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Fleet safety has always been important, but the way leading fleets approach it is changing. Rather than simply responding to accidents after they occur or focusing on compliance, many are using data, technology, and AI to identify risk earlier, improve driver performance, and prevent incidents before they happen. What separates these fleets from the rest, ... Read more The post [Video] Predictive Safety: What Sets the Best Fleets Apart appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Final mile is not simply the last step in the delivery process — it’s also the final moment of truth, where the customer experience is either won or lost for many companies. But delivering on that promise is getting harder. Expectations for speed, visibility, flexibility, and reliability continue to rise, while operational complexity keeps growing. ... Read more The post [Video] Final Mile Excellence: What Separates The Best From The Rest appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. This introduced a new layer of uncertainty for global trade. As we all know, tariffs directly influence sourcing decisions, pricing, and broader supply chain strategy, so any shift in tariff authority or refund eligibility carries ... Read more The post [Video] Navigating The Post-IEEPA Regulatory Landscape appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

If you operate a delivery fleet, the question is always the same: how do you deliver orders on time, undamaged, and at the lowest possible cost — with the fewest vehicles, miles driven, and drivers? It’s a complex optimization problem with a lot of moving parts, which is why most leading fleet operators rely on ... Read more The post [Video] How AI Is Unlocking Hidden Capacity In Delivery Fleets appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Jackson Wood, Director of Industry Strategy, Global Trade Intelligence at Descartes, discusses the increase in tariff evasion and customs fraud enforcement, as well as the creation of the Trade Fraud Task Force. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Import Tariffs: A Top-Tier Enforcement Priority In The U.S. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

All through 2025, companies have been dealing with numerous challenges: cost pressures, regulatory changes, new tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty — and the outlook for 2026 is more of the same. The simple truth is that the ‘way things were’ isn’t coming back. In this episode, Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief of Relationship Development at TranzAct Technologies, ... Read more The post [Video] Leading Through The 5 Stages of Grief in Supply Chain Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Since 2017, Descartes has conducted an annual benchmark survey of global transportation professionals to identify the strategies, tactics, and expectations for the industry. In this episode, Mike Hane, Director, Product Marketing at Descartes shares some of the key findings and takeaways from this year’s report. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Insights From Descartes’ 2025 Transportation Management Survey appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

This Talking Logistics episode is part of a special series we’re calling “Powering the Breakthrough in Logistics.” Talking Logistics’ host Adrian Gonzalez is a big supporter of Breakthrough T1D (the leading charity focused on finding a cure for type 1 diabetes) and the word “breakthrough” got him thinking: What type of breakthroughs do we need ... Read more The post [Video] AI, Networks, And The Road To Supply Chain Breakthroughs appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Global trade management has always been a highly complex, risky, and strategic business process, despite it being underappreciated at many companies historically. However, if there is one good thing about the tariff wars we’re in at the moment is that global trade management is now in the spotlight, including the role and importance of Global ... Read more The post [Video] AI Innovations In Global Trade Intelligence Technology appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

For years, outsourcing was the default strategy for transportation management. But the tide is turning. In this episode, we explore why more companies are taking control of their transportation operations by bringing them back in-house. What’s driving this shift? How are technology, talent, and AI enabling smarter, faster, and more resilient logistics? And what should ... Read more The post [Video] Why Shippers Are Insourcing Transportation Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Pando and JBF Consulting published a research report titled, “The State of AI in Logistics 2025” with data and insights gathered from in-depth interviews with senior supply chain and logistics executives across several industries. In this Talking Logistics episode, Abi Manohar, CTO and Co-Founder of Pando.ai, and Mike Mulqueen, Executive Principal for Strategy & Innovation ... Read more The post [Video] What is the State of AI in Logistics? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

2025 has been a roller coaster ride for supply chain and global trade executives. It’s not just that new tariffs have been implemented on U.S. imports from virtually every country in the world, it’s that these tariffs keep changing, sometimes within just a few days. All of this back-and-forth change is adding risk and complexity ... Read more The post [Video] Five Practical & Effective Ways To Mitigate Tariff Impacts appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

When it comes to working with suppliers, customers, and logistics service providers, most companies still take a “What’s In It for Me?” approach to business relationships instead of a “What’s In It for We?” approach. The problem is with the mindset and approach each side has traditionally taken, according to Kate Vitasek, faculty member at ... Read more The post Rethinking Business Relationships in Supply Chain Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

We’re still in the first quarter of 2025, but we already have a strong contender for Word of the Year: tariffs. Since inauguration day, tariffs have dominated the headlines, with so many back-and-forth changes happening almost on a daily basis, it’s been difficult for supply chain and global trade professionals to keep up. One of ... Read more The post [Video] The Logistics of the De Minimis Entry appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Here we are at the beginning of 2025. What developments and trends will shape the year ahead? Well, if we learned anything from 2020 is that predicting in January what will happen in the weeks and months ahead is a fool’s errand. All we can say for sure is that 2025 will be unpredictable, risky, ... Read more The post [Video] Crisis, Chaos, And The Road Ahead: The New Era Of Supply Chains appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.