By Léon Levinas-Ménard
1. US DOUBLES STEEL & ALUMINUM TARIFFS
The White House has raised import tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25 % to 50 %, effective 4 June 2025. A survey shows that 90 % of U.S. business owners fear supply-chain disruptions, and tariff policies have already cost firms more than 34 billion USD in higher expenses and lost sales.
Sources:
https://www.dsv.com/en-us/about-dsv/press/news/us/2025/04/us-announces-reciprocal-tariffs
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tariffs-stoke-supply-chain-worries-us-businesses-survey-shows-2025-06-03/
2. SAGE LAUNCHES SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM
Sage has unveiled Sage Supply Chain Intelligence, a cloud solution that gives small and midsize businesses real-time first-mile visibility. The platform promises to cut delays by 35 %, protect margins, and let brands scale without replacing existing systems.
3. BLUE YONDER SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS TECH INVESTMENTS
Blue Yonder’s Supply Chain Compass survey of North American and European leaders finds that 61 % plan to invest between 1 million and 10 million USD in technology over the next five years to build more resilient and efficient supply chains.
Source: https://media.blueyonder.com/
4. TECSYS UNVEILS AI PLATFORM FOR HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAINS
Supply-chain software firm Tecsys introduced TecsysIQ, a cloud-native analytics platform built on Databricks that unifies fragmented healthcare supply-chain data and delivers AI-powered insights to improve hospital operations and patient care.
5. RED SEA SHIPPING REBOUNDS AS ATTACKS EASE
An EU naval mission commander says Red Sea traffic has risen by 60 % to about 36–37 ships per day since Houthi rebels reduced attacks under a ceasefire. While this is a strong recovery from last year’s lows of roughly 20 vessels, volumes remain about half of the pre-conflict 72-ship daily average.
6. ANNUAL LOGISTICS REPORT SHOWS RISING COSTS
The 2025 CSCMP State of Logistics report finds that U.S. business logistics costs reached 2.58 trillion USD in 2024, equal to 8.8 % of GDP (up from 2.45 trillion USD a year earlier). Mexico surpassed China as the United States’ top trading partner with 840 billion USD in trade, a 6 % year-over-year rise. The study highlights continued investment in analytics, AI, robotics, and automation to strengthen supply-chain resilience.
7. AMAZON TESTING HUMANOID DELIVERY ROBOTS
The 2 trillion USD tech giant Amazon has built a “humanoid park” test facility in California and is developing software so robots can ride in Rivian vans and deliver packages, potentially letting a robot serve one address while the human driver handles another to shorten routes.
8. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RULE COULD SIDELINE TRUCKERS
Starting 25 June 2025, U.S. regulators will enforce English-language proficiency for commercial drivers. Inspectors may place drivers out of service if they cannot communicate in English, potentially removing more than 300 000 drivers—about 10 % of the workforce—and tightening already strained trucking capacity.
9. PLATFORM LINKS SMALL BUSINESSES TO DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN
SourceBoard™, launched on 2 June 2025, connects U.S. small-business suppliers with procurement opportunities from Department of Defense contractors, aiming to boost domestic supply-chain resilience, competition, and innovation across the defense industrial base.
