Logistics, Risk Management and Transportation

How Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Are Redefining Last-Mile Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Autonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs) are bringing significant changes to last-mile logistics, an essential component of the supply chain. With the rising demand for faster and more cost-effective deliveries, ADVs are becoming a viable solution to a variety of logistical challenges.

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Autonomous Drones vs. Autonomous Vehicles: Analyzing Logistics Applications of Amazon, UPS, Tesla and More.

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As automation continues to evolve in logistics, two technologies are becoming central to modern delivery methods: autonomous drones and autonomous vehicles. However, each technology serves different purposes within logistics, and the question remains: Which will ultimately shape the industry’s operational structure?

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Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By applying the ISO OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) seven layer model, traditionally used in networking, to logistics, businesses can achieve a structured framework that enhances communication, reduces friction, and improves collaboration throughout the supply chain. Network Layer: Manages data routing. These seven layers are: 1.

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Transportation Risk Management: Keep Your Cargo Out of Danger

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2020

With the main focus on maximizing time and cost efficiencies, cargo risk management is often skipped over despite being a critical step in protecting your company. The risk of […]. The post Transportation Risk Management: Keep Your Cargo Out of Danger appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Thiessen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. The implementation was not trivial.

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Your 3PL as Supply Chain Risk Management Partner?

Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2014

As I discussed last Friday, Accenture published a report recently on supply chain risk management. The chart below from the Accenture report highlights the different approaches companies are taking to supply chain risk management. The post Your 3PL as Supply Chain Risk Management Partner?

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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 2, 2025

Examples are consensus forecasting, the evolution of the SCORE model, the Annual State of Logistics Report, and the Gartner Top 25. Let’s use the 2024 State of Logistics Report , “Navigating Through the Fog,” as an example. During the pandemic, logistics was a constraint. business logistics costs totaled $2.3

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Supply Chain Risk Management : The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Market Volatility Continues to Undermine Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: 7 Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With peak shipping season approaching, companies continue to face supply chain risk as the pressure increases to meet customer and delivery expectations without adding cost. These are the top challenges that are driving increased interest in and demand for consulting and managed services.

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Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

Supply Chain Risk Management Solution from riskmethods. If I was asked to vote for the most interesting solution set that has come to the fore over the last few years, my vote would be for supply chain risk management solutions. Supply Chain Risk Management Vendors. AGCO Stayed Nimble during the Pandemic.

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Supply Chain Risk Management with Barry Conlon

The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 27, 2023

Barry Conlon and Joe Lynch discuss supply chain risk management, which is exactly what Barry and his team at Overhaul provide to Fortune 100 companies across the world. Overhaul is a tech company founded by logistics experts who have actually managed supply chains and logistics networks at some of the world’s biggest organizations.

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Unlocking the Value of the Logistics Viewpoints Archive

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2025

The Logistics Viewpoints archive has grown into a resource that supports exactly that a curated collection of category-based content that reflects both foundational principles and emerging trends across the logistics landscape. Its not static its updated weekly, and designed to reflect the evolving needs of supply chain leaders.

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The Role of Supply Chain Planning in Today’s Complex Business Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Risk Management: Identifying potential disruptions, such as natural disasters, supplier disruptions, such as bankruptcies, transportation delays, and developing contingency plans to mitigate their impacts. Some solution offerings can provide “what-if” case scenarios and map out solutions.

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Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Supply chain disruptions have become a persistent operational risk. Geopolitical instability, extreme weather, labor shortages, and fluctuating consumer demand regularly impact global logistics. Amazon is a leader in AI-driven supply chain management.

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Editor’s Pick: How to Protect Your Transportation Technology from Supply Chain Cyber Threats

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2025

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics.

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Taking the Uncertainty and Risk Out of Freight with Erika Voss

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Data-Driven Insights: DAT offers advanced analytics, providing shippers with actionable insights to optimize transportation decisions and mitigate risks. RateView Analytics: DAT helps manage transportation costs with accurate market data, allowing shippers to set realistic budgets and adjust rates during volatile conditions.

