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2025 IL Market Research: What’s Happening in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology?
Companies are accelerating supply chain technology deployments, IL’s annual report reveals. Providers are ramping up AI innovations to boost capabilities and seeing robust growth, even as the trends that shape their solutions shift.
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Harmonizing Logistics In India
As more companies look to diversify their supply chains, India’s abundant labor and expanding domestic market strikes the right chord. Yet, navigating its complexities requires a well-orchestrated strategy. Success comes from trusted partnerships and clear, coordinated planning.
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Global Supply Chain Strategies: Certain Uncertainty
Global trade faces mounting uncertainties, from shifting geopolitical tensions to the ever-present risk of natural disasters. To stay resilient, organizations must cultivate leaders with geopolitical expertise, enhance supply chain redundancy, and leverage technology for faster, data-driven decision-making in an unpredictable landscape.
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2025 Top 100 Logistics & Supply Chain Technology Providers
Selected by Inbound Logistics editors, these 100 companies provide a range of solutions from widely adopted technologies such as Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to newer offerings such as AI and robotics.
Here are the Top 100 Logistics & Supply Chain Technology Providers in alphabetical order:
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Reverse Logistics: Moving Against the Current
Handling the growing volume of returns has never been more challenging—or important—so now is not the time to play “Go Fish” with your reverse logistics operations. Learn to to swim against the typical supply chain flow with effective and efficient reverse strategies.
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Top 20 AI in Supply Chain Examples: Applications in the Industry
Discover how top AI applications in supply chain management can boost efficiency and cut costs. Explore real-world examples to enhance your operations.
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The Process of Capacity Planning: Meaning, Strategies, and More
Capacity planning is an excellent way to increase corporate productivity. Effective capacity planning helps you identify potential areas for growth, which boosts investment returns, and maintains good employee morale. Planning your resource capacity is helpful when you manage several projects because it improves your chances of accomplishing them on schedule and within budget. Using […]
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The Future of the Automated Supply Chain
Automation is revolutionizing warehouses and transforming the future of supply chain operations, while AI drives smarter forecasting, streamlined planning, and greater efficiency. To harness these advancements, organizations need a strategic approach that includes robust governance and well-managed data to ensure sustainable, cost-effective growth.
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Supply Chain Skills You Need to Advance
Here are some moves that can help you puzzle out your career and get to the next level.
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Metro Moves: Urban Logistics Shippers Get Creative
From parking scarcity to unpredictable traffic patterns, delivering goods in dense cities presents unique logistical challenges. Innovation is helping shippers ease the pain.
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Ship it Safe: How to Prevent Cargo Theft, Fraud, and Supply Chain Crime
With cargo crime on the rise, shippers and carriers must proactively secure their operations against theft and fraud. Fighting back with strong safety measures is the first step.
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14 Moves to Master Demand Surges
Effectively managing increases in demand requires a strategic series of moves—each one calculated to advance your position and ultimately put surges in checkmate.
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Green & Red Flags: How to Select the Right 3PL
Choosing the right third-party logistics provider doesn’t have to be an uphill climb. Here are the green flag signals that can lead to a winning partnership and the red flags to leave behind.
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Customs Clearance: Meaning and Process
International trade can be complex and time-consuming, but it is crucial for businesses that import or export goods to understand one of the most critical steps in the process: customs clearance. Customs clearance is the procedure you must follow to legally import or export goods across international borders. The process can be daunting, but […]
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Project Logistics Spotlight: Heavy Lifting, Sensitive Cargo
From ensuring safe delivery of rare or injured animals to transporting oversized machinery, project logistics requirements are unique and complex. Here’s how DHL, FedEx, Lufthansa Cargo, and other transportation providers tackle unique, high-value shipments with precision, care, and efficiency during every leg of the journey.
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Most Read Articles of 2024
From boosting supply chain visibility to optimizing warehouse labor and turbocharging last-mile delivery, these are the articles that resonated most with our audience last year.
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What is FOB Destination? Meaning, Terms, Who Pays?
If you’re in the shipping industry, you need to be familiar with the shipping term FOB destination and all it implies. You should be able to answer the question of what does FOB mean in shipping and convey the fob price meaning. FOB is an acronym that means “free on board,” so FOB destination […]
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Top Supply Chain Management Schools
Here’s a roundup of some of the top programs to consider around the world, whether you’re looking to major in supply chain or supply management at the undergraduate level, obtain an MBA with a supply chain concentration, or find the right executive education or certificate programs to further your career. The next generation of supply […]
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Podcast Roundup: Hear & Now
Our audience played these 12 podcasts on repeat in 2024. Listen for insights on everything from dedicated transportation solutions to nearshoring to managing supply chain disruptions.
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2025 Winter Reading Guide
Cozy up this winter with our curated reading list, featuring 12 essential books for logistics and supply chain professionals. Whether you’re navigating the complexities of global trade, exploring GenAI, or optimizing last-mile delivery, these titles are packed with the insights you need.
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