On December 30th, 2025, $400,000 of lobster was stolen before it arrived at its Midwest Costco destinations. A rising trend impacting supply chains and a wake-up call for the logistics industry. This is just another case of a calculated digital age crime made possible by cargo and IT thieves. The Anatomy of the Heist The …
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EXTON, Pa. – January 5, 2026 — Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the acquisitions of Talon Aerolytics and the technology and technical expertise of Pointivo. These acquisitions, which closed in December, significantly strengthen Bentley’s Asset Analytics portfolio, which applies digital twins and AI to help owner-operators improve asset …
The early headlines around Venezuela’s post-Maduro moment focus on geopolitics and oil diplomacy. Beneath that surface is a broader issue that supply chain leaders should pay attention to. What is unfolding is not simply a restart of oil production. It is an attempt to rebuild a national industrial supply chain that has steadily deteriorated over …
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Warehouse automation continued its steady maturation in 2025. After years of intense investment and uneven results, companies shifted from experimental deployments to more disciplined, predictable automation strategies. The focus moved away from individual technologies and toward orchestration, integration, reliability, and the balance between human labor and machine capability. The year did not bring dramatic breakthroughs. …
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Call to Action: Download the full guide to gain in-depth insights and practical frameworks that will help you lead the transformation towards a resilient supply chain. Part 10 Over the past nine sections, we have explored the threats, architectures, governance models, data protections, human factors, response strategies, and partnerships required to secure today’s global supply chains. But …
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Transportation management underwent steady but meaningful change in 2025. While dramatic innovation was limited, organizations made progress in modernization, connectivity, and decision support. The theme of the year was not transformation. It was alignment—aligning TMS capabilities with the realities of volatile markets, cost pressure, emissions requirements, and customer expectations for more reliable service. As companies …
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This past week’s supply chain technology developments reinforce a quiet but important transition. The market is moving beyond visibility tools toward systems that sense, decide, and act directly in physical supply chain environments. Investment flows, product launches, and leadership decisions all point in the same direction: execution is becoming algorithmic. Below are ten technology focused …
Call to Action: Download the full guide to gain in-depth insights and practical frameworks that will help you lead the transformation towards a resilient supply chain. Part 9 Supply chains are ecosystems, not islands. A manufacturer may secure its own network, but if a supplier is compromised, malware or data manipulation can flow downstream. Conversely, a cyberattack …
AI drew enormous attention in 2025 across supply chain operations. Some organizations approached it with caution. Others attempted rapid transformation. The most successful teams focused on smaller, well-defined operational bottlenecks where AI could reduce ambiguity, surface risks sooner, and compress decision cycles. As companies prepare for 2026, a clearer picture emerges of where AI delivered …
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On December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) officially commenced island-wide customs closure operations. This initiative is far more than a simple policy adjustment; it represents a comprehensive, systematic, and institutional upgrade, designed to transform Hainan into a new gateway of “the highest level of openness” that connects China with the world, particularly …