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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

At one of the demo booths, what stood out was the ability of the procurement solution to track savings leakage over the course of a contract. SAP announced a new transportation collaboration solution that involved messaging not just between shippers and carriers but also three-way communication involving logistics service providers.

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Download Executive Summaries of ARC’s Supply Chain Market Research

Logistics Viewpoints

Download Executive Summary Transportation Execution Systems – Digital freight is here. Download Executive Summary Transportation Management Systems (TMS) – Plan, execute, optimize. Download Executive Summary Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – Beyond inventory: WMS is the control tower of modern fulfillment.

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3 Signs Your Inventory Is Cheating on You

John Galt

You thought you had your inventory under control. But here’s the hard truth: your inventory might be sneaking around behind your back – racking up costs, hoarding working capital, and ghosting your optimization efforts. You thought you had your inventory under control. You implemented the processes. Yes, the dreaded silo!

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Maritime’s early peak masks rising trade and economic uncertainty

Freight Waves

While “typical” has become a relative term in recent years due to shifting and increasingly normalized shipping behaviors, this early peak offers valuable insight into what transportation markets might expect for the remainder of 2025. More importantly, inventory costs have risen even faster—driven by tariffs and rising warehousing expenses.

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China expert Leland Miller announced as keynote speaker at FreightWaves’ Future of Freight Festival

Freight Waves

The Future of Freight Festival, now in its fourth year, is FreightWaves’ flagship event designed to convene industry experts, entrepreneurs, and innovators to explore emerging trends in transportation, logistics. Economic fluctuations there—whether from policy changes, like potential tariffs under evolving U.S.

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Import demand recovers back to even with 2024

Freight Waves

This swift recovery has raised questions about the potential impact on supply chains and surface transportation as a new wave of imports makes its way to U.S. However, the extent of inland freight movement will depend largely on inventory levels, many of which were already elevated in anticipation of the tariffs.

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Last-Mile Transportation Explained: What It Is & Why It Matters in 2025

Locus

Key Takeaways Last-mile transportation refers to the final leg of delivery, from a distribution hub to the end customer, and is the most cost-intensive and operationally complex stage. In logistics, last-mile transportation functions much the same way, it determines whether the delivery promise is kept or broken.