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Transportation Under Pressure: Planning Through Fuel, Capacity and Regulatory Shocks

Transportation Under Pressure applies the Born at the Dock standard to a transportation market exposed to volatile fuel prices, tightening carrier capacity, regulatory change, labor constraints, and regional disruption. Its central argument is that shippers cannot control the next external shock, but they can reduce the internal exposure that determines whether that shock becomes a manageable cost increase or an operational crisis.

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Orchestrating the End-to-End Supply Chain: Strategic Priority, Practical Reality

As technology, particularly agentic AI, is poised to change everything, the reality of “my supply chain is good enough” has faded. It has been the view of IDC for some years now that a truly end-to-end, orchestrated supply chain should be the ultimate goal to support the speed, agility, and efficiency of the overall business.

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2026 Buyer's Guide to Real-Time Shipment Visibility

The 2026 Buyer's Guide to Real-Time Shipment Visibility from Tive provides a practical framework for evaluating today's leading shipment visibility technologies and selecting the solution that best fits your organization's needs.

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Why You Need to Add Orchestration to Logistics Execution

The conversation around 4PL should be less about terminology and more about architecture.

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Watch: Supply Chain Planning Talent

The role of the supply chain planner isn’t going away, no matter the advancements in technology, says Cristina Carvallo, senior director at Gartner. But the position does require adopting new skills.

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The August Queue: Why an Order Placed Now Meets a Different Factory

Suppliers are managing a hard constraint. Plan around it and you get the same factory in September that you got in June.

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Shift Left Planning: Why Many Plans Fail to Execute - and How to Fix It

Despite major investments in AI, real-time visibility, and faster planning tools, many supply chain organizations continue to battle constant firefighting, expediting, and poor plan adherence. Why do these challenges persist? The answer may be that speed alone isn't enough.

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Decision-centric Planning: the AI-Enabled Path to Decision Velocity

Today’s world is more unpredictable than ever. From regulatory upheavals and trade tariffs to sudden shifts in consumer demand, businesses must be ready to respond swiftly and decisively. Traditional planning processes struggle to keep up with the urgent risks and opportunities that arise between meetings, triggering constant re-planning and creating room for misalignment and disorder.

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Shaving Strokes Off the Supply Chain Process For PING

Demand planners now actively participate in supply planning meetings, reviewing level-loaded production plans and monthly buy recommendations.

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Why Supply Chain Transformation Has Moved to the Physical Edge

The future of logistics belongs to those who successfully bridge the human-machine frontier at the physical execution layer, but the window to act is closing.

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Watch: The Rise (or Revival) of DDMRP in North America

John Rogelstad, managing consultant at The Logic Factory, explains the concept behind Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP), and how it’s impacting North American manufacturing.

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Why RFID Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage in Supply Chain and Logistics

Supply chains are under increasing pressure to handle higher volumes, tighter delivery expectations, and more complex flows with fewer resources and less tolerance for error. This article explores five key trends shaping the shift from basic operational visibility to measurable business value.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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