1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (152+ words) A survey of 240 enterprise shipping organizations across six industries examined how they see, govern, and decide their shipping economics. Every respondent manages a multi-modal transportation network with substantial parcel operations. The results were clear: shipping has outgrown its operating model....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (236+ words) For years, transportation procurement has largely followed a familiar playbook: Shippers issue an annual request for proposals, carriers submit rates, and those contracts are expected to hold steady until the next bidding cycle. Today, that approach has become much harder…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (286+ words) supplychainbrain.com Beyond the Freight Cycle: Six Transportation Realities Every Executive Should Understand in 2026 and Beyond argues that transportation has evolved from a tactical logistics function into a strategic business capability that directly influences profitability, customer satisfaction, operational resilience, and…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (153+ words) supplychainbrain.com Scalable Fulfillment: How Scentsy Transformed Operations with Dematic Scentsy is a global leader in fragrance products. As order volumes increased, SKUs expanded, and warehouse space became limited, manual operations could no longer keep pace. Scentsy partnered with Dematic…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (193+ words) The U.S. Department of State announced on August 13 that it had reached an administrative settlement with the U.S. arm of U.K. defense company BAE Systems to pay a $36 million civil penalty after breaching U.S. arms exports regulations more than 100 times. The DoS and BAE…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (288+ words) More than 40 countries have helped China evade U.S. tariffs by routing exports through nations with lower levies on imports into the U.S., according to a report released on August 13 by the administration of President Donald Trump. The report, titled “The Great Transshipment…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (426+ words) Despite rapid advances in digital technology, a deluge of operational, supplier and logistics data needed to make supply chain decisions stands in the way. Why? Because these organizations continue to rely on fragmented systems and manual processes. As a result,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (259+ words) While warehouse automation is a costly upfront investment, it drives long-term savings by reducing facility footprints, lowering energy consumption and minimizing packaging waste – all of which come with financial and efficiency benefits to help drive long-term sustainability. Lower Energy, Higher…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (100+ words) Supply Chain Brain Danube Drought Threatens Power Plants in Hungary, Romania Hungary's government is planning to build a riverbed structure beneath the Danube River, in a bid to raise water levels enough to keep the country's only nuclear power plant…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (227+ words) Bank of America unveiled a $250 billion initiative to invest in critical infrastructure across the U.S. over the next year, joining its peers pushing for innovation across the country. The investment is intended for projects including data centers and compute power, renewable-power…...