GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As market volatility continues to challenge supply chains, shippers are looking for solutions to help create consistency. 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.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Supply chains are particularly vulnerable during recessions. Consequently, it is imperative to develop a recession-proof supply chain to make them more resilient and adaptable. A resilient supply chain is one that can absorb shocks and continue functioning with minimal disruption.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The term control tower has been grossly overused in the domain of supply chain management. Its used to describe practically anything from basic visibility to network-wide fully autonomous solutions. What is a supply chain control tower?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2018

If you’re a global supply chain executive, you’ve got a challenging job. A job that was once as simple as moving goods around now involves managing relationships with suppliers and service providers all around the globe, while also keeping track of the goods as your shipments move closer to their destination.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

If you’ve ever tried to buy a new car during the chip shortage or waited months for furniture delivery, you’ve experienced firsthand what happens when supply chains break down. Supply chain resilience is your business’s ability to bounce back when things go wrongand in today’s world, things will go wrong.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mary is a podcast host and writer for FreightWaves , the leader in global supply chain market intelligence. Mary O’Connell is a former pricing analyst, supply chain planner, and broker/dispatcher turned creator of the newsletter and podcast Check Call. Mary O’Connell and Joe Lynch discuss the Bloomberg of Freight.

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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. “We recently announced a round of layoffs that hit software developers hardest. And Microsoft Corp.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Huge demand supply issues breaking the ever-so-fragile supply chain globally. In this phase, companies with relatively better supply chains, started to re-access the imperatives required to rebuild resilient and agile supply chains. The Critical Levers that Global supply chains need to Execute NOW.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

billion ‘Green Gateway’ rail expansion The CrowdStrike software bug that crashed Microsoft operating systems and caused the largest IT outage in history caused disruptions at U.S. The new issue for the global supply chain comes amid a rise in global demand, with shipments up 13% year-over-year in June.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Robots and automation enriched the Jetsons’ lives. Last week, I was having breakfast with a CEO of a leading software supply chain management company. At that time, he aggressively pursued automation, and actively tested new technologies. Today’s supply chain is like the Flintstone era.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Oil prices tanked, cancellations increased and Maersk drilling and supply chain services would run up nearly $2 billion dollars in annual losses. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Todays supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve many supplier tiers. Outdated solutions dont consider enough possibilities and parameters across the complex global supply chain. There is good news, though. What can shippers do?

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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. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Such meetings are generally hyped as platforms that can bring sweeping global action which makes it very hard for the participants to live up to the expectations. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles. The third Z – Zero emission technology: First Movers Coalition.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Across every industry, there’s buzz about artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), automation, optimization engines, and other advanced technologies. Should we be excited or scared by the possibilities created by today’s rapid technological innovations? But what do these terms mean for the logistics industry?

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

In most cases, their legacy ERP or supply chain solutions cannot support the real-time, frequent forecasting and inventory planning needed to get ahead of margins pressures, rising costs, and shifts in consumer demand. It used to take two people anywhere from 10 to 15 days to create a 12-month forecast.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Building a customer-focused, digitally enabled supply chain comes with its challenges, but the benefits make the effort worthwhile. In addition to decreased costs, digital supply chain transformation can increase revenue 10% by creating a better customer experience and new routes to market. New sources of revenue.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Are you interested in understanding how businesses effectively manage their supply chains? Look no further – this guide is here to help you grasp the fundamentals of supply chain management (SCM) and how it can lead to success. It encompasses activities such as procurement, supplier selection, and evaluation.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

My wife often jokes that she is the VP of Supply Chain and Logistics in our family. Whether it’s preventing out-of-stocks of critical household items or making sure the kids are delivered on time in full to wherever they need to be, she keeps our supply chain running as efficiently as possible — while doing her day job too!

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

By mid-March, it had become difficult to keep track of what seemed like the high-speed unravelling of the world’s economy and its means of social connection. Without an intact supply chain, a manufacturing business will starve for key inputs into its production process. A retailer will have empty shelves.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry. Supply chain financing is common in the auto industry. The platform had issued 400 billion yuan ($55.7 Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup’s Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how they can leverage probabilistic forecasting and automation to adjust to a changing marketplace. Check out the video below. Or listen and follow on Spotify. Transcript.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Having the complete source-to-pay journey within the Ivalua Platform will help our customers build stronger, reliable supplier relationships”, said David Khuat-Duy, Founder and CEO of Ivalua. By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked.

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Shipchain

JANUARY 23, 2019

Much, much better– Approximately two weeks ago, we fully launched our platform and have begun selling! Pictured: Camille Carpenter, VP of Technology and Technical Sales. has been hard at work dreaming up, creating, testing, piloting, tweaking, marketing, and now beginning to sell access to our Track and Trace Platform.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One of the best quotes I heard this year came from a young professional commenting on why she chose a career in supply chain management: “I wanted to work in a field where I knew I wouldn’t live the same day twice.”. Every day in supply chain management brings new challenges and opportunities. Source: Quintiq.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Last Friday I attended a CSCMP Executive Breakfast with guest speaker Jason Seidl from Cowan and Company where he provided an update on the rail, truckload, and less-than-truckload transportation markets. The lab will focus on Prime Air.”. Want to work at Amazon to help develop Prime Air? customs brokerage director for Transplace]. .

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Provenance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Provenance is using tech to power the transparency movement – helping brands bring their supply chain and the social and environmental impact behind products to shoppers, enabling more conscious, fair, and low-impact consumption. Proactively look for ways to improve our processes, software quality and maintainability.

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Provenance

JUNE 4, 2021

Provenance is using tech to power the transparency movement – helping brands bring their supply chain and the social and environmental impact behind products to shoppers, enabling more conscious, fair, and low-impact consumption. Proactively look for ways to improve our processes, software quality and maintainability.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2023

In the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, most people paid little attention to supply chain operations. Supply chain disruptions dominated the headlines. People suddenly understood what had always been true: supply chains shape our lives. Following the outbreak, that all changed.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air. In the rail sector, the big issue is capacity. In the U.S.,

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. RPA is an excellent tool for automating laborious processes currently executed manually.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2017

For international distribution, multiple modes of transport are used, including air, ocean, rail and road, and the processes for cooperation and information exchange between all the parties can be organized in different ways depending on location and forwarder. In addition, special service providers are used if dangerous goods are involved.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 16, 2024

Solution: Route optimization software: Utilizing software that optimizes delivery routes can minimize travel distances and improve vehicle fill rates, even with smaller loads [1]. Solutions: Route optimization: Using technology to optimize delivery routes reduces travel time and fuel consumption.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field.

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