September 2025
Supply Chain News to Know

 
 
September 2025

News To Know

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Your team locked in holiday inventory thinking they scored a win, but somewhere between those POs and your warehouse, invisible costs ate your margin — and you won't know until the bills arrive.… Let’s dive in.

 
 
 

 The Lead: Blind Spots
 
 
 
 
 
Most procurement teams find out about supplier delays the same way they did in 2005: random emails landing after their best options are gone.

Manual workflows across multiple systems and stakeholders eat up precious response time. But that's changing, according to FourKites Founder and CEO Matt Elenjickal in his latest for Logistics Viewpoints.

Say a supplier pushes delivery three days before your retail reset. Instead of scrambling, you see exactly which plants need coverage, whether nearby DCs have stock to reallocate, and if consolidating partials beats expediting. Routine updates get handled automatically while the big decisions land on your desk with options already mapped out.
 
 
 
 

  In View
 
 
 
 
 
  • FourKites' Anand Ravindran warns that today's trade uncertainty "differs fundamentally from traditional supply chain risk management," with rapid rule changes making traditional planning obsolete overnight. But companies are discovering they can offset tariff impacts through better operational execution rather than dramatic sourcing overhauls.
  • A single pharma supply chain failure could mean a lost treatment or multi-million dollar waste — which is why Shana Wray explores how pharma companies are using AI-powered solutions to prevent disruptions in her latest for Manufacturing & Logistics IT.
  • With container volumes down year-over-year and the repeal of the $800 de minimis exemption creating new headaches, companies must focus on what’s within their control — from minimizing detention fees to repositioning inventory — as they look to protect their total landed costs from tariff chaos.
 
 

  Numbers to Know
 
 
 
 
 
98.6%
 
 
The percent of detention costs that Trane Technologies eliminated at two facilities.
 
 
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Words of Wisdom
 
 
“The control tower market is seeing increased demand for solutions that can automate execution and prevent disruptions across departments, rather than just identify risks.”

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Charles Brennan
SENIOR ANALYST AT NUCLEUS RESEARCH
 
 

  ICYMI
 
 
 
 
 
  • FourKites was named an Accelerator in the Nucleus Research Control Tower Technology Value Matrix, immediately ranking second in usability as a new entrant to the evaluation. Founder and CEO Matt Elenjickal explains the importance of being “Execution-Centric” in his latest blog post.
  • Go behind the scenes with a FourKites senior engineering manager for insight into what product innovation looks like in this Built-In story.
  • The United States removed its long-standing “de minimis” exemption, which has allowed imported goods worth up to $800 to enter the country without customs clearance or duties — experts assess the potential impacts in this Supply Chain Digital story.
 
 
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