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A Reflection on Peak Returns Season

As the industry moves into 2025, businesses must refine their reverse logistics strategies to balance customer experience, fraud prevention, and environmental responsibility, ensuring a more efficient and sustainable future for returns management.

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State of Warehousing: Most Agile Warehouses Will be Most Successful

The current and future state of warehousing encompasses the impact of AI and automation, taking consideration of cybersecurity risks, balancing human and tech-driven solutions, and adopting sustainable practices.

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Pros to Know Award: Supply Chain Leaders Over-Deliver in All Facets of Logistics

Every year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Pros to Know award celebrates the true supply chain professionals to know. Let's meet the winners.

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9 Out of 10 Business Leaders Expect Major Supplier Cost Increases

Roughly nine out of 10 say supplier and material costs will increase significantly in the year ahead.

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Brands Shift Focus From Aggressive Expansion to Omnichannel Stability: State of B2B E-Commerce Report

Supply chain resiliency is a top priority, and 43% of brands are focusing on building stronger supplier partnerships for collaboration and flexibility.

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TrusTrace Launches AI-Powered Supply Chain Data Hub

This upgraded platform unifies supplier-provided, brand-owned and third-party data through advanced AI technology.

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6 Ways AI Fosters Intelligent Workforce Collaboration

The future of manufacturing is not about replacing human workers but rather equipping them to work smarter. AI acts as an extension of human expertise.

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Lucasys Acquires PorterLogic to Enhance Financial Software Solutions

This move adds PorterLogic’s supply chain technology and team to Lucasys’ expertise in delivering tailored financial and operational software.

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Zebra Technologies Unveils New Intelligent Automation Solutions

These new solutions are designed to advance intelligent automation across manufacturing and warehouse operations.

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Net Feasa Unveils Novel AI Platform

Agentic Control Tower is an end-to-end visualization and booking platform that wraps traditional shipping container workflows in Agentic AI.

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Penske’s Catalyst AI to Redefine Fleet Management Data

Catalyst AI is a proprietary AI engine and AI platform set to redefine fleet management.

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How Machine Learning and AI Can Optimize Cash Flow

Implementing a holistic approach to uncover and broaden the reach of where loss is happening focuses on all revenue drains.

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AI's Transformative Impact on Supply Chain Management

How companies are leveraging AI to revolutionize supply chain processes and workforce development.

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Smart Manufacturing Drives Production Output, Employee Productivity: Deloitte Survey

Reported investment priorities over the next two years remain data focused.

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Why Market Volatility Makes Data a Top Priority

Adapting to the constant fluctuations will require chipmakers to rethink traditional approaches to contracts, pricing and forecasting.

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New Century Logistics, Soradynamics Introduce In-Vehicle Drone Logistics System for Last-Mile Delivery

The Micro-Hub System integrates vehicle-mounted drone nests, six-axis robot automatic battery swapping, and cargo handling technology to achieve full automation and intelligence throughout the logistics process.

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60% of Supply Chain Digital Adoption Efforts Will Fail: Gartner

Supply chain digital adoption efforts will fail to deliver promised value due to insufficient investment in learning and development.

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Logistics Sector Has Longest Workday, Highest Burnout Risk: ActivTrak Study

Logistics leads all industries with 20% of workers overutilized and 15% at risk of burnout, according to findings released by the ActivTrak Productivity Lab.

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Snowflake Debuts AI-Powered Automotive-Specific Solutions

Snowflake’s data sharing and AI capabilities, combined with specialized partner solutions, enable the entire auto ecosystem to seamlessly collaborate.

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PortPro Launches AI Agents

The AI agents are built directly into PortPro’s TMS and are designed to help drayage trucking companies and brokers simplify operations.

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Epicor Unveils Patent-Pending Environmental Solution for Manufacturers

The patent-pending Carbon Cost Rollup solution is purpose-built for manufacturers.

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Women in Supply Chain: Inmar Intelligence's Beverly Steele Talks About the Taboo of Being a Working Mom

Beverly Steele, director of business development for Inmar Intelligence, discusses being a working mom, what needs to change to improve workplaces and cultures for working mothers and why it’s crucial to build a lifestyle that works for you.

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Unpacking the Future of Reusable Transport Packaging with Ambient IoT

Those companies that invest in robust logistics, tracking technology, and integrated data analytics will gain competitive advantages.

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Pros to Know: Warp’s Troy Lester Advises Young Professionals to be Curious, Scrappy and Kind

We talked exclusively with Lester about fostering a culture of collaboration, the importance of real-time visibility and why today's young supply chain professionals should aim to be curious, scrappy and kind.

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FourKites’ AI to Automate Yard Operations

The combination allows facilities to operate around the clock without additional staffing.

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Gridline Acquires Shell’s Telematics Business

As part of the agreement, Shell and Gridline will collaborate on providing integrated data solutions that enhance fleet operations.

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Supply Chain Organizations to Invest More in Emerging Technologies to Boost U.S. Manufacturing

70.9% of respondents expressed concern about adding labor as tariffs lead to increased U.S. manufacturing activity.

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DHL Supply Chain Acquires IDS Fulfillment

This move adds over 1.3 million square feet of multi-customer warehouse and distribution space to DHL Supply Chain's portfolio.

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Supplier.io’s New Supplier Dashboard Gains Real-Time Visibility into Buyer Search Behavior

Buyer Search Insights is a new dashboard feature that gives suppliers real-time visibility into how buyers are discovering and engaging with their profiles.

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Trucker Path Reveals Online Market of Special Deals Tailored for Truckers

Trucker Path Deals provides tailored deals on everything from health insurance and medications to business loans, cargo insurance and more.

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Digital Thread is Critical to Success: Aras Study

Respondents cited enabling advanced analytics and AI as top driver for improving digital thread capabilities.

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Pros to Know: Warp’s Daniel Sokolovsky Talks Real-Time Tracking and Predictive Analytics

We talked exclusively with Sokolovsky about customizing supply chain solutions, the importance of partnerships in the industry and the benefits of integrating real-time tracking and predictive analytics.

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Exiger Launches Tariff Intelligence Solution

Tariff Intelligence is said to be the market’s only supply chain visibility solution that enables users to map their tariff exposure down to the raw material and part-level.