Insights
Industry insights, integration guides, and product updates from the CXTMS team.
DoorDash's $17B Instacart Deal Needs an Order-Level Grocery Network Baseline
DoorDash and Instacart need an order-level baseline for service, picking, substitutions, delivery economics, and retailer safeguards before integrating their grocery networks.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 20265 min read
Kroger Wants Direct Sourcing Above 10%: Build the Import Control Layer First
Kroger's direct-sourcing push shows why retailers need supplier, customs, transportation, inventory, and financial controls before removing intermediaries.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 2026 · 6 min read
35,000 Containers Await Loading at LA–Long Beach: Manage Rail Dwell as a Recovery Queue
LA–Long Beach has 35,000 containers awaiting loading. A prioritized recovery queue can reduce rail dwell, protect inventory, and accelerate backlog burn-down.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Parcel Shippers Are Buying Air Freight: Qualify High-Value Cargo by Mission, Not Customer Type
Parcel-centric customers are moving AI and data-center equipment by air. Use mission-based rules to qualify high-value cargo, control custody, and protect schedules.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Cost Is Now a Supply Chain Design Input: Put Outcome Tradeoffs Into the Network Model
Learn how to model freight cost, service, resilience, emissions, inventory, and cash together so network design decisions reflect real business tradeoffs.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 2026 · 6 min read
The Supply Chain Skills Gap Is a Task-Verification Problem, Not a Resume Shortage
Supply chain hiring improves when employers verify real tasks instead of filtering resumes. Learn how scenario tests expose capability gaps and guide training.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Coty Cut Air Freight 48%: A Mode-Shift Control Plan for Ocean and Rail
Coty's 48% air-freight reduction shows how shippers can move suitable freight to ocean and rail while protecting inventory availability and customer service.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Direct Cross-Border LTL to Canada: How to Qualify a New Service Before Tendering Freight
A practical framework for qualifying direct Canada-U.S. LTL services across coverage, customs, tracking, claims, transit consistency, and pilot performance.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Falling Railcar Demand: How Shippers Can Read the Equipment-Capacity Cycle
Learn how rail shippers can combine railcar orders, deliveries, lease rates, storage, utilization, and network velocity to make better equipment decisions.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 29, 2026 · 5 min read
FMCSA Removes 10,000 Driver Training Providers: A Carrier Qualification Checklist for Shippers
FMCSA's removal of more than 10,000 driver training providers is a warning for shippers to strengthen carrier qualification, evidence capture, and requalification controls.
CXTMS InsightsOctober 29, 2026 · 6 min read