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Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award Shines Light on Best of the Best

Food Logistics

Every year, Food Logistics' Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award shines a spotlight on the best of the best in the cold chain industry. Let's meet the winners.

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Transmute and mesur.io Announce Strategic Combination to Remove Disruption from Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

In a move to transform global trade and minimize disruptions in supply chains, Transmute and mesur.io have announced their strategic combination to reduce supply chain risk and improve enterprise resilience. Together, the companies will deliver their joint expertise through a unified platform that will make global trade more transparent, secure, and ethical.

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Backstage Pass to Manifest Vegas 2025 Expo Hall

Food Logistics

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer sat down with the Manifest team to get a Backstage Pass to the Manifest Expo Hall. Let's find out what to expect at this year's show!

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Supply Chains 2025: The Uncertainty Principle

Supply Chain Brain

The future contains much uncertainty, but also a wealth of opportunities for innovative and far-thinking enterprises.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Could tariffs 'wreck' trucking recovery? Trump effort sparks retailiation

Overdrive Online

How might a bona fide "trade war" impact domestic freight? This and other questions swirled after news of tariffs going into effect Tuesday, February 4. "No leader wants to be seen as weak," noted one analyst, predicting likely further escalation.

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ESG Reporting: Challenges and Opportunities

Supply Chain Brain

Organizations need emerging technologies and enterprise applications that allow them to enhance transparency and accountability along the supply chain.

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How Synchronized Warehouse Operations Can Impact the Bottom Line

Supply Chain Brain

AI-empowered tools, complementary to WMS, exist today that add orchestration, leading to increased efficiencies, reduced costs, optimized inventory and enhanced customer satisfaction.

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Mastering the Art of Supply Chain Crisis Management

Supply Chain Brain

In 2025, we expect to see increased focus on the adoption of visibility systems and risk-management protocols, as businesses prioritize efforts to safeguard their supply chains.

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Realizing the Full Potential of Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

Rising demand for visibility, combined with a stronger focus on risk management, will cause a pronounced shift from analog to digitally enabled processes.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Building Resilient Automotive Supply Chains in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

The pace of change in the automotive industry is only accelerating, reinforcing the need for the right supply chain strategy and expertise.

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How GenAI Is Breaking New Ground in Supply Chain Automation

Supply Chain Brain

Ask your 3PLs how theyre testing their AI to ensure that it learns from continuous input, and functions accurately.

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Reshaping the Future and Global Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

By blending its strengths in innovation with proven global best practices, the U.S. can reclaim its position as a manufacturing leader.

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The Clouds Are Lifting: The Future of Supply Chain Collaboration

Supply Chain Brain

Technologies like blockchain will enable greater trust among supply chain players, and drive better planning and execution.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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TriVenture Logistics Growth: Built on WMS Innovation

Supply Chain Brain

Every stage of a healthcare product shipment, from the manufacturer to the supplier to the dock of the hospital, must be in a format that the hospital can work with.

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OKR Overload: How Conventional Wisdom on Performance Metrics Falls Short

Supply Chain Brain

Instead of building out extensive OKRs for each employee and department, companies need to measure what matters.

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Combating the Freight Fraud Epidemic to Protect Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Leveraging technology, tightening verification processes, fostering collaboration and maintaining attention to detail is essential for long-term resilience.

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Solving Skills Gaps in Supply Chain Analytics

Supply Chain Brain

In recruitment and retention of talent and expertise, automation will reduce the need for manual updating and maintenance of data-management systems.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Building Supply Chain Resilience With a Contingency Playbook

Supply Chain Brain

Start your journey to risk resilience by working on foundational elements like supplier mapping and standardized risk management processes.

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PFAS Challenges and Solutions: Supply Chain Sustainability for Complex Manufacturers

Supply Chain Brain

To reduce risk, manufacturers need to take a proactive stance toward managing their supply chains.

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Procurement Staffing in 2025: Five Key Trends

Supply Chain Brain

Professionals are gaining unprecedented exposure across the organization, from manufacturing and sales teams to production and finance departments.

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How Warehouses Can Dynamically Adjust to Changing Labor Needs

Supply Chain Brain

By drawing on real-time data, predictive analytics and intelligent scheduling, warehouses can remain agile, efficient and better prepared to meet customer expectations.

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The Evolving Retailer's Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Overcoming Global Transportation Hurdles for Supply Chain Resilience

Supply Chain Brain

By adopting resilient strategies and working with trusted logistics partners, businesses can maintain agile supply chains.

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Three Actions LTL Shippers Can Take to Stay Ahead in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

To prepare for coming changes, shippers should start by identifying which of their goods will be impacted.

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On-Time, In-Full: A Guide for Shippers Who Want to Avoid Retailer Fines

Supply Chain Brain

If shippers dont solve logistics challenges to meet retailer expectations, it will mean cutting into their own profits.

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The Impact of AI on the Retail Industry

Supply Chain Brain

Companies need to embrace a more dynamic environment and new technologies to manage a continuously changing retail landscape.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Mitigating Rare Earth Dependency While Creating New Revenue Streams

Supply Chain Brain

A well-structured, resilient supply chain can turn dependency risks into new avenues for profitability and long-term success.

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Building Stronger Supply Chains Through Sustainability and Ethical Responsibility

Supply Chain Brain

Technologies such as AI-driven risk due diligence and supply chain multi-tier mapping, supplier collaboration and satellite imaging are revolutionizing supply chain management.

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Reimagining Retail: Gigging Customers Into Supply Chain Partners

Supply Chain Brain

The gig-ification of retail supply chains constitutes a movement toward a more adaptive, engaging, and sustainable business model.