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Podcast | Supply Chain ‘Orchestration’: How AI Is Changing the Tune

When it comes to the concept of supply chain “orchestration,” artificial intelligence is the new conductor.

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Business Coalition Opens Bidding for E-Fuel Shipping Services

The group consists of 40 companies, and was originally founded by e-commerce giant Amazon, outdoor recreation retailer Patagonia, and German coffee chain Tchibo.

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Watch: How PITT OHIO Modernized Operations With a Real-Time AI Platform

Less-than-truckload carrier PITT OHIO increases efficiency and reduces costs of its pickup, delivery and linehaul business by replacing outdated legacy systems with an AI-powered platform from Maven.

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AI and Retail Returns: Can Pixels Solve a Physical Problem?

Retail returns involve real products and logistics, and as much as artificial intelligence promises to streamline things, it needs one crucial component: physical data.

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Port of Long Beach Smashes All-Time Record with October Surge

Businesses are poised to continue bringing in larger volumes of goods through the end of the year, which is normally a quieter time for the ports.

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Why Procurement Needs a Change-Management Mindset

As life sciences companies progress rapidly through drug development and commercialization, the need for an adaptive procurement function becomes critical to managing suppliers, costs and risks.

Brave New World

Across industries, companies of all sizes are paralyzed in their strategic and investment decision making. In less than a decade, much of the conventional wisdom about global supply chains has been upended.

2024 Inventory Management Benchmark Report

Netstock’s 2024 Inventory Management Benchmark Report provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of inventory management, based on anonymized and aggregated platform data of its 2,400+ customers worldwide.

2024 Manufacturing Industry Trends

The Manufacturing sector is swiftly integrating new technology to fulfill requirements in demand planning, quality control, sustainability, and supply chain objectives.

Optimizing Supply Chain Performance with Unified Data

Download the survey report to see key findings and learn more about the data challenges identified by supply chain decision makers around the globe.

A ‘Shift-Left’ Strategy Moves Supply Chain Planning Further Upstream

Find out how common data elements, when standardized, can begin to connect design, production and logistics, and how modular digital twin “avatars” can apply an entire organization’s institutional knowledge and data in seconds to predict disruption, sense market opportunities and solve complex queries.

Surgical Precision in Supply Chain Management

This case study will demonstrate how an outsourced raw materials management and finished goods distribution solution can help a manufacturer maintain efficient material flow and reduce costs.

Sustainable End-To-End Retail Logistics

Retailers today face a complex balancing act—meeting the growing demand for fast deliveries while adhering to sustainability mandates. This challenge calls for a comprehensive approach that optimizes not only day-to-day operations but also the strategic and tactical planning that underpins the entire logistics network.

Understanding the Nearshoring and Reshoring Phenomenon

This piece summarizes valuable reshoring and nearshoring insights from a recent discussion between JLL Industrial’s Executive Managing Director, Greg Matter, and Senior Vice President Ada. It discusses the trends, benefits, challenges and other factors U.S. manufacturers should know as they consider bringing their own operations and facilities stateside.