With tariffs, inflation, and rising operating costs, there’s plenty you can’t control in 2025. But what about the money you’re losing that’s totally fixable? Invalid addresses. Missed rate-shopping. Failed deliveries. Clunky manual workflows. These hidden shipping leaks drain your budget more than you think—and most teams don’t even realize it. And in an industry where every penny counts, those losses add up fast. In this fast-paced session, shipping pro Lori Boyer uncovers the top money-wasters hiding in plain sight—and shows you exactly how to plug them. You’ll get practical strategies, real-life examples, and a peek at how AI is helping teams stop guessing and start saving.   What You’ll Learn: The top hidden shipping costs draining your margins (and how to find them) How to catch and fix failed deliveries, overpaying on rates, and bad address data Why your carrier mix could be costing you more than it’s saving you How AI is helping teams automate smarter decisions and eliminate guesswork

There’s proof in the panel- learn from esteemed purchasing and supply chain management professionals on how they drove their business forward through the COVID-19 disruption (and continue to do so). These pros will discuss predictions for the future of supply chain as we embark on the “new world,” proven best practices they have employed – including engaging the group purchasing organization (GPO) model, and why leveraging a GPO will prove to be crucial among leading supply chains. The panel will discuss: -Core challenges their supply chain faced in 2020, lessons learned, and how they overcame great disruption -Procurement’s role in enabling the supply chain -Best practices on implementing their version of supply chain success -How to operate in 2021, the future of supply chain management in the “new world” As supply chains continue to move forward in a still unstable environment, these proven success stories will help guide continuous value improvement in the supply chain.