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Supply Chain AI Adoption Accelerates as Logistics Startup Augment Secures $85M Series A
Learn MoreWith $110M raised in just five months, Augment’s AI assistant “Augie” is gaining traction across freight providers, signaling the rapid integration of automation in supply chain operations.
Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chains: Game On
From decision support to reverse logistics, here’s how AI activates supply chain capabilities and takes systems to another level.
Site Selection Best Practices: Location, Location…Logistics
It’s sometimes the overlooked factors–from labor pools to power grids–that define a truly efficient warehouse or distribution center site in today’s demanding supply chain landscape. Following these data-driven strategies will help you separate optimal site selection from costly mistakes.
NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
DP World will invest $2.5 billion this year to expand its global logistics network, launching major infrastructure projects across India, Africa, South America and Europe in response to rising demand for supply chain solutions.
Powering Growth Through Insights
Today’s complex business environment is marked by fluctuating demand, supply chain disruptions, cyber threats, changing fiscal policies, and regulatory shifts. Procurement professionals must balance cost-saving measures with a mandate to reduce risk, build resilience, enhance supplier relationships, and drive growth.
Rewiring the Waste Stream: Could Biomass Gasification Change the Logistics of Garbage?
A proposed biomass gasification facility in Orange County, New York, just cleared a major regulatory hurdle for construction and operation. And it isn’t just another piece of green tech — if it works, it could fundamentally shift how waste is collected, transported, and converted into energy across the region.
Carbon Neutral Shipping: What It Is, How It Works, and Benefits
Growing demand for greener logistics has made carbon-neutral shipping a key strategy for reducing carbon emissions and shrinking the carbon footprint of global trade. By adopting neutral shipping, companies help lower global greenhouse gas emissions, meet environmental goals, and stay relevant in a fast-changing market.
Digital Twins in Logistics: What They Are, How They Work, and Benefits
Digital twins in logistics turn live data into smart decisions. These models improve planning, boost speed, and raise accuracy across modern supply chain management strategies.
Supply Chain Predictive Analytics: What It Is, Key Components, and Benefits
Supply chain predictive analytics helps companies navigate uncertainty, reduce waste, and make better decisions using real-time data and intelligent forecasting. By applying predictive analytics in supply, teams improve supply chain management, cut delays, and align with future trends.
Lean Meets Green: How Smart Supply Chains Cut Waste
Many companies are beginning to realize that Lean and Green are not necessarily contradictory but can be mutually beneficial. Conflicts may arise, for example, when Lean supply chains employ a just-in-time approach involving smaller, more frequent deliveries, which can result in higher CO2 emissions and increased energy consumption.
Karla Trotman: Wired to Reshape Manufacturing
From cutting wires for quarters to leading a multi-million-dollar electronics company, Karla Trotman says legacy, grit, and humility power her approach to business, family, and the future of American manufacturing.
9 Best Practices for Global Logistics Management
In a climate of uncertainty and disruption, companies that prioritize visibility, sophisticated tech, empowered teams, and trusted collaboration are building more resilient, responsive global supply chains.
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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, […]
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Carbon Neutral Shipping: What It Is, How It Works, and Benefits
Learn MoreGrowing demand for greener logistics has made carbon-neutral shipping a key strategy for reducing carbon emissions and shrinking the carbon footprint of global trade. By adopting neutral shipping, companies help lower global greenhouse gas emissions, meet environmental goals, and stay relevant in a fast-changing market.
Digital Twins in Logistics: What They Are, How They Work, and Benefits
Digital twins in logistics turn live data into smart decisions. These models improve planning, boost speed, and raise accuracy across modern supply chain management strategies.
Supply Chain Predictive Analytics: What It Is, Key Components, and Benefits
Supply chain predictive analytics helps companies navigate uncertainty, reduce waste, and make better decisions using real-time data and intelligent forecasting. By applying predictive analytics in supply, teams improve supply chain management, cut delays, and align with future trends.
Predictive Analytics in Inventory Management: Definition, How It Works, and Benefits
As markets shift quickly and supply chains grow more complex, predictive analytics inventory management has become a key strategy for staying ahead. It uses historical data, algorithms, and statistical models to improve how businesses handle stock, supply chain operations, and customer demand Instead of reacting to problems after they happen, companies can now use predictive […]
Transportation Risk Management: What It Is, Types, and How to Choose
Learn how transportation risk management helps supply chains minimize disruption and improve resilience. Explore risk types, mitigation strategies, and how to choose the right solution for your business.
4PL: Definition, How it Works, and Benefits
Global supply chains are no longer simple. Businesses now manage hundreds of moving parts across multiple countries, from sourcing to shipping orders, tracking inventory, and handling freight forwarding. Distribution and fulfillment centers serve as strategic hubs in the supply chain, where inventory is stored, managed, and shipped to optimize logistics efficiency. Without the right system, […]
