Trump Administration Launches “Freedom Haulers” to Steer Veterans Toward CDLs
Interagency campaign shortens the runway from military service to a commercial license, as DOT pairs the recruitment push with continued enforcement against non-domiciled drivers.
Read More
Freight Damage: The Claim Is Only a Fraction of the Cost
Most companies measure the claim. The smartest companies measure business impact.**
Read More
Building a Quality-Driven Cold Chain For Temperature-Sensitive Freight
How process alignment, monitoring, and documentation are reshaping expectations beyond temperature control
Read More
The Retail Freight Strategy That Gives Shippers an Edge
As the supply chain moves from back-office function to board-level priority, one logistics strategy has become a powerful tool for shippers: retail freight consolidation.
Read More
The New Operating Model For Warehouse Performance
Four pillars of high-performing operations have emerged: workforce resilience, operational flexibility, automation readiness, and performance management.
Read More
When P&L Stalls: What Your Freight Metrics Are Telling You
When profitability stalls, freight data often reveals where margin is quietly being lost.
Read More
Your Inbound Program Works. Can It Scale?
What separates good inbound operations from great ones is how, and whether, the way you manage it today can handle where your business is going.
Read More
What’s One Underrated Leadership Skill in Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
Constraint awareness. Constant market shifts demand prioritization and creative workarounds. Effective leaders target the biggest bottlenecks rather than perfecting every link. By partnering with teams to identify root causes, they resolve issues faster and keep operations moving forward. –Davey Miller Chief Operating Officer CMC Leading through ambiguity. In fast-moving operations, plans break. The strongest leaders […]
Read More
Two Electric Vehicle Updates & Other Supply Chain News
Electric Trucks Earn Their Keep Early adopters in Europe are making a strong case for electrifying freight. The Öko-Institut surveyed 57 German companies that had been running heavy electric trucks for at least one year, and 93% of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their vehicles. Survey respondents are customers of Daimler Truck’s […]
Read More
Verst Logistics Names Todd Johnson Next CEO
Verst Logistics has named Todd Johnson as its next CEO, effective August 1. Johnson currently serves as president and chief operating officer, a title he’s held since 2019. He will retain the president role alongside his new CEO duties. Johnson brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the position. In his current role, […]
Read More
2026 Inbound Logistics Perspectives 3PL Market Research Report
The 21st annual 3PL market survey breaks the news about how third-party logistics providers and the shippers they serve navigate headline-making trends and developments in the sector.
Read More
DOJ’s Trade Fraud Task Force Hits $1 Billion in Recoveries
By Ashley Prince | July 15, 2026 The Justice Department’s Trade Fraud Task Force has crossed $1 billion in recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and charged losses. The announcement came in July 2026, less than a year after its August 2025 inception. For manufacturers and importers, as well as their logistics partners, these cases can provide context around which […]
Read More
The Crew Behind Your Cargo: Why Seafarer Shortages Are the Supply Chain Risk Nobody Is Tracking
Supply chain managers have learned to track everything: port congestion, container availability, fuel surcharges, canal transit times. Yet the single input that keeps every one of those variables moving — the people who actually operate the ships — rarely appears on a risk dashboard. That is a blind spot the industry can no longer afford.
Read More
Retailers Are Racing to Beat Tariffs. Is Your Warehouse Network Ready?
The Logistics Managers’ Index came in at 71.1 for June, up 1.6 points from May.
Read More
Leading With Passion and Focusing on That “One Thing”
A culture built on trust, the courage to do what’s right, and setting “big, hairy, audacious goals” guides Bristlecone CEO Lakshmanan Chidambaram through the unpredictable era of global supply chain disruption.
Read More
Supply Chain Trends: RFID, AI Robots, Reverse Logistics & More
RFID Rollout: Embedding Sensing In Supply Chains To phase out manual scanning, UPS is rolling out radio frequency identification (RFID) package sensing across its U.S. small package network, expanding shipment visibility from pickup through delivery. The technology is now in U.S. package delivery vehicles and delivery facilities, as well as on every package shipped through […]
Read More
2026 Top 100 3PLs
Inbound Logistics’ annual Top 100 3PL Providers list identifies the top logistics partners capable of keeping global trade moving. As corporate supply chains face a critical turning point, businesses increasingly rely on these elite 3PL partners to build operational resilience.
Read More
17 High-Impact Moves for a Sustainable Supply Chain
Sustainability initiatives can improve a company’s supply chain performance, as well as its environmental footprint. These strategies can help you go green.
Read More
On-Site Container Storage: A Flexible Answer to the Warehouse Capacity Squeeze
Warehouse space is one of the least flexible lines on a logistics budget. A lease is a multi-year commitment sized to a forecast, yet the demand it serves is rarely steady. Seasonal peaks, promotional surges, new product launches, and the safety stock rebuilt after a supply disruption all push storage requirements up and down on […]
Read More
Tone Up for the GLP-1 Slimdown
As an estimated 12% of U.S. adults take appetite-suppressing GLP-1 medications, the supply chain effects are far-reaching—from skinnier truckloads to increased apparel returns. Get in shape for the changes ahead.
Read More