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2026 Rate Outlook: Early signs of a new freight reality?
Uncertainty still dominates the transportation landscape, but shifts in capacity, trade policy, energy markets, and global demand suggest a year of transition. Our panel reveals where rates may finally stabilize—and where volatility is far from over. In this annual webcast, supply chain group editorial director Michael Levans and contributing editor Brooks Bentz have assembled our annual panel of logistics and freight transportation analysts to share their insights on rate patterns in all the major transport modes in an effort...

The Warehouse Efficiency Playbook
Warehouse leaders are under pressure to move faster, scale smarter, and keep teams engaged, all while dealing with labor shortages and rising customer expectations.

Drive Agility and Resilience Across Your Supply Chain
Today’s supply chains face nonstop disruption—from global tensions to climate events and labor shortages. Avoiding volatility isn’t an option, but building adaptability is.

November Edge Report: What’s shaping freight now
Stay informed and ready for what’s next with the November Edge Report from C.H. Robinson.

Worried About Supplier Risk? This Template Helps You Stay Ahead
We all know how stressful it gets when a supplier issue catches you off guard - late delivery, a missed order, or a sudden quality problem. To help you, C3 Solutions created this Free Supplier Risk Assessment Template.

Close the warehouse labor gap with overlooked talent pools
The warehouse workforce has more than doubled between 2015 and 2025. However, the labor gap is still growing, with the U.S. deficit projected to expand by an additional 6 million workers by 2032.

The Hidden 23% Driving Up Your Labor Spend
Missed labor forecasts don’t just lead to overtime. They increase per-unit costs, reduce throughput, and quickly burn through your labor budget.

Turning Border Challenges into Advantages
When a major automotive manufacturer faced delays and high costs managing freight from more than 30 vendors in Mexico, Averitt delivered a streamlined cross-border solution.

Examining AI’s role in modernizing the freight procurement process
Are manual processes in freight procurement costing you time and money? It's time to bridge the gap and embrace a modern, AI-powered approach.

Real Answers for Automation at the Loading Dock
Most warehouses are comparing the best ways to incorporate automation into their operation to reduce costs and overcome the labor shortage. Truck unloading is considered the “holy grail” of warehouse automation because it’s hard, repetitive work – turnover rates are high, and it doesn’t require a lot of training, just a lot of backbreaking labor.

2026 Freight Market Outlook: Key trends & insights
Four considerations for your supply chain strategy

Intelligent TMS: Evolving transportation management with AI and modular technology
Learn how transportation and supply chain leaders apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and modular supply chain management technology to alleviate operational complexity, minimize disruption and reduce costs.

Agentic AI for Inventory Availability and Health: Lessons from Retail and Logistics Leaders
Retailers and 3PLs face growing pressure to deliver exceptional customer experiences across omnichannel environments. Stockouts, excess inventory, and operational inefficiencies stem from fragmented data and manual processes. These challenges are magnified in a world where success depends on synchronizing hundreds of small levers at once. Join Michael Relich (former COO, Crate & Barrel) and Jeff Kellan (GXO Logistics) as they share their experiences and explore how Agentic AI can help ensure the right product reaches the right place, at the right...

How Warehouse Leaders Turn Uncertainty into Advantage
Volatility is no longer the exception — it's the norm. Between shifting order volumes, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions, warehouse leaders are under pressure like never before. But here's the twist: smart, data-driven teams are turning disruption into advantage.

How KICKER Cuts Distribution Miles by Up to 75%
When growth pushed its supply chain to the limit, high-performance audio brand KICKER partnered with Averitt to re-engineer its distribution strategy.

Route to successful last-mile fleet operation
Looking for the secret to balance customer demands with fleet profitability? Today's customers expect tighter schedules and real-time tracking, making it difficult to maintain a profitable last-mile distribution business.

The AI-Ready Warehouse Playbook
In warehouse operations, AI holds a lot of potential—but only if it’s built on a strong data foundation. Too often, leaders feel pressure to “adopt AI” without a clear path to measurable results. This playbook shows you how to cut through the hype and apply AI where it actually drives operational performance.

Agility at Work: How Warehouse Leaders Turn Uncertainty Into Advantage
Volatility has become the defining feature of warehouse and distribution operations. Labor shortages, fluctuating order volumes, supply chain delays, and rising costs have made agility essential. Agility at Work: How Warehouse Leaders Turn Uncertainty Into Advantage benchmarks how more than 120 senior supply chain executives are responding to this reality with data-driven agility. In this webinar, Dan Keto, President and CTO of Easy Metrics, dives into how leaders balance agility with accountability, manage labor costs under pressure, and sustain consistent performance...

Unlock Yard Efficiency: Calming the Chaos, Boosting Throughput
Manual yard processes create costly blind spots, but modern tools are helping companies bridge the gap and bring order to the chaos.

Reduce forklift operator risk in different environments
From extreme temperatures, odors and fumes to repetitive movements, heavy vibration and loud noise, the toughest industries on earth demand a lot of workers. With few skilled forklift operators available, even the best-run operations struggle to hire and hold on to operators in such challenging environments.


December 2025 Logistics Management

December 1, 2025 · Persistent volatility, policy whiplash, and uneven demand left logistics managers feeling trapped in a loop - where every solution seemed temporary, and every forecast came with an asterisk. From tariffs and trucking to rail and ocean freight, the year's defining force was disruption itself

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The Warehouse Efficiency Playbook
Warehouse leaders are under pressure to move faster, scale smarter, and keep teams engaged, all while dealing with labor shortages and rising customer expectations.
Drive Agility and Resilience Across Your Supply Chain
November Edge Report: What’s shaping freight now
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Latest Resources

The Warehouse Efficiency Playbook
The Warehouse Efficiency Playbook
Warehouse leaders are under pressure to move faster, scale smarter, and keep teams engaged, all while dealing with labor shortages and rising...
Drive Agility and Resilience Across Your Supply Chain
Drive Agility and Resilience Across Your Supply Chain
Today’s supply chains face nonstop disruption—from global tensions to climate events and labor shortages. Avoiding volatility isn’t an option,...

November Edge Report: What’s shaping freight now
November Edge Report: What’s shaping freight now
Stay informed and ready for what’s next with the November Edge Report from C.H. Robinson.
Worried About Supplier Risk? This Template Helps You Stay Ahead
Worried About Supplier Risk? This Template Helps You Stay Ahead
We all know how stressful it gets when a supplier issue catches you off guard - late delivery, a missed order, or...
Close the warehouse labor gap with overlooked talent pools
Close the warehouse labor gap with overlooked talent pools
The warehouse workforce has more than doubled between 2015 and 2025. However, the labor gap is still growing, with the U.S. deficit projected...