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When companies talk about innovation, they tend to focus inward: new product teams, R&D budgets, design labs. But our research finds that a powerful and often overlooked driver of innovation lies far beyond a company’s walls and even beyond its first-tier suppliers.

The real innovation engine may be hidden two or three tiers deep in your supply chain, among the ...

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When people who don’t work in the logistics industry think of cargo theft, they typically envision incidents where trucks are hijacked or cargo is burglarized from trailers in transit. Those risks are real. This summer, seven men from California were charged with stealing $1...

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Logistics managers know the frustration: Even the most powerful routing tools can fall short when it comes to advanced planning. Many systems struggle to account for future variables like upcoming municipal events, traffic, or changing weather patterns, which can lead to inefficient routes, costly delays, wasted fuel, frustrated drivers, and a poor customer experience.</p...

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After decades of relatively predictable global trade, we're witnessing a dramatic change in how goods move across borders—the repeal of the $800 de minimis exemption and the imposition of 40% duties on transshipped goods alone will undoubtedly create administrative and logistical headaches.

For those of us who've built careers optimizing supply chains around free-f...

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Today’s consumers are more empowered than ever, and they expect greater personalization, transparency, and speed. Under increasing pressure to meet these demands, manufacturers and their supply chains are finding that traditional “push” production and forecast models based on historical data are no longer sufficient.

Those models were built for a simpler, less dynam...

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