Freight Waves

JUNE 22, 2025

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. global logistics firms and businesses continue to invest in supply chain facilities to accelerate cross-border commerce. Supply chain firms invest in new cross-border facilities With Mexico as the No.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

As Director of Operations at Bettaway and Director of Business Development at PalletTrader, Kristina brings energy, creativity, and a drive for results to the world of logistics and supply chain. Founded in 1981, Bettaway has evolved from a local beverage distributor into a comprehensive logistics provider. Bettaway West, Inc.:

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Freight Waves

JUNE 27, 2025

Geodis has unveiled two innovative returns solutions designed to streamline the increasingly complex world of reverse logistics. This automatic label generation serves as an advanced shipping notice for Geodis, eliminating the manual creation of entries within the warehouse management system. Find more articles by Stuart Chirls here.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Background In early October, The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance agreed to a tentative deal on wages , temporarily ending a port strike that impacted 14 different U.S. East and West Coast ports. A published report by Business Broadcasting Network CNBC titled: U.S.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 15, 2025

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. The data] goes to logistics companies like Amazon and Trimble that do route calculation and manifest building,” Cottle said. “In in April, with two-way commerce totaling $69.7

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Supply chain processes include procurement from source to pay, together with inbound logistics, production, quality control, outbound logistics and post-sales service. This recognizes the interconnected nature of procurement, production, logistics, and distribution. A supply chain is thus a complex sequence of operations.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 15, 2025

In the United States alone, every year 2.6 At every step, time and costs are intelligently driven out of reverse logistics. The products route is optimized, and the retailer knows exactly when it will arrive back at the warehouse. One clear target for fashion retailers who want to operate greener?

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

While no two customers will have quite the same game plan, we’re building off the same foundation of retail logistics expertise we’ve accumulated over 15+ years of service to the CPG community. A crucial part of the process is the logistics of delivering your freight to CVS distribution centers.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Barra, told analysts that the company could increase production at US pickup truck plants and send more of the trucks that it produces in Canada and Mexico to other countries, instead of exporting them to the United States. In 1938, Mexico nationalized its oil industry because of concerns about foreign control of its oil.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

The topic/report will be on the logistics M&A so far this year. Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States. During that period, the vast majority of our supplier partners developed diversified sourcing strategies across several countries, including the United States.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Amazon offers Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) services where Amazon will store your inventory in its warehouses and fulfill orders for you. We know with ShipBob handling distribution across 4,000 Walmart locations, all our efforts to get an order won’t be destroyed by shipping and logistics issues.” In B2B, the details matter.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

The survey was conducted in May 2025, of a nationally-representative sample of 1,007 adults throughout the United States. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2025

This week in supply chain and logistics news began with the Trump administration imposing a 50% tariff on all U.S. Infios and S&S Activewear were awarded the “Top Supply Chain Project Winner” for their collaboration on warehouse automation and robotics. imports of copper. Here are the biggest stories of the week: U.S.

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EFT

JULY 15, 2025

How US buyers of critical minerals bypass China's export ban Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have poured into the United States from Thailand and Mexico since China barred U.S. Blackstone ups offer to $666 million in battle for UK's Warehouse REIT U.S.

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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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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 9, 2025

I’m finishing up on the Logistics M&A through the end of May - Look for it this week, hopefully. Helm - Executive VP & CFO Sportsman’s Warehouse Q1 ending May 3. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 🙂 Look for the next article in this series in a few weeks.

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

EU to accept Trump's universal tariff but seeks key exemptions, Bloomberg News reports The European Union is open to a trade agreement with the United States that would apply a universal 10% tariff on many of its exports, but the EU is seeking U.S. Tariff risks muddy global outlook for factories Worries over future U.S.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 29, 2025

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. qualify for tariff-free treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The company operates logistics centers in Panama, Curaçao, Mexico and the U.S. While the average U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

companies experienced logistics cost increases of 10% to 15% due to tariffs in the past year. These disruptions highlight the fragility of global supply chains, wherein a single policy can trigger a domino effect across continents, affecting inventory management, logistics and customer satisfaction. An estimated 60% of U.S.

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Freight Waves

JULY 15, 2025

Donna Lemm, chief strategy officer of Collierville, Tennessee-based IMC Logistics, an intermodal logistics company specializing in moving ocean containers to and from major seaports and rail hubs, told lawmakers at the hearing that cargo theft at her company has exploded from five incidents in 2021 to 876 in 2024. Credit: U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

The topic/report will finally be on the logistics M&A through the end of May. We estimate that the combination of the United States and Mexico are approximately 25% of product COGS at this point. Look for another article later this week. 🙂 Part 7 of the What Retailers Are Saying Series will be posted on June 8.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2025

This capability renders UWB valuable in sectors requiring spatial awareness, including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Regulatory bodies, such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, permit UWB operation within this spectrum under specific power limits to ensure compatibility with other radio services.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

steel and aluminum on July 21 "to levels consistent with progress that has been made in the broader trading arrangement with the United States." According to a June 19 release, Canada will adjust its counter-tariffs on U.S. As Canada negotiates a new economic and security partnership with the U.S.,

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 28, 2023

Summitt Hogue and Joe Lynch discuss what kills warehousing companies. Summitt is the founder of Growe , a Dallas-based commercial real estate firm focused exclusively on serving the various needs of third-party logistics companies across the United States.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2023

Carl Wasinger and Joe Lynch discuss the Smart Warehousing story. Carl is the CEO and Founder at Smart Warehousing , a warehousing and fulfillment company that operates as a direct extension of its clients’ teams. He is a logistics management and operations veteran, actively leading the business to its next phase of growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Warehouse Labor Woes are Worse than Ever. Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The warehouse and transportation industry had a record 490,000 openings in July. Eight percent of warehouses have a surge of over 100%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2024

Lucas Systems Offers Warehouse Optimization Warehouse management systems, once known as supply chain execution systems, have evolved significantly. Today, for many professionals, “WMS” is synonymous with “warehouse optimization.” It can perform the same tasks as a traditional warehouse management system using barcode scanning.

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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. Not Southwest.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Construction of manufacturing plants and new warehouse sites were also postponed or canceled entirely due to market uncertainty. According to the CBRE Global E-commerce Outlook 2021 report , e-commerce growth will require another 330 million square feet of warehouse space in the United States by 2025.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Kevin is the group director of customer logistics for Ryder System, Inc. , a leading logistics and transportation company. About Kevin Clonch Kevin Clonch is the group director of customer logistics for Ryder System, Inc. About Ryder Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) is a leading logistics and transportation company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Warehouses are turning to EV charging. Earlier this week, the company announced that it will acquire Italy’s Bomi Group, which provides global healthcare logistics services. Both marine products were supported by growing demand from Japanese restaurants in the United States.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, sustainability in logistics goes well beyond these initiatives, especially when we begin to look at energy transition. Logistics providers contribute to the total picture of sustainability for many organizations, and they are clearly falling short. Modern warehouses play a big role in energy transition within the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And now to this week’s logistics news…. Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. Now operating in its fifth station, Flytrex’s three-minute delivery service will be available to approximately 140,000 customers across the United States. Philly Cheesesteak Delivered by Drone?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The company is offering U.S. UPS will add 2.3 UPS will add 2.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. One of the world’s most successful drone delivery companies will be expanding to mainland Europe and the United States in 2023. JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 22, 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.

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