Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. This includes: Increasing domestic supply chain investments, reducing dependence on cross-border components.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain & Logistics News January 2nd-6th 2025 The global supply chain never sleeps, and this weeks headlines reveal the fast-moving shifts shaping logistics, trade, and technology. From the U.S. Lets dive into the biggest stories impacting businesses and consumers alike.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Multimodal shipping represents how companies can find new value within their supply chains and augment efficiency without dramatically increasing landed costs. While multimodal continues to change in the wake of disruption from the pandemic this year, interest in new shipping strategies has exploded.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2025

Neil’s post in response to my post of Driving Value From Outside-in Planning : In her post, ‘Driving Value from Supply Chain Planning’, Lora Cecere provides great supply chain analysis and benchmarking for her supply chains to admire. Supply chain leaders love shiny objects.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

CONA Services Provides a Common Platform for Supply Chain Collaboration CONA Services LLC is an IT services company owned and governed by the 11 largest Coca-Cola bottlers in North America. Its main applications include SAP for backend transactions, Blue Yonder for supply chain management , and Salesforce for sales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain & Logistics News February 2nd-6th 2025 The global supply chain never sleeps, and this weeks headlines reveal the fast-moving shifts shaping logistics, trade, and technology. From the U.S. Lets dive into the biggest stories impacting businesses and consumers alike.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 217

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2025

If your business depends on freight shipping, you've likely felt the effects of a world that seems to change overnight. Building a resilient supply chain isn't just a best practice anymore — it's a business imperative. Even businesses that ship only within U.S. The good news? borders feel the effects of global issues.

3PL 156

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2025

Is your business facing rapid growth, supply chain disruptions and/or unpredictable customer demand? If so, optimizing your inventory management strategy can be a game-changer. Imagine shipping products directly from your supplier to your customer while maintaining the appearance that your business is the source.

Inventory Reduction 156

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2025

Blind shipping is a strategic method of drop shipping where the supplier's identity is concealed, and products are shipped directly from the supplier to the customer, maintaining confidentiality along your supply chain. What is blind shipping? And why does it matter to businesses?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

From May 19 to 21, 2025, CeMAT Southeast Asia and LogiSYM Asia Pacific were co-located for the second consecutive year at Singapore EXPO, creating a comprehensive platform for the regions logistics and supply chain community. trade policies on sourcing strategies, inventory flows, and distribution networks amid rising costs.

Asia 185

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

The adoption of AI in supply chain automation is enabling companies to make more accurate decisions, reduce cycle times, and better manage complexity. AI in supply chain automation is gradually reshaping how core functions operate, particularly in procurement, warehousing, and logistics.

Optimal Sourcing 229

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

As vehicle exports from Mexico to North America surged, Volkswagen Mexico found itself confronting a significant supply chain crisis. Its long-established logistics model, built around rail and RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off) shipping, could no longer keep pace. and Canadian dealerships. and Canadian dealerships.

Inventory Reduction 245

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses. Everything should be expected and planned for. This insight wasn’t merely theoretical.

Supply Chain Design Software 227

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Gartner reports that companies using data-driven strategies can achieve a 20% increase in sales by aligning inventory with current market trends. Is this the strategy you want to pursue? Retailers that adopt these dynamic rebalancing strategies often see an 18% improvement in inventory turnover rates. What are you waiting for?

Inventory Reduction 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

Global supply chains have been tested repeatedly by a series of disruptive events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.-China In response, many organizations have shifted toward decentralized and regionalized supply chain models, distributing production and sourcing across multiple regions.

Modeling 165

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 2, 2025

tariffs, ongoing geopolitical tensions, and looming changes to the de minimis threshold for low-value imports from China are keeping global supply chains on unstable ground. Just when shippers catch a break, the landscape shifts again, forcing procurement teams to adjust strategies in real time. tariffs are reshaping freight.