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The Economics of Space Freight: Reducing Costs, Addressing Challenges, and Defining Future Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Space freight is becoming more accessible, offering a new dimension for logistics operations. For logistics professionals, the cost and limitations of space freight require careful evaluation to determine practical applications.

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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. Mark is the Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics at Reliance Partners , one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial insurance agencies. While at TQL, Mark developed a passion to optimize cross border transportation.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. The post Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

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Collaborative Logistics is the Only Way Forward for the Industry

GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2020

Collaborative logistics is the future (and the now) of successful, risk-managed logistics and supply chain management. The post Collaborative Logistics is the Only Way Forward for the Industry appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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The $440 Billion Logistics Problem with Ilya Preston

The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 27, 2024

Ilya Preston and Joe Lynch discuss the $440 billion logistics problem. Ilya is Co-Founder & CEO at PAXAFE , a company that provides an autonomous AI-enabled decision support system for quality, transportation & supply chain leaders to exhibit resiliency and automation from their visibility investments.

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Walmart and the New Supply Chain Reality: AI, Automation, and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

The objective is to maintain operational continuity while balancing cost efficiency with risk management. AI and Automation in Supply Chain Management Technology is redefining supply chain operations. Companies that fail to integrate these technologies risk inefficiencies and higher costs.

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Amul’s Optimized Supply Chain: Driving Global Growth in the Dairy Industry

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Milk Processing : After collection, milk is transported to regional processing plants, where it is pasteurized and packaged. Technology Integration : Use of technology in logistics, inventory management, and supply chain tracking has helped improve efficiency and transparency.

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From Hurricanes to Overthrown Governments to Potholes: Transportation and Supply Chain Resilience

Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We know transportation plays an important role in the supply chain – it’s the line in a flow diagram between the little buildings and smoke stacks – and transportation disruptions happen on a daily basis. Visibility. The ability to oversee the activities and events associated with your shipments is the first step.

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The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

Alexis Mizell-Pleasant and Joe Lynch discuss the next frontier in food logistics. Alexis is Managing Editor at Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Food Logistics and sister publication Supply & Demand Chain Executive also operate SCN Summit and Women in Supply Chain Forum.

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The Industrial Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics: Where Are We & Where Are We Going?

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Per Tech Target, companies are using the IoT to monitor temperature and control factors across whole warehouse networks, spanning hundreds of subsequent distribution centers and directly in-link with the final stage of delivery, transportation. Transportation Management. Transportation Management.

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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Thirdly, all the COVID supply disruptions brought home the need for better supply chain risk management. Risk management had been a hard sale. Companies typically embrace improved supply chain risk management after a disaster – after the horse had already fled the burning barn. They are not.

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Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Supply Chain Knowledge and Risk Mitigation: Suppliers have a direct impact on direct spend with raw material and transportation costs as two big drivers of operating margins. The post Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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The Impact of 5G on the Logistics Industry: Advancing Connectivity and Efficiency

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. Maintenance predictions also benefit from the technology, allowing for proactive fleet management.

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The CTO Perspective with Mario Paluzzi

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 1, 2022

Mario is the Chief Technical Officer at Reliance Partners , a commercial insurance agency specializing in risk management solutions for the transportation and logistics space. In the podcast interview, Mario provides the CTO’s perspective on the transportation and logistics space. About Mario Paluzzi.

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Beyond Cost Optimization: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Unstable Trade Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. When a new tariff is proposed, companies using AI-based forecasting tools are often able to adjust their sourcing or logistics strategies well before the policy takes effect. Trade tensions have led to abrupt tariff hikes. AI also helps with scenario modeling.

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Standards Driven Innovation: How Connected Vehicles Are Impacting Logistics and Smart Warehousing

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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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Risks in halal supply chains The halal integrity of a brand (and its products) is a function of its supply chain, where a breakage in halal integrity anywhere in a supply chain becomes a breakage of its halal integrity.

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The Top 2019 Logistics Trends Shippers Should Know

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2019

The state of the logistics industry is evolving. Technology allows shippers to work smarter, faster and with fewer human resources, and new technologies, such as drones and augmented reality, are continuing the process, reports Victoria Kickham of Logistics Brief. The Top Logistics Trends that Will Impact Logistics Management in 2018?.

