While most fans are focused on kickoff, commercials, and party plans, the lead-up to Super Bowl LX is already showing up clearly in the freight market. What’s Related New data from Truckstop shows a sharp rise in inbound truckload volumes into the San Jose, Calif., market in the weeks leading up to the game, with […]
By 2028, 40% of large warehouse operations and distribution centers will be using gamification tools to engage and motivate workers, according to new research from Gartner. The shift reflects how labor shortages and high turnover continue to push supply chain leaders to rethink how they attract, train, and retain frontline employees. What’s Related Gamification in […]
McCollister’s Global Services, Inc. is a transportation provider for specialized goods like medical equipment, household items, and aerospace equipment. They also offer warehouse distribution and fulfillment services. The company’s employees provide tailored logistics solutions to their corporate clients. One major hurdle they’ve had to overcome is the mislabeling of shipments. Labeling mistakes were costing them […]
Only 20% of health system pharmacies have full, real-time visibility across their care settings. The other 80% are still relying on delayed reports, partial data, or manual tracking methods, according to a new national survey from Tecsys. The gap is leaving many healthcare supply chains exposed and forcing pharmacy teams to make reactive decisions amid rising […]
The U.S. labor market for manufacturing and logistics continues to tighten even as demand grows. A mix of reshoring, infrastructure investment, e-commerce expansion, and AI/digital transformation is driving strong hiring across factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations. At the same time, persistent skills gaps and an aging workforce are forcing employers to rethink talent needs, […]
Supply chains have always been global, interdependent, and inherently complex. What has changed is the extent to which artificial intelligence now sits at the center of that system. AI increasingly shapes supplier qualification, demand forecasting, logistics optimization, quality assurance, and compliance monitoring. At the same time, those AI systems are themselves assembled from sprawling networks […]
Procurement teams are racing to roll out AI, but many are running into a problem they don’t see coming: bad supplier data. According to new research from apexanalytix, fragmented and outdated supplier records are causing procurement AI systems to “hallucinate,” leading to missed risks, failed automation, and costly blind spots. In this Q&A, Danny Thompson, Chief […]
If 2025 was the year warehouse automation matured, 2026 is the year it expands its reach. The conversation has shifted from why warehouses should use warehouse automation to how to orchestrate it across sites, how to manage both people and robots as one workforce, and how to keep fulfillment operations flexible when every day feels […]
In procurement, critical knowledge often lives in inboxes, spreadsheets, or people’s heads. When those people leave, so does the context behind past decisions and supplier relationships. In this Q&A, Spencer Penn, CEO and co-founder of LightSource, explains why institutional memory is one of procurement’s most undervalued assets, and what happens when companies finally start capturing […]
Manufacturing output came in on the right side of growth in January for the first time in 12 months that were preceded by 26 months of contraction, according to the new edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business, which was issued today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The report’s benchmark reading, the PMI, […]
