Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Natural Language Interfaces Interaction with computers and machines will fundamentally improve through voice-based software control. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine natural language interaction becoming the new standard of operating mobile devices and desktops, and eventually complicated business software applications.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

A truly resilient supply chain is a combination of visibility (knowing what’s happening across your entire network), flexibility (having multiple options when things go wrong), and adaptability (being able to pivot quickly when circumstances change). This really is a case where the saying, forewarned is forearmed applies.

Sourcing Strategies

BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Advanced digital software, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) like the Blue Yonder Transportation Management solution are purpose-built to address the top causes of shipping delays. A lack of real-time visibility Another advantage of an advanced TMS? There is good news, though.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

Can it integrate with your existing infrastructure, like racking and WMS/WES software? Does the technology handle a wide range of container sizes and product types? – Choose a solution that adapts to your operations — not the other way around.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 31, 2025

That means dynamically rerouting orders, reprioritizing fulfillment sources, and adjusting service level agreements on the fly. Unified feature sets, with tailored intelligence, allow OMS platforms to deliver consumer-like simplicity alongside enterprise-grade complexity. And they expect it across devices, marketplaces and platforms.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2025

From real-time load tracking to accounting and communication features, the right integrations are helping reduce friction, increase efficiency, and give drivers more ownership over their day-to-day work. When everyone operates from the same source of truth, decision-making gets faster, more accurate and far less dependent on legacy processes.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The regulation is designed to provide European consumers with extensive data about the provenance of the items they purchase, all the way back to the sourcing of raw materials. Beyond the promotion of ethical sourcing, it’s also about “how we can extend the life of products,” Balaam says.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 21, 2025

When companies have better visibility into retail trends, or instant access to market insights, they can better ensure the right products are properly stocked and available at an attractive price when their customers expect them. Data is the fuel that drives marketing.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

AMRs don’t require costly or disruptive fixed installation, and they navigate the warehouse with a mix of location-based software and radar to avoid obstacles. P2G automation offers a flexible, easily scalable alternative, deploying autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) under a subscription model.

Warehousing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

So argues Greg Petro, CEO of First Insight , a retail platform that uses AI analysis of consumer feedback to predict demand, determine pricing thresholds and model scenarios around, for example, differing tariff levels or supply chain bottlenecks.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

This tracks with findings that 69% of companies believe AI will make their search and discovery processes better, and 86% intend to use more AI for that purpose in the next year. Data Privacy and Security Worries A key risk that companies have identified is a lack of data privacy or security.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Generative AI and AI-powered software agents “should change the way our work is done,” Jassy said in an email to employees on June 17 that laid out his thinking about how the emerging technology will transform the workplace. recently announced a round of layoffs that hit software developers hardest. Duolingo Inc. And Microsoft Corp.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

The platform had issued 400 billion yuan ($55.7 BYD, China’s best-selling car brand, has a promissory note system called Dilian, or Dilink in English, that it uses as a form of payment to its suppliers and can be redeemed at a later time. billion) worth of notes as of May 2023, the last time that BYD disclosed such information.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

This delay creates a dangerous blind spot for operators — higher landed costs, longer lead times and shifting sourcing patterns will start to accumulate in warehouses over the next two to 12 months. We now have the tools to track inventory more accurately, while spending less money on tracking.

Negotiating Skills

EFT

JULY 22, 2025

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern explore cross-continental railroad merger, source says Union Pacific (UNP.N) , the largest U.S. to create a $200 billion coast-to-coast rail network, a person familiar with the matter said. freight railroad operator, is exploring a possible acquisition of Norfolk Southern (NSC.N) trade deal. 'We

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

Source: ISM So mixed signals on the economy, with weak but and barely positive Q1 GDP, then likely a somewhat better Q2, but the PMI indicating a prolonged manufacturing slump, with weak forecasts for full year growth. million, as rail cars rose 2.4% The full index reading for June was 113.3, million with intermodal up a solid 5.1%

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain There’s always been procurement in supply chains — but today’s CPO is a whole different animal. Procurement sits at the center of every global supply chain, for acquisition of raw materials, components, assembly, finished goods, transportation and a range of other business functions.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 3, 2025

To keep up with the competition, the 3PLs seeks to offer their customers complete visibility and control, while reducing the time and resources dedicated to inventory cycle counting. Taylor prides itself on utilizing leading-edge technology. In order to do so, they wanted to incorporate automation into their inventory monitoring protocol. “We

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

Drivers dont need new training to operate the vehicles, and dispatchers dont need new scheduling software to account for lengthy charging times. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

Our guest is Tracey Ortiz, director of product management with SPS Commerce , provider of a retail cloud services platform. On this episode, we examine the deeper impact of the tariffs on the logistics landscape. Show notes: A blog post from SPS Commerce: “Staying Agile in the Face of Tariffs.”

