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Can We Ever Fully Trust AI in Supply Chain Management?
Learn MoreArtificial intelligence is transforming supply chains with real-time insights and predictive power—but is full trust realistic? Experts share the risks, benefits, and human oversight needed to make AI a reliable partner in logistics.
Prepping for Peak-Season; Next-Level Yard and Dock Ops; Strategies to Mitigate Disruption; & More Supply Chain News
Get the latest supply chain and logistics insights from expert research, analysis, and trend reports.
Digital Marketplaces Transform Special Equipment and Commercial Vehicle Procurement for Optimized Logistics Operations
In contemporary logistics, where every element of the supply chain demands maximum efficiency, the management of specialized equipment and commercial vehicle fleets is critically important. From ensuring timely raw material deliveries to efficient distribution of finished goods, the availability of appropriate and readily accessible equipment defines the continuity of business processes. Nevertheless, traditional approaches to […]
Rural Retailer Reroutes the Final Mile
Customer service has always been a top priority for Blain’s Farm & Fleet, a family-owned, modern general store rooted in the traditions and culture of the Midwest. When the outcome of a decision to offer same-day delivery for online holiday shopping exceeded all expectations, the retailer decided to offer the option year-round.
Operational Risk Management: Core Principles and Practices
Modern business operations face rising complexity from cyber threats, supply chain issues, and failed internal processes. Each mistake or delay increases risk exposure and disrupts performance. Without a structured system, risks multiply fast and often without warning.
Global Supply Chain: What It Is, Importance, and Challenges
Studying the global supply chain reveals how products move from raw materials to finished goods across multiple countries. It connects manufacturing operations, distribution, and customer demand in a vast worldwide system. Many global supply chains involve complex steps and working relationships with foreign suppliers to meet the needs of international customers. Breaking down how global […]
What is Linehaul: Definition, How it Works, and Importance
What is a line haul? It refers to the transport of goods between two points, such as cities, ports, or even warehouses. Line haul transportation covers the long-distance part of the shipping process. It moves freight between hubs like sorting facilities or distribution centers, with the final destination being the endpoint of the shipping process, […]
UPC Meaning: What It Is, Types, and How to Get
Running a business today means staying organized, especially when selling products globally or across online marketplaces. Mismanaging items leads to errors, confusion, and lost sales. That’s where understanding UPC meaning becomes essential. A UPC—short for Universal Product Code—is a unique number and a type of bar code used for product identification. The barcode symbol, which […]
Beyond Reshoring to Regionalization
Recent and ongoing tariff discussions have some supply chain leaders rethinking their global supply strategy. While this has led many manufacturers to consider reshoring, an alternate strategy is growing around regionalization and rightshoring.
IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
Providing air capacity on key trade lanes, CEVA Logistics launched a trans-Pacific charter program connecting Wuxi, China, to Chicago. Offering three flights per week, the Wuxi-Chicago charter is designed to accommodate a range of cargo types, including industrial equipment, electronics, oversized cargo, ecommerce goods, and apparel.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Drones
From conducting inventory counts with accuracy to completing last-mile deliveries with precision, these drones take flight in the supply chain space.
TMS: Time to Ditch the Spreadsheets
Outdated tools can’t keep up with today’s global supply chain demands. A modern transportation management system (TMS) turns complexity into clarity, cuts costs, improves service, and transforms shipping from a manual chore into a strategic advantage.
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Consumers Want More Action on Sustainability
Learn MoreThe 2022 Retail and Sustainability Survey from global business applications firm CGS illustrates the demand for sustainability, even at the cost of losing expedited shipping times.
What’s the biggest supply chain silo?
Readers shine a light on the most significant information lapses and data gaps in the supply chain, from transportation siloes to the lack of visibility into suppliers.
Higher Transport Rates on the Horizon
Fuel surcharges, market forces, and easing truckload growth rates are driving up parcel and LTL rates, says Cowen/AFS’s 2022 Freight Index.
What pandemic-era adjustment will have the greatest supply chain impact?
