Network Design
68 posts tagged with “Network Design”
CN’s New Shipper Access Deal Makes Rail Optionality a Contract-Data Problem
CN's conditional access deal tied to the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger could preserve rail choice, but shippers need lane-level contract and operating data before assigning value to it.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 28, 2026 · 6 min read
PepsiCo's Tulsa Warehouse Shift Shows Production and Distribution No Longer Need the Same Address
PepsiCo's Tulsa warehouse move illustrates how separating production and distribution can improve network performance—and why the cutover must be controlled shipment by shipment.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Fujairah's New Container Terminals Put Strait of Hormuz Avoidance Into Network Design
DP World's planned Fujairah terminals create a major container gateway outside the Strait of Hormuz, but shippers still need to model inland cost, capacity, and execution risk.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Prologis Record Leasing Shows Warehouse Demand Is Becoming a Network Signal
Prologis record leasing activity shows warehouse demand is becoming an operational signal for freight network design, carrier access, labor planning, and inventory strategy.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Rail Merger Environmental Review Turns Network Strategy Into a Data Filing
Rail merger review is turning lane design, interchange risk, terminal exposure, and emissions assumptions into evidence shippers should organize before networks change.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 17, 2026 · 6 min read
The Gordie Howe Bridge Turns Border Crossing Time Into a Network Design Variable
The Gordie Howe International Bridge gives Detroit-Windsor freight teams a second crossing, new capacity, and a reason to treat border time as structured network data.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Warehouse Robotics Compress Pick Time, So the Constraint Moves to the Dock
Goods-to-person robotics can multiply pick throughput, but faster fulfillment pushes the next bottleneck toward docks, trailers, and carrier cutoffs.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Warehouse Closures Need an Exit Plan Before the Lease Ends
Warehouse closures create hidden logistics risk unless inventory transfers, labor ramp-down, carrier appointments, and customer promises are managed as one exit plan.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Warehouse Rents Are Inflecting Again. Network Design Needs a Real-Estate Trigger.
Warehouse rents are starting to inflect after a 2025 decline, forcing logistics teams to add real-estate signals to transportation network design.
CXTMS InsightsJune 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Harley-Davidson's Reshoring Move Shows Production Geography Is Now a Freight Planning Variable
Harley-Davidson's U.S. production shift shows why reshoring is a freight planning variable, not just a manufacturing headline.
CXTMS InsightsJune 23, 2026 · 7 min read