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Walmart and the New Supply Chain Reality: AI, Automation, and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The company aims to automate 65 percent of its stores by 2026, with over half of fulfillment center operations already automated. AI-driven procurement tools streamline supplier negotiations, ensuring cost savings and efficiency. These initiatives streamline inventory management and improve customer service.

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No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty

Freightos

Disruptions have become the norm, rather than the exception, and the only organizations that can thrive in this new reality are those with the right tools. Many of these tools are excellent at solving specific problems whether it’s procurement automation, rate management, or market intelligence.

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October 21st – 24th Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up

Logistics Viewpoints

With enforcement delayed until December 2025, businesses have time to integrate this tool, which streamlines data collection, geospatial analysis, and compliance verification. As a result, companies are cutting staff, slashing spending, and halting exploration projects.

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New Study Shows Global Trade Compliance Is Not Slowing Down Any Time Soon

Logistics Viewpoints

It adopts the International Labor Organizations definition of forced labor and mandates the European Commission to release compliance guidelines by June 2026. AI tools become more valuable when users can comprehend how the AI model arrived at its decisions. Trade classification lists vary per region and are not universally aligned.

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Legacy Out, Intelligence In: The Great Realignment of Supply Chain Tech

Locus

Four years on, volumes across both categories remain 2026% higher than pre-pandemic levels. Theyre seeking tools that adapt in real time, integrate modularly, and deliver business outcomes, not just feature checklists. The pandemics surge in parcel volumes wasnt a temporary shift, it recalibrated expectations.

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Fourth Party Logistics Market 2020, Global Trends, Opportunity and Growth Analysis Forecast by 2026

247 Customs Broker

The report provides a unique tool for evaluating the market, highlighting opportunities, and supporting strategic and tactical decision-making.

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Listening to the Voice of the Warehouse Worker –5 Factors Impacting Employee Attraction and Retention

Logistics Viewpoints

Our survey found nearly 3 in 4 (74%) warehouse workers are at least somewhat likely to take a pay cut to work at another company with more technology tools to help them do their job, including more than half (52%), who are extremely or very likely. billion in 2026, representing 30 percent growth per year. Help them learn a new skill.