Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Reveel launched Omnicarrier Decision Intelligence (ODI), an AI-native capability that enables shippers to plan and manage their entire carrier network in real-time, at the package level, without relying on blended averages, static reports, or a carrier’s own numbers. “For years, carrier strategy was relatively straightforward. Most parcel shippers worked with the same carrier, across three-year agreement cycles, with one or two price increases a year. That market is gone.

Casey Hyde serves as VP, marketing, where she leads global marketing strategy, demand generation, and brand positioning for a leading supply chain intelligence platform focused on parcel spend management. In this role, she is responsible for shaping how enterprise organizations understand and approach small parcel shipping. On a day-to-day basis, she oversees the development and execution of integrated marketing programs that educate the market, generate demand, and support revenue growth.

Depending on who you ask, warehouse design may be driven by a simple assumption: More automation, more speed and more technology is always the right way to go. It’s not hard to understand that mindset. Noise about humanoid robots and AI keeps getting louder and labor challenges make more automation a seemingly inevitable outcome. But in the race to optimize, there’s one fundamental question that many operations tend to overlook: What problem are we actually trying to solve?

The United States is projected to be short 1.1 million supply chain workers by 2035, and that shortage arrives at the exact moment AI is rewriting what those workers actually do. Agentic AI is absorbing the operational work that used to train procurement teams. Intake, supplier identification, RFx execution, bid collection, first-pass evaluation; software handles more of it every quarter. That work was repetitive and slow, but it was also how a generation of buyers learned the job.

TransmetriQ, a Railinc brand, launched Freight Payables, a new module designed to automate rail freight invoice audits. “Our data shows that audits processed by hand miss errors on freight bills and accessorial charges. We have caught more than 20 different kinds of invoice errors, ranging from fuel and tariff rate mismatches to missing origins and invoice numbers, that were costing shippers time and money,” says Danny Dever, senior product manager, shipments and visibility, TransmetriQ.

Article Summary Without new field investment, the European Union will import over 98% of its gas by 2050, according to Wood Mackenzie research. The critical gap between production scenarios hinges on fiscal stability, permitting reform, and exploration success in the Black Sea and East Mediterranean, where Greece alone holds a third of undiscovered gas potential. Without new field investment, EU gas imports will exceed 98% of demand by 2050, up from 85% today.

Companies are investing aggressively in growth, but their ability to understand what's driving that growth isn't keeping pace. Why is this important? Growth isn't coming only from new business. In fact, existing customers account for a significant share of revenue, referrals are the largest source of new pipeline, and service remains the leading reason customers leave.

DHL Express launched Heavy Weight Express (HWX), an express air solution for shipments up to 2,200 pounds per piece and 6,600 pounds per shipment.

Optilogic launched Pulsar, a new demand engine powering Optilogic's demand modeling solution, which analyzes demand patterns, forecasts potential shifts, and powers what-if analyses to reveal the customer behaviors driving revenue growth. "The supply chain is always in motion, but so is the future. Historically, supply chains have taken the approach that demand is simply something to forecast and deliver on. That unsophisticated approach leads to static, thoughtless decisions.

Manufacturing's labor shortage is no longer cyclical, but structural: data shows 74% of manufacturers report acute skilled-worker shortages and a projected global shortfall of 1.9 million manufacturing workers by 2033. Companies are responding by investing in automation and workforce orchestration to drive productivity.