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Are You Paying the Latency Tax? The Hidden Costs of Disconnected Supply Chains

Did you know that supply chain organizations are quietly losing 5 cents of every single dollar just to slow decision-making? When disruption hits, the clock starts ticking. The gap between spotting a problem and doing something about it is what we call the "latency tax" - and it’s draining your bottom line.

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Vessel Pays Record $5.3M Fee to Transit Panama Canal

The priority transit slot was sold to South Korean LPG carrier G. Spirit on September 1, beating the previous record of $4.6 million set in August.

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Hormuz Hostilities Pick Up as Two Tankers Reportedly Struck

While no one claimed responsibility for the attacks, the reports followed a resumption of tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran.

Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, near Khasab, Oman, in May. Source: AFP/Getty Images

Survey: Robot Adoption Plans Outpace Workforce Readiness

Only 40% of organizations currently have a strategy in place to manage a combined human-robot workforce.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Labeling of Anthropic as 'Supply Chain Risk'

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to attach the supply chain risk label to the company was "arbitrary and capricious."

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Optimization Technology for Real-World Supply Chains

The pressures reshaping supply chains today — trade uncertainty, rising customer expectations, and the need for faster decisions — are not temporary. They are the new operating conditions.

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Orchestrating the Supply Chain for the Chief Operating Officer

For the chief operating officer (COO), the importance of an orchestrated supply chain cannot be overstated, particularly where speed and agility can mean the difference between strong and weak performance. Read the Spotlight from IDC based on recent research that explores the benefits of an orchestrated supply chain, as well as related challenges and obstacles.

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Securing the Cross-Border Supply Chain: Risk Mitigation and Customs Compliance in U.S.-Mexico Trade

This white paper presents supply chain executives with a comprehensive blueprint for securing cross-border trade between the U.S. and Mexico.

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How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chain Decision-Making

AI can compress the time between seeing a problem, understanding the tradeoffs, and deciding what to do next.

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Next Generation Fulfillment Centers: From 12 to 5 Steps

As supply chains face increasing pressure from labor shortages, rising customer expectations and growing SKU complexity, leading organizations are rethinking fulfillment operations to achieve greater speed, capacity and efficiency.

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Why CFOs Must Rethink Working Capital

Organizations need mechanisms that not only identify hidden liquidity within the business but enable it to be deployed quickly.

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Why Going Global Isn't Always the Right Call

For years, global sourcing has helped companies reduce production costs, access specialized suppliers, and achieve greater scale. But today’s supply chains face tariff uncertainty, geopolitical risk, transportation disruption, supplier concentration, inventory pressure, and rising customer expectations.

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