RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Customer Satisfaction: Faster order fulfillment, fewer shipping errors, and improved order accuracy lead to happier customers. Data-driven forecasting improves purchasing and cuts storage expenses. Invest in Staff Training A well-trained team is key to efficiency and accuracy.

Optimal Sourcing

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

The Red Sea crisis demonstrated how quickly shipping routes can be compromised, forcing immediate rerouting decisions. When a single tweet can change tariffs on global trading partners, or when conflict in the Middle East impacts shipping lanes, logistics teams need comprehensive visibility and control, not in weeks or days, but in hours.

Supply Chain Design Software

Bristlecone

JANUARY 8, 2025

Organizational Change Management : Organizations need to develop a culture of no-touch supply chains by training their people in the use of new technologies. Global CPG manufacturer achieved 85% touchless purchase order adherence by improving master data, planning parameters in the system, and loss-free analysis.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 21, 2025

Optimizing costs – Efficient sourcing, logistics, and inventory management improve profit margins – crucial as startups seek profitability. Sustainable sourcing – Careful supplier selection based on sustainability credentials. See Amazon buying Kiva Systems. Supply chain optimization enhances the bottom line.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

JUNE 3, 2025

Digital estimators help manufacturers avoid all sorts of disruptions from predicting shipping fees to sourcing raw materials. Retail Supply Chains: Procurement teams can negotiate better deals thanks to the transparent data they receive when their digital estimator analyzes bulk order pricing in an instant.

Negotiating Skills

RFgen

JULY 18, 2025

Cost, Proximity and Speed Freight cost per container from Asia to North America has risen by nearly 60 percent since 2020, driven by port congestion and shipping-line rate hikes. Economic and Strategic Payoffs Resilience and Risk Management An agile network of nearshore and domestic sites enables dual-sourcing strategies.

North America

Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Instead of developing strategies to keep spend management and purchasing compliant, companies end up with multiple instances of maverick spend or unsustainable vendor behavior. Procurement compliance means ensuring all purchasing activities adhere to applicable regulations, laws, internal policies, and external guidelines.

Procurement Analytics

RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

We’re talking real-time tracking, automated purchasing, and a whole lot less stress. Its your single source of truth for inventory, constantly updated and readily available. Automated Purchase Order Generation: Maintain optimal stock levels by automatically generating purchase orders when supplies run low.

Inventory Management Software

SCMDOJO

JUNE 9, 2025

Automated Document Generation Most modern logistics platforms now generate key documents like bills of lading, shipping labels, and invoices from order data or transportation management systems (TMS). In the procurement phase, documentation begins with purchase orders and supplier contracts.

Supply Chain Planning 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. Loans can save you everything, from funding inventory purchases to pay for innovations in common functions. Jared Weitz is a U.S.-based

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Reduced inventory: A manufacturing execution system updates inventory records with new production so that purchasing, shipping, and planning departments always know exactly what material is available. Increased uptime: MES monitors machine performance and preventive maintenance schedules, reducing unplanned downtime.

Manufacturing Procurement

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. On-site teams can check if materials have shipped, while back-office staff can flag unexpected costs before they snowball into margin killers. The goal is transparency, not just competition.

Manufacturing Procurement

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

Sourcing raw materials from Asia, coordinating freight with European logistics providers, or navigating distribution networks in the Americas cross-border operations rely on effective communication to make them happen. Procurement staff must send alternate sourcing orders. Logistics coordinators will need to reroute deliveries.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Shipsy

AUGUST 7, 2025

A Warehouse Management System is software application that optimizes day-to-day warehouse activities, from inventory tracking and order fulfillment to picking, packing, and shipping. Budget for training and potential downtime—aim for 3-6 months for mid-sized implementations. Train and Go-Live: Provide hands-on training for staff.

Australia

Freightera

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Significant investments in research and development (R&D), factory equipment changes, and sourcing specialized materials like lithium, cobalt, and nickel would be required for factories to produce EV batteries. Electric trucks must balance between more range, which requires more batteries, and the need to carry as much cargo as possible.

Freight

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

You’ll handle every aspect from storing your goods and packing individual orders to shipping items off to customers directly. Begin by determining how much space you’ll need based on your inventory size, then optimize it for efficient packing and shipping. Familiarize yourself with these to avoid disappointing customers.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The incident caused massive oil leakage, leading to devastating environmental damage and disrupting the supply chain of the fishing, tourism and shipping industries in the region. And it exposed the lack of care or concern of companies and their sourcing organizations for the working conditions of their suppliers and their employees.

