Your 3PL Just Got Hacked
When a 3PL goes dark, the goods stop moving. In early August, Valve told European customers who had bought its Steam hardware that their names, home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses had been stolen….
The Supply Chain Response Gap
A global petrochemical company spent millions on a supply chain control tower. The screens lit up with alerts the moment anything moved. When the first major disruption hit, the technology fired notifications within minutes. Then…
The Supply Chain Jobs AI Will Actually Take
In 2016, one of the most famous AI researchers in the world stood on a stage in Toronto and told a room full of doctors to stop training new radiologists. Within five years, he promised,…
Your Forwarder Is Your Compliance Risk
Your forwarder books the space, issues the bill of lading, and files the export paperwork. It is the most trusted middleman in your supply chain. And right now, US authorities are investigating one of the…
The Maersk Pricing Pivot
During the worst of the container boom, Maersk did the opposite of every other carrier. While rivals pushed emergency surcharges and spot rates climbed toward record highs, the Danish line held its average freight rates…
MSC’s Consolidation Playbook
Seven Ships, One Strategy Seven of the largest container ships afloat crossed the Bab el Mandeb strait in August with their location transponders switched off. In the trade these are called dark transits: a vessel…
The End of an Era: Kuehne’s Passing and the Future of Global Logistics
One man sat on both sides of the logistics counter. As the controlling owner of Kuehne + Nagel, Klaus-Michael Kuehne ran the world’s largest sea and air freight forwarder, the middleman that books space on…
Stop Chasing the ETA: The Gap Is the Real Signal
A shipment was due in Rotterdam on a Tuesday afternoon. The carrier’s system said so, with a precise time: 14:00. The forwarder booked the truck for 13:30, reserved the warehouse slot, and released the container…
The Big Questions Facing Foodservice Distribution
Every morning at 4:30 a.m., a route driver in San Antonio opens three screens before his first stop: the order book, the warehouse app, and a handwritten list he maintains himself. His truck carries enough…