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The logistics news this week was broader than any single technology trend. Artificial intelligence continued moving deeper into transportation, warehousing, and physical execution, while freight markets showed signs of tightening, geopolitical disruption pushed fuel and shipping costs higher, major logistics providers
Autonomous trucking has spent years occupying an uncomfortable position in logistics. The technology has advanced rapidly, demonstrations have become increasingly sophisticated, and investment has remained substantial. But the central question for logistics operators has always been more practical: when does autonomous
Calling logistics a network is accurate, but it is not sufficient. A network describes connections; it does not explain how independently managed transportation, warehousing, fulfillment, yard and dock operations, last-mile delivery, technology, partners, and people combine to produce one customer outcome. The post Sto
A logistics network can have a capable transportation management system, a capable warehouse management system, strong carriers, modern automation, and experienced people and still perform poorly. The problem is not necessarily any individual component. It is often the spaces between them. The post Logistics Is Becomin
Logistics leaders are investing rapidly in software, automation, and AI. Systems engineering provides a framework for connecting those investments to requirements, interfaces, decision rights, resilience, and end-to-end operating outcomes. The post Why Logistics Needs Systems Engineering appeared first on Logistics Vie
Uber’s decision to reduce its workforce by about 10% will inevitably be discussed as another large technology-company layoff. For logistics executives, however, the more important question is not whether AI eliminated these jobs. It is whether AI is beginning to eliminate some of the organizational structures that made
What Is a WMS in 2026? The Warehouse Management System Is Becoming Something More is ultimately a question about category boundaries. In 2026, warehouse management systems still has a recognizable core, but the value increasingly comes from what happens around that core: how operating state is shared, how… The post Wha
Every fleet manager would agree that the primary goal of their fleet safety strategy is the prevention of motor vehicle crashes to protect drivers and the public from injury or death. But increasingly, fleet safety is tied directly to a company’s bottom-line health through compliance, legal, and insurance consideration
Transportation management has traditionally been treated as a fairly well-defined software category. Bring transportation demand into the system, optimize loads, select carriers, tender freight, track execution, settle invoices, and measure performance. SAP’s latest transportation management briefing points toward some
The most important logistics story coming out of Moscow this week may not be the unusual arrival of a U.S. Air Force C-17 carrying CIA Director John Ratcliffe. It may be diesel. Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on August 25 for meetings with senior Russian intelligence officials as relations between Washington and Moscow r
Every organization has decision rights, whether they are formally documented or embedded in daily practice. Managers approve spending at different thresholds, planners can override certain rules, warehouse supervisors can reprioritize work, and executives retain authority over decisions with strategic consequences....
The latest round of tariffs between the United States and Canada is no longer simply a trade-policy dispute. It is becoming an operating issue for companies on both sides of the border. The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods following the breakdown of trade negotiations. Cana
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