Fed Raises Rates For First Time Since 2023, Repricing Supply-Chain Capital
For the first time since July 2023, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates. The Federal Open Market Committee... Read more
Why Supply Chain Exceptions Are Becoming The Real Unit Of Work
Autonomous exception management is becoming easier to define by the work it owns than by the breadth of its feature lis... Read more
ALVEST Launches TLD Robotics Following EasyMile Acquisition
TLD Robotics combines EasyMile, TractEasy, and TLD’s autonomous vehicle activities into a single business focused on ... Read more
The $850 Billion Returns Problem: Why Reverse Logistics Is Becoming A Margin Engine
Retailers have spent the last decade trying to make the forward supply chain faster. The next margin battle may be goin... Read more
The Next Supply Chain Concentration Risk May Be The AI Model Itself
Supply chains have spent decades trying to eliminate single points of failure. We dual-source critical components. W... Read more
From Systems Of Record To A Logistics Control Layer
The emerging logistics control layer should not be understood as one more application category. Its strategic role is t... Read more
The AI Trade Just Ran Into Its Unit-Economics Problem
The artificial intelligence debate is changing. For several years, the central question was whether AI worked, and then... Read more
Requirements Before Technology: Define The Problem Before Buying The Solution
The fastest way to buy the wrong logistics technology is to begin with the technology. Yet that is still how too many p... Read more
NVIDIA Is Buying The Distribution Layer Of AI
NVIDIA’s agreement to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion looks, at first, like another large transa... Read more
Bits & Boxes: Where Intelligent Software Meets Physical Fulfillment: The Orchestration Gap
You just deployed a state-of-the-art robotic piece-picker, a fleet of lightning-fast Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), a... Read more
The TMS Is Expanding Beyond Planning: What Defines The Category In 2026
The TMS Is Expanding Beyond Planning: What Defines the Category in 2026 is ultimately a question about category boundar... Read more
The End Of The Transportation-Warehouse Divide
A truck arriving early sounds like a transportation success. It may be the opposite if the receiving dock is occupied, ... Read more
Predictive Fleet Safety: Protecting Drivers And The Bottom Line
Every fleet manager would agree that the primary goal of their fleet safety strategy is the prevention of motor vehicle... Read more
Stop Managing Logistics As A Collection Of Functions
Calling logistics a network is accurate, but it is not sufficient. A network describes connections; it does not explain... Read more
Ubers Restructuring Shows Where AI In Logistics Is Really Going
Uber’s decision to reduce its workforce by about 10% will inevitably be discussed as another large technology-company... Read more