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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 13, 2025
What it means in this context is striking the optimal balance among often-competing priorities — such as the need to expand one’s base of suppliers versus the additional cost of doing so. The word “perfect,” of course, can be misleading. Under the hood, so to speak, the model is translating human inputs into numbers and mathematical formulas.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 22, 2025
When a 15% tariff suddenly gets applied to a product category, the distributor who can instantly model cost impacts and adjust pricing within moments captures market share from competitors still manually calculating price updates days later. This is where strategic pricing and technology meet.
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Supply Chain Brain
JULY 10, 2025
That detour added up to 12 days of transit time and increased shipping costs by approximately $1 million per voyage, according to reporting from Bloomberg and Maersk’s own advisories. The knock-on effects included delivery delays, inventory shortfalls and price spikes across multiple industries. What can you do?
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 24, 2025
Industry experts see increasing use of generative, agentic and predictive AI. It calculates forecasts and key figures and orders proposals overnight, transferring them to the ERP system and making the forecasts ready for the next day. billion in 2023 to $63.77 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 11.7%.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 10, 2025
When a business fails to pay its suppliers on time, that delay ripples downstream, affecting everyone involved. Consider a manufacturer waiting on a $70,000 payment that’s already 45 days overdue. That cash shortfall could mean delaying payroll, pausing production or missing supplier payments.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 21, 2025
the next day. For instance, if a regional supplier in the southeastern U.S. can deliver by truck within a few days, that speed may outweigh the cost advantage of waiting two weeks for an overseas shipment. In response, many businesses are turning to domestic suppliers to gain more control and stability.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 24, 2025
With its tight regulatory environment, evolving infrastructure and exposure to climate shocks, Hawaii reflects the kind of unpredictable, high-cost market that growing numbers of shippers are facing every day. This law is meant to protect the domestic maritime industry, but it carries additional considerations for shippers.
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