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Mastering Disruption: A Smarter, More Connected Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

Three months into 2025, we have seen a barrage of on-again, off-again tariffs that have supply chain and logistics teams reeling, as they must rethink everything from next weeks shipping route to their foundational network models. It is not surprising that the TMS market will nearly double in size between 2024 and 2029, increasing from $11.75

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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

Logistics Viewpoints

The rise of e-commerce has led to higher volumes of smaller orders that need to be fulfilled and shipped individually. By tracking and managing picking, packing, and shipping processes minute-by-minute, a WES dramatically increases accuracy and efficiency, enabling companies to support much higher order volumes with the same resources.

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The Pressures of Omni-Channel Fulfillment and Returns Are Growing

BlueYonder

Around the world, e-commerce accounted for 17% of all retail sales last year and that number is expected to rise to 21% by 2029. They need to offer low-cost or free shipping and returns, while also protecting margins. trillion in 2024 alone. It also fuels price competition, which is good for shoppers.

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The Journey to Becoming a U.S. Customs Broker

3PL Insights

Shipping companies can also hire customs brokers so that their business can become a customs brokerage. It’s expected that over 25,000 new jobs will be created by 2029 to meet shipping demands. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assist importers and exporters in meeting Federal requirements governing imports and exports.

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RS Group releases report on its activities and strategy for Environmental, Social and Governance

Synovos

It has also reduced its Scope 3 transportation emissions intensity by 28% since 2019/20, thereby achieving its 2029/30 goal seven years early. This has been made possible through modal shifts from air to sea or air to road and optimizing its supply chain to source, store and ship more products locally.

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The Insider’s Guide to Choosing the Best Inventory Management Software for Your Business

RFgen

billion by 2029. E-commerce, on the other hand, will often focus on maintaining the right amount of inventory in a store or warehouse to ship to customers around the clock. And with the average on-hand inventory quantities up 8.3% But how do you choose what inventory management software is right for you?

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AI in the Food Industry: Case Studies, Challenges & Future Trends

ThroughPut

billion by 2029. Shipping 50 million cartons annually across the US, the company sought to optimize its supply chain to reduce waste and increase profitability. The market size of AI in the food industry , including the beverages sector is set to cross USD 9.68 billion in 2024. That’s definitely good news. They turned to Throughput.ai