Let's Talk Supply Chain

Your next AI vendor will promise the software can act for your team. Who approves that action? DHL's latest Trend Radar puts agentic AI next to workforce trends. Logistics tech M&A is up 73.7% year over year, per Capstone. The pitches are coming faster than the proof. On Thoughts & Coffee, Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Courtney Muller and Mark Baxa get specific about human oversight, team readiness and the evidence to demand before you invest. Register and bring the question you're stuck on. We'll take it live on Tuesday, Oct 27 at 10 AM ET.

66 logistics tech deals this year, per Capstone. Up 73.7%. Every one of them has an AI story. So what should you ask before you believe it? Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Courtney Muller and Mark Baxa dig into DHL's AI outlook on Thoughts & Coffee, and into the three questions that matter more than any demo. You only get the answers to your own vendor questions if you're in the room. Register and join live on Tuesday, Oct 27 at 10 AM ET.

Your container left the port. So why are your destination costs still climbing? Plans change after the vessel departs. Inland routing gets decided on the fly. Drayage refuses to show up as business as usual. Reade Kidd, CEO of EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics, walks Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce through how importers keep freight moving at destination, and where people still need to take the wheel. Watch the TPM Today episode.

Most importers treat the port as the finish line. It is the starting gun. Once a container lands, the expensive decisions begin: inland routing, drayage, and costs that move every time the plan does. Software alone will not absorb that volatility. Reade Kidd, CEO of EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics, tells Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce why most shippers need a blend of technology and hands-on services at destination. Watch the TPM Today episode.

The ship has sailed. Your options haven't. Shifting costs. Inland routing calls made after departure. Drayage that refuses to behave like business as usual. On TPM Today, Reade Kidd, CEO of EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics, joins Eric Johnson of the Journal of Commerce to unpack how importers keep destination costs under control when plans keep changing, and where technology helps versus where people need to take the wheel. Watch the full episode and bring a better game plan to your next container.

Agentic AI is not a software decision. It is an accountability decision. DHL's Trend Radar 8.0 puts agentic AI alongside workforce trends for a reason. Before a tool acts on your team's behalf, someone has to decide who approves the action, when an exception reaches a person, and what proves the change worked. Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Courtney Muller and Mark Baxa separate DHL's outlook from proven deployments on Thoughts & Coffee. Join live on Tuesday, Oct 27 at 10 AM ET and put your toughest evaluation question to them.