INSIGHT 4 CHECKING IN Supply chain tech landscape: from resilience to orchestration 6 GOOD QUESTION What’s one costly assumption in logistics or supply chain management? 8 10 TIPS Supply chain leadership lessons 32 ECOMMERCE Ecommerce networks: An insider’s view 34 ROBOTICS You diversified your suppliers, but what about your robots?
INFOCUS 1 INFO SNACKS 12 NOTED 14 TAKEAWAYS 74 IN BRIEF 80 LAST MILE New robot superpower
CONTENT PARTNERS 18 Unlocking Next-Level Visibility and AI Power in Your Supply Chain Offered by IFS Softeon 20 Why Financial Control Must 21 Measure Twice, Automate Once: Don’t Build on a Shaky Foundation Offered by Made4net 22 What 3PLs and Freight Forwarders Get Wrong About SaaS Offered by Silver Bullet Technologies 24 Heavy Haul at the U.S.- Mexico Border: What It Takes to Keep Complex Freight Moving Offered by Landstar Begin Inside Your TMS Offered by nVision Global 26 Why Carrier Costing is Becoming Core Logistics Infrastructure Offered by SMC 3 27 The Hidden Risks in Temperature-Controlled Freight Offered by Trinity Logistics 28 Major Gateway Unlocks Growth and Opportunity Offered by Port Everglades 29 How to Safeguard Your Network Against Market Volatility Offered by NFI Industries 30 Rethinking Logistics Cost Management: Closed-Loop Solutions Provide Visibility Offered by Fortigo
INPRACTICE 10 LEADERSHIP KINDNESS, CURIOSITY, AND FEATHERWEIGHT SEWING MACHINES Bill Stankiewicz, the veteran
managing director of Savannah Supply Chain, shares the personal lessons that shaped his
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GOOD QUESTION What’s one costly assumption in logistics
or supply chain management?
compassionate and disciplined leadership style—from saving for college to famously saving an employee’s job. 69 TOOLKIT TMS & DRP: THE RECIPE FOR RESILIENCE Facing pandemic-era disruptions, shifting consumer demand, and rising logistics costs, Ajinomoto Foods North America (AFNA) chose transformation over a return to the status quo. By modernizing production planning and
INFO 72 SUPPLY CHAIN INSIGHTS 76 CALENDAR 78 RESOURCE CENTER
deploying advanced transportation and supply chain technologies with key partners, AFNA built a more agile, data-driven operation for the future.
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