Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2025

When I returned from ProMat in 2023, I wrote that based on the number of automation solutions I saw at the conference focused on this application, “loading and unloading trailers/containers is apparently a killer app for warehouse robots.” In my post, I highlighted solutions in this area by ArcBest, Pickle Robot Company, Boston Dynamics, Slip. Read more The post A Killer App for Warehouse Robots appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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DC Velocity

JUNE 30, 2025

DHL eCommerce Americas will have a new leader starting tomorrow, as the unit of German parcel giant DHL has announced that Scott Ashbaugh, currently the unit’s chief commercial officer (CCO), will assume the role of Americas CEO. Ashbaugh will take the reins following the retirement of Lee Spratt, who will step down on December 31 after more than 20 years of work at the company.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

The latest weekly ocean container shipping market reveals a stark contrast in rate movements across major trade lanes, as the trans-Pacific trade from the Far East to the United States saw a dramatic decline. The market average according to analyst Xeneta on Far East to U.S. West Coast services has fallen significantly since a spike on June 1. Declining spot rates have all but erased that recent surge, with rates standing at $3,317 per forty foot equivalent unit on June 27, up just 6% from May 3

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DC Velocity

JUNE 30, 2025

On June 10, the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) hosted the 12th annual National Forklift Safety Day in Washington, D.C. At this free event, safety experts shared best practices in forklift operator, pedestrian, and facility safety. Did you miss the live event? ITA has made a video of the full program as well as copies of the presenters’ slides available on its website.

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Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

A third Illinois trucking company has filed for bankruptcy this month. Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based freight hauler Elma Transport Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The company is the third in a series of Illinois trucking businesses that have submitted bankruptcy filings to the northern district court this month.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

The Port of Los Angeles has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to generate more export traffic for the port from California’s Central Valley through an agreement with the city of Shafter and the developer of a logistics hub there. Central to the agreement is the Wonderful Logistics Center , a 3,400-acre development in Shafter, Calif. — 18 miles west-northwest of Bakersfield on the BNSF main line — owned by the Wonderful Co.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

Freight shippers have navigated difficult operational, cost and capex spend calculations for more than a decade with last-mile e-commerce fulfilment, followed by COVID, followed by inflation and fears of recession. How do tariffs now factor into the risk equation?

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

Werner Enterprise’s stock price fell Monday, a day after it was freed from the potential burden of one of the biggest nuclear verdicts in history. But given that the Werner (NASDAQ: WERN) exposure to a verdict of more than $100 million was just $10 million due to its insurance coverage–as the company had said several times and reiterated in an SEC filing after the Texas Supreme Court overturned a pair of earlier court decisions that had gone against the truckload carrier–the decline of 1.16%, ev

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Brexit’s second chapter shows that UK-EU Supply Chains have survived, but adapted. Logistics must evolve, not just recover, writes Stephen Williams, director and co-founder, Fidelity Fulfilment (pictured with co-founder Simon Vincent). As the UK and EU enter a new phase of Brexit, we’re seeing that it demands a deeper reassessment of how logistics and fulfilment truly work across borders.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

WASHINGTON — Trucking technology company CloudTrucks wants approval to use its own system for collecting background data and onboarding prospective owner-operators instead of having to use what it considers to be an outdated FMCSA process. “To streamline hiring without compromising safety, we validate each applicant’s background through national databases … that collectively provide a more accurate and timely safety profile than the traditional employer-history process,” stated Damien Hutchins,

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

In this insightful transport management focused episode of Logistics Business Conversations , Peter McLeod sits down with Jonah McIntire , Chief Platform Officer at Trimble, to explore how artificial intelligence—particularly generative AI —is reshaping the logistics and transportation industries. Jonah challenges the misconception that AI must be fed a company’s proprietary data to be useful.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

The final mile remains one of the most complex and critical stages in parcel delivery—where high customer expectations often collide with outdated systems and limited flexibility. GLS, the fastest carrier in the Western U.S., is tackling this challenge head-on with a tech-forward, customer-centric approach.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

While headlines have focused on the economic shocks of US trade policy, research shows UK companies are taking proactive steps to localise supply chains, safeguard operations, and offset inflationary pressures. “Tariffs and trade shocks have put UK firms under real pressure – but they’re not retreating, they’re rewiring. This is a strategic reset – not just a stopgap.

