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

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies that fail to modernize face supply shortages, revenue loss, and regulatory risks. A data-driven, technology-enabled approach is required to build resilience and efficiency. AI, automation, and sustainability initiatives are central to this transformation. Warehouse automation is a key part of Walmarts strategy.

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Blue Yonder Acquires Pledge, Expanding Its End-to-End Supply Chain Platform With Accredited Carbon Emissions Reporting

Logistics Viewpoints

Pledge) , including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). About Blue Yonder Blue Yonder is a leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation. truck, rail, barges), and sea.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

What will the total costs be associated with different green strategies? It examines the skills of the people on the team, the process, technology, and strategy associated with supply chain design. But most fundamentally, a company must be data driven. How do we best handle surging transportation costs?

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Walmart’s Massive Investment in a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Following their fourth quarter results, top executives talked about their supply chain and omnichannel strategy at a high level. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

My answer — to CIOs in particular — boils down to the complicated and disconnected stack of supply chain solutions most companies are saddled with, from legacy systems that weren’t architected to ingest and process real-time data to newer point solutions that are siloed from other critical operational systems.

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Decentralizing Supply Chains: How Regional Models Drive Resilience and Flexibility

Logistics Viewpoints

These decentralized networks aim to boost flexibility, reduce risk, and improve responsiveness, aided by technologies such as blockchain, AI-driven logistics, and expanded visibility into supply chains. For years, supply chains have focused primarily on reducing costs, often prioritizing efficiency over resilience.

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The Data Needed to Transform Supply Chains

Talking Logistics

Again and again, digitization and data were at the heart of panel and networking conversations. Even headline speakers were professing “data got sexy” and data is now a core strategy for companies looking to succeed. Supply Chain Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Hackett Group).