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What’s Your Supply Chain Acronym for 2026?
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What’s Your Supply Chain Acronym for 2026?

SIPOC will remain the king acronym in supply chain. It serves as an organizing framework to design material flows and to explain basic supply chain concepts to the uninitiated. While it papers over a lot of detail, process, and difficulty of course, it remains a powerful concept for its simplicity, accuracy, and functionality.

–Joe Adamski
Senior Director
ProcureAbility

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Artificial Intelligence and Transportation: Making Sense of AI’s Real Impact
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Artificial Intelligence and Transportation: Making Sense of AI’s Real Impact

Q. There’s a lot of talk about AI in transportation right now. From your perspective, where does AI actually create real value for carriers today? A. AI creates value where carriers already feel pain. Tight margins, nonstop decisions, teams doing too much with too little. That’s the reality. AI helps when it steps into that […]

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Info Snacks: Bite Sized Supply Chain Information
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Info Snacks: Bite Sized Supply Chain Information

LEO Satellites: A New Frontier for Supply Chain Resilience In a move set to redefine supply chain connectivity, Crane Worldwide Logistics announced a partnership to integrate low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology from Amazon LEO across its global operations, beginning in 2027. The primary impact is on business continuity and resilience: As climate events and […]

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What Supply Chain Tool or Strategy Is Your Most Valuable Player?
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What Supply Chain Tool or Strategy Is Your Most Valuable Player?

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the unsung MVP of the modern supply chain. They connect transportation, insurance, compliance, and analytics into one real-time system. –Johnny McCord CEO and Founder Loadsure AI-powered process intelligence. By using data to map the flow of supply chain processes, organizations can uncover bottlenecks and delays, automate tasks, and measure performance […]

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AI Chip Demand Creates New Global Supply Chain Strains
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AI Chip Demand Creates New Global Supply Chain Strains

By Felecia Stratton | December 3, 2025 Global supply chains are facing a fresh challenge: surging demand for advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers. A new report from Reuters shows demand for advanced high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used to power AI data centers has boomed so sharply that manufacturers are diverting production […]

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Gregory Galanis, Marketing Lead, FHI
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The Hidden Cost of Inefficient Inbound Operations — and How Visibility Changes Everything

When operations leaders talk about supply chain performance, the conversation almost always starts with outbound: on-time delivery, fill rates, and transportation spend. But the truth is, the story of outbound success often begins on the inbound dock—and too often, that story is one of delay, chaos, and unseen cost. The Invisible Bottleneck Inbound operations are […]

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Supply-Chain Shorts: UPS and Caterpillar News, Tequila Cargo Theft & More
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Supply-Chain Shorts: UPS and Caterpillar News, Tequila Cargo Theft & More

Return to Sender UPS is reportedly “disposing” of some packages unable to clear U.S. Customs following regulatory changes that ended the long-standing “de minimis” exemption, which had allowed duty-free entry for goods valued under $800. The change imposed new tariffs and fees on more than 1 billion packages annually. UPS officials told NBC News that […]

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The Highest-Paying Logistics and Supply Chain Jobs for 2026
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The Highest-Paying Logistics and Supply Chain Jobs for 2026

As companies prepare for another year of supply chain complexity—including unpredictable freight markets, geopolitical risk, and rapid automation—demand for skilled logistics and supply chain professionals is set to surge in 2026. Organizations across tech, manufacturing, energy, biotech, and defense are paying top dollar to secure leaders who can build resilient, efficient, data-driven supply chains.  A […]

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

GREEN SEEDS: MSC and OOCL emerged as the most efficient carriers on the Asia-Northern Europe trade lane in OceanScore’s Scope 3 at Sea report, thanks to their combination of below-average carbon intensity, steadier speed profiles, and consistent vessel utilization.

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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
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NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights

MILESTONES: Veteran- and woman-owned Warrior Logistics is celebrating one decade in business. Over the past decade, the company more than doubled its fleet and workforce to include 250+ employees and 150 trucks. It also diversified its offerings beyond dry van to include flatbed and drayage/port container solutions.

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