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Companies worldwide are accelerating their adoption of advanced logistics technologies—from cloud platforms and control towers to generative and agentic AI—as they push toward higher levels of automation, autonomy, and real-time decision-making. Yet with markets, industries, and regulatory environments maturing at different speeds, success hinges on strong data foundations, selective tech investment, and a phased roadmap that builds from analytics and automation toward predictive and fully autonomous logistics capabilities.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are evolving rapidly to meet the demands of modern supply chains by integrating AI, edge computing, and advanced smart technologies. These systems are bridging the gap between traditional supply chain management (SCM) modules and best-of-breed solutions, offering real-time, data-driven decision-making.

As global supply chains grow more complex, supply chain management (SCM) software developers are rising to the challenge. With innovations like AI and generative AI, they’re creating tools to streamline operations and address mounting logistics challenges.

As we look ahead to 2024 and beyond, there are numerous advances that have the potential to drive further improvements in all aspects of supply chain management.

According to Gartner, 94% of businesses are now using the cloud in some capacity. Whether your company is overhauling current approaches or rolling out completely different solutions, there’s little doubt that the cloud is playing a huge role in these changes—driving even more growth.

In our latest Special Digital Issue, Logistics Management has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the rise of automated systems and related technologies that are revolutionizing how warehouse and DC operations work.

A long-time mainstay in productive warehouse environments, WMS is more than proving its value in today’s resource constrained business environment.

Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, is expanding its final-mile services portfolio, announcing this week it has acquired Minneapolis-based GroundCloud, a cloud-based provider of final-mile carrier solutions and road safety compliance tools. The purchase price was $138 million, according to Descartes.

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Broken, stressed, strained, and out of sync. All have been featured in recent headlines describing the condition of logistics and supply chain operations.

Learn how aThingz helps organizations setup a robust data management strategy, driving improved data quality and using that enriched and standardized data to improve accuracy of Supply Chain business decisions.

The tactics best-in-class sourcing teams are using to win in volatile markets.

When people think about cameras in logistics parks, they think about pure-play security applications. But what if you could also use video to boost your efficiency, productivity, and even health and safety?

On track to hit $78.4 billion in revenues by 2026, the global enterprise resource planning market is increasingly making its way into the supply chain management sector, where companies are leveraging their ERPs to both manage the current uncertainty and plan for the future.

As logistics operations seek out new or replacement supply chain management solutions, an increasing number of them are putting Cloud solutions at the top of their shopping lists.