Freight Plus

MARCH 11, 2025

The 2025 NMFC changes are set to impact freight classification and pricing structures for shippers across various industries. The National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system determines freight classes based on key factors such as density, handling, stowability, and liability. What’s Changing?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

From AI-driven inventory systems to robotic pickers, smart warehouse solutions are redefining how goods move. Often overlooked, hand trucks are essential for enhancing efficiency and reducing injury risk in warehouses of all sizes. Labour Shortages and Strain The labour market in warehousing and logistics has tightened in recent years.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2025

The warehouse, meanwhile, has been elevated from afterthought to a central player, as new demands and responsibilities are placed on supply chains — from small-batch wave picking and reverse logistics to deeper supplier collaboration, and tariff and sustainability compliance. Just be prepared for anything and keep going.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 10, 2025

(GIF: GIPHY) 2025 stands to be a year that tests supply chains more than previous years. What was supposed to be a return to normalcy has instead been pre-pandemic freight conditions with seemingly monthly disruptions to fragile supply chains. Warehousing is stabilizing: Roughly 6.7% 3PLs are front and center.

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This trend, known as reshoring , is driving the emergence of regionalized freight networks , optimizing supply chains for efficiency, cost savings, and resilience. For logistics professionals, understanding how these changes impact freight networks is critical to staying ahead. Government Incentives for Reshoring The U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

According to a release from Unifor — a trade union that represents DHL Express Canadas 2,100 drivers, couriers and warehouse workers across seven provinces — the company issued a lockout notice on June 4, four days before negotiations were scheduled to end. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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TransAudit

APRIL 17, 2025

Why Tariffs Are Stealing the Spotlight in 2025 Were only a few months into 2025, and yet one word has dominated nearly every conversation in global trade and transportation: tariffs. Freight forwarders are increasingly promoting transloading and FTZ usage to defer or avoid tariff payments.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 16, 2025

My first report for subscribers is out - The Logistics M&A Market: January – May 2025 Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. A brief introduction: The global M&A market in 2025 is navigating through a storm of uncertainty. A list of sources is also included at the end of the report.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Image: iStock/JuSun June 18, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” wrote William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. SCB Feature Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain? You’ll be able to have an agent like you have a human resource,” he said.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

The newly implemented 2025 U.S. Staying informed about these changes is essential to adapting your logistics and business strategy to avoid unexpected costs.Two good sources to keep up on information include UPS: 2025 Tariffs and Their Impact on Global Trade and the FreightWaves Tariffs coverage.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

SONAR: Outbound Tender Reject Index for 2025 (blue shaded area), 2024 (green line) and 2023 (pink line). The dynamic could represent an improving freight market, but it also reflects transportation companies offsetting higher operating costs through rate increases. Warehouse utilization (62.5) than at larger entities (56.7).

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Webinars Five Ways AI-Enabled Digital Twins Will Shape the Future of Supply Chains Technology Ships’ Electronics Increasingly Jammed Since Israel Struck Iran Global Gateways Watch: The Crisis in Access to Critical Raw Materials Supply Chain Visibility Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

Spot rates (NTIL12), which appeared to be accelerating their rise at the end of 2024, are ending the first half of 2025 slightly below year-ago levels. Warehousing capacity has tightened and costs have risen as a result of this pull-forward strategy. Both rate indices suggest a trucking market that has stalled in its recovery.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

Canada Trade Talks Ahead of G-7 Global Trade & Economics UAW President Retaliated Against Union Officer in Funds Feud HR & Labor Management 6 Strategies for Building an Adaptive Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Freight Waves

JUNE 6, 2025

It begins with the annual BLS model revision for both 2024 and 2025. Among the biggest changes month to month in the report was a large revision in both the March and April figures for warehouse jobs. The latest BLS report put warehouse jobs for March at 1,832,400 jobs, down 11,200 jobs from what was reported for March last month.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Last Mile Delivery Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage LTL/Truckload Services Education & Professional Development HR & Labor Management RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Preventive maintenance derails, compliance filings are missed, and work orders begin piling up. Josh Turley is CEO of RTA.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

