Logistics

The facility in Wellford is the third of five high-tech, perishable good DCs or "PDCs" Walmart is launching for the U.S. market, tapping technology from Witron.

San Francisco-based Augment, an AI productivity platform for logistics, announced today it has brought its total capital raised to more than $110 million, with an $85 million Series A funding round, which was led by private equity firm Redpoint Ventures, in addition to participation from 8VC, as well as other logistics and AI investors. Augment said this capital raise comes five months after the company came out of stealth mode.

The deal promises faster returns, lower costs, better customer experiences, and improved sustainability.

A report issued this week by Dallas-based industrial real estate firm CBRE found that third-party logistics (3PL) services providers saw gains in the number of the largest industrial leases signed over the first half of 2025, with the firm citing large occupiers outsourcing more of their warehousing and supply chain operations as a key driver the growth.

With keynote presentations, industry awards, and breakout sessions on robotics, AI integration, and supply chain resilience, the event offers actionable insights from leaders at Uber Freight, Dole, Walmart, FedEx Supply Chain, and more.

Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, announced it has acquired Los Altos, California-based Finale Inventory, a cloud-based inventory management services provider, with a focus on supporting e-commerce businesses across their lifecycle.

Executives will detail how Dole has transformed its supply chain into an engine for growth.

Following the late May announcement, in which Sydney, Australia-based WiseTech Global, a provider of logistics software, including CargoWise, its logistics execution platform, announced it would acquire e2open Parent Holdings Inc., parent company of Austin, Texas-based e2open, a network-based provider of cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform services, WiseTech said the deal is now official.

Following an executive order issued in May, which ended the de minimis exemption—allowing shipments under $800 sent from China and Hong Kong to the U.S. to not be subject to tariffs, the White House this week issued a new executive order suspended the de minimis exemption for various imported goods.

Quarterly consolidated revenue, at $21.2 billion, fell 2.7% annually, and basic earnings per share, at $1.55 (short of Wall Street estimates of $1.57), fell $0.24, or 13.4%, annually. Total operating profit, at $1.8 billion, decreased 6.3% annually. 

AI has been a hot topic in logistics, but many companies are now facing the reality behind the hype. From data challenges to fragmented systems, progress has been slower than expected. We spoke with Sean Tinney, SVP and GM of Enterprise Computing Solutions at Unisys, about how logistics teams are rethinking AI and where it's starting to show real impact.

While the outcome of the federal budget reconciliation bill, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB),” was largely expected to be passed along party lines, as was the case last month, what is less definitive about the bill is its potential impact on freight transportation and logistics operations.

In its “Q2 U.S. Industrial Market Report,” the firm observed that second quarter net national absorption, at 29.9 million square-feet (MSF), was in line with the first quarter’s 30.3 MSF tally, adding that the second quarter output came in ahead of expectations, and also that demand was paced by “newly built logistics product,” which the firm defines as warehouses built since 20023.

LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Tim Hotze, Senior Vice President Operations Planning, Network Steering and Optimization, for Target, at the SMC3 Connections conference in Salt Lake City last month. Hotze provided a detailed overview of key facets of Target's supply chain and logistics operations, including: sourcing, tariffs, AI, and Peak Season, among other topics.

ASCM’s 2025 Salary Report highlights rising compensation, strong job satisfaction, and growing demand for digitally savvy talent in the supply chain workforce.