Insights
Industry insights, integration guides, and product updates from the CXTMS team.
Emerging Trends in Logistics Technology: A 2026 Retrospective
2026 marked the year logistics technology moved from pilot programs to operating infrastructure. This retrospective covers the AI, automation, visibility, compliance, and resilience trends that reshaped freight, warehousing, and supply chain execution.
CXTMS InsightsDecember 31, 2026713 min read
MIT’s AI Supply Chain Course Reveals the Missing Layer: Decision Skills
AI supply chain value depends on people who can test recommendations, manage overrides, and connect every automated decision to an operational outcome.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Autonomous Yard Trucks as a Service: What the ISEE–Holman Model Changes for Buyers
The ISEE–Holman partnership gives logistics buyers a new way to procure autonomous yard capacity while shifting financing, maintenance, and residual-value risk.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
C.H. Robinson’s $5.8B RXO Deal: Build a Brokerage Integration Control Tower Before Day One
The proposed C.H. Robinson–RXO combination makes a shipper-side brokerage integration control tower essential for protecting service, cost, and carrier choice.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Evri’s U.S. Entry Turns Cross-Border Parcel Handoffs Into a Data-Control Test
Evri’s acquisition of Cross Border Connect gives e-commerce shippers a timely test case for controlling customs, tracking, and proof-of-delivery data across parcel handoffs.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
KILLSTAR’s 946,000-Unit Consolidation Needs One Customs-to-Returns Control Record
KILLSTAR’s logistics consolidation shows why fashion brands need a single control record spanning customs status, channel allocation, fulfillment, and returns.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
LTL Carrier Volumes Are Diverging—Stop Managing the Mode With One Market Average
Diverging LTL carrier volumes show why shippers need lane- and terminal-level scorecards, carrier-specific awards, and executable backup rules.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Military Truck Scale Is a Supplier-Capacity Problem, Not Just a Production Target
Military truck programs need supplier-capacity evidence, configuration control, and transport milestones—not just ambitious final-assembly targets.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
When Oil Supply Exists but Logistics Fail: Build a Barrel-to-Berth Constraint Map
Learn how a barrel-to-berth constraint map turns pipeline, storage, terminal, tanker, insurance, sanctions, and strait risks into operational decisions.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 6 min read
September Class 8 Orders Sent Mixed Signals—Fleet Plans Need Scenario Gates
September Class 8 truck orders sent conflicting signals. Learn how fleets can separate replacement demand from capacity growth and set disciplined purchase gates.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 6, 2026 · 5 min read