Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

After 10+ years of writing the weekly news roundup, as well as a bi-weekly column for Logistics Viewpoints, today is my last day at ARC Advisory Group. Over these 10 years+ I have learned a lot about supply chain and logistics through conversations with end users, suppliers, and my colleagues. and Mexico, according to the notice.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

The joint press release points out the technology’s ability to build palletized loads of department-sorted inventory and its strategic role in supporting Walmart’s goal of modernizing its vast supply chain network and allowing the company to transform its regional distribution centers to provide faster responsiveness to store orders.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Demo Perez and Joe Lynch discuss Panama: the logistics engine of Latin America. As a visionary leader, he specializes in creating growth opportunities by designing innovative logistics solutions that enhance efficiency, safety, and market access across the region.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

Automakers must model dual-path sourcing strategies and reintroduce buffer inventory—not just for parts, but for regulatory flexibility. Companies relocating to Mexico may face rapid reversal in cost advantage if emergency tariffs are struck down. Every major industry now faces a unique supply chain challenge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. As a first of its kind agreement in the US, FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to unionize.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

These decentralized networks aim to boost flexibility, reduce risk, and improve responsiveness, aided by technologies such as blockchain, AI-driven logistics, and expanded visibility into supply chains. By improving forecast accuracy, Cisco has been able to reduce excess inventory while maintaining high service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Healthcare logistics has been a bright spot for UPS amid an overall decline in delivery demand. million square feet of healthcare logistics space in its global network this year, CFO Brian Newman said on the call. UPS will add 2.3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

And now on this week’s logistics news. Robots are continuing to become key components in the logistics space. A strong uptake in collaborative robot usage within the medical, education, logistics, and catering fields will likely drive that market to grow to three times its 2021 size by 2026. That’s all for this week.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

on logistics rose in both absolute dollar terms and as a percentage of GDP, and it isn’t likely to go down anytime soon. That was one of the primary conclusions of the annual logistics report released last week by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) at a media briefing in New York. New York–Spending in the U.S.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

The Logistics Managers’ Index – a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 signals contraction – had a 54.7 Increases in logistics costs were more pronounced at smaller companies (69.8) SONAR: Logistics Managers’ Index (Transportation Prices). Inventory costs (78.4)

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. In this week’s news, new products and services and a couple of acquisitions top the list.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides observations and additional information perspectives related to the 2025 State of Logistics report. Background and Summary Earlier this month, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSMP) released findings from its annual State of Logistics research report. percent of national GDP.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Manhattan Associates Launches 2013 Inventory Optimization Release.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2025

Automotive manufacturers are particularly hard hit by the Canada-Mexico tariffs, and many are already announcing that they expect significant cost increases. Reduce uncertainty, inventory and capacity requirements Inventory optimization becomes particularly valuable when tariffs increase carrying costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The following will delve into some of the intricate farm-to-table challenges that supply chains face across sourcing, demand planning, procurement and inventory management, transportation, and warehousing. The blackberries you eat today could be from Mexico, and the ones you buy next week could be from California.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2023

For example, it can look like imports from China are cheaper than the same goods imported from Mexico if a company is not relying on analysis produced by an advanced good global trade compliance (GTC) system. Furthermore, the transit time from Mexico averages just 8 days versus 40 to 48 days from China. FTZ’s have many advantages.

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ModusLink Corporation

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Companies that rely on raw materials, auto parts, and industrial components from Canada, Mexico, and China may experience price fluctuations. Trade Agreement Pressures : Although the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) governs trade, ongoing tariff activity raises concerns about long-term stability.

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PINC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tsol will be a strategic partner for PINC, representing and reselling the company’s yard management solution in Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Logistics can be a challenge. This digital twin contains network costs – the inventory carrying cost is X for this product, by Y for this one. In 2018, they implemented a LLamasoft inventory optimization solution.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Humans will still be very much in the picture, he argued, but one of the most important elements in the relationship between human and machine will continue to be trust. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. of east coast and Gulf of Mexico imports in September, according to an article from the Business Information Industry Association. This involved in some cases, diverting some inventory bound for other regions.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 17, 2025

delivers unmatched supply chain actionability and rapid decision-making capabilities through its end-to-end demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions. Manufacturers reshoring production can now leverage AI-recommended demand forecasts and SKU-level inventory rebalancing recommendations to meet unfulfilled demand. ThroughPut.AI

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Those sites are primarily located in China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States. She worked as a production planner, a master planner, a demand planner, and inventory manager, before leading a team of demand planners in 2015. They had over 100 days of inventory on hand. They were only doing four turns.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Logistics service providers (LSPs) face unprecedented challenges in today’s fast-paced market. Trend 1: Industry consolidation The logistics industry is experiencing a wave of consolidation. DHL made several major acquisitions in 2022, including an Australian logistics company and a Mexico-based health care logistics company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 6, 2017

Logistics is one of the critical subjects for e-commerce companies. In a sense, logistics refers to the art of managing the flow of materials to deliver the product to the customers. Physical supply refers to the portion of logistics that covers activities to deliver the product-related materials to the suppliers.

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

Tariffs are reshaping sourcing strategies, forcing tech upgrades, and making inventory planning a lot more complicated. For global businesses relying on real-time logistics and lean inventory models, the question is how prepared is your supply chain when tariffs hit? ports may now route through Mexico.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 9, 2019

02:19] What was your first job in logistics? 03:52] You’re the General Manager of Logistics Services Panama. Regarding the new tariffs between the US and Mexico, you don’t need to worry about them if you take the product right to Panama. [28:09] It’s growing and has allowed us to develop the infrastructure needed for logistics.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2013

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller. Jason Miller and Joe Lynch discuss logistics and supply chain, 1940 – 2040. Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is a tenured Associate Professor of Logistics and the John D. Key Takeaways: Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Data is a big buzzword across industries, but how about when it comes to logistics? PowerFleet is a company that provides solutions to logistic markets and vehicle markets. There is a lot of experience in the logistic side of the equation but I joined the company because of the transformation that we are making around the data.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A supplier in Mexico mixes up two similar parts. It’s still early days, but there are already two Ethereum-based projects that address some of the major problems that hamper logistics. Making it easier to track shipments and supplies is a huge part of the promise that blockchain holds for supply chain and logistics.

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Arena Solutions

JUNE 17, 2025

Additionally, companies are exploring alternative manufacturing locations, particularly in Greater Asia and Mexico, where favorable tariff treatments under agreements like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) can be leveraged through tariff engineering and strategic use of harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) codes.

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BlueYonder

MAY 30, 2024

The 2024 Finished Vehicle Logistics North America Conference , which took place May 21-23 in California, was a good place for automotive companies to learn about innovative strategies and solutions to drive their supply chains forward. As we heard at the conference, the vehicle logistics industry is responding.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Reported on April 24 For the moment, we have paused certain purchases from China that were destined for the US market, and will rely on our current inventory to meet short-term demand. Recall, we purchased targeted additional inventory in late fiscal '25 and early fiscal '26, ahead of tariffs. Christopher J. Christopher J.

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