Fri.Feb 14, 2025

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Flexible versus Fixed Warehouse Automation: The Evolution of Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Flexible automation will play a growing role of in warehouse operations. As the industry shifts towards more adaptable, AI-enhanced solutions, businesses will gain the agility needed to stay competitive in an increasingly dynamic market.

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Why are liquid networks in procurement important to understand?

Procurement Insights

What are liquid networks? February 2025 – A Liquid Network is a dynamic, decentralized, and adaptable system where ideas, information, and resources flow freely between interconnected participants, fostering innovation and collaboration. The term is often associated with networks that enable rapid knowledge-sharing, adaptability, and creative breakthroughs.

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The Forrester Wave: Order Management Systems, Q1 2025

Supply Chain Brain

Access the latest analyst report on Order Management Systems. Get your complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave: Order Management Systems, Q1 2025 and see how the top Order Management Systems compare.

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Human With AI, Not Human Versus AI

Procurement Insights

“Our cognitive landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. We enter an era in which neither humans nor AI monopolize adaptability or learning. Instead, we find ourselves in a dynamic equilibrium where both forms of evolving intelligenceneuroplastic and technoplasticcontinuously evolve.” – John Nosta, Techno-plasticity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Psychology Today) AI mirrors the unique human ability of neuroplasticity.

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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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Case Study: An NGO Helps Multinationals to Tackle Modern-Day Slavery with AI

Supply Chain Brain

A case study exploring how Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance partnered with Exiger to adopt its supply chain visibility platform and pinpoint modern-day slavery problems across complex supply chains.

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New ATF-Compliant DSMT Log & Backup Features in Finale Inventory

Finale Inventory

We are excited to introduce new features in Finale Inventory that ensure your compliance with the latest ATF Ruling 2023-1, which mandates stricter requirements for maintaining electronic records for explosives. Meet the ATF Compliance Requirements with Finale To support Federal Explosives Licensees and Permit Holders (FEL/Ps) in meeting 27 CFR Part 555, Subpart G, weve enhanced our Daily Summary of Magazine Transactions (DSMT) Log and backup automation tools to help you meet ATF inspection requ

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NEW WEBINAR: Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology

CPO Rising

Join Ardent Partners and Zip on February 26th (2 PM ET) as they discuss Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology. Getting to the next level of… The post NEW WEBINAR: Scale New Heights: Improve Performance by Optimizing Your Procurement Technology appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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TriVenture Logistics Growth: Built on WMS Innovation

Supply Chain Brain

Discover how the team that started a medical logistics provider was able to rapidly and successfully build their new enterprise, supported by a proven and flexible WMS solution.

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Next-Gen Approval Flow: How ProcurementExpress.com is Setting a New Industry Standard

Procurement Express

In today’s fast-paced business environment, procurement efficiency directly impacts your bottom line. Our analysis shows that companies spend an average of 32 hours per month managing purchase approvals, with 67% of delays attributed to rigid approval workflows. At ProcurementExpress.com, we’ve tackled this challenge head-on with our Next-Generation Approval Flow system.

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The Environmental Impact of Right-Sizing Packaging

Supply Chain Brain

This white paper will explore how right-sizing packaging can lead to a tangible difference on environmental protection and sustainable shipping practices. Youll learn how to tackle smarter packing processes with advanced cartonization and how to deliver a better unboxing experience.

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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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Building the Self-Optimizing Warehouse Operation

Supply Chain Brain

Warehouse operations face unprecedented challenges, including rising labor costs, low unemployment, fluctuating demand, and increasing customer expectations across B2B and B2C channels. The self-optimizing warehouse driven by advanced warehouse execution systems (WES) powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning represents a revolution in fulfillment efficiency.

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Dynamic Route Planning Builds Stability into Bulk Gas Distribution

Supply Chain Brain

Join Descartes Systems for a closer look at dynamic route planning and its potential benefits in performance and cost savings.

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Reports of U.K. Foreign Farm Worker Abuse Increase

Supply Chain Brain

Campaigners now want a review of the seasonal agricultural worker scheme and of any exploitation risks it presents.

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Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Threatens U.K. With $20B Hit

Supply Chain Brain

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is already trying to revive a stagnating U.K. economy while meeting her own rule that government spending must be paid for out of tax revenues.

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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