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2025

It’s the agency’s number-two priority, to be precise — second only to smoking out “waste, fraud and abuse” in white-collar crime, especially in health care and government procurement programs. In a policy memo issued in May, DOJ singled out “trade and customs fraud, including tariff evasion,” as an area of particular focus.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

The result has been a "perfect storm of disruptions" for Europes ports, says Heidi Benko, the VP of product management and strategy for cloud software provider Infor. Benko points to infrastructure issues that have become "painfully apparent" at European ports.

Europe

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 3, 2025

Supply chain visibility is critical for enabling more accurate demand forecasting and smarter sourcing strategic decisions. Prices spiked, consumer demand dropped, and sourcing strategies had to be rethought almost overnight. Effective data management plays a critical role in helping retailers mitigate the impact of tariffs.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Eurasian Rail Freight: Demand for rail freight between Asia and Europe has surged, leading to congestion and longer booking times. Organizations should trial rail options where feasible, weighing higher costs against faster transit. Contingency planning for alternative ports is essential.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Click here to send us your comments According to Bloomberg, the acquisition by Union Pacific would involve a stock-and cash deal that would value its smaller rival at about $320 a share, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the rail industry’s largest merger in history. Supply Chain Digest Says.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

The US thus spent about $131 billion more in parcel shipping than it did in rail transport last year - a bit more than a delta of $127.4 billion in 2024, rail comprised just 5.8% Rail was also 3.7% Gilmore Says. billion in 2023. What do you say? of the total cost logistics number (versus 7.2% of total transport costs and 38.5%

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

firms can take advantage of this new platform to scale, diversify and compete on the global stage,” she said. Bloomberg CN Rail Chops Forecast as Trade War Hits Commodities, Autos More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! and India Seal Free Trade Agreement Slashing Tariffs, Barriers U.K. Lowering Barriers U.K.

India

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

How to create end-to-end supply chain visibility? GCSCS2025 will bring together about 600 executive participants from the Government & Associations, Academies, Leading Chemical Manufacturers, LSPs, Distributors, Consulting Agencies, Software, Equipment, Packaging and other solution providers.

Chemicals

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 28, 2025

Challenges remain even as Cosco enters the discussions, David Blennerhassett, an analyst at Quiddity Advisors, wrote on financial analysis platform SmartKarma. It didn’t help that President Donald Trump billed the transaction as the return of Panama Canal back to American influence.

China

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 7, 2025

The company said orders for its upcoming CLA sedan — built on a new electric-first platform designed to maximize range — are gaining momentum. China Mercedes Car Sales Drop as Tariffs Crimp Demand in U.S., China An employee fits a Mercedes-Benz AG star badge in Bremen, Germany. China Mercedes Car Sales Drop as Tariffs Crimp Demand in U.S.,

Modeling

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Real-time transportation visibility platforms tell shippers and their broker/carrier partners where their freight is at any point on its journey. And in the rail car. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. But we have to go further.

Rail Software

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Track Carrier Performance Data. Capturing carrier data gives you more visibility into your freight spend and enables you to make data-driven decisions that positively impact your business. Analytics provides visibility into your transportation network and operations. Forecast Demand?with?Analytics.

Optimal Sourcing

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But more than half of their shipments – including a significant portion that begin at factories in Asia – travel across oceans or continents These long-distance shipments go by ocean, air, or rail. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility. The data from Infor Nexus also helps the transportation teams do better carrier sourcing.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.

Analytics Software

Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through Logility, Kelly-Moore has moved beyond relying solely on shipment history to purchase raw materials by forging a deeper connection between its master production schedule and procurement decision-making. With Logility, IPG swiftly gained the visibility and flexibility to simplify demand planning for its make-to-stock products. “It

Consumer Goods

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

As part of Ivalua’s journey to bridge the gap between Finance and Procurement, Ivalua has partnered with TransferMate to reduce the financial friction within cross-border trade. The high-level benefit of embedding the TransferMate payment solution within the Ivalua Source to Pay journey is that supply chains can become stronger.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Source: [link]. De Beers tracks diamonds through supply chain using blockchain (Reuters). Robinson Launches Rail Service, Connecting China and Europe. Rail, One of the Transportation Granddaddies, Still Relevant. Robinson launching a trans-Eurasian rail freight service between China and Europe.

Logistics Network Optimization Software