Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Facility Automation Key Priority for Supply Chain Organizations

Interact Analysis

Respondents are reporting a decreasing reliance on labor due to high costs, shortages, and recruitment challenges, especially for processes with low “added value“ and high “repetitive stress or injury.“

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Global Electronics Association’s New Global Electronics Policy Council to Unite Industry on Trade, Investment, and Supply Chain Policy

Global Electronics Association (formerly known as IPC)

Inaugural members include AT&S, Flex, Jabil, Plexus, TSMC, and TTM Technologies representing a deliberately balanced cross-section of the electronics value chain.

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Risk/Compliance

Implementing Supply Chain Risk Management Capabilities and Improved Visibility to Contribute to Lower Workplace Incidents

Organizations that implement core health and safety risk management capabilities—such as pre-qualification, safety audits, insurance verification, worker management and worksite controls—see significantly lower global severe injury rate and fatality rates.

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Risk/Compliance

Tariffs the Defining Supply Chain Challenge for U.S. Businesses: Ship4WD Survey

96% of SMBs said tariffs had a direct negative impact on their shipping, sourcing, or supply chain in the past year, with 96% of respondents also ranking tariffs as their primary concern for 2026.

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Financial Management Software

How Automated Pricing and Revenue Systems Eliminate Billing Disputes in Procurement

Eliminating these costly disputes requires a shift away from retroactive reconciliation toward proactive, automated pricing and revenue logic.

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Labor Shortage Isn’t from Lack of Skills; It’s from Lack of Visibility into Current Employee Skillset

The report highlights three critical gaps: perception, development and utilization.

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Software Solutions

SGS Launches Decarbonization Software Platform for Carbon Management

Sami is designed for organizations ranging from SMEs to multinational enterprises, with applications across manufacturing, logistics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, agrofood and retail.

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Logistics and Heavy-Industry Roles Among Least Favorable for Temporary Work

altLINE by The Southern Bank Company

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders ranked among the five worst roles for temporary work by comparative hourly wages.

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Supply Chain Visibility

TMEIC Launches Digital Gate Platform for Terminal Operations

TMEIC Corporation Americas (Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation)

The platform is designed to support safety, security and risk management.

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Macroeconomic Pressures, Demand for AI-Ready Workspaces Create Urgency for Strategic Capital Planning

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

Technology is the new standard for a competitive office, with previously premium offerings like integrated building systems and advanced AV now considered baseline requirements.

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Intelligent Audit's David Wedekind Details Why Customers are Looking for Strategic Partners: Pros to Know Award

Intelligent Audit

David Wedekind, VP, strategic accounts at Intelligent Audit, was named a recipient of this year's Pros to Know award, in the Top Transportation Innovators category.

Technology Collaboration and AI Reshaping Workforce Execution in Supply Chains

Workforce decisions are still made through fragmented systems and reactive processes that were never designed to move at the speed of today’s supply chains.

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