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A GAMING CONTROL CONSOLE SITS BEHIND A LIGHTED SIGN SAYING XBOX

Chip Crisis Puts Next Generation of Gaming Consoles to the Test

Although a potential $1,800 price tag for the Helix is far from guaranteed, the fact that it's even a possibility speaks to just how dire the current market has become for advanced hardware.

A WHITE, RED AND BLUE FEDEX FREIGHT DELIVERY TRUCK IS PARKED OUTSIDE AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH A BRASS CLOCK

FedEx Freight Has Mixed Results in First Earnings After Spinoff

Revenue got a boost from new pricing power that the company didn’t have when it was under the umbrella of the parcel giant.

Watch: What Importers Need to Know About the New Executive Order on Customs Enforcement

Earlier this year, the White House issued a sweeping executive order intended to strengthen Customs enforcement. Attorney Valerie A. Sorensen-Clark tells us what it's all about.

MADE IN USA IS STAMPED ON THE BOTTOM OF A ROUND OBJECT, SLIGHTLY OUT OF FOCUS

Manufacturing’s Next Constraint Is Execution

The manufacturers that win this cycle will be those that treat execution as a strategic capability rather than an operational afterthought.

A BLUE TRUCK TRACTOR SITS ON A FACTORY FLOOR WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG VISIBLE BEHIND

Aurora’s Driverless Trucks on Pace for 2027 Expansion Target

Aurora took the driver out of its trucks last year, only to have its manufacturer Paccar Inc. request that a human remain behind the wheel.

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How Logistics Teams Can Reduce Manual Paperwork and Shipment Delays

Addressing manual paperwork is as much a means of improving administrative inefficiencies as it is a way to increase supply chain resilience.

2026 Buyer's Guide to Real-Time Shipment Visibility

The 2026 Buyer's Guide to Real-Time Shipment Visibility from Tive provides a practical framework for evaluating today's leading shipment visibility technologies and selecting the solution that best fits your organization's needs.

5 Ways Aftermarket Parts Distributors Improve Uptime, Accuracy, and Scalability with Goods-to-Person Automation

Aftermarket parts distributors face a unique set of fulfillment challenges. SKU counts continue to grow, demand can change without warning, and customers often need parts quickly to restore critical equipment. At the same time, distributors must maintain accuracy, control costs, and operate with limited labor.

Beyond the Freight Cycle: Six Transportation Realities Every Executive Should Understand in 2026 and Beyond

Beyond the Freight Cycle: Six Transportation Realities Every Executive Should Understand in 2026 and Beyond argues that transportation has evolved from a tactical logistics function into a strategic business capability that directly influences profitability, customer satisfaction, operational resilience, and long-term growth.

Born at the Dock: Plan With Execution Built In

Born at the Dock argues that a supply chain plan is not complete when software approves it; it is complete only when the physical network can execute it and the customer receives the order in full. The whitepaper reframes planning around the dock, where inventory must be found, cases picked, pallets built, shipments staged, trailers loaded legally, carriers dispatched, and destinations prepared to receive. Read More

How Mars uses 4flow’s AI Platform for Logistics Optimization

Supply chains are under constant pressure from disruption, rising costs and increasing service expectations—yet decisions are still made across fragmented systems and functional siloes. Even with heavy investments in digitalization and AI, many organizations remain stuck in reactive execution.

Orchestrating the End-to-End Supply Chain: Strategic Priority, Practical Reality

As technology, particularly agentic AI, is poised to change everything, the reality of “my supply chain is good enough” has faded. It has been the view of IDC for some years now that a truly end-to-end, orchestrated supply chain should be the ultimate goal to support the speed, agility, and efficiency of the overall business.

Transportation Under Pressure: Planning Through Fuel, Capacity and Regulatory Shocks

Transportation Under Pressure applies the Born at the Dock standard to a transportation market exposed to volatile fuel prices, tightening carrier capacity, regulatory change, labor constraints, and regional disruption. Its central argument is that shippers cannot control the next external shock, but they can reduce the internal exposure that determines whether that shock becomes a manageable cost increase or an operational crisis.

State of Enterprise Shipping: A Market Moving Faster Than the Model

A survey of 240 enterprise shipping organizations across six industries examined how they see, govern, and decide their shipping economics. Every respondent manages a multi-modal transportation network with substantial parcel operations. The results were clear: shipping has outgrown its operating model.