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FedEx’s network poised for a shakeup after US Postal Service split

Supply Chain Dive

Daytime flight operations and pilot staffing are likely targets for reductions once the air transportation contract expires in September, experts say.

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Shippers, Carriers Highlight Extreme Weather as Biggest Challenge to Networks in 2024

Supply Chain Brain

Of those surveyed, 39% said that extreme weather events have been their chief concern in 2024, the most of any category.

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Red Sea modal shifts, e-commerce push March air volumes up 11% YoY

Supply Chain Dive

Shippers are negotiating shorter-term contracts to keep their options open amid disruptions and an incoming summer capacity boost.

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How Supplier Diversity Can Yield Better Business Outcomes

Supply Chain Brain

Supplier diversity programs are not only good for society; they’re crucial to enhancing supply chain competitiveness, risk mitigation and cost reduction for businesses.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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The future of application delivery starts with modernization

IBM Supply Chain Blog

IDC estimates that 750 million cloud native will be built by 2025. Where and how these applications are deployed will impact time to market and value realization. The reality is that application landscapes are complex, and they challenge enterprises to maintain and modernize existing infrastructure, while delivering new cloud-native features. Three in four executives reported disparate systems in their organizations and that a lack of skills, resources and common operational practices challenge

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How to Expand Margin and Reduce Supply Chain Cost with Digital Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain leaders are under more pressure than ever to lower costs, expand margins, and balance growth and profitability — all while facing skilled labor shortages and rising materials and logistics costs.

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Watch: How 3PLs Are Scaling Through Margin Management

Supply Chain Brain

Margin management is key to all businesses, but it's especially critical in the world of third-party logistics providers, says Nate Endicott, senior vice president of growth with Enveyo.

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Matchory: Vendor Analysis — Supplier discovery solution overview, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Matchory, a solution built to simplify and accelerate the supplier discovery process. In times when nearshoring and ally-shoring are at the top of the agenda of many procurement professionals, supplier scouting is making a comeback as an essential capability. Specifically, these discovery tools can help by making the job of sifting through the massive number of available companies more manageable.

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U.S. Eyeing Ship's Electrical System After Baltimore Bridge Crash

Supply Chain Brain

The safety board says it is currently examining data on the Dali container ship's electronic power system and circuit breakers.

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The Top Skills Every Sourcing Agent Must Have

Procurement Freelancers

Procurement specialists are go-betweens for companies and their suppliers. They are experts at navigating the… The post The Top Skills Every Sourcing Agent Must Have first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Tips for Better Management of Food Recalls

Supply Chain Brain

Companies acting alone in responding to food recalls, rather than collaborating with supply chain partners, are only prolonging the exposure of compromised products in the marketplace.

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NEW WEBINAR — AI Decoded: What Every CPO Needs to Know

CPO Rising

Join Ardent Partners and Arkestro on April 24th (2 PM ET) for a webcast on AI Decoded: What Every CPO Needs to Know. In 2024, AI is seemingly “everything, everywhere, all at once!” and it has dominated business and technology discussions since the launch of ChatGPT.

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Avery Dennison, Controlant Partner on Device for End-to-End Visibility Across Pharma Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

The Saga Card offers real-time inventory data at the city, region, and country level for pharmaceutical providers.

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Boeing Whistleblower Claims 787 Dreamliners at Risk of Breaking Apart

Supply Chain Brain

The whistleblower identified problems with sections of the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner, which he claimed were not fastened together correctly.

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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