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November 13, 2025

Prologis highlights the major shifts expected to influence supply chains in 2026, including rising demand for logistics real estate, accelerating automation, evolving labor dynamics, and increasing pressure for faster, more resilient fulfillment networks. The outlook underscores how structural changes in consumer behavior and global trade are reshaping supply chain strategies for the year ahead.

November 11, 2025

A new Maersk survey reveals that four out of five supply chain leaders anticipate continued disruptions in the coming year, driven by geopolitical tensions, capacity constraints, and shifting consumer demand. The findings highlight a growing focus on resilience strategies, diversified sourcing, and end-to-end visibility as companies navigate an increasingly uncertain global landscape. 

November 1, 2025

Inbound Logistics outlines the major forces redefining global supply chains — from shifting trade patterns and nearshoring strategies to AI adoption, sustainability pressures, and rising customer expectations. These insights highlight how companies are rethinking resilience, visibility, and operational agility to stay competitive in a rapidly changing logistics environment.

May 1, 2025

I’d like to update Ben Franklin’s old saying: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” My 2025 version might read: “Nothing is certain but death, taxes—and the constant evolution of logistics and supply chain technology.

April 30, 2025

This month, I'm excited to share the results of Fictiv’s 10th Annual State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Report. Every year, we survey hundreds of supply chain and manufacturing leaders across multiple industries to understand their perspectives, challenges, and predictions for 2025. 

April 29, 2025

Supply chains today are facing unprecedented disruption. For retail and consumer businesses, the message is becoming clear: supply chain resilience, agility and intelligence are no longer optional luxuries, but essential components of business strategy.

May 24, 2024

From health pandemics to geopolitical tensions, shifts in economic powers and the rise of innovative technologies, international trade has undergone unprecedented changes over the past decade. With logistics industry estimations surpassing $18 trillion by 2030, this upward trajectory underscores resilience and growth potential.

March 8, 2024

Now that we're a couple of months into the new year, it is a good time to look at the trends that could shape the future of supply chains. The past few years have been among the most turbulent in recent memory for the global supply chain, underscoring the need for new technology and dynamic leadership. 

January 19, 2024

What can companies expect in 2024? How will logistics move this year? What are the trends that we will see for the different parts of the industry? To help your business stay ready, we have compiled a collection of research articles featuring forecasted trends and initiatives coming your way in the next months.

July 11, 2023

The Canadian west coast ports strike is creating a trade situation we have not seen since COVID. The ITS Logistics Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index shows nothing but a sea of red, and the fuel heating up this dumpster fire is the reconsignment of containers once bound for Canada, which will now be unloaded in the United States. 

July 9, 2023

Not more than a year ago, all eyes were focused on the disruption in the global supply chain. Ports were backed up, transportation costs were soaring, and there was a shortage of essential consumer goods. These bottlenecks caused massive stress in the economy and skyrocketing inflation. Today, things are very, very different.

February 8, 2023

Broken by an unprecedented global event in 2020, the supply chain still has some kinks in it. The pandemic created a cataclysmic disruption to the supply chain that is still causing reverberations, even into 2023 - shelves are still not stocked with some once-common items while others sit in warehouses.

February 6, 2023

Experts have released their latest supply chain trends, revealing an obsession with risk resilience, and who can blame them? In a recent Gartner survey of supply chain organizations, respondents said their top four priorities were commercial growth from the supply chain, real-time supply chain execution, authentic fulfillment of ESG commitments, and flexible work experiences.

October 31, 2022

The semiconductor chip shortage that hit the automotive industry in late 2020 highlighted two lessons in supply chain management. The first is the lack of upstream visibility remains the Achilles heel of supply chains. Firms often do not know their suppliers beyond those in Tier 1 and are thus prone to shocks in the upstream supply chain. The second is the supply chain of each firm is not isolated but is connected with other supply chains in a vast global network. 

October 23, 2022

The one-two punch of the pandemic and the Great Resignation put shipping companies and ports at a severe disadvantage that both are still working to overcome. Consumers, meanwhile, who largely never gave the shipping industry a second thought before 2020, are learning a lot more about the ins and outs of getting products to manufacturers and stores. 

August 9, 2022

Fall and winter seasons are likely to see much lower import numbers at the country’s major container ports after a booming spring season, according to a Global Port Tracker report released Monday by the National Retail Federation, which reported earlier this month that they believe a recession in 2022 is unlikely, and Hackett Associates. Despite the slow in imports, ports will likely see a net gain over 2021 numbers. Retail sales are still growing, but the economy is slowing down and that is reflected in cargo imports. 

June 2, 2022

Challenges that have arisen since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have shone a spotlight on the strength and resilience of supply chains. Many provinces and territories are feeling the effects from prior tightening and closing of borders, restrictions on the movement of people and goods, and the closure of businesses, which all had the potential to disrupt supply chains. 

May 21, 2022

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global supply chains has changed the way the world approaches trade.  Supply chains will likely remain under constant threat of disruption over the next decade.  Tightening supplies, high energy costs, and growing geopolitical risks are forcing countries to develop new technology to help mitigate supply chain challenges.

April 11, 2022

The Global e-commerce Logistics 2022 addresses the key trends, challenges and developments facing the market in 2022 and beyond, whilst providing comprehensive market growth data and forecasts.  The report contains bespoke market sizing and forecast data and analysis for 2021-2026, split by region and country.