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Trust and Transparency: The Power of Truckstop’s Network with Shawn Rasmor

The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These same skills are being applied today at Truckstop to address one of the logistics industry’s most challenging issues: fraud. Freight Management Tools: Provides software solutions for managing freight operations, including load posting, bidding, booking, and dispatching.

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. We are now seeing an increase in the use of automation, not just within a TMS or WMS, but the digital coordination across all phases of logistics, from shipper to broker to carrier to warehouse.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. The Google TMS?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.

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The Black Hole at the Heart of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Robust supply plans can optimize across distribution, manufacturing, and logistics constraints and deliver an optimal plan that hits service objectives at the minimum cost. In general, to optimize across distribution, manufacturing, and logistics in an execution time frame, companies need to stitch together several solutions.

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Reshoring and Regionalized Freight Networks: The Future of Logistics

TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

The logistics landscape is evolving rapidly as more manufacturers relocate production closer to domestic markets. Industries such as semiconductors, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and transportation equipment are at the forefront of reshoring efforts , leading to a fundamental shift in freight demand patterns. Midwest U.S.

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Supplier Risk Management: 4 Things To Look Out for During On-Site Evaluations

GlobalTranz

APRIL 30, 2015

This post is the second in a series of “How to Spot Supplier Risk.” ” In the process of business procurement and especially in the supply chain, supplier risk management is a skill set that needs focus day in and day out. Enhancing Supplier Risk Management Through On-Site Evaluations.

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Supply Chain Resilience is Essential in an Uncertain World

Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

. … The truly biggest risks and threats — to the global economy, to businesses, and to supply chains — are the ones you’re unaware of and not accounting for in the first place. When it comes to risk management, assessing the likelihood of various outcomes, and preparing accordingly, is vital. But what’s even more vital?

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Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance The shipping industry continues to evolve. Additionally, we examine the decision between using a carrier or a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) as a vendor and how this choice can impact risk management. The 2M alliance will be disbanded in 2025.

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How Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Are Redefining Last-Mile Logistics

Autonomous Drones vs. Autonomous Vehicles: Analyzing Logistics Applications of Amazon, UPS, Tesla and More.

Trending Sources

Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Transportation Risk Management: Keep Your Cargo Out of Danger

Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Your 3PL as Supply Chain Risk Management Partner?

Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Risk Management : The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

Supply Chain Risk Management: 7 Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Supply Chain Risk Management with Barry Conlon

Unlocking the Value of the Logistics Viewpoints Archive

The Role of Supply Chain Planning in Today’s Complex Business Environment

Amazon and the Shift to AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning

Editor’s Pick: How to Protect Your Transportation Technology from Supply Chain Cyber Threats

Taking the Uncertainty and Risk Out of Freight with Erika Voss

The Economics of Space Freight: Reducing Costs, Addressing Challenges, and Defining Future Logistics

Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Collaborative Logistics is the Only Way Forward for the Industry

The $440 Billion Logistics Problem with Ilya Preston

Walmart and the New Supply Chain Reality: AI, Automation, and Resilience

Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Amul’s Optimized Supply Chain: Driving Global Growth in the Dairy Industry

From Hurricanes to Overthrown Governments to Potholes: Transportation and Supply Chain Resilience

The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Industrial Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics: Where Are We & Where Are We Going?

COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

The Impact of 5G on the Logistics Industry: Advancing Connectivity and Efficiency

The CTO Perspective with Mario Paluzzi

Beyond Cost Optimization: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Unstable Trade Environment

Standards Driven Innovation: How Connected Vehicles Are Impacting Logistics and Smart Warehousing

Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Top 2019 Logistics Trends Shippers Should Know

Trust and Transparency: The Power of Truckstop’s Network with Shawn Rasmor

Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

The Black Hole at the Heart of Supply Chain Management

Reshoring and Regionalized Freight Networks: The Future of Logistics

Supplier Risk Management: 4 Things To Look Out for During On-Site Evaluations

Supply Chain Resilience is Essential in an Uncertain World

Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance

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