methods and lets you present in local currencies.

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ShipBob

MARCH 3, 2025

You can also easily manage your replenishments with the ability to email vendors directly from the platform and create purchase orders based on your forecast. This reduces the need for manual entry, ensuring better inventory accuracy. It gives you access to 100+ payment methods and lets you present in local currencies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Understanding Supplier Onboarding Challenges The conventional supplier onboarding process presents several challenges that can hinder productivity and delay business operations. This eliminates the need for back-and-forth email exchanges and allows for faster resolution of any negotiation points.

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Logility

APRIL 28, 2025

It’s a natural fit for an environment built on orchestration across vendors, partners, inventory, and data. They want the system to present a plan, but they also want to click the “go” button themselves. Agents drastically reduce information latency. At least, not yet. That’s a savvy instinct.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2025

However, true social commerce, i.e. shopping within the social app rather than ads linking out to retailer sites or apps, seems to be still at an early stage of maturity, even though its growing at twice the rate of e-commerce in the US according to data presented by Emarketers Principal Analyst for Retail & E-commerce, Sky Canaves.

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Precoro

APRIL 14, 2025

Especially when the payment process seems transparent, steady, and ready: vendor bills that cement supply deals, steer liquidity, and keep your P&L on track. Insider Fraud Employees misuse their access to approve fraudulent invoices, create phantom vendors, or collaborate with external fraudsters.

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