Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The company, heavily invested in Canadian manufacturing, faced a crisis because its raw materials were sourced from outside North America, disqualifying it from USMCA tariff exemptions. This increase, combined with existing duties, made it unviable financially to serve American customers which made up 80% of revenue.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 10, 2025

Comprehensive Logistics Rankings: The annual Top 100 Logistics Companies list is a definitive ranking of the largest logistics firms in North America, primarily based on annual gross revenue, offering a crucial industry benchmark. He also creates video and audio content for Transport Topics’ webcasts, podcasts and radio programming.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

The company operates five distinct entities that collaborate to deliver end-to-end supply chain services: Bettaway Traffic Systems, Inc.: Bettaway Pallet Systems, Inc.: Provides third-party logistics (3PL) services, offering clients a complete managed services solution.

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Freight Waves

JULY 2, 2025

He has extensive knowledge of DHL’s delivery systems and the e-commerce environment, DHL said. I’m very pleased to have Scott at the helm of our Americas operations, a market of strategic importance for our customers and the growing e-commerce sector,” said Pablo Ciano, CEO of DHL eCommerce, in a news release.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 25, 2025

Richmond, Virginia-based EFW is a subsidiary of Estes Express Lines, one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers and the largest private carrier in North America. A cyberattack occurred against Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) on May 28, the company told FreightWaves on Wednesday.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. A boutique is a small, regionally focused system integration and consulting firm. In SCP, they have one of the largest practices in North America. What is a boutique? WMS has been a historical centerpiece to the practice.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European supply chain industry is comparable in size — by some measures bigger — than the North American supply chain industry. Europe is also more complex than North America, given factors such as the sheer number of countries and the wide variability in policies, infrastructure and the like.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 19, 2025

Robinson has announced the launch of a pioneering AI agent designed to adapt to the upcoming changes in the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system for less-than-truckload (LTL) freight. As the largest mover of LTL freight among third-party logistics (3PL) providers in North America, C.H.

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Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

Descartes Announces Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Financial Results WATERLOO, Ontario and ATLANTA, Georgia, June 4, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Descartes Systems Group Inc. We’re excited for Bill to extend his leadership of our growth successes in North America to our global commercial operations,” said Mr. Ryan. Other charges 3.4

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. However, the goal of having a single integrated ERP system with the embedded functionality and modules was never achieved. North America Simulation Output. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

There are a couple that work as sortation systems and one or two that move three dimensionally. Software emerged in North America, quickly followed by Western Europe, then parts of Asia, and finally Latin America. Automation tended to emerge in Western Europe, followed by North America, parts of Asia, then Latin America.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2025

Companies that prioritize resilience and agility will be best positioned to navigate anticipated and unexpected disruptions, while helping ensure goods move smoothly through an increasingly volatile system.” South America to North America showed significant YoY duration increases, exhibiting the highest YoY increase (+19 days) YoY.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2023

If you haven’t attended recently, it is an unmatched display of warehouse automation, robotics, and software systems. And still others provide the best learning opportunities. This year I am especially looking forward to ProMat. You name the provider, and they are present.

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PINC

JANUARY 5, 2021

Leaders in yard management services and technology to collaborate to bring transparency and efficiency to hundreds of facilities in North America. Founded in 1996, Lazer Spot provides yard spotting , shuttling, trailer rentals and specialized yard services in 400+ locations in North America.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Andrew is Director, Operations – North America Activations for Descartes , a global leader in on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions for logistics businesses. Carriers can easily connect with the solution via GPS-based electronic logging device (ELD), transportation management systems (TMS), or mobile app-based tracking methods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

The supply chain data from different systems was pulled into a newly created data lake, which than is used by the SCP system for planning. Unilever started in North America in 2020. The experience from North America allowed the company to create a global standard template for planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

