Industry Trends

This short survey explored how companies are managing the challenges and opportunities in last-mile logistics. The results help benchmark industry practices, identify innovation priorities, and [...]

Are we measuring what truly drives performance? This survey asks supply chain and logistics executives to weigh in which metrics matter most, how frequently they review them, and where the [...]

An open trucking carrier network is an online platform that connects shippers with a large, diverse community of trucking companies and freight brokers. These networks function similarly to [...]

California's legislature passed Senate Bill 253 in September 2023, which was signed by Governor Newsom in October. It will require companies with over $1 billion in revenues that do business in [...]

Over the past few years, various companies have been testing the use of driverless trucks. Earlier this year, for example, C.H. Robinson and Waymo Via formed a "long-term strategic partnership to [...]

"Trucking companies and truck owner-operators are scrambling to figure out how to operate under a new California law [AB5] that toughens definitions of non-employee drivers, upending decades-long [...]

In last week's Indago survey, several members submitted questions about preparing for a possible economic recession. Also, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report [...]

Historically, many companies have taken a siloed approach to planning and executing their transportation and distribution processes (including labor and automation). That is, they plan and [...]

As I highlighted in a November 2021 post titled “Taking More Direct Control Of Your Supply Chain,” over the past few years, there have been several examples of companies retaining or taking more [...]

Every day, every month, every year, there are more robots in the warehouse. Last week, for example, DHL Supply Chain announced “a $15 million investment in robotics solutions from Boston [...]