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Advertiser: GEP

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

For the first time in recent memory, truck drivers are seeing Washington’s focus shift away from association boardrooms and beltway think tanks and toward the people behind the wheel. The Department of Transportation’s newly announced Pro-Trucker Package , spearheaded by Secretary Sean Duffy, is being hailed by many as a meaningful reset of how policy is made in this industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

One of the UK’s largest and longest-standing redistributor and retailer of surplus products, Company Shop Group (CSG), has announced a strategic partnership with Dexory, a leading provider of real-time warehouse visibility and automation solutions, to transform inventory accuracy, reduce waste, and improve product flow within its ambient warehouse operations.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

Suzie Petrusic, senior director analyst with Gartner, explains the many considerations that go into crafting an effective supply chain risk-management strategy.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 30, 2025

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said it has initiated a review of an agreement with the World Shipping Council (WSC), to determine whether signatory ocean carriers are still covered by limited antitrust immunity. The June 26 filing said that the agency “aims to assess whether the activities undertaken by the WSC under this agreement align with the FMC’s jurisdiction as outlined in the Shipping Act.

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Loginext

JUNE 30, 2025

Retailers face a tough choice: consolidate or stay flexible. Learn how logistics software enables smarter, more strategic consolidation in today’s retail landscape. The post Logistics Consolidation and the Retailer’s Dilemma appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

Wall-to-wall audits often mean halting operations, hiring temp labor, and pausing fulfillment—just to satisfy compliance. Scholl’s 3PL partner DSV took a different approach.

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Locus

JUNE 30, 2025

Introduction In today’s fast-moving logistics landscape, efficient logistics success hinges on precision, speed, adaptability, and route efficiency. Whether delivering e-commerce parcels, FMCG shipments, or industrial supplies, businesses can no longer rely on static routes or gut-driven dispatching. That’s where delivery route planning software and route optimization software, along with route optimization planners and logistics route planning, come in—a strategic process that determines the mo

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Across freight, highways, and complex industrial environments, one quiet challenge creates delays, adds risk, and costs businesses more than they realise: inaccurate or incomplete measurement. Picture this: a freight truck is being loaded. The cargo list is logged, the space is mapped out, and the deadline is tight. But something doesn’t add up. A load doesn’t fit as expected.

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Advertiser: GEP

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

In a business landscape defined by relentless change, ensuring true Operational Excellence is paramount—requiring organizations to anticipate and adapt, not just react. Leaders in operations, continuous improvement, and change management must rapidly integrate new technologies and cultivate resilient, people-centric cultures.

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Women in Trucking

JUNE 30, 2025

Safety is the foundation of success in the trucking industry. Every mile traveled carries not only valuable freight, but also the responsibility of keeping drivers, other motorists, and cargo safe and secure. As one of the most essential sectors of the economy, trucking moves the majority of goods across the country—yet it also operates under demanding conditions that can lead to serious risks if safety is not prioritized.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

Volatility, latency and inefficiency are the same problems bedeviling supply chains that they always have been, but they are exacerbated today, says Puneet Saxena, corporate vice president, industry strategies, at Blue Yonder.

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Overdrive Online

JUNE 30, 2025

Unknowns around tariffs, emissions regulations and other factors have created uncertainty in the used-truck market, according to analysts. The good news? Retail used-truck sales prices have returned to near pre-COVID levels.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

China accounts for around 16% of all footwear Nike imports into the U.S., with the company aiming to cut that number to single digits by the end of the 2026 fiscal year.

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Penske Move Ahead

JUNE 30, 2025

While fireworks and sparklers are staples of Independence Day celebrations, their incendiary nature place them among the hazardous cargo prohibited from Penske rental trucks. Penske reminds consumers that under its rental agreement flammable, explosive or otherwise hazardous materials may not be transported in its rental vehicles. Fireworks are considered a Class 1 hazardous material by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2025

The contract includes a 15.75% wage increase over the life of the deal, pension increases for hourly workers, and new language surrounding the use of AI and automated technology.

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