AI engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok can deliver polished answers within seconds. But their advice is often too generic for real operational…
By Hannah Kohr · Automation · Sep 7, 2026 · 4 min readA shipping container ship can be rerouted around a blocked strait. A truck that can't get through a congested port gate is a harder problem to solve. That…
By Charles Weber · Ports · Sep 3, 2026
The latest Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, hosted by Tom Raftery, examines a resilience risk that sits much closer to operations than geopolitical…
By The Supply Chainer · Warehousing · Sep 3, 2026
Black Friday-Cyber Monday kicks off a sustained peak period that runs through Christmas, post-holiday returns, and New Year’s promotions. For e-commerce…
By By Jax Zheng, UniUni Director of Partnerships · Last Mile · Sep 3, 2026
A biotech CEO in 2024 negotiates a cell-therapy manufacturing slot with a contract organisation booked eighteen months out. She doesn't own a single piece…
By Hedley Rees, Managing Consultant, PharmaFlow Limited · Inventory · Sep 2, 2026
The Supply Chainer is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for The Supply Chainer Awards 2026, our year-end program recognizing the most…
By Hannah Kohr · 2026 Awards · Sep 1, 2026
A container due in Basel by barge this month may need three transport modes just to arrive on schedule. With the Rhine's benchmark gauge at Kaub dropping…
By K.R. Samiksha · Freight · Aug 31, 2026
A vessel schedule slips by four days. The cargo is financed, the buyer's credit line is already drawn against goods still at sea, and the lender finds out…
By K.R. Samiksha · Warehousing · Aug 31, 2026
The most consequential improvements in fleet operations rarely arrive as dramatic breakthroughs. More often, they emerge through better registration…
By Charles Weber · Fleets · Aug 30, 2026
Many supply chain and warehouse operators still think cargo theft starts with a pair of bolt cutters. That image is mostly wrong, and this persistent…
By Chris Brumett, CPO Terminal Industries · Security · Aug 30, 2026
Yard management continues to expose one of the most persistent operational bottlenecks in modern logistics. Despite heavy investments in transportation…
By The Supply Chainer · Podcast · Aug 30, 2026
For small ecommerce businesses, the most consequential supply chain decision often happens before a product is ever listed. Selecting the wrong item or…
By Hannah Kohr · Automation · Aug 30, 2026
As of August 12, 2026, the European Union has a new packaging regime: the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, or PPWR, is now directly applicable…
By Aanchal Ghatak · Packaging · Aug 30, 2026
Food waste is often framed as a sustainability problem, but its causes lie deep within operational decision-making. In the latest Resilient Supply Chain…
By The Supply Chainer · Podcast · Aug 26, 2026
Trucks queued at the Port of Wilmington while clerks worked gate transactions by hand. Nothing had happened to a crane, a chassis or a gate reader. An…
By K.R. Samiksha · Ports · Aug 26, 2026
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency detained 16,755 shipments valued at $3.69 billion from June 2022 to July 2025 under…
By Alex Badmington · Tariffs & Taxation · Aug 26, 2026
A compliance officer at a mid-sized European exporter opens her inbox on August 13 to find a supplier declaration missing a required PFAS test result.…
By K.R. Samiksha · Warehousing · Aug 24, 2026
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