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The Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) market continues to grow, driven by e-commerce growth, increasing fulfillment complexity, faster delivery expectations, and the need for real-time operational visibility. Organizations are investing in WMS to improve inventory accuracy, throughput, and responsiveness to customer demand. Suppliers are driving WMS progress by implementing capabilities that allow customers to see their The post The Digital Backbone of the Warehouse: Trends Shaping the 2026 WMS Market appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

As AI, visibility, planning, risk, and orchestration platforms converge, Logistics Viewpoints is developing an analyst-defined Market Map to clarify where decision-making value is emerging — and supplier participation is now welcome. Supply chain technology markets are becoming harder to evaluate. Established software categories still matter, but they no longer explain where much of the new The post Help Shape the Supply Chain Decision Intelligence Market Map appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

ERP, WMS, TMS, OMS, and planning systems remain essential. But AI is introducing a new layer in supply chain technology: systems that evaluate conditions continuously, incorporate context, weigh tradeoffs, and support or initiate action. From Systems of Record to Systems of Decision Supply chain technology has evolved in layers. The first layer was built around The post From Systems of Record to Systems of Decision: How AI Is Changing Supply Chain Technology appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Global supply chains do not run only on ships, ports, warehouses, and trucks. They also run on data. Undersea cables are becoming part of the same infrastructure risk conversation as canals, straits, pipelines, power grids, cloud platforms, and payment networks. Undersea Cables Are Supply Chain Infrastructure For most of modern logistics history, the word “chokepoint” The post Why Undersea Internet Cables Matter to Global Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Ocean freight forwarding is an $80+ billion market bogged down by the manual processes related to booking management, documentation services, and the coordination labor that holds it all together. When working with a freight forwarder, you’re buying three things bundled together: Carrier relationships — access to capacity, negotiated rates, allocation commitments. Operational data — knowing The post The Freight Forwarder Moat Is Getting Shallower appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.