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What’s One Underrated Leadership Skill in Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
Constraint awareness. Constant market shifts demand prioritization and creative workarounds. Effective leaders target the biggest bottlenecks rather than perfecting every link. By partnering with teams to identify root causes, they resolve issues faster and keep operations moving forward. –Davey Miller Chief Operating Officer CMC Leading through ambiguity. In fast-moving operations, plans break. The strongest leaders […]
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Retailers Are Racing to Beat Tariffs. Is Your Warehouse Network Ready?
The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 71.1 for June, up 1.6 points from May.
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On-Site Container Storage: A Flexible Answer to the Warehouse Capacity Squeeze
Warehouse space is one of the least flexible lines on a logistics budget. A lease is a multi-year commitment sized to a forecast, yet the demand it serves is rarely steady. Seasonal peaks, promotional surges, new product launches, and the safety stock rebuilt after a supply disruption all push storage requirements up and down on […]
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A Shipper’s Guide to Science-based Securement at High Altitudes
Which mile is more important in the shipping journey–the last mile or the highest mile?
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Demand-Driven: When Pop Outruns Infrastructure
Cool isn’t a forecast. If you want to understand the difference between a high-growth pop business built on a disciplined supply chain management system that effectively matches demand to supply, and one struggling with a tale of inventory woe, look no further than one distribution center operated by Funko. A recent lawsuit against Funko reads […]
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Strategic Stockpiles: Not the Ultimate Fix
Strategic stockpiles are unlikely to translate into consistently reliable access to supplies for companies. They are best viewed as a buffer that may buy time during a shock and, importantly, contain price volatility—rather than as a standalone sourcing strategy.
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Six Technologies Reshaping Logistics Execution
Faced with rising customer expectations, labor shortages, and increasing pressure to operate sustainably, shippers and their logistics partners can no longer rely on yesterday’s processes. Digital logistics technologies help organizations scale rapidly as modernizing supply chains becomes a non-negotiable, especially in high variability situations like inbound workflows. Companies that embrace this new reality are already […]
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The Case Against Treating Micro-Fulfillment as a Permanent Model
Micro-fulfillment is having a moment. It is being framed as the inevitable next evolution of logistics: smaller footprints, closer to demand, faster delivery, lower risk. For some sectors, that narrative holds. For many others, it doesn’t.
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Has Vendor Vetting Become Security Theater?
In 1787, Russian minister Grigory Potemkin built fake settlements along the Dnieper River to impress empress Catherine II during her tour of Crimea. The hollow facades were painted to look like thriving villages. While the empress saw prosperity, behind the walls stood empty fields.
Read MoreWhat Are Major Pitfalls to Using Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chains?
Too much noise. In global, multi-tier supply chains, critical supplier information is often unavailable or inconsistent, leading to misleading outputs or excessive “noise” from irrelevant risk flags. Focus on strengthening data foundations, embedding human-in-the-loop validation, and prioritizing practical integration and usability across internal teams and supplier networks. –Marissa Licursi Director Grant Thornton Stax Data distrust. […]
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Why the Best Logistics Operations Never Stop Improving
In logistics and supply chain operations, change is constant. Customer expectations, labor conditions, demand patterns, technology, and costs are always moving. Continuous improvement gives organizations a disciplined way to adapt, improve, and create lasting value. In this Q&A, Tony Viguerie, director of continuous improvement at Saddle Creek Logistics Services, explains why continuous improvement should be […]
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Why Supply Chain AI Fails
The difference between successful and stalled AI implementations is the strength of the data foundation that makes outputs reliable and actionable. Closing this gap starts with recognizing where initiatives falter.
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4 Most Critical Less-than-Truckload (LTL) KPIs for Shippers
Transportation spend is the most significant portion of overall supply chain costs, with the average company typically allocating 7% to 10% of their annual sales revenue towards transportation expenses. From manufacturing to retail, optimizing less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping is essential. It helps you control costs to avoid overpaying while still managing the complexities of commingled freight, […]
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AI and TMS Integration
For decades, the core transportation management system (TMS) served as the reliable engine of enterprise logistics. Today, an exciting age of enhancement is upon us and just in time, too. In an era defined by volatile supply chains and unpredictable disruptions, static planning is legacy. But guess what? You need not completely replace legacy TMS […]
Read MoreWhat’s One Costly Assumption in Logistics or Supply Chain Management?
Treating turnover as a normal expense. Losing skilled people disrupts workflows, slows productivity, and increases recruiting and training costs. A better approach is investing in retention as an operational strategy—strong leadership, clear career paths, and engagement systems. Keeping great talent is far cheaper and helps protect service levels, culture, and supply chain stability. –Rebecca Wilson […]
Read MoreHow Adaptable Fulfillment Networks Strengthen Supply Chain Resiliency
Brian Mattingly, Executive Vice President, Operations at Saddle Creek Logistics Services, explains why resilient supply chains are now a cost-control strategy and a competitive advantage. Q. Why is supply chain resiliency so important right now? A. Supply chain resiliency is important because disruption is no longer an occasional event. It is part of the operating […]
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Ecommerce Networks: An Insider’s View
A few years ago, I sat with a midmarket retailer who admitted something I hear more often than most people might expect: “We built our network for a world that doesn’t exist anymore.”
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You Diversified Your Suppliers, But What About Your Robots?
We often think about supply chain risk as something that happens upstream: an extreme weather event delaying a shipment from a single-source supplier or a carrier battling a data breach. That’s no longer the whole picture here. There are risks just as serious much closer to home.
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Macrologistics & Micrologistics: A Modern Framework for Unlocking Logistics Performance
In today’s competitive landscape, logistics has evolved from a back‑office necessity into one of the most powerful levers for business performance and differentiation. Yet despite its potential, many organizations still struggle to extract meaningful value from their logistics operations. The reason is straightforward: logistics is often treated as a single, monolithic function—broad, complex, and difficult […]
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1 in 6 Women Truckers Experience Harassment. These Truck Stops Are Doing Something About It.
Data shows truck stops are the most common site of harassment against women drivers. WIM and Trucker Path are using technology and $200 million in federal backing to make stopping safer for women on the road.
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