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In June 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — “How…
Lire la suite →It is Friday the 13th. It’s also my wife’s birthday. (Nothing implied, I swear.) We’re going to spend the afternoon together, starting with getting ice cream for lunch, which is…
Lire la suite →U.S. container import volumes retreat as tariff impacts emerge. In May 2025, U.S. container import volumes declined to 2,177,453 TEUs — a 9.7% drop from April (see Figure 1). Year-over-year,…
Lire la suite →Editor’s Note: The following post introduces a research report published recently, “Supply Chain Logistics Maturity Model.” The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by SAP, led to the creation…
Lire la suite →Last Friday was June 6th, the 81st anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy (the largest amphibious landing in history), which was a turning point…
Lire la suite →Ask 100 people on the street today if they know the historical significance of June 6th and it wouldn’t surprise me if none of them know (especially if they’re under…
Lire la suite →“Now I know what being in a rock band feels like,” I joked with the members of the Magaya team I was travelling with. We were checking into our hotel…
Lire la suite →Is ghosting on the rise or is it just me? Maybe my emails are landing in spam boxes, or they’re getting buried deep in the inbox, or getting accidentally deleted.…
Lire la suite →Editor’s Note: Yesterday (May 28, 2025), as reported by the Wall Street Journal, “the New York-based Court of International Trade ruled that [President Trump] overstepped his authority in invoking powers…
Lire la suite →When it comes to working with suppliers, customers, and logistics service providers, most companies still take a “What’s In It for Me?” approach to business relationships instead of a “What’s…
Lire la suite →If Ian Fleming were alive and writing today, James Bond would likely be “Agentic AI 007,” a fully autonomous software intelligence officer powered by a British Large Language Model (LLM).…
Lire la suite →It’s the Friday of Memorial Day weekend here in the US, which means many folks will be taking the day off to make the long weekend even longer. So, I’ll…
Lire la suite →I like to read the obituaries in the newspaper, especially the ones in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal. Most of the people featured are unknown to the…
Lire la suite →In case you’re wondering, companies are still shipping air. The item on the counter (a replacement top for my coffee grinder) came in that big box with all the air…
Lire la suite →I’ve never liked Newark Liberty International Airport, and it’s even lower on my list of airports today. “Yet another equipment outage at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) caused widespread delays…
Lire la suite →I had no idea what was going on when we arrived at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta and saw tons of people in the lobby dressed as furry animals. It…
Lire la suite →I found Godin the Holy Land of Wilmington, Delaware. As fate would have it, I missed a turnon my morning walk, and when I stopped to seewhere I was, I…
Lire la suite →In December 2022, The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) was formed “to simplify the integration of systems across the fragmented ecosystem between shippers, carriers and intermediaries and create a more efficient…
Lire la suite →We’re still in the first quarter of 2025, but we already have a strong contender for Word of the Year: tariffs. Since inauguration day, tariffs have dominated the headlines, with…
Lire la suite →It’s Spring Break for my youngest daughter, who is a junior in high school. We have spent the week on the road, visiting a few colleges, going on tours, while…
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