Strong Supplier Ties Unlock Pricing, Innovation, Resilience
Strong supplier relationships don't just feel nice. They deliver concrete advantages: better pricing, knowledge transfer, supply chain resilience, and innovations you'd never reach through a standard RFP. Joe Adamski of @ProcureAbility breaks it down 👇 https://t.co/tYERkizpoN
Relationships, Not Transactions, Drive Reliable Procurement
Anyone can click "Add to Cart." But when stock runs out or a shipment is late, that transactional supplier won't go out of their way for you. The ones who will? The ones you've built a real relationship with. Here's why that...
Future of Work: Robots, Talent, and Logistics
Listen to the Does Logistics Matter? Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. In Episode 22, Talent and Recruitment specialist Radu Palamariu of Alcott Global talks about: What the future of work will look like, and if robots will take over, and more... #SupplyChain...
Modern TMS: Real‑Time Tracking, Reaction, and Rerouting
Most people think a TMS is a planning tool. Something that gets goods from A to B. That description was accurate 20 years ago. Today's TMS tracks, reacts, reroutes, and manages execution in real time. Descartes' Elmer Spruijt explains what's changed 🎧 https://t.co/TraZI2qUVe
AI Agent Debbie Scales Driver Tracking with 700k Calls
An AI agent called Debbie has now made 700,000 calls to truck drivers, helping over 420,000 of them get connected to tracking systems. Previously done by human teams. Expensive, slow, impossible to scale. This is what AI actually looks like in logistics...
Collaboration Beats Solo: Rethink Procurement Partnerships
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." 2 million years of human history say collaboration wins. So why does procurement still treat suppliers as names on a screen? New read 👇https://t.co/tYERkizpoN
Fast Delivery Crucial: 70% Abandon Cart Over 2 Days
Over 70% of shoppers abandon their cart when delivery takes more than 2 days. That's not a marketing problem. That's a fulfilment problem. Here's how to know when it's time to hand it off to a 3PL 👇 https://t.co/r4ctl4lH4h
Your 2026 European Supply Chain Events Calendar
Planning your conference calendar for 2026? I've put together a full list of supply chain and logistics events across Europe: from LogiMat in Stuttgart to Breakbulk in Rotterdam and everything in between. Save this one 👇 https://t.co/uTijdB17Vx
Supply Chain Digitalisation Fails when You Never Start
The biggest risk in supply chain digitalisation isn't picking the wrong technology. It's not starting at all. Davy Baars from @ConnectedLoadCarrier on what actually needs to happen before the first sensor is installed 🎧 https://t.co/DBWWiDVpOg
Space Logistics Is the Next Transport Revolution
Railroads unlocked industrial distribution. Container shipping made global manufacturing viable. Air freight created time-sensitive commerce. Each breakthrough seemed radical, until it didn't. Space-based logistics is next. Here's what it means for you 👇 https://t.co/ejFo8Iq8n9
Delay Outsourcing Fulfillment; Leaders End up Packing Boxes
60% of online retailers already outsource at least part of their fulfilment. The ones who wait too long? They're the ones spending leadership time packing boxes instead of growing the business. Know the signs 👇 https://t.co/r4ctl4lH4h
Focus on Inter‑org Handovers for Supply Chain Efficiency
The biggest efficiency gains in a digital supply chain don't happen inside your organisation. They happen at handovers between organisations, where paperwork piles up, data gets re-entered, and responsibility gets blurred. That's where to focus first 👇 https://t.co/DBWWiDVpOg
AI Agents Boost Real-Time Logistics Visibility
Listen to the Does Logistics Matter? Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. In Episode 65 Elmer Spruijt, VP Transportation Management EMEA at Descartes talks about: Real-time visibility and data collection, AI agents, and smart automation. #Logistics #AI #Podcast https://t.co/GP4ttYb9OS
Distribution Firms Evolve Into Tech Startups Amid Shifting 3PL Search
On the Does Logistics Matter? podcast, Ryan from @Warematch shares how a distribution company accidentally became a tech startup,and why the way buyers search for 3PL partners is changing faster than most of the industry realises. #logistics #podcast 🎧 https://t.co/VRCyCBQ7lz
Know When Your Small‑Space Fulfillment Is Overwhelming
Every e-commerce brand starts the same way: packing orders from a spare room or small warehouse. At some point, that stops working. The question is: how do you know when you've hit that point? We have the guide 👇 https://t.co/r4ctl4lH4h