Insights
Industry insights, integration guides, and product updates from the CXTMS team.
Amazon Standard Ocean Express: How to Qualify the Direct Port-to-Rail Service
Amazon Standard Ocean Express links Los Angeles imports to East Coast fulfillment centers by rail. Here is how shippers should qualify the service before shifting volume.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 20266 min read
Diesel Above $6.28: How to Audit Fuel Surcharges Before They Distort Lane Margins
Diesel above $6.28 can expose weak fuel-surcharge controls. Learn how to reconcile indexes, base prices, mileage, and lane-level margin exceptions.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
FedEx's 2027 5.9% Rate Hike: Calculate the Effective Parcel Increase Now
A shipment-level method for calculating the real impact of FedEx's 2027 rate increase across zones, services, surcharges, and customer margins.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Maersk Orders 26 Container Ships: What the 18,600-TEU Pipeline Means for Bids
Maersk's 26-ship order adds a large future capacity signal, not immediate space. Build base, oversupply, and disruption scenarios into multi-year ocean bids.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Ocean Spray's New Supply Chain Chief: The First 90-Day Operating Baseline
A practical 30/60/90-day operating baseline for a new food supply chain chief, covering forecast bias, plant attainment, inventory age, dwell, and fill rate.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Old Dominion’s 4.9% LTL Rate Increase: Reprice Shipments, Not Averages
Old Dominion’s 4.9% general rate increase will not affect every LTL shipment equally. Replay actual freight to expose lane, class, minimum, and accessorial impacts.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Plastics Tariffs Are Creating a Resin-to-Packaging Landed-Cost Blind Spot
Learn how to trace plastics tariffs from resin through converted packaging and validate supplier price increases with a part-level landed-cost model.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Wegmans' $110M Supply Chain Investment: A Practical 3PL Insourcing Scorecard
Use Wegmans' $110 million supply chain investment as a practical model for comparing 3PL outsourcing with in-house logistics operations.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Alabama’s $100M Inland Port: Qualify the Mobile–Montgomery Rail Shuttle Before Committing Volume
Alabama’s Montgomery inland port could reshape container routings, but shippers should test density, dwell, chassis, cutoffs, and recovery before committing volume.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Coca-Cola’s $10B U.S. Manufacturing Plan Needs a Bottling-Network Logistics Scorecard
Coca-Cola’s $10 billion U.S. manufacturing plan will reshape bottling logistics. A readiness scorecard can keep capacity, warehouses, fleets, and launches aligned.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 23, 2026 · 6 min read