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Hunt jbhunt.com Lowell AR United States JD Logistics Inc (US) jdlogistics.com Fontana CA United States Kenco kencogroup.com Chattanooga TN United States KLN (formerly Kerry Logistics) kln.com Hong Kong HK/PRC Landstar landstar.com Jacksonville FL United States Lineage lineage.com Novi MI United States Logisteed (Formerly Hitachi Transport System) logisteed.com Tokyo Japan NFI Logistics nfiindustries.com Camden NJ United States Nippon Express United States nipponexpress.com Wood Dale IL United States Penske Logistics penskelogistics Reading PA United States Priority-1 priority-1.com Little Rock AR United States RXO expedite.rxo.com Oxford MA United States Ryder Supply Chain Solutions ryder.com Coral Gables FL United States Saltbox saltbox.com Atlanta GA United States Schneider schneider.com Green Bay WI United States Scotlyn (United States) scotlyn.com Fort Myers FL United States SEKO Logistics sekologistics.com Schaumburg IL United States ShipBob shipbob.com Chicago IL United States The Fullfillment Lab thefullfillmentlab.com Pasco FL United States Toll Group (Americas) tollgroup.com Long Beach CA United States Total Quality Logistics tql.com Cincinnati OH United States TRAFFIX traffix.com Milton ON Canada Uber Freight uber.com San Francisco CA United States Universal Logistics universallogistics.com Warren MI United States UPS Supply Chain Solutions ups.com Alparetta GA United States Werner Logistics werner.com Omaha NB United States WWEX Group wwex.com Dallas TX United States XPO Inc xpo.com Greenwich CT United States Yusen Logistics (Americas) yusen-logistics.com Secaucus NJ United States 3rd Party Logistics Companies Top 50 2026 3PLs embrace AI across the supply chain 3PLs are developing AI solutions that stretch across each link in the supply chain. (EMBRACE – continued on page 26) By Pete Goldin, AJOT While volatility continues to impede the supply chain – from tariffs to geopolitical conflicