Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain & Logistics News February 2nd-6th 2025 The global supply chain never sleeps, and this weeks headlines reveal the fast-moving shifts shaping logistics, trade, and technology. This approach helps companies meet regulatory requirements and address consumer demands for transparency. From the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2025

DHL to acquire 100% of CRYOPDP, a leading specialty courier providing logistics services for clinical trials, biopharma, and cell & gene therapies. This acquisition enhances DHL’s capabilities in specialty pharma logistics and supports Group’s 2030 strategy to become a leader in life science and healthcare logistics.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2025

This week in supply chain and logistics news includes Blue Yonder being selected to support Border States, an electrical distribution company, with their warehouse management needs. Currently, the world is not making sufficient progress to meet the global goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, despite record additions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

For example, using AI-powered tools to optimize logistics can reduce energy consumption and enhance sustainability. By transitioning to renewable energy sources, companies can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while meeting regulatory requirements and enhancing their corporate image.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2025

Bill is the Founder & CEO of OneRail , a leading omnichannel fulfillment solution pairing best-in-class software with logistics as a service that provides dependability and speed to help businesses meet their delivery promise. OneRail is used by a variety of industries, including retail, food & grocery, and healthcare.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2025

If you’ve spent more than five minutes in a supply chain meeting lately, you’ve probably played an unintentional game of buzzword bingo. Over the past decade, we’ve cycled through circular logistics, smart logistics, blockchain, autonomous logistics, digital transformation, Industry 4.0,

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In an increasingly competitive logistics landscape, these capabilities allow companies to remain agile and cost-effective. Amazon Logistics and UPS already use advanced route optimization tools, enabling their fleets to adjust routes in real time to changing conditions, which maximizes route efficiency and reliability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

A production plan from an IBP meeting should be considered a rough-cut long-term plan, merely the best estimation of what was likely, not something written in stone. Production, in the short term, needed to flex to meet new opportunities and unexpected constraints. This realization led to a new focus on agile planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A production plan from an IBP meeting should be considered a rough-cut long-term plan, merely the best estimation of what was likely, not something written in stone. Production, in the short term, needed to flex to meet new opportunities and unexpected constraints. This realization led to a new focus on agile planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2025

Pledge provides supply teams and logistics providers (LSPs) with accredited emissions measurement and reporting capabilities. Currently, 80% of Fortune 500 companies are off track to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, and 25% of corporate profits are threatened by climate change risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply chain planners are responsible for developing and executing the supply chain strategy, ensuring that the supply chain can meet the business’s demands. Inventory Management: Aims to strike a balance between supply and demand, ensuring that there is enough inventory to meet customer demand without incurring excessive carrying costs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2025

About Mike Ernst Mike Ernst , President of Expedite All, brings over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry to the company. Known for his strategic leadership, Mike specializes in LTL, small truckload, and high-value / expedited / specialized freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CTSI-Global operates at the intersection of logistics and technology, focusing on solutions that address the challenges of transportation management. At the heart of CTSI-Globals portfolio is its TMS, which supports essential logistics tasks such as load planning, routing, parcel management, and freight auditing.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Kendra is the VP of Global Transportation Management leading the managed transportation and brokerage divisions of Ryder System, Inc , a fortune 500 transportation and logistics company. Kendra is an accomplished and results-driven senior logistics & tech executive. NYSE: R) is a leading logistics and transportation company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

As logistics networks become increasingly complex, the volume of real-time data generated by devices, equipment, vehicles, and facilities is growing rapidly. Traditional cloud-centric architectures, which depend on centralized processing, may not meet speed and / or reliability goals needed to support operational needs at scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2025

While past efforts focused on meeting compliance requirements, organizations are now working to proactively embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their sourcing, production, and distribution activities. Cost pressures can complicate ESG efforts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Each step must be approached methodically to ensure a successful and secure implementation that meets regulatory requirements and enhances operational transparency. The selected technologies must not only meet current needs but also provide scalability and flexibility for future growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2025

companies accelerated shipments to avoid tariff increases, leading to short-term logistical bottlenecks. However, exports are now subject to quotas and must meet origin requirements, including melted and poured conditions. In the U.S., In China, a decline in exports to the U.S. Reuters reported this month that China’s No.1

