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Top 5 Logistics Predictions for 2025
2025 is already shaping up to be quite the year. Here’s an outline of Top 5 logistics and crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead.
Last-Mile
Last-Mile Delivery Costs Continue to Rise: Research
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DDS Wireless Launches Scheduled Routes for Fleet Efficiency
Last-Mile
Integrating Advanced Logistics Technology in the Last Mile
3PL/4PL
Women in Supply Chain Award 2025: Nominations Open
Trucking
ShipStation API to Unify Shipping Solutions
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Material Handling Equipment
ProMat Preview: Where Supply Chain Solutions Come Together
With 1,200 of the world’s leading manufacturing and supply chain solution providers under one roof, ProMat 2025 provides hands-on demonstrations, 4 keynote sessions and 200-plus educational sessions.
Trucking
3 Things to Watch in Freight: U.S. Bank
With the new administration in place, there has been an array of supply chain-related news and headlines. Here are three things to watch in freight, according to experts at U.S. Bank.
Project Management Software
2025 Top Supply Chain Projects Award: Nominations Open
Nominations are open for Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2025 Top Supply Chain Projects award, which profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain.
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Training/Onboarding
Women in Supply Chain Unite for Membership Program
Created by Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, founder of Let’s Talk Supply Chain and Blended pledge, Women in Supply Chain Connections provides an essential space to connect, network and thrive.
Last-Mile
37% of Companies Can’t Track In-Transit Cargo: Tive Survey
While first-mile and last-mile tracking have improved, the report reveals that mid-mile shipments remain a blind spot.
Last-Mile
Last-Mile Delivery to Experience Slower Recovery Times: project44
Recent mass deportation efforts across the United States and modifications to U.S. trade policy could pose as challenges for the last-mile delivery sector. Here's why.
Automation
3 Ways Smart Trailers Are Unlocking Greater Efficiencies
While smart trailers currently represent only a small portion of the roughly 3 million trailers on U.S. roads, their potential to transform operations and improve profitability is driving adoption across the industry.
Supply Chain Visibility
70% of Companies Faced with Making Real-Time Route Adjustments: Study
Nearly half of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with their current route optimization methods, signaling a critical need for more sophisticated solutions.
Last-Mile
Gig Drivers Struggle Amid Inflation: Study
Shifts in driver earnings, work habits, and consumer sentiment reaffirming a changing marketplace, the Gridwise study says.
Sponsored
How to Get Started in Your Reshoring Evaluation
Reshoring can solve problems, lower costs, provide a greener solution, and create jobs. But it can be intimidating. Here’s how to get started.
Fleet Management
Bosch Acquires Roadside Protect, Inc. to Support Mobility Service Business
Bosch Service Solutions plans to further expand its mobility service business in the U.S. by acquiring Roadside Protect, Inc.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Making the Decision to Reshore Operations
Facing rising costs and supply chain issues, manufacturers are reconsidering reshoring. The MEP National Network™ guides them in assessing feasibility, focusing on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to reveal hidden costs and optimize operations.
Trucking
Trucking Faces a Lack of Infrastructure to Support Clean Truck Rules: Alexis Asks
These mandates are on a quest to lower transportation emissions but many questions around the implementation remain unanswered, with deadlines looming.
Risk/Compliance
Facing Uncertainty with Flexibility in the Supply Chain
While the path forward may be uncertain, businesses that adapt with agility and foresight will emerge stronger. The future of supply chains lies in innovation and resilience— preparing for the unexpected will no longer be optional.
Last-Mile
68% Say Stress Negatively Impacts Driving Performance: Study
A new study released by Geotab Inc. demonstrates a need for increased support for commercial drivers to address rising concerns about their wellbeing, and road safety.
Last-Mile
Trucking Hub Delivers Enterprise-Level Technology to Small and Mid-Sized Fleets
With fully integrated, cloud-based trucking software, Trucking Hub offers a seamless solution that connects dispatch, fleet tracking, compliance, payroll, safety, communications and more in one streamlined platform.
Last-Mile
ITS Logistics Introduces DropFleet to Serve Drop Trailer and Trailer Pool Solutions
DropFleet delivers cost-effective dedicated capacity and flexible, on-demand transportation anywhere by combining power-only services with ITS trailers.
Fleet Management
Alvys Marketplace Upgrades Freight Sourcing for Carriers
The feature allows carriers to find and book freight from multiple load boards—representing over a trillion dollars' worth of freight—directly within their TMS.
Last-Mile
Tusk Logistics to Launch Alternative Carrier Management Platform
The Tusk Operations Platform is said to be an industry-first solution providing shippers proactive control and real-time visibility over parcels delivered by Tusk’s network of alternative carriers.
Last-Mile
Better Trucks Introduces Customer Address Validation Tool
CheckPoint is a multi-layered process that identifies, corrects and verifies improper addresses.
Last-Mile
3 Trends Driving Global Retail Expansion Across Borders
Success in 2025 and beyond hinges on more than operational excellence. Retailers and e-commerce organizations need strategies that align with the expectations of global consumers and regulators.
Hiring
Merchants Fleet, Kiwibot, BlueGrace, Inspectorio, Women in Trucking, ASF Logistics: Personnel News
Personnel updates sees new appointments and promotions at Inspectorio, Women in Trucking and more.
Last-Mile
AI Chatbot for Last-Mile Route Optimization
Vizzard is an AI assistant designed to transform last-mile operations by leveraging data-driven insights and the latest in AI technology.
3PL/4PL
Backstage Pass to Manifest Vegas 2025 Expo Hall
Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer sat down with the Manifest team to get a Backstage Pass to the Manifest Expo Hall. Let's find out what to expect at this year's show!
Automation
Generative AI Poised to Transform Commercial Transportation
As a long-established industry with complex data and partner ecosystem, transportation is taking prudent steps toward inevitable transformation.
3PL/4PL
Easy Metrics' Profit Management Solution to Enhance 3PL Operating Margins
Easy Metrics addresses this profitability gap with Easy Metrics Profit Management, a new SaaS solution that provides real-time profitability insights by customer, process and site.
Hiring
Norfolk Southern, Saddle Creek, FORGE, Sky-Futures Partners, ESCP and More: Personnel News
Personnel updates sees new appointments and promotions at Saddle Creek, FORGE and more.
Last-Mile
Nash’s AI Agents to Scale Delivery Operations
Nash launched Nash AI, a system of intelligent agents designed to automate delivery operations and streamline logistics from checkout to drop-off and beyond.
Last-Mile
Last-Mile Delivery Innovations to Transform Grocery, Retail
Burq unveiled a suite of features and a refreshed brand identity poised to redefine last-mile delivery across industries like grocery, floral, and retail.
Regulations
What America's 'Golden Age' Might Mean for Supply Chains: Alexis Asks
From tariffs to reshoring, the supply chain faces transitions in the U.S. head on, as the next chapter of American history begins.
Hiring
Gather AI, RJW Logistics, Ivalua, Supply Wisdom, Ampure Germany, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Personnel News
Personnel updates sees new appointments and promotions at Supply Wisdom, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and more.
E-Commerce Solutions
State of E-Commerce Fulfillment Report Provides Insights into Omnichannel Supply Chains: Report
ShipBob releases its fourth annual State of E-Commerce Fulfillment report. The report is based on ShipBob's proprietary data across thousands of customers.
E-Commerce Solutions
Passport Acquires Brand Access to Enhance All-in-One Solution
This strategic acquisition strengthens Passport’s commitment to helping brands unlock their global potential by integrating local managed services like in-country logistics and marketplace management.
