Supply Chains

This year’s honorees demonstrate how leading companies are embedding next-generation technologies into their operations to drive measurable impact and industry leadership.

Wells Fargo’s 2025 Supply Chain Report reveals a sector adapting to tariffs, shifting inventory strategies, and transportation complexity.

It is hard to find a period in time in which supply chains have seen so much volatility and uncertainty, in various ways as over the last five years. That is nothing new, to be sure, but, at the same time, it does speak to the significance of the industry (whether you may be a shipper, carrier, 3PL, academic, analyst, lobbyist, or anything else along those lines).

Quickcode.ai, Easy Metrics and Corvus Robotics to be honored at upcoming supply chain conference.

From drones in agave fields to biomimicry in glass manufacturing, Diageo is redefining what’s possible in supply chain innovation — a vision that earned it top honors at the 2025 NextGen Supply Chain Conference.

With keynote presentations, industry awards, and breakout sessions on robotics, AI integration, and supply chain resilience, the event offers actionable insights from leaders at Uber Freight, Dole, Walmart, FedEx Supply Chain, and more.

The report’s benchmark reading, the PMI, came in at 48.0 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), down 1% off of June’s 48.0 reading, and contracting, at a faster rate, for the fifth month in a row.

ASCM’s 2025 Salary Report highlights rising compensation, strong job satisfaction, and growing demand for digitally savvy talent in the supply chain workforce.

While the outcome of the federal budget reconciliation bill, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB),” was largely expected to be passed along party lines, as was the case last month, what is less definitive about the bill is its potential impact on freight transportation and logistics operations.

ASCM’s 2025 Salary Report highlights rising compensation, strong job satisfaction, and growing demand for digitally savvy talent in the supply chain workforce.

While there have not been material changes in United States trade policy going back to the three-month pause of the White House’s reciprocal tariffs implemented on April 9, it stands to reason that will be soon coming to an end, with the pause set to expire on July 9. But it may not be the end that was initially expected, with various reports indicating the pause has been moved back to August 1.

Schneider Electric holds the top spot for the third year in a row with NVIDIA rising to second.

The tool helps companies spot delays and take quick action—automatically rescheduling, rerouting, or notifying teams in real time.

The company explained that this investment comprises its major divisions—DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Supply Chain, and DHL eCommerce, in various ways, including enhancing infrastructure, expanding networks and capacity, and elevating service capabilities.

What will be the final outcome on industrial transportation from the White House’s ever-changing position on freight tariffs? And how does your company make decisions with so much uncertainty about tariffs?