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Ecosystem Today The logistics ecosystem is being transformed by the rise of connected vehicles equipped with IoT sensors and data-driven technologies. Connected vehicles, following standards like the SAE J3016, which defines the six levels of vehicle automation, are becoming a crucial part of logistics operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2025

Orchestration – the real-time coordination of supply, logistics, and demand – is becoming the new standard. Orchestration is how companies will meet it. Mark holds an MBA from University Detroit Mercy and a BBA in Materials and Logistics management from Michigan State University. And orchestration is the future.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

How Smart Contracts Improve Procurement Automated Payments: When a supplier meets predefined conditions (e.g., Logistics & Shipment Tracking Tracking shipments across multiple jurisdictions is difficult. How Smart Contracts Improve Logistics IoT-Enabled Tracking: Sensors on shipping containers continuously log real-time data (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, logistics managers cannot deliver against todays goals with yesterdays TMS systems. For example, when implementing air-to-ocean logistics strategies, the solution will weigh ocean freight more favorably than air freight. Reducing emissions from transportation is crucial to achieving organizations sustainability goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. It was a good mix of topics and authors, including a good number from our Logistics Viewpoints sponsors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

An organization with tens of thousands of different products may have to move them across many modes of transportation, IT systems, and third-party logistics partners, all adding to complexity, as well as loss of visibility and control. The ability to meet fulfillment goals is impeded by several issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2024

This year, as with years in the past, there is a broad and deep line-up of supply chain and logistics conferences to attend. Let us know if you would like to schedule a meeting. The post Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Welcome 2024! Safe travels!

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

5G is playing an increasingly significant role in logistics, where data transfer speed and security are crucial. With faster, more reliable connectivity, logistics systems are becoming more efficient and automated. As 5G networks continue to expand, these changes will become even more widespread in the logistics industry.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Driven by omni-channel growth and multinational expansion, the global logistics industry is booming — and it’s expected to reach $18 trillion in value by 2030. Given today’s demand volatility and economic uncertainty, companies are wise to approach any internal logistics expansion plans with extreme caution.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Her experience spans account management, dispatch, operations, and systems, allowing her to navigate complex logistics with ease. Custom Solutions: The company offers tailored transportation solutions to meet the specific needs of its clients. Cyndi excels at building strong client relationships and fostering collaboration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Manufacturers are required to identify and mitigate risks throughout their supply chains, ensuring that all partners and suppliers meet the necessary cybersecurity standards. NIS 2 Improves Supply Chain Resilience NIS 2 emphasizes the importance of supply chain resilience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

(Pledge) , including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). Pledge provides software solutions to empower enterprise supply chain teams and LSPs to meet their sustainability goals and Scope 3 emissions reporting requirements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Guffey added that the company is meeting with the agency weekly to ensure a smooth transition before the peak holiday shipping season. Alibaba has officially introduced its Logistics Marketplace, providing U.S. Maybe we will see cocaine turbines or solar panels. The project on the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Organizations can continue to extract value from their TMS investment, meet cost reduction goals, and drive ongoing supply chain improvements through strategic analysis and optimization. Read more The post TMS Sculpting: Supply Chain Enhancement and Evolution appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 3, 2025

Meeting Demand Surges in the Restaurant Supply Chain Peak demand days—such as National Hamburger Day or Super Bowl Sunday—create major stress on restaurant and foodservice logistics. During high-demand periods, seamless coordination among all these actors is vital to meeting customer expectations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Shippers’ end-to-end supply chain predictions are based on applying AI to OpenWeb searches, import/export records, data from sourcing platforms like ThomasNet, federal logistics records, and other data. The names of the suppliers, carriers, logistics service providers become search terms.

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