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Navigating the Supply Chain Wars: Strategies for Wholesale Distribution Success

ToolsGroup

Lets explore these challenges and strategies to overcome them. Optimize Inventory and Pricing Use AI-driven insights for stock mix optimization and dynamic pricing, reducing excess stock while meeting service level goals. Invest to buffer inventories of critical goods and use pricing to intelligently respond to tariffs.

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Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. When unexpected disruptions occura factory shutdown, a shipping delay, or a supply shortagethese models provide little flexibility.

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

auto parts are sourced from Mexico, making the tariff impact immediate and severe. are expected to rise by $3,000 to $12,000 per car, forcing manufacturers to either pass costs to consumers or cut production. production at its South Carolina plant to reduce reliance on North American imports. Approximately 40% of U.S.

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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Freightos

It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process. It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process.

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9 Tips To Offset the Impact of Tariffs and How a 3PL Provider Can Help

GlobalTranz

Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. Below, we provide nine tips to optimize your shipping and tell you how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can help you during these difficult times.

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AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

The adoption of AI in supply chain automation is enabling companies to make more accurate decisions, reduce cycle times, and better manage complexity. AI in Procurement: Enhancing Sourcing and Supplier Management Procurement has traditionally relied on human expertise, manual comparison of supplier options, and analysis of past performance.

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Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight Strategies

Logistics Bureau

The Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) and Primary Freight (PF) strategies, as adopted by major grocery retailers, are causing a shudder up the spine of many retail suppliers. What are Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight strategies? Otherwise known in shipping terms as FIS (Free Into Store). Now, the issue.