Insights
Industry insights, integration guides, and product updates from the CXTMS team.
Mondelēz Is Bringing More Work In-House. Distribution Center AI Is Becoming a Cost-Control Tool.
Mondelēz’s distribution center AI plans show how CPG supply chains are turning warehouse automation, inventory data, and TMS/WMS integration into cost-control infrastructure.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 20266 min read
Producer Prices Hit a Three-Year High. Transportation Budgets Need Faster Cost Sensing.
Producer prices jumped to a three-year high as transportation and warehousing costs rose 5% in April. Logistics budgets need faster cost sensing, not slower annual reviews.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 2026 · 7 min read
C.H. Robinson’s South Texas Fresh Produce Center Shows Border Logistics Is Getting More Specialized
C.H. Robinson’s new South Texas fresh produce center is a signal that border logistics, cold-chain control, and perishables visibility are becoming more specialized.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 2026 · 6 min read
SPG’s Packaging Innovation Center Shows Sustainable Packaging Is Becoming a Logistics Engineering Problem
SPG’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center highlights a larger shift: sustainable packaging is now a logistics engineering decision tied to cube, damage, automation, claims, and freight cost.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 2026 · 7 min read
UPS’s Cargo Jet Warning Shows Air Freight Risk Management Starts Before the Flight
The NTSB’s UPS MD-11F hearing shows why air freight risk management has to include maintenance advisories, carrier visibility, and contingency routing before cargo ever reaches the airport.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Baltimore’s $2.25B Bridge Settlement Turns Maritime Liability Into a Supply Chain Planning Problem
Maryland’s $2.25 billion Francis Scott Key Bridge settlement shows why maritime liability, port disruption, and alternate routing belong in shipper planning workflows.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Brunswick’s $100M RoRo Berth Shows Finished Vehicle Logistics Is Becoming a Port Capacity Race
The Port of Brunswick’s $100 million RoRo berth expansion shows why finished vehicle logistics now depends on berth windows, yards, rail, drayage, and port data discipline.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Drayage Best Practices Are Becoming a Customer Experience Issue at the Port Gate
Port drayage is no longer a back-office trucking task. Appointment reliability, chassis visibility, demurrage control, and faster proof of delivery now shape the customer experience.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 7 min read
The EU’s Van Regulation Reset Turns Last-Mile Procurement Into a Compliance Strategy
The EU’s July 2026 van regulation reset will force last-mile and express logistics teams to treat procurement, routing, and compliance as one operating strategy.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Fleet Leadership Turnover Is a Supply Chain Risk, Not Just an HR Problem
Fleet manager turnover disrupts maintenance, compliance, driver retention, dispatch discipline, and customer service. Treat leadership stability as a transportation risk metric.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read