Price Reduction 130

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Kinaxis

JUNE 3, 2025

How CPG leaders can reduce costs without hurting supply chain performance fbaker Tue, 06/03/2025 - 09:18 In the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, SG&A (Selling, General, and Administrative) costs have long been a go-to target for improving margins. But today’s market is anything but typical.

Cost Reduction Strategies 147

Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Resource Reduction Inventory Reduction 147

GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Shortages of products from toilet paper to microchips during the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the value of supply chain resiliency, and the opportunities for companies that aren’t as prepared as they would like. By contrast, supply chains that are too lean may not have enough flexibility and redundancy to survive unscathed.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Sourcing Strategies 383

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. Over the past three years, supply chain cycles shifted.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2023

The traditional efficiency model, embraced by most organizations as the definition of supply chain excellence, focuses on the reduction of labor costs. The minimization of costs within a functional silo, can throw the supply chain out of balance, and increase total costs while increasing slow and obsolete inventory.

Inventory Reduction 419

Inventory Reduction Inventory Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 419

Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Last year, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) published a report entitled The State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2023. And every year, the path towards achieving those goals appears to cross supply chains.”

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 130

GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

Shippers that rely on imports have obviously been among the first to feel the financial strain as rising costs disrupt supply chains and profitability. Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. The newly implemented 2025 U.S.

Material Savings 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. Regulations may be more of a driver in the future.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. Increasing Maturity of the Role of the Forecast for the Supply Chain Leader This gets me back to why technologies are not improving enterprise leadership’s ability to forecast and manage revenue. Are these terms the same?

Supply Chain Planning Software 419

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling Forecasting Software 419

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management. Standard sizes and categorizations play a crucial role in determining the costs associated with shipping products that meet standard criteria in fulfillment centers.

Optimal Sourcing 151

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Sourcing Strategies Price Mitigation Strategies 151

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. Like riding a bumpy road, the supply chain leader is riding the ups and downs of changing market conditions facing greater variability day-to-day. Here, based on interviews with supply chain leaders, I share lessons learned. It will not be over soon.

Supply Chain Planning Software 355

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Brian Kempisty , Lauren Beagen and Joe Lynch discuss building a resilient port strategy. Lauren is a lawyer and the Founder of Squall Strategies , a boutique maritime consulting and legal solutions company. Beagen is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies, LLC and The Maritime Professor.

Resource Reduction 278

Resource Reduction Supply Chain Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies Strategy 278

SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2025

Consider this your business suddenly faces a major supply chain disruption. But the truth is, a fragile supply chain can make or break your companys success in today’s world. But the truth is, a fragile supply chain can make or break your companys success in today’s world.

Vendor Strategies 73

Vendor Strategies Sourcing Strategies Price Reduction Resource Reduction 73

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Healthcare providers are leveraging efficient supply chains to ensure critical supplies reach patients when needed most.

Sourcing Strategies 96

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Expense Reduction 96

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Last year, many in the supply chain technology industry were warning companies all over the globe to prepare for the unknown. There is optimism around the corner, but a sunny outlook isn’t enough; it’s past time for supply chain leaders to transform their supply chains to become more agile.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 351

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Optimal Sourcing 351

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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Supply Chain Strategy 278

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 29, 2024

Over the past four years, due in large part to the Covid pandemic, there has been significant discussion about the importance of risk management in logistics and how companies must create more resilient supply chains. We were reminded of this again recently when a cargo ship crashed.

Supply Chain Strategy 279

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Overcoming Challenges for Scalable Deployment Strategies are available to address these challenges and enable broader integration of autonomous technologies in logistics. Autonomous vehicles therefore address high-volume logistics needs within regional and national supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

During our conversation, Eddie and I spoke about the changing nature of global supply chains in the face of the ongoing Covid pandemic as well as the continuing surge of e-commerce. First, what is the current state of supply chain technology? And fifth, what are you seeing in terms of supply chain sustainability?

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