The acceleration of digital twins. The ability to digitally model a company’s manufacturing and distribution network will allow it to quickly assess the impact of large and small disruptions and take appropriate actions. —Allen Jacques Industry Thought Leader Kinaxis The use of data analytics to help suppliers really understand consumer behavior. Suppliers decided to eliminate […]
NOTED: The Supply Chain In Brief
The latest mergers & acquisitions, logistics contracts, sustainability initiatives, humanitarian logistics efforts and more. Good Works The Coca-Cola Company, based in Atlanta, donated $1 million to the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation’s Commercial Truck Driving Program. The donation funds driver training programs and helps ensure more drivers are in the pipeline to fill trucking […]
Supply Chain Helps Meet ESG Goals
As corporations become increasingly focused on ESG initiatives, their supply chain and logistics partners respond with tools and services designed to help them grow sustainability and other goals.
2022 75 Green Supply Chain Partners
Inbound Logistics editors select 75 companies going above and beyond to prioritize green initiatives and help global supply chains become more sustainable. These companies are dedicated to developing and implementing best practices that leave a positive footprint on the world.
Chemical Logistics: Critical Challenges Drive Creativity
Chemical shippers and their partners keep critical shipments moving safely and efficiently—refining their strategies and getting creative despite considerable challenges. Here’s how leading providers formulate solutions for the chemical industry.
Vertical Focus: Footwear
China SC Woes Have Footwear Industry Tied In Knots The impact on the supply chain from lockdowns in China was a major themefor footwear retailers in the first half of 2022. Largely reporting lower-than-expected earnings, many major footwear brands pointed a finger at the lockdowns to explain their disappointing performance levels. Strict and extended COVID-19 […]
To Efficiently Unload Trucks, You First Need to Dance: A Winning Collaboration Between DHL Supply Chain and Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and advanced robotics companies in the world. Much of this reputation has grown through the many videos of its dancing robots. And, while the videos are fun, they also serve a very real purpose in spurring innovation and advancing robotic technology. The videos, […]
Supply Chain Knowledge Center
Operational Risk Management: Core Principles and Practices
Learn MoreModern business operations face rising complexity from cyber threats, supply chain issues, and failed internal processes. Each mistake or delay increases risk exposure and disrupts performance. Without a structured system, risks multiply fast and often without warning.
Global Supply Chain: What It Is, Importance, and Challenges
Studying the global supply chain reveals how products move from raw materials to finished goods across multiple countries. It connects manufacturing operations, distribution, and customer demand in a vast worldwide system. Many global supply chains involve complex steps and working relationships with foreign suppliers to meet the needs of international customers. Breaking down how global […]
What is Linehaul: Definition, How it Works, and Importance
What is a line haul? It refers to the transport of goods between two points, such as cities, ports, or even warehouses. Line haul transportation covers the long-distance part of the shipping process. It moves freight between hubs like sorting facilities or distribution centers, with the final destination being the endpoint of the shipping process, […]
UPC Meaning: What It Is, Types, and How to Get
Running a business today means staying organized, especially when selling products globally or across online marketplaces. Mismanaging items leads to errors, confusion, and lost sales. That’s where understanding UPC meaning becomes essential. A UPC—short for Universal Product Code—is a unique number and a type of bar code used for product identification. The barcode symbol, which […]
What is Supply Chain Forecasting? Best Methods, Benefits, and Challenges
Uncertainty hurts business. When companies don’t know what’s coming next, they overstock, underdeliver, and miss sales targets. Poor planning can wreck supply chain operations, increase costs, and frustrate customers. Supply chain forecasting refers to the process of predicting demand, supply, or pricing for products within an industry, using data from suppliers to anticipate stock availability […]
What is LIFO? Definition, Benefits, and Real World Use of Last In, First Out
Inventory valuation shapes how businesses report profits and manage taxes. The LIFO method—Last In, First Out—assigns the cost of the most recent purchases to the cost of goods sold, often reducing taxable income when prices rise. LIFO is one of several cost flow assumptions used in inventory accounting to determine how inventory costs are allocated […]
