Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Procurement to Delivery: Building Customer-Centric Manufacturing Operations

Many manufacturers are rethinking how procurement, logistics, and service organizations contribute to customer outcomes.

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Top 4 AI Trends Transforming Warehousing for Supply Chain Leaders

Labor constraints, shifting capital models, and AI and autonomy technologies are shaping the future of AI in the supply chain.

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Freight Market Repairing Networks Heading into Q4

The broader network remains under pressure, with LTL prices reaching record highs and intermodal capacity tightening.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port of Savannah Exports up 4%

Georgia Ports Authority

Export loads totaled 117,242 TEUs in August, up nearly 4,700 TEUs or 4.2%. Import loads totaled 265,859, up approximately 3,800 TEUs or 1.5%.

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Fleet Management

OVN Launches AI Driver Onboarding System for Same-Day Approval

OVN expects Verilane to cut onboarding time by approximately 50% and to clear correctly documented drivers the same day they apply.

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Sidetrade Launches Agentic Framework for Enterprises

SAFE runs on Sidetrade's own models, in Sidetrade's own data centers, and on Sidetrade's own token production.

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Procurement Software

Procurement Expectations Outpace Organizational Readiness

ProcureAbility, a Jabil company

Geopolitical disruption (62%) and logistics disruption (55%) are the primary risks procurement teams are managing.

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ALVEST Acquires EasyMile, Launches TLD Robotics

This move brings together EasyMile, TractEasy and TLD’s driverless activities, autonomous software, industrial vehicle capacity, deployment expertise and customer support together.

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Software Solutions

TrusTrace Launches Supply Chain Intelligence Platform

At the foundation is TrusTrace's real-time, lot-level forward traceability with AI-powered backward chain-of-custody data, across materials and sourcing models.

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Avery Dennison Launches Low Energy Labels for Time-Critical, High-Value Shipments

The line incorporates low energy consumption chip technology for optimized power use and long read range capabilities.

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SPS Commerce Combines Agentic AI with Intelligence-Trained Network

SPS Commerce, Inc.

Spanning fulfillment, onboarding, analytics, and supply chain visibility, the new suite of capabilities helps customers scale with confidence and make better and faster decisions across trading relationships.

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Process-Related Challenges Cause AI Initiatives to Fail

AI costs will spiral unless logistics and transportation organizations gain better control over their business processes.

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