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The New Geopolitical Tensions Jeopardizing the Global Economy

April 2, 2025
Ted Krantz, SCB Contributor

The weaponization of supply chains is becoming entangled in the new normal of global trade relations.


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The Ultimate WMS Buyer’s Guide: Your Blueprint for Smarter Supply Chain Decisions

April 1, 2025
Made4Net

Let’s be real—choosing a Warehouse Management System (WMS) can feel like navigating a minefield. For forward-thinking leaders seeking competitive advantage, this guide represents your essential roadmap to warehouse excellence and technology-enabled growth. 



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The Ultimate WMS RFP Template: Get the Answers You Need—Fast!

April 1, 2025
Made4Net

The search for a Warehouse Management System (WMS) can feel like a high-stakes chess game. That’s why we built the ultimate WMS RFP Template—to help you win. Packed with 250+ functional and 100+ technical requirements, this plug-and-play template takes the guesswork out of vendor evaluations. 


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Five Key Challenges of Intelligent Category Management and Direct Materials

April 1, 2025
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The benefits of organizing the purchase of goods and services into categories in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness, whether it’s related to component parts or finished products, can be game-changing. Artificial intelligence presents a powerful set of tools to get on top of it the most common problems.


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Does U.S. Agriculture Need Immigrant Labor? Ask Great Britain.

March 31, 2025
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Anyone looking to assess the impact of Trump’s immigration policy on U.S. agriculture might do well to study the labor shortage that hit farms in the U.K. during the pandemic.


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Xi Woos Global Business Leaders as Trump Intensifies Trade War

March 28, 2025
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Xi made a veiled critique of Donald Trump’s trade actions, touting China’s stability at a meeting in Beijing with some 40 corporate leaders.


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Six Ways to Navigate Supply Chain Volatility Amid Geopolitical Shifts

March 27, 2025
Mita Gupta, SCB Contributor

Uncertainty around the amount and timing of new tariffs announced by the Trump administration places procurement and supply chain functions in a challenging position. 


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Trump Sets 25% Tariff on All Imported Automobiles

March 26, 2025
SupplyChainBrain

Trump claimed that the measure would lead to "tremendous growth" for the U.S. car industry.


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Watch: How Tariffs Are Impacting the North American Automotive Supply Chain

March 24, 2025
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Chauncey Mayfield II, partner and leader in the commercial transaction and practice group of Honigman LLP, discusses the uncertainties and cost of Trump’s new tariffs on automotive parts.


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Additive Manufacturing Can Mitigate High Tariffs

March 24, 2025
Atit Shah, SCB Contributor

Additive manufacturing and advanced technology can empower decision-makers with new, versatile resources to optimize operations and bring their businesses into the modern era.


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