ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Industries dependent on these metals, including defense , renewable energy , electronics, and manufacturing, may experience supply chain disruptions, including delays, price increases, and supply bottlenecks, due to China’s leading role in their production. importers to find alternative suppliers.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Supply chain management books that are praised by supply chain executives, consultants and supply chain management professionals at all levels. Background In dynamic supply chain management environment, people have to make the quick and decisive actions against various issues.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

The average Supply Chain management professional measures their Supply Chain by reviewing cost reduction. Is cost reduction all that there is in measuring Supply Chain performance? 3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions.

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QAD

MAY 22, 2025

In today’s volatile global trade landscape, enterprises face ongoing pressure to optimize their supply chain operations. Rising costs, geopolitical tensions, and tariffs demand a strategic and holistic approach to maintain profitability and competitive advantage. Imagine you are based in the United States.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Supply chain and logistics functions have been one of the most volatile in the global economy of the last four years. Do supply chain bottlenecks persist and if so, where? Is supply chain resilience still a priority for C-level executives? However, imports of industrial supplies appear to be declining.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Global supply chains are built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of transportation resources, and low variability. Supply chain leaders have little history to use as a guide to prepare. Before the pandemic, supply chain leaders experienced relatively free trade across borders in 2017.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, it is vital for organisations to ensure a reliable supply of products and services. Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. Leadership in Supply Chain. fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines).

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Although I am sure I missed a few, the point is our global, complex, fast-paced supply chains can be disrupted in hundreds of ways and I for one don’t see that changing anytime soon.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Reimagine Supply Chain of the future: There are many facets to imagining Supply Chain of Future. What are the learnings from Covid disaster that leaders will incorporate into future supply chains? Let us study major highlights of Supply Chains of the future. . — Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

This will certainly be an interesting area to watch, especially as electric vehicles become more commonplace and apply to the global supply chain. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. And now on this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

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. from May’s 2.24

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2022

Those investments include a supply chain network that includes more than 110 aircraft, 50,000 trailers, 400 fulfillment centers, 150 sortation centers, and 1,000 delivery stations across the globe. Last September, they increased their average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 27, 2014

NPD Group reports that Millennials spent 81 percent of their shopping dollars in brick and mortar stores, and only 19 percent online. By 2020…[Millenial shoppers’] spending in the United States will grow to $1.4 Many stores now allow customers to view in-store inventory online, and in-store pickup of online purchases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I seethed as the news stations celebrated supply chain success for the December holidays. The health of the supply chain underpins our economy. When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. The current state of logistics is our malady. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% I am worried.

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Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

All financial results referenced are in United States ( US ) currency and, unless otherwise indicated, are determined in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( GAAP ). Issuances of common shares, net of issuance costs 3.6 The purchase price for the acquisition was approximately $112.7 Revenues 168.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported.

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crisp

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Retailers’ investments in AI to realize this value have led to two key developments: consumer technology that personalizes shopping experiences and drives purchase behavior; and new, more robust data infrastructure and reporting solutions to drive supplier success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2024

However, the juice for my newfound nightly routine soon became difficult to find, perpetually out of stock each time I tried to purchase it at the grocery store. Recent statistics have revealed a surge in sales across the United States , indicating a growing trend that has caught the attention of both consumers and retailers alike.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. The topic/report will be on the logistics M&A so far this year. Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy. Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2025

According to a study , there were 268 million digital buyers in the United States in the year 2022 alone. Also, 62% of online shoppers in the US say delivery speed is what makes for a good purchase experience. A survey stated that the average cost per failed delivery in the United States of America is $17.2.That’s

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Colombian drug smugglers are disguising cocaine as “fake coal” within major bulk consignments to try to dupe port surveillance operations, according to a new report. This means the company won’t need to purchase additional aircraft, but will bring additional pilots on board to handle the volume boost, according to Tomé.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2023

Supply chain professionals have always depended on forecasting to help them balance supply and demand. With the maturation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, predictive analytics have grown in importance. The difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics is granularity.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Read about a venture capital studio that implemented procurement software to manage purchases for 10 portfolio companies in addition to their own. Redbud Brands went from not knowing if a purchase order was approved to making every payment in time. There was no tracking system in place on the procurement nor on the finance side.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

Each year in the United States, the return of goods purchased for the holidays usually peaks on one day in early January; the volume is so significant the day has been designated National Returns Day. This year, due to an increased number of e-commerce purchases, retailers and shippers will experience National Returns Week.

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Americold

JUNE 17, 2025

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Enterra Insights

JULY 30, 2021

As Tom Standage ( @tomstandage ), editor of The Economist ‘s ‘ The World in 2021 ‘, reminds us, the digital path to purchase is increasingly becoming the customer journey of choice. consumers in February for their perspective on the greatest supply chain ‘pain points’ one year into the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Although Christmas still reigns supreme among holidays in the United States, Halloween is gaining ground. A year ago, journalist Christopher Wolf reported, “Spooky season is here, and it’s back in a big way. Now, this statistic has jumped to 6 in 10 costumes purchased for adults. With projected spending of $11.6

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain. Although maybe we should have been better prepared, after-all this is not the first major supply chain disruption faced by most companies. All of these disruptions affect the supply chain in different ways.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with December 2024, Q4-2024 , and year-end global supply chain assessments as reported by various global wide PMI reporting. At the end of 2024, global manufacturing activity levels remained at a state of contraction amid international trade volume declines.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2023

People seldom think about the supply chains that make those items available. Last year, reports the U.S. ”[1] The USDA also reports that, in 2022, the number of live poinsettia imports “totaled 2.2 ”[1] The USDA also reports that, in 2022, the number of live poinsettia imports “totaled 2.2

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance.

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 11, 2025

Why Supply Chain Visibility is Critical Hope King, Axios Events Host & Moderator I do want to start big picture because Exiger’s AI is built to provide transparency into supply chains. We’re completely fragile to the supply chains that support us. You need to be able to map those supply chains.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. For the Supply Chain business, professional services revenues for the quarter ended July 31, 2022 increased by 8% to $5.2 a Traverse City, Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Macy’s is closing 100 more retail stores across the United States. At the time, retailers were rarely known for their investment in innovation and technology, but Wal-Mart went against the grain in the 1990’s when it introduced the idea of high service level to customers at a low cost. Sports Authority is going out of business.

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