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AI/AR
Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Supply Chain Operations
By focusing on business outcomes, tailoring AI solutions to specific industry needs, ensuring scalability, and empowering employees, businesses can not only embrace the future of AI but thrive in it.
Sourcing Solutions
Pros to Know: Exiger's Brandon Daniels Talks Offering Proprietary Technologies to Charity Leaders
Reverse Logistics
Integrating AI and Cross-Sector Collaboration for Seamless Returns Management
Pest Management
Maintaining Warehouse Safety Through Proactive Pest Management
AI/AR
Pros to Know: Tecsys' Kishore Balasubramanya Talks AI-Powered Demand Planning
Consulting
Pros to Know: GAINSystems’ Jeff Metersky Talks About Reducing Unnecessary Interventions
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Reverse Logistics
A Reflection on Peak Returns Season
As the industry moves into 2025, businesses must refine their reverse logistics strategies to balance customer experience, fraud prevention, and environmental responsibility, ensuring a more efficient and sustainable future for returns management.
Automation
State of Warehousing: Most Agile Warehouses Will be Most Successful
The current and future state of warehousing encompasses the impact of AI and automation, taking consideration of cybersecurity risks, balancing human and tech-driven solutions, and adopting sustainable practices.
Procurement Software
Pros to Know Award: Supply Chain Leaders Over-Deliver in All Facets of Logistics
Every year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Pros to Know award celebrates the true supply chain professionals to know. Let's meet the winners.
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Automation
Is ‘Powered by AI’ Living Up to the Promise?
The most effective formula continues to be a combination of AI and human experience. Here's why.
AI/AR
Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Supply Chain Operations
By focusing on business outcomes, tailoring AI solutions to specific industry needs, ensuring scalability, and empowering employees, businesses can not only embrace the future of AI but thrive in it.
WMS/TMS
Why Transportation Management Systems are Essential to Supply Chain Optimization
Transportation management systems act as valuable tools for e-commerce brands and retailers to manage the ever-increasing costs of shipping throughout the supply chain.
Regulations
Tariffs Threaten to Cancel Halloween and Cripple Christmas
Costumes that used to retail for $19.99 will jump to $39.99. Even simple masks, once priced at $4.99, could now cost $9.99, or more.
Sourcing Solutions
Pros to Know: Exiger's Brandon Daniels Talks Offering Proprietary Technologies to Charity Leaders
We talked exclusively with Daniels about the company's government affairs function and its ability to offer proprietary technology tools to charity leaders.
Reverse Logistics
Integrating AI and Cross-Sector Collaboration for Seamless Returns Management
An integrated global trade solution, underpinned by AI-driven insights and cross-sector collaboration, is paramount to addressing the complex challenges of international returns. Here's why.
Featured Videos
Sourcing Solutions
Pros to Know: Exiger's Brandon Daniels Talks Offering Proprietary Technologies to Charity Leaders
We talked exclusively with Daniels about the company's government affairs function and its ability to offer proprietary technology tools to charity leaders.
AI/AR
Pros to Know: Tecsys' Kishore Balasubramanya Talks AI-Powered Demand Planning
AI/AR
Pros to Know: ParkourSC's Mark Talens Talks Black Box of AI
Material Handling Equipment
Pros to Know: NuMove's Robert Jodoin
Mentorship Programs
Women in Supply Chain: Nulogy's Christine Barnhart Talks Changing DEI Narratives on Women’s Progress
Rail & Intermodal
Pros to Know: Schneider's Michael Baumgardt Talks Converting Truckload Freight to Intermodal
Regulations
U.S. Tariffs Prompt Economic Slowdown: Everstream Analytics Data
Data shows that plant closures, insolvencies, and layoffs in the United States have more than doubled in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024.
Software Solutions
EcoVadis Worker Voice Solution to Improve Working Conditions, Enforce Regulations
EcoVadis Worker Voice provides direct, real-time access to workplace conditions at all tiers of the supply chain, no matter the location, language, or literacy level of the workforce.
Pest Management
Maintaining Warehouse Safety Through Proactive Pest Management
Warehouse safety goes beyond hard hats and steel-toed boots; a comprehensive pest management approach is critical to keeping employees safe.
Software Solutions
Supply Chain Visibility Helps Companies Pivot in Rapidly Changing Environment
Industries that import the most and least from tariffed countries include agriculture, manufacturing and retail, and utilities, financial and insurance industries, respectively.
Software Solutions
Log-hub’s Advanced Center of Gravity App for Optimal DC Location Decision-Making
The COG App provides a data-driven approach to balancing service levels and operational constraints, enabling businesses to build more efficient and resilient distribution networks.
AI/AR
Pros to Know: Tecsys' Kishore Balasubramanya Talks AI-Powered Demand Planning
We talked exclusively with Balasubramanya about AI-powered inventory optimization and demand planning and what supply chain automation looks like in the healthcare supply chain space.
Regulations
Impacts of U.S.-China Trade War
Several industries will be significantly impacted by the recent tariff changes due to reliance on either Chinese or U.S. manufacturing, the uniqueness of their products, and the profit margins within the sectors.
Trucking
Progressive Insurance Announces New Cargo Plus Coverage for For-Hire Truckers
Motor Truck Cargo coverage offers protection in the event a trucker is legally liable for damage to covered property while in the trucker’s exclusive physical custody and control.
AI/AR
Why AI is Critical in Transitioning from Monitoring to Mitigating Risk
As AI technology continues to evolve, integrating this technology into supply chain risk management is vital for businesses taking a proactive approach to protecting their supply chains’ health.
Reverse Logistics
A Reflection on Peak Returns Season
As the industry moves into 2025, businesses must refine their reverse logistics strategies to balance customer experience, fraud prevention, and environmental responsibility, ensuring a more efficient and sustainable future for returns management.
Supply Chain Visibility
Cleo’s Corporate Earnings Report Details Enterprise Value of Investing in Supply Chain Strategies
Companies that prioritized technology integration, real-time visibility, and operational resilience drove higher investor confidence and saw their stock prices more quickly return to pre-disruption levels.
Procurement Software
Synertrade Unveils New Version of Source-to-Pay Solution
The new version of Synertrade V5 aims at tackling common challenges impacting modern procurement, such as fragmented data and stakeholder disengagement.
Consulting
Pros to Know: GAINSystems’ Jeff Metersky Talks About Reducing Unnecessary Interventions
We talked exclusively with Metersky about stochastic optimization, executing supply chain strategies and what it takes to reduce unnecessary disruptions.
AI/AR
Building Resilient Supply Chains in the Face of Disruption
The key to success lies in leveraging both emerging technologies—like generative artificial intelligence—and human insight to anticipate challenges and make smarter, faster decisions when disasters or disruption strike.
Webinars
Revolutionizing Your Supply Chain: The Power of Reusable Packaging for Efficiency and Sustainability
May 20, 2025
Register
Alex Hempel, senior director, retail supply chain, ORBIS Corporation, details the numerous benefits of reusable packaging along with best practices for a seamless implementation.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Overall Port Performance Sees Improvement: Study
Although many ports show shorter anchor waiting times and faster container movement, certain regions still face operational setbacks.
Procurement Software
No-Code, Low-Code Adoption on the Rise: Study
What's more, 52% of respondents said that business priorities shape their annual professional development plans, highlighting the data science field’s strong connection to real-world applications.
Fleet Management
Auto Dealers, Vehicle Fleet Management to Partner Amid Tariff War
Dealers and commercial fleet operators should partner to adjust their strategies for rising vehicle acquisition and operating costs, according to a survey released by EVAI.
Sourcing & Procurement
SourceDay Debuts Supplier Reliability and Supply Volatility Indexes to Mitigate Procurement Risk
The Supplier Reliability and Supply Volatility Indexes are two quarterly benchmarking tools designed to help manufacturers and distributors better evaluate and even predict supplier performance and future risk across industries with greater accuracy.
AI/AR
AI's Impact During Times of Extreme Weather
To achieve resilience goals, organizations can partner with supply chain leaders to integrate AI-powered solutions that enhance predictive analytics, digital twin simulations, and end-to-end logistics optimization.
AI/AR
Enterra Solutions’ EDERS Platform to Convert Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Chaos into Competitive Advantage
Enterra Dynamic Enterprise Resiliency System is designed to enable enterprises to convert macroeconomic and geopolitical chaos into competitive advantage.
Automation
OneTrack Launches AI Agent Platform for Autonomous Logistics Operations
AiOn is said to be the first AI agent platform designed to automate logistics operations across entire networks.
COLD CHAIN
Cold Chain Technologies Launches Reusable Temperature-Controlled Pallet Shipper for Pharmaceuticals
The CCT Tower Elite provides a singular solution for pharmaceutical companies, airlines and 3PLs looking to ship large consignments globally.
AI/AR
Pros to Know: ParkourSC's Mark Talens Talks Black Box of AI
We talked exclusively with Talens about AI-driven outcomes, scaling solutions to other markets and why the industry is in line to embark on a transformational journey.
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