At the same time, the A42 multi-layer ACR extracts 6 containers at the same time (one on each level) from the high port system. Addverb was exhibiting multiple technologies at ProMat including Medius, the company’s multi-level shuttle system, Sortie, an autonomous put-wall sorting system, and Zippy, and ATV sortation system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In a very short period of time, the Logistyx customer base went from “hold everything” to “we need to move quickly, and we need access to better carriers, faster systems, and better e-commerce technology.” ADSI was a shipping software company focused on the SMB market in North America. The Holiday Season. Industry Trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Umar Ausaf head’s Blue Yonder’s partnership program in North America. Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Beecher pointed out that his direct manager, Mr. Ausaf, was formerly the Vice President of North American Service Sales. He used to compete with the Partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This article is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at fortifying warehouse and distribution centers against cybersecurity attacks. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting this growing sector due to the large amounts of data stored in these systems and their potential value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

In North America, we’ve made huge progress tracking over-the-road shipments, in part due to driver mandates and the widespread deployment of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks. Ensuring that systems can meet the goals of local and HQ teams equally well. Global supply chains are mind-bogglingly complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

Given current conditions, one way retail and CPG companies can optimize their order visibility is by integrating their systems of record. Suppose a company’s supply chain system of record can not only record historical data but also project inventory needs and order ETAs based on both expected and real-time data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

Rob is Group Director, Planning & Logistics at Coca-Cola North America. As companies deployed new technology systems and solutions, data wound up getting siloed. Warehouse management systems didn’t share data with the transportation management systems, which in turn didn’t share data with the yard management systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

And their revenues don’t include services – they work through system integration partners. Their customers include large scale hospital systems, physicians’ offices, surgical centers, and long-term care facilities. This is being orchestrated by the software that controls this automatic storage and retrieval system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

Until a trailer is unloaded and the warehouse records that inventory, it’s not reflected in the companys warehouse management systems. AI systems can also generate artifacts to help shippers contest penalties more effectively. Labor costs: Forget clipboards, radios, and homegrown management systems.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mark is the Chief Executive Officer off Princeton TMX , a SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS). About Mark McEntire Mark McEntire is the Chief Executive Officer at Princeton TMX, a SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS). Mark McEntire and Joe Lynch discuss scaling a FreightTech business. Mark earned a B.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. There are continuing efforts to reduce the weight of their tractor and trailers in North America. PepsiCo Foods North America introduced tractors with liftable tandem axles which can lift the second axle if the load is not too heavy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 2, 2022

In these roles, Jefferies led program reviews on a variety of issues including infrastructure development, international trade, major weapon systems acquisition and federal contracting. As the standard setting organization for North America’s railroads, AAR is also focused on improving the safety and productivity of rail transportation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. He earned a B.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And it must integrate with a myriad of internal and external systems such as transportation management, warehouse management, order management, ERP, weather and traffic systems and many more. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

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Freight Waves

JULY 13, 2025

Chicago-based Redwood Logistics and Redwood Mexico is one of the fastest growing fourth party logistics providers in North America. Franke Group opens $82M plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico The Franke Group recently opened an $82 million manufacturing facility in the Mexican City of San Luis Potosí, according to a news release.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As it turns out, there are a certain number of “scheduling use cases” that require a warehouse manager to leave our system and work within another vendor’s app. Users will simply pose their questions and the system will do all of the hard work “under the hood” to return workflow-specific insights and recommended actions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

MODEX is the leading trade show for supply chain, logistics, and material handling solutions in North America. RightHand Robotics This solution uses a robotic arm equipped with a gripper and a vision system that can identify, locate, and grasp various types of items from shelves, bins, or conveyors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

Over the years, individual locations—the company has several manufacturing locations in Europe and North America—have behaved increasingly autonomously. The system should drive the work.” While KRONOS (NYSE: KRO) was incorporated in 1989, the company’s roots are over 100 years old. At its core, this was the wrong setup.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

My answer — to CIOs in particular — boils down to the complicated and disconnected stack of supply chain solutions most companies are saddled with, from legacy systems that weren’t architected to ingest and process real-time data to newer point solutions that are siloed from other critical operational systems.

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