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From Complexity to Clarity: How technology is driving supply chain efficiency

This year’s Supply Chain Outlook Virtual Summit gives attendees the strategies, technologies, and automation tools required for ongoing success in modern logistics, transportation, and supply…

Disruptions continue to worry procurement teams

A new year brings the same concerns for procurement teams. Managing through disruption continues to be a top challenge requiring new partnerships and improved resiliency.

Majority of companies have slowed or stopped offshore manufacturing investment

A Bain & Company survey found that just 36% of companies are continuing investment in offshore manufacturing as nearshoring, reshoring efforts accelerate.

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From Complexity to Clarity: How technology is driving supply chain efficiency

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 · Bridget McCrea
This year’s Supply Chain Outlook Virtual Summit gives attendees the strategies, technologies, and automation tools required for ongoing success in modern logistics, transportation, and supply chain management environments.

Disruptions continue to worry procurement teams

Friday, January 3, 2025 · Brian Straight
A new year brings the same concerns for procurement teams. Managing through disruption continues to be a top challenge requiring new partnerships and improved resiliency.

Majority of companies have slowed or stopped offshore manufacturing investment

Thursday, December 26, 2024 · Brian Straight
A Bain & Company survey found that just 36% of companies are continuing investment in offshore manufacturing as nearshoring, reshoring efforts accelerate.

Industry leaders weigh in with 2025 predictions

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 · Brian Straight
As 2025 is set to begin, a series of industry leaders have weighed in with their predictions for what’s in store.

Supplier diversification, AI readiness, and circularity top supply chain priorities for 2025

Thursday, December 12, 2024 · Lilian Bories
Supply chains are evolving rapidly in 2025 as businesses prioritize resilience, sustainability, and AI-driven innovation to navigate ongoing global disruptions and customer demands. Diversification of sourcing, AI adoption for predictive insights, and the integration of…

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 · SCMR Staff
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Importing from China is about to get very expensive

Monday, December 9, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
It is important for supply chain professionals to understand the economics of production and global supply chains as tariffs will change the dynamic of global manufacturing.

Automation continues to slow port labor negotiations

Friday, December 6, 2024 · Jeff Berman
International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance have until Jan. 15 to reach a contract deal, but automation remains a major sticking point.

Supply chain penetration: A new instrument of warfare?

Monday, December 2, 2024 · Peter Shi, Hedy Dou and Miles Yang
Managing costs, quality, and security across complex, multinational supply chains is daunting, but the failure to control the entirety of the supply chain across multiple borders increases the risk of supply chain penetration-based attacks—so-called “supply chain warfare.”

Trump’s tariff vow raises risk of trade wars

Friday, November 29, 2024 · SCMR Staff
As President-elect Donald Trump threatens tariffs on Canadian, Mexican imports with no exceptions for crude imports, the specter of retaliatory tariffs increases.

EXIM Bank: Helping American exporters

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
Often overlooked, the Export-Import Bank of the United States plays a key role in financing U.S. exports by securing business loans, facilitating more than $10 billion in U.S. export sales a year.

Wild Bull Services seeks AI breakthrough

Friday, November 22, 2024 · Brian Straight
Beef importer Wild Bull Services contracted with AI provider Stampli to automate its payables, but it now sees a bigger opportunity for AI-powered import documentation management.

Trump picks former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy for DOT secretary

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 · John D. Schulz
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Republican congressman Sean Duffy as the nation’s 20th Transportation Secretary.

Made in Mexico, manufactured by China

Monday, November 18, 2024 · Norman Katz
As manufacturing grows in Mexico as part of the nearshoring trend, so too is China’s influence in the region.

Retail sales see gains in October, reports Commerce and NRF

Friday, November 15, 2024 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that total October retail sales, at $718.9 billion, were up 0.4%, from September to October, and increased 2.8% annually. RF reported that October’s core retail sales, which are based on Census data and excludes automobile dealers, gas stations, and…
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