Supply & Demand Chain Executive

6 Maritime Chokepoints of Global Trade

Here are six critical maritime chokepoints, their impact on global trade, and the strategies needed to navigate an increasingly uncertain world.

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Quickbase Introduces Full-Stack AI App Builder

Pave offers an intuitive interface that allows users to enter plain-language descriptions of the problem they need to solve.

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Grid Instability: How Distribution Centers Can Plan for Energy Resiliency

Here’s how distribution centers can build energy resilience, keeping their facilities running with less dependency on the power grid.

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Tenet Transportation, Crown Data Systems Merger to Create Premier Technology Platform for Cartage and Air Freight Carriers

Tenet (formerly known as Pallet TMS)

Together, the companies bring together the leading technology solutions in the market, unite their more than 40 employees, significantly expand resources, including a broader partner ecosystem, and equip customers with a technology partner deeply committed to their success.

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Financial Management Software

Fairmarkit Deploys AI Agents to Autonomously Source Tail Spend, Strategic Spend

Total Agentic Sourcing deploys AI agents that can autonomously source both tail and strategic spend, from a tactical $500 purchase to a $500 million contract, in the same environment.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Strait of Hormuz: The Future of Freight Intelligence

The Strait of Hormuz will eventually reopen to broader commercial traffic. But the conditions that created this disruption – geopolitical instability, energy market sensitivity, the vulnerability of concentrated trade corridors – are not going away.

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Identiv Reveals NFC Tag Solution for Product Authentication and Security

Identiv’s ID-Safe portfolio combines NFC-based product identity with advanced tamper detection and secure authentication for pharmaceutical, healthcare, retail, food and beverage, electronics, and smart packaging applications.

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Procurement Software

Euna Solutions’ AI Tool Helps Public Sector Agencies Review Procurement Solicitations Before Publication

Embedded directly into the public sector workflow, the tool analyzes draft requests for proposals.

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Unifying Domain Expertise and AI Fluency to Close the Skills Gap

SmartSense by Digi

The most critical skill today isn’t writing code or prompting large language models. It’s the ability to connect AI’s capabilities with the nuances of a specific business or technical challenge.

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Fuel Volatility and Tight Capacity Add Pressure Across Asia-Pacific Supply Chains

Dimerco Express Group

Strong demand for electronics, semiconductors and AI-related shipments is also driving volumes into the United States, contributing to backlogs and elevated rates on key routes.

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AI in Practice: Moving from Visibility to Decision Velocity in the Warehouse

AutoScheduler.ai

By automating the complex micro-decisions of warehouse execution, a new employee working an overnight shift can operate with the exact same decision-making capability as a 20-year operational veteran.

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Procurement Software

Augment Acquires Merlin, Enters Wholesale Distribution Space

With this acquisition, Augment now offers distributors a single AI platform that adapts to each organization’s workflows through natural language rather than custom code.

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