Last week, I took a long overdue look at the supply chain analyst community, centered to start around what may have been the peak of the analyst world in the early 2000s, with by my count at least 10 ...

I SM also says that the overall economy continued in expansion for the 24th consecutive month. The PMI itself tracks closely but not exactly with the overall US economy. A Manufac ...

Mr. Gilmore serves as Chief Editor of Supply Chain Digest. He has a 15-year career in the supply chain industry, most recently serving as Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for RedPrairie.

Brady Corp., a maker of labeling, safety and related businesses, shook up the data collection and mobile terminal sectors in late April with news it had acquired several businesses from industrial ...

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AI is all the rage in supply chains and beyond, but many supply chains are taking the wrong approach to the technology, limiting results. That according to research firm Gartner in a September press ...

Treat autonomy as a per-use-case decision rather than scaling every use case to the same level at once. Some processes are ready for AI to act autonomously within guardrails; others should stay at ...

.The latest quarterly US Bank Freight Payment Index – Rates Edition showed contract and spot rates following different paths from June through August (Q3). Produced in collaboration with DAT Freight & ...

Analyst firm ARC Advisory Group is out with its latest report on Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). While there is a fee for that usually excellent report, there are some interesting comments from ...

Track whether planners use new capabilities as intended, reduce manual workarounds, avoid reverting to legacy tools and improve decision effectiveness in their daily planning routines.

This year has brought soaring oil and diesel costs, to over $100 per barrel and more than $6.00 per gallon, respectively, putting pressure on the economy, transportation costs and the price of nearly ...

Progress has been slow since that news in 2013, slowed by regulatory issues, local opposition, and more. But as we reported in June, the regulatory barriers are falling rapidly. (See The Drone ...