Supply Chain Design Software

IT Supply Chain

JULY 8, 2025

Open-Source Components A lot of IT tools are built on open-source code. If hackers insert a bug or backdoor into a popular open-source library, that flaw spreads into every product that uses it. Attackers can tamper with hardware or firmware during manufacturing or shipping. The source? That’s not a bad thing.

Supply Chain Design Software

Ware2Go

MARCH 14, 2025

Your customers want freedom of choice — not just in the goods or services they buy, but also in how those purchases are completed and delivered. That means they flip back and forth between where they buy and expect a range of delivery options. Consumer expectations are high. times better engagement with their customers.

Omnichannel

Ware2Go

APRIL 15, 2025

Amazon is driving demand for faster delivery With the launch of Amazon Prime, the ecommerce giant created strong demand for 2-day shipping, and then turned around and sold that capability to its 3rd-party sellers in the form of Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). Meanwhile, Best Buy plans to launch its own in the coming year.

Inventory Reduction

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

By embedding analytics across logistics, sourcing, and fulfillment, businesses gain the visibility and foresight needed to stay competitive.Analytics-driven leadership is no longer a luxury; it’s the foundation of operational survival in todays volatile business environment. Success starts with setting clear data governance policies.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

These tariffs will raise costs, disrupt supply chains, and force companies to rethink sourcing and logistics strategies. or shift sourcing to Mexico and Canada under USMCA. Companies must renegotiate supplier contracts to control costs and explore alternative sourcing strategies to minimize tariff exposure.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 30, 2025

Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago. However as you mention, the labor pool is shrinking. Www.gwtp.org. (It

Warehousing

ShipBob

MAY 2, 2025

Because of this, shipping HAZMAT involves special handling, proper labeling, and compliance with U.S. In this guide, well unpack everything you need to know about shipping hazardous materials legally and safely, from classifying products and following packaging requirements to avoiding hefty fines for non-compliance. Division 1.1:

Examples

Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I had to train them very little on the ecosystem. They trained me on the ecosystem. I would just train them, I had a person from another country, great Salesforce admin/ developer, and I told her the whole thing about what we needed to do with our PO process, and she did it all. You are steering the direction of the ship.

Manufacturing Procurement

QAD

JULY 9, 2025

In many cases, they also lack the ability to rapidly process large volumes of complex data from multiple sources, limiting their effectiveness in today’s interconnected markets. By analyzing past sales, regional buying patterns, and promotional calendars, AI systems can forecast demand with greater accuracy.

Supply and Demand

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago. However as you mention, the labor pool is shrinking. Www.gwtp.org. (It

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

One measure of the health of the US manufacturing sector is the US Purchasing Managers Index from the Institute of Supply Management. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Total combined US carloads and intermodal cars were up 3.9%

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 6, 2025

A: Growth in technology has resulted in a proliferation of new data sources and metrics. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

“This approach can work,” Aronow says, “but only after the CFO and business leaders agree to invest in additional and flexible sources of supply. In the spirit of not letting a good crisis go to waste, a silver lining to this year’s uncertain trade environment is that it has at least unlocked new sourcing options.” Www.gwtp.org. (It

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago. However as you mention, the labor pool is shrinking. Www.gwtp.org. (It

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

“You have completely new jobs being created,” such as robot technicians, Yesh Dattatreya, senior applied scientist at Amazon Robotics, told the Journal, adding that some warehouse workers are being trained in mechatronics and robotics apprenticeships. However as you mention, the labor pool is shrinking. Www.gwtp.org. (It

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago. However as you mention, the labor pool is shrinking. Www.gwtp.org. (It

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

This is partly because the first facility is constantly hiring and training new employees while the second distribution center spends practically no time on this task. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Www.gwtp.org. (It

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to a recent blog post by the maritime analysts at Drewry, which noted that “More than five years have passed since the huge shipping disruptions, damaging port congestion, and cost spikes of the Covid period, but one feature has remained: freight rate volatility.” Supply Chain Digest Says.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

It also describes using layered defenses across telematics, authentication and personnel training. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Supply chain leaders should engage partners to identify and manage new shipping options. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago.

Gartner