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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 13, 2025
Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chains consist of imperfect humans struggling to make perfect decisions. By itself, the word “optimize” doesn’t mean anything specific. “A
ivalua
MAY 29, 2025
Procurement and supply chain management are often used interchangeably—but in practice, the lines between them can blur in ways that create real friction. In this blog, we cover the key differences between procurement and supply chain management, and explain where the biggest disconnects typically occur.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? That’s because the promise of artificial intelligence for supply chain operations is huge. It could do more to accelerate the journey of supply chain operations from the backroom to the boardroom than any other change. trillion to U.S.
Supply Chain Game Changer
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Subscribe How Artificial Intelligence Benefits Logistics and Supply Chain! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming supply chain management, enabling companies to adapt more effectively to market demands, streamline operations, and enhance visibility across the entire supply chain.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2025
Breaking Down Business Silos Supply chains don’t exist in isolation. To truly build resilience across the entire organization — including supply chain and logistics — businesses need to remove the internal silos that can lead to restricted data flow and collaboration. It all starts with adaptability.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 10, 2025
Twenty twenty-five is starkly different: the next global war has already begun, and it’s unfolding not on distant battlefields, but right through the supply chains that you rely on. Your supply chain is already directly in the line of fire. Trade Representative.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
Many of the world’s largest companies have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, triggering a ripple effect throughout global supply chains. For most CPG brands, indirect emissions — those that occur across the supply chain — represent the majority of their carbon footprint. Retailers are following suit. In the U.S.,
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 1, 2025
So argues Greg Petro, CEO of First Insight , a retail platform that uses AI analysis of consumer feedback to predict demand, determine pricing thresholds and model scenarios around, for example, differing tariff levels or supply chain bottlenecks. Combining them, you have two unmatched things coming together,” Petro says.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 13, 2025
Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Efficient supply chain management is the key. All of this is possible thanks to an optimized supply chain. This requires everyone in the supply network to share accurate and timely information to identify problems and streamline processes.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2025
Yet the complex supply chains behind those therapies are increasingly vulnerable. A System Under Strain The fragility of the medication supply chain isn’t theoretical; it’s happening in real time. In a 2022 ASHP survey, 99.7% of pharmacists reported experiencing shortages of critical sterile injectables.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 19, 2025
The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance. Just be prepared for anything and keep going.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 9, 2025
Traditional AI dates back to at least the 1960s and encompasses techniques such as machine learning, which utilizes historical data to optimize problems and predict future outcomes. With that being said, Wood emphasizes that companies are already deriving significant value from traditional AI today, such as optimization and machine learning.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 16, 2025
Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Unlike other areas of the supply chain, fleet management lacks a structured leadership development pipeline. Stable leadership strengthens the supply chain overall. On day one. And when they struggle?
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 10, 2025
Late payments are the silent disruptor that’s eroding trust, liquidity and operational continuity across the supply chain. Supply chains don’t operate in silos. Supply chains are built on trust and timing. Each tier, from raw-material providers to logistics firms, relies on predictable, timely cash flow.
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 14, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 10, 2025
issued similar statements on June 10, saying their payment plans are aimed at promoting efficient capital flows across supply chains in the automotive industry. Supply chain financing is common in the auto industry. At least three carmakers, including Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 14, 2025
Zebra Navigating the Future of Demand Forecasting More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 15, 2025
Other users of the information will be retailers and their supply chains, as well as government authorities seeking to uphold export regulations, according to Megan Brewster, vice president of advanced technology with Impinj , a manufacturer of radio frequency identification devices. It’s all about the data,” he adds.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 24, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 10, 2025
RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Logistics Quality & Metrics Warehouse Automation Warehouse Management Systems Related Articles Warehouses Are on a Journey to Going ‘Dark.’ Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. Show notes: A white paper from AutoStore: “Key Questions to Ask Warehouse Automation Vendors.”
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 18, 2025
Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. Featured Product Popular Stories Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? Most work in warehouses packing and shipping items, but about 350,000 of them have corporate jobs. Canada Trade Talks Ahead of G-7 Global Trade & Economics Selling Into the EU?
