Supply Chain & Logistics News, Trends, and Insights

If you’ve been following trade headlines lately, you’ve seen the pattern: stability one week, uncertainty the next.

Every year, Averitt surveys supply chain and logistics professionals across North America to uncover key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping our industry. Now in its 11th year, the State of the North American Supply Chain Survey provides valuable insights that help businesses plan for the year ahead—and we want to hear from you.

Averitt developed a secure, full-service logistics solution for a global spirits manufacturer to safely transport high-value tequila shipments from Zapopan, Jalisco, in Guadalajara, Mexico, into Texas and Kentucky.

Shippers today face mounting pressure: delivering on time, keeping costs under control, and adapting to market swings — all while navigating labor shortages and equipment constraints. For many, the answer isn’t doing more in-house. It’s choosing a smarter model: dedicated logistics.

Managing your own private fleet isn’t easy. Rising insurance costs, ongoing driver shortages, compliance requirements, and fluctuating demand can strain even the most experienced logistics teams. That’s why many shippers are turning to dedicated contract carriage (DCC) — sometimes called dedicated fleet services — as a smarter way to move freight.

In logistics, it’s easy to jump straight into rates, modes, and transit times. But the best solutions aren’t found in a quick, transactional quote for one shipment—they come from looking deeper. That’s the heart of what we call freight therapy.

In the world of high-performance audio equipment, speed, reliability, and efficiency are just as important as sound quality. KICKER, a leader in car and marine audio, found that recent growth had introduced supply chain inefficiencies that weren’t apparent at a smaller scale.

Inbound container volumes are climbing again, with ocean ports across the U.S. reporting the beginning of tariff-driven surges that are rivaling post-COVID levels. This uptick appears to be tied to importers pulling forward inventory in response to the temporary pause on new tariffs for Chinese goods that was implemented in May.

In today’s volatile logistics landscape, supply chain disruption isn’t the exception—it’s the norm. Between trade wars, labor shortages, shifting customer expectations, and international uncertainty, logistics leaders are under constant pressure to deliver more with less.