Today’s digital networks enable continuous real-time optimization where demand signals update instantly across all nodes, inventory positions adjust dynamically, and transportation and warehouse plans reconfigure automatically in response to changing conditions. Warehouse operations are being similarly revolutionized.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 An Oregon freight-forwarder was hit with an export ban in what officials said was a warning to companies to heed restrictions on the shipment of sensitive technologies to countries the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain In the rush to adjust sourcing strategies in line with current trends in international trade, the answer might be to think small. manufacturers have spent the last few decades consolidating production at gigantic offshore plants, especially in China.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

According to the US Customs Border and Protection, 81% of total de minimis moved by air for the fiscal year 2024 ending September 30, 2024, and 85% for fiscal Q1 2025, period ending December 31, 2024. Indeed, over the past couple of years, online platforms have introduced ocean freight services that target SMBs.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

Global Supply Chain Management Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant? UNFI ), one of the U.S.’s s largest organic food distributor has led to empty shelves at Whole Foods stores across the country, reports NBC News. UNFI ), one of the U.S.’s UNFI ), one of the U.S.’s

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

E-commerce is expanding to reach $1 trillion by 2025, and demand for more products and services among the world’s shippers is keeping third-party logistics providers, like Cerasis, on their toes. Increased complexity may be the result of additional shipping volume and the use of the freight consolidation and the consolidation program.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Thus, using retail and consumer goods as a guide, we can expect that companies will tailor the mode of transportation, warehousing and depth of distribution in each country for different pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Better visibility in the supply chain is essential to control and optimize logistics processes.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 27, 2019

01:54] What will the 3PL industry look like in 2025? In 2025, there will be more consolidation and technology will play a larger role. [04:43] 07:48] Do you see any of those tech names like Uber and Convoy being at the top of the heap in 2025? They’re looking for trailers to be dropped at warehouses at pre-determined times.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

E-commerce value will exceed $4 trillion by 2025, and demand for e-commerce requires seamless integration between traditional shipping practices and an e-commerce shipping plan. The warehouse management system (WMS), e-commerce platform, vendor systems and more may already be integrated. Unfortunately, e-commerce is incredibly complex.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 7, 2025

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 22, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Global Supply Chain Management UAW President Retaliated Against Union Officer in Funds Feud HR & Labor Management Four Key Digital Supply Chain Shifts to Make in Mid-2025 Logistics Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport Photo: iStock.com/ Alexandros Michailidis June 16, 2025 Robert J. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage The Top 8 EDI Myths - Debunked! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Image: iStock/Dragon Claws June 13, 2025 Robert J. THE SUPPLYCHAINBRAIN PODCAST Podcast | Are You Ready to Talk to a ‘Metahuman’? Bowman, SupplyChainBrain Is the “person” you’re talking to on that kiosk screen an actual human? Or a metahuman? Featured Product Popular Stories Ship Traffic Through Red Sea Remains Sparse, Despite Houthi-U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2025

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg June 18, 2025 Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. Most work in warehouses packing and shipping items, but about 350,000 of them have corporate jobs. CEO Andy Jassy. Jassy encouraged employees to “experiment with AI whenever you can.” Amazon is the largest private U.S. employer after Walmart Inc.,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. Fully automated Rack Clad Warehousing solutions from SSI SCHAEFER. Thoughts for 2022.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 20, 2025

to discuss the evolving landscape of cargo theft that continues to plague the freight industry. Strategic theft,” which involves deception and trickery to gain possession of freight, has skyrocketed by 1,475% between Q1 2022 and Q4 2024, according to CargoNet data. The scammer couldn’t answer. It doesn’t matter.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2025

Flock Freight Secures $60 Million in Series E Funding Flock Freight , described as the largest Shared Truckload (STL) freight brokerage in the United States, has raised $60 million in its Series E funding round. This Series A round brings total funding to $43 million to-date.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 12, 2025

Pest control in distribution warehouses is crucial for protecting your inventory and maintaining a safe environment. Warehouses, with their large storage areas and frequent shipments, create ideal conditions for pests such as rodents, insects, and birds. Subscribe 8 Crucial Ways to Prevent Your Property Being Overrun with Pests!

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Truce Ocean Transportation Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant? As part of its partnership with drone company Wing, the retail giant intends to bring drone deliveries to Houston, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta and Charlotte by June of 2026, and will expand existing services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

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