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 7, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 13, 2025
While such a move isn’t likely at this point, “we can’t take for granted just how concentrated some of these production and supply chains are,” Taylor said in an interview. “We Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. We seem to be getting these reminders on a yearly basis.”
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 9, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 9, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 26, 2025
If you asked those same leaders what they wished they had in place and are now investing in heavily, the answer would be “supply chain analytics.” Moving from raw, unintegrated data to useful supply chain analytics is expensive — and it takes time. Enter 2025, and we’re facing another major supply chain challenge.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 24, 2025
From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. The stated aim of those measures is to bolster domestic manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. Tariffs also destabilize supply chain operations.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 22, 2025
Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today. They can make selections based on an optimal mix of price, quality and geographic location.
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 17, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 26, 2025
Bowman, SupplyChainBrain There’s always been procurement in supply chains — but today’s CPO is a whole different animal. Procurement sits at the center of every global supply chain, for acquisition of raw materials, components, assembly, finished goods, transportation and a range of other business functions.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2025
THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Mitigating Supply Chain Risk: Is Insurance Up to the Challenge? Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Supply chain managers are in a risky business. President Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are only the latest headache to confront traders and their supporting supply chains.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 19, 2025
The reverberations from President Trump’s tariff war are being felt throughout global supply chains and trading countries. We cover changing distribution and inventory strategies in the wake of the tariffs, and how technology is helping all supply chain partners to cope in a time of great uncertainty.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2025
For many, higher costs, supply chain delays, and unpredictable inventory flows are creating significant hurdles. While navigating tariffs requires short-term tactics such as pricing adjustments and inventory management, it’s also important to think about the following long-term strategies: Diversify supply chains.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 9, 2025
As a result, Mexico’s role in North American supply chains is becoming increasingly strategic,” the Uber Freight report, released June 6, said. imposed a 25% tariff on Mexican steel and aluminum exports, deteriorating investor confidence, and disrupting key manufacturing supply chains. tariffs on non-originating goods. “As
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 16, 2025
At Optimal Dynamics’ recent Transportation Leadership Strategy Session, 25 industry peers gathered to exchange perspectives on how we’re all adapting to these pressures. Some of the most exciting developments are happening in AI-driven network optimization. Erica Frank is vice president of marketing with Optimal Dynamics.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 30, 2025
Ford CEO Jim Farley said the situation demonstrates the need to develop a domestic supply chain for critical auto components. China has instituted a new approval process for exports of rare earths that has slowed supply lines. “We Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. trade tensions with China.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 10, 2025
RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Supply Chain Management Global Trade & Economics Supply Chains in Crisis Retail Related Articles Retailers Rush Goods to U.S. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. Ports as Costs Loom Chinese Ports See Record Traffic Ahead of U.S.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 2, 2025
For supply chain employers, particularly those managing large, distributed workforces or frontline operations, understanding this shifting landscape is essential to staying compliant, minimizing risk and planning for the future. For supply chain employers, this moment offers an opportunity to reassess.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 6, 2025
With Asian supply chains under pressure and tensions rising between the U.S Companies looking to engage must strike a balance between optimism and caution. Global Supply Chain Management Global Trade & Economics Industrial Manufacturing RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 9, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 11, 2025
RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Business Strategy Alignment Food & Beverage Related Articles Kellogg Is the Latest Food Company Looking to Shed Brands In a Complex Retail World, Kellogg Company Turns to Demand Sensing Breakfast Cereal Prices to Increase Due to Climate Change SupplyChainBrain Retailers Rush Goods into U.S.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 1, 2025
Read More: Rethinking Supply Chain Strategies in a Time of Tariffs Tariffs have been particularly front-of-mind for shoppers, with nearly 30% reporting that theyve made online purchases earlier than planned over the last six months to get ahead of potential levies. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 23, 2025
As supply chain executives evaluate zero-emission strategies, hydrogen fuel cell technology emerges as a compelling solution that aligns with the operational demands of commercial fleets. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total. at 29% of the total.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 16, 2025
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