Commentary

The Tariff Tangle: How New Trade Barriers Are Reshaping Global Business
Importers are understandably concerned about what tariffs mean for their business, and the bottom line is that the levies will certainly change their business—for better or worse.

Blueprint for Success: 10 Critical Design Tips from Hundreds of WMS Implementations
Here’s how to navigate the design phase of a warehouse management system deployment in your facility.

Tariffs Can Drag Down Your Supply Chain, Unless You’re Prepared
With the United States implementing at least some new tariffs on goods from a number of important export countries, attention across the logistics world is turning, once again, to developing resilient supply chains.
Case Studies

Say ‘Yes’ Before You’re Ready: Embracing Opportunity and Innovation
RESPONSIBILITIES: Nurture strategic partnerships with key customers; lead internal initiatives to drive efficiency via technology, explore and identify new product and service markets, and enhance the company’s ecommerce solutions. EXPERIENCE: Vice president, corporate strategy; vice president, customer solutions; director of customer solutions; inventory solutions manager; MRO product manager; assistant product manager; marketing associate, sales and […]

‘Impossible is Nothing’: Pavlo Pikulin Disrupts Logistics
What do virtual worlds and warehouse automation have in common? More than you’d think. Pavlo Pikulin, CEO of Deus Robotics, says lessons from the gaming industry can reshape robotics, transform warehouses, and unlock the full potential of AI-powered logistics.

Bolting Ahead: Specialty Bolt & Screw Tightens its Supply Chain
Specialty Bolt & Screw, Inc. (SBS), a leading provider of fastening solutions, offers more than 15,000 SKUs across 12 locations, and manages a complex global supply chain. As a result, it required a more efficient and accurate inventory management and forecast function than it was able to achieve with its older, homegrown system.
How-To

10 Tips for Improving Supply Chain Sustainability
Companies must rethink how they move goods to reduce their carbon footprint. Here’s how to achieve greener, more efficient transportation operations.

Achieving Effective Logistics Visibility
Funneling tracking data from multiple sources into core business processes to provide reliable arrival times reduces safety stock, bolsters resilience, and drives fulfillment.

10 Tips for Upgrading Your Supply Chain Skill Set
By implementing these action items, professionals and students can better prepare themselves for the complexities of modern supply chain management.
Sponsored

How 2025’s NMFC Changes Will Impact Shippers
More than 40% of commodities will have classes determined by a new, expanded density scale in July 2025. Here are some key impacts on less-than-truckload (LTL) shippers.

How to Choose the Best Quality New and Used Shipping Containers in the USA
Transporting goods across oceans is not the only purpose for shipping containers anymore. The scope of application today includes storage, office, housing, and even more. Each of these purposes have one common aspect: they all require secure and durable containers. New or used, they must do the job. We shall peek uncover the question of […]

Automating Your Warehouse Without the Heavy Lifting
A new generation of simplified, flexible ASRS solutions makes it easier than ever to streamline operations and boost productivity — without the heavy lifting of costly facility renovations.