SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Understanding how your Procurement and Supply Chain KPIs are performing isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential for survival and growth. But what if you could get a clear, birds-eye view of your core performance without investing in complex, expensive software? Check out SCMDOJO’s Supply Chain KPIs Dashboard!

Pricing Training

GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2025

It also affects compliance, carrier performance, pricing, insurance and legal protection. Here's a breakdown of what you'll typically see: BOL Field Purpose Reference/Purchase Order # Identifies the shipment and ties it to business transactions. NMFC Classification Indicates freight class for LTL pricing and handling.

Freight

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2025

How to Increase Transparency in the Medical Device Supply Chain! In any business, supply plays an important role. Based on this, an efficient supply chain is a must-have, despite the industry. How can you optimize your medical equipment supply chain? It’d help to assess the current tools you’re using.

Optimal Sourcing

RFgen

MAY 30, 2025

Operating with razor-thin margins and relentless customer expectations, supply-chain leaders are under immense pressure to deliver faster, smarter, and more reliable warehouse operations. Companies that invest strategically in warehouse automation reap transformative benefits.

Supply Chain Software

SCMDOJO

JUNE 9, 2025

How Documentation Happens in Logistics Accurate documentation in logistics requires structured processes and reliable methods to capture, record, and transmit essential information at every stage of the supply chain. In the procurement phase, documentation begins with purchase orders and supplier contracts.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Home February 24, 2025 Understanding Opportunity Cost in Warehouse Automation Decisions Kane Edwards , Business Development Manager Every business decision comes with trade-offs and choosing one path means forgoing another. In the context of warehouse operations, this principle applies directly to warehouse automation.

Supply Chain Software

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 19, 2025

The ways to find and buy items online with instant processing had changed the customers’ views on the whole chain. But convenience is not the only trait of a click-to-buy process. We conclude that different types of loans may help e-commerce supply chains. Here, we get another central point, the capital.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They integrate finance, HR, sales, and supply chain management into one complex platform. Within this setup, an ERP procurement module helps companies make purchases and manage suppliers. Order Processing ERP procurement systems digitize the entire order process, from purchase order creation to invoicing and payments.

Procurement Solutions

IT Supply Chain

JUNE 18, 2025

The smartest contractors are switching to integrated platforms that unify purchasing, payments, and supplier coordination all in one place. Top-performing firms are using project management software that connects the dots between site needs, supplier availability, and accounting.

Manufacturing Procurement

ThroughPut

JUNE 17, 2025

AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. By infusing intelligence into every supply chain touchpoint—from sourcing to shelf—AI is driving operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and exponential growth.

Optimal Sourcing

ThroughPut

JUNE 17, 2025

AI in retail supply chain is no longer an innovation to observe—it’s a strategic imperative to adopt. By infusing intelligence into every supply chain touchpoint—from sourcing to shelf—AI is driving operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and exponential growth.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Reverse logistics, while not being the opposite of forward logistics, is still about products moving backwards in the supply chain. However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. Forecast demand better.

Reverse Logistics

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

In an age where supply chains face persistent disruptionsfrom pandemics and trade wars to cyberattacks and climate volatilityresilience is no longer optional. This shift has pushed supply chain leadership to pivot from reactive management to proactive strategy built on data. Not sure where your supply chain stands?

Prescriptive Analytics Software

OptiProERP

JULY 30, 2025

MRO inventory refers to the supplies, tools, and equipment used to support production and facility operations, but that are not part of the finished product. These items are used for maintaining assets, repairing machinery, and ensuring smooth daily operations in manufacturing plants, warehouses, or other industrial facilities.

Inventory Reduction

Ware2Go

APRIL 15, 2025

They lowered their own fulfillment costs while improving delivery speeds with their optimized distributed warehousing strategy, which they will continue to invest in. Amazon accounts for 25% of the $9 billion currently invested in new warehouse development nationwide. It’s not hard to see why Amazon prefers this model.

Inventory Reduction

Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. 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. Five years later, the Gadsden Purchase completed the creation of the current U.S.–Mexico

El Paso

IT Supply Chain

JULY 29, 2025

Integrating AI, machine learning and advanced analytics capabilities in modern cloud ERP platforms has democratized access to enterprise-grade technology. The best partners offer training programs, ongoing technical support, system optimization services and assistance with future upgrades.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

Yet the term itself covers a wide range of technologies performing different tasks. Each of them has a role to play in procurement, but it’s important to understand the differences between them to ensure that you apply the right tool for the right job. In automotive supply chains, AI inspects parts for defects, reducing recalls.

Predictive Analytics Software

Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We have another one that is commercially available as well called Stretch, which is a logistics and warehouse robot used for moving boxes, say, up to 50 pounds. Chad Wright From a technology perspective, it was exactly what I had just said. We are the world’s leading maker of autonomous mobile robots.

Manufacturing Procurement

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

These tariffs will raise costs, disrupt supply chains, and force companies to rethink sourcing and logistics strategies. Businesses must act immediately to safeguard operations, contain financial risks, and maintain supply chain stability. Strengthening Domestic Supply Chains Businesses that manufacture in the U.S.

Negotiating Skills

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Choosing the right inventory management software , often referred to as an inventory control system, can be the difference between a well-oiled, profit-generating operation and one plagued by costly mistakes and inefficiencies. The right software empowers businesses to take control of their stock, optimize operations, and drive growth.

Inventory Management Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

New Roles and Skills likely to Emerge, Gartner’s Abdil Tunca Says July 30, 2025 Supply Chain Digest Says. In a recent blog post, Tunca had this to say: “CSCOs must develop an organizational structure to support the management of growing fleets of robots by creating a warehouse automation strategy.”

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

During COVID-19, if you asked technology leaders what they were glad to have had in place, they would tell you: remote working policies, strong cybersecurity, network resilience and — perhaps most importantly — a culture of teams who could act fast. Enter 2025, and we’re facing another major supply chain challenge.

Vendor Strategies

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

So say the analysts at Gartner in a new blog post on logistics technology. Supply Chain Digest Says. Gartner says that, with the exception of high-performing organizations, 40% of logistics leaders cite the struggle to realize value from existing technology investments What do you say?

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

We always start with a check on the US and global economy, as that has such an impact in the end on supply chain practice. One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Gilmore Says. What do you say? growth for all 2025, 2.8%

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 6, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Highlights of the interview are provided below: Q: Why is it critical for supply chain planning leaders to evolve their roles to more proactively shape business decisions in today’s environment? What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. Below are some highlights from the Gartner blog post. This shift was accompanied by a change in tone.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

And did you know Amazon has already deployed more than one million warehouse robots of multiple types? The growing level of robotic automation has driven productivity gains at Amazon facilities, which reduces fulfillment costs, which in turn also helps the company deal with labor shortages and high turnover levels at its fulfillment centers.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The differences continue: In my rough estimate labor productivity in the second facility is about twice that of the first even with less automation. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago. What do you say?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. It also describes using layered defenses across telematics, authentication and personnel training. While these results may seem surprising to those solely focused on barcode scanning, the adoption of multi-modal technologies in the DC makes perfect sense for greater worker efficiency and productivity.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Julie Leonard Marketing Director, Inovity Posted on: Jun, 27 2016 Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. That price would represent about a 23% premium to Norfolk Southern’s stock before the first reports of a potential deal this month. Editor's Note: You are right, Internet of Things (IoT) was at the top of the Garter new technology hype curve not long ago.

Supply Chain Design Software

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. The disgraced executive was eventually convicted of wire and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology. What do you say?

Supply Chain Design Software