Talking Logistics shares insights from Descartes’ Glenn Palanacki about the results of the 2025 Global Forwarder/Broker Benchmark Survey. Tariff uncertainty and rising consumer costs due to tariff policies are propelling forwarders and brokers to embrace trade services and technology to help mitigate tariff impacts for their customers.
Entrepreneur spotlights insights from Descartes’ Johannes Panzer on how using ecommerce tech like shipping software, IMS and WMS at appropriate stages of growth helps brands prevent overhead bloat and maintain operational clarity while mastering fulfillment.
Supply Chain Brain shares insights from Descartes’ Filipe Santos on current and emerging supply chain applications of AI agents, such as process automation agents, virtual field-ops assistants, multimodal extraction agents and customer experience communication agents, and the challenge of ensuring AI innovation meets enterprise standards for reliability, security and compliance.
Reuters shares insights from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that total September U.S. container imports dropped 8.4% yr/yr and shipments from China to the U.S. dropped nearly 23% amid tariff volatility.
Commercial Construction & Renovation connects with Jenny Vetter from Richards Building Supply on how technology advancements are shaping the future of building supply logistics, dramatically improving delivery productivity and creating a differentiated end-to-end customer experience to help grow the top and bottom line.
FleetOwner offers insights from Descartes’ Danielle Spinelli on how FMCA’s new rules on carrier identity and addresses take aim at curbing fraud while cargo theft tactics grow more sophisticated across the transportation industry.
Total Retail shares insights from Descartes’ Johannes Panzer on how retailers and their delivery partners can use technology to minimize the risk of porch piracy, rather than just absorbing the costs of theft, reshipments, and lost customers.
Talking Logistics shares insights from Descartes’ Mike Hane on the correlation between financial performance and investments in generative AI and automation, according to shippers, brokers and 3PLs who participated in Descartes’ recent Transportation Management Benchmark Survey.
Descartes’ Scott Sangster speaks to Supply Chain Digital on how technology advancements help freight forwarders and 3PLs navigate complex and constantly changing customs regulations, gain visibility to shipments in-transit, automate rate management, and connect digitally with a broad range of parties including carriers, government agencies and intermediaries.
Ashley Blackford and Scott Thompson host Descartes’ Danielle Spinelli on their podcast Trucking with OOIDA for insights on the state of cargo theft in transportation, some common examples of fraud, what FMCSA is doing to help, how AI is changing the game and advice for the industry.