By Ben Smeland, Senior Software Engineer, Lucas Systems When I begin engineering discussions with warehouse teams, I usually ask for a map of their facility. Almost every time, I’m handed a CAD drawing. It’s digital. It’s detailed. And for operational analysis, it’s usually the wrong tool. CAD drawings are designed to show how a building …
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The Supply Chain People Don’t See Google’s supply chain is often described as “mostly digital.” That description understates where the real operating risk sits. Alphabet runs a large, capital-intensive physical system built around data centers, servers, networking equipment, and the facilities required to deploy them. Consumer devices and first-party retail exist, but they are not …
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Amazon is still widely cited as the supply chain benchmark. That assessment is not wrong, but it is increasingly incomplete. Too many discussions focus on the visible outcomes of Amazon’s network while missing the underlying logic that produces them. For years, Amazon’s advantage was explained in terms of speed, scale, and cost efficiency. Those attributes …
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From executive leadership shifts to multi-billion dollar energy investments, this week’s supply chain round-up is defined by strategic moves aimed at long-term stability. This roundup covers the appointment of Razat Gaurav as the new CEO of Kinaxis and Bentley Systems’ expansion into AI-driven asset analytics through key acquisitions. We also examine significant policy shifts, including …
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How the Conflict Disrupted Cross-Border Manufacturing and Logistics The recent escalation of the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict has disrupted a critical land-based supply chain artery in the Indochina Peninsula. The Poipet–Aranyaprathet border crossing, a key node in the regional land bridge, handles more than 70 percent of land cargo flows between the two countries and serves …
Venezuela’s Oil Return Is a Supply Chain Reconstruction Problem, Not a Production Decision In an earlier piece, we argued that Venezuela’s oil challenge is fundamentally a supply chain problem. This article examines what that means in operational terms. Discussions about Venezuela’s potential return to global oil markets often focus on reserves, production targets, or price …
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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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