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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.

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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.

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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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Manhattan Associates Launches Cloud-Native Solution for Existing ERP Environments

This a cloud-native solution transforms traditional order management by augmenting existing ERP systems with advanced capabilities.

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Relay Payments Launches ELD Integration to Prevent First-Party Fuel Fraud

Relay Pulse integrates directly with ELDs to automate fraud prevention, eliminate manual processes and reduce operational risk.

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EVAI Survey Underscores Need for Better Data Integration

The survey also revealed a largely underserved issue affecting this niche industry: downtime penalties.

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Half of Supply Chain Management Solutions Will Include Agentic AI Capabilities by 2030: Gartner

Gartner predicts that by 2030, 50% of cross-functional supply chain management solutions will use intelligent agents to autonomously execute decisions in the ecosystem.

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Ransomware Attacks Decline in April, But Threats Remain High: NCC Group

While numbers fell, cybercriminals remained active, with targeted strikes continuing across key industries and regions.

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ABB Debuts Battery Energy Storage Systems-as-a-Service

This zero-CapEx solution is designed to accelerate the shift to clean, resilient and affordable energy.

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Women in Supply Chain: Inmar Intelligence's Beverly Steele Talks About the Taboo of Being a Working Mom

Beverly Steele, director of business development for Inmar Intelligence, discusses being a working mom, what needs to change to improve workplaces and cultures for working mothers and why it’s crucial to build a lifestyle that works for you.

Pros to Know: Scarbrough Global's Adam Hill's Details Lessons Learned from Intern to CEO

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Pros to Know: Blue Yonder's Tiffany Brewer Talks Importance of Life Sciences Supply Chains

Pros to Know: Coupa's Paul Webb Details Integrated Scenario Planning Framework

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Pros to Know: Coupa's Rafael Vasquez Talks Overcoming Cross-Border Challenges

Pros to Know: Tecsys' Alex Lazzari Talks Importance of Cross-Functional Partnerships

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Photoneo Launches 3D Camera for Time-Critical Automation Challenges

Powered by an innovative blue laser, the camera offers superior precision, reliability, and comprehensive data capture.

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How Machine Learning Became Procurement’s Lifeboat in the 2025’s Supply Chain Storm

The best strategies aren’t just about finding the right material, part, item, or service; they’re about creating value by meeting needs at the right price from the right supplier at the right time.

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Underinvestment, Communication Breakdown Draining Productivity from Frontline Workers: Unily Research

Frontline workers spend 376 hours per year – nearly 10 full workweeks – searching for, waiting on, or redoing tasks due to inaccessible information.

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Manhattan Associates Unveils Agentic AI Innovation

These AI agents are powered by large language models and Manhattan’s cloud-native, all-microservice API architecture.

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Tariff Risk Analyzer to Navigate Supply Chain Disruptions

This contract AI Agent helps businesses understand and respond to the impact of supply chain and vendor disruptions caused by tariff policy changes.

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U.S. Exporters Rethink Supply Chains Amid Trade War: Allianz Trade Survey

The Allianz Trade Global Survey reveals that close to 60% of firms expect a negative impact from the trade war, and 45% expect export turnover to decline.

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Logistics Leaders Increasingly Embracing Strategic Goals: Gartner Survey

The broadening in ambition of logistics leaders’ long-term objectives is driven in part by heightened attention and reporting levels to the C-suite.

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Edge AI Adoption on the Rise: ZEDEDA Survey

97% of CIOs have edge AI either already deployed or on their roadmap, with only 3% reporting no current plans to implement these technologies.

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State of Small Businesses: Surge in AI, Cybersecurity

In the last year, almost half of small businesses implemented new technology platforms to bolster security for their increasingly digital operations.

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7 Key Benefits of RFID in Supply Chains

RFID is no longer optional for competitive supply chains. With proven ROI in accuracy, speed, and theft prevention, businesses investing in RFID today will lead tomorrow’s logistics landscape.

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What Tariff Turbulence Means for 5 Key Logistics Operations

While tariffs create broad challenges, logistics leaders must understand how different transportation methods will be affected. Here’s a breakdown of the potential implications across five key logistics operations.

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How Storage Trailer Rentals Can Lessen the Impact of Tariffs

Storage trailers allow businesses to adapt to shifting market conditions with minimal financial risk and maximum flexibility, making them an essential tool in navigating the complexities of tariffs.

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Defeating the Many-Headed Hydra of Supply Chain Risk

AI-powered visibility, ethical sourcing, and lightning-fast ESG compliance aren’t just competitive advantages — they’re the new baseline for executive leadership in supply chain resilience.

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The Role of Inland Barging in Building a Circular Economy

The combination of barging's inherent efficiency with digital visibility represents an immediate opportunity to advance sustainability in the transportation sector. Here's how.

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NTT DATA Unveils Smart AI Agent Ecosystem

NTT DATA’s Smart AI Agent Ecosystem builds on previous developments to scale the breadth and agility of composable agentic AI solutioning.

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State of Industrial Maintenance Report Details Adoption Rate of Intelligent Maintenance Solutions

Teams are leveraging AI and shifting strategies to tackle the ongoing talent shortage and surging repair costs.

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Crown Equipment’s LiDAR-Based ProximityAssist System Reinforces Operator Training

The LiDAR-based, integrated operator assist technology is designed to aid operators in the operation of material handling equipment.

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Productivity Ranks as No. 1 Priority for CPGs: PMMI Report

Cost, automation, growth and workforce also ranked as high priorities amongst respondents.

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Supply Chain Companies Encouraged to Prepare for Early Kick-Off Peak Season: ITS Logistics

The sudden surge in demand and uncertainty surrounding long-term availability of Chinese imports has the potential to spur another frontloading event.

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The Value of Price Optimization in a Recession

How can your organization navigate the disruption and protect your financial position? The right pricing strategy with timely execution makes all the difference.

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Verusen Launches Explainability AI Agent

Verusen’s Explainability Agent is task-driven to deliver clarifications and explanations to users.

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Harnessing AI and ML to Navigate Market Volatility

When AI and ML initiatives align with business goals, organizations are better prepared to anticipate and navigate challenges.

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Coupa Acquires Cirtuo

This move further accelerates Coupa's autonomous spend management vision and underscores its commitment to developing AI-powered solutions.

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Untested Codes Lead to Global Organizations Significantly at Risk of Software Outage: Tricentis Survey

Recent software outages due to unchecked or untested code changes showcase just how critical high-quality software is to the wider organizational ecosystem.