Insights
Industry insights, integration guides, and product updates from the CXTMS team.
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, 20267 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
Japan Airlines’ Humanoid Ground-Handling Trial Points to the Next Air Cargo Labor Frontier
Japan Airlines’ humanoid robot ground-handling trial shows why air cargo labor, turnaround reliability, and robotics readiness are becoming linked operational priorities.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Seismic Warehouse Rules Are the Facility Risk Most Logistics Teams Still Discover Too Late
Seismic warehouse rules, slab analysis, and PE stamps can derail racking and automation projects unless logistics teams treat facility compliance as an early planning requirement.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Tariff-Adjusted Landed Cost Is Replacing Unit Price as the Sourcing Metric That Actually Matters
Tariff-adjusted landed cost gives procurement, logistics, and finance a shared way to model duties, refunds, transportation, inventory, and compliance risk before sourcing decisions lock in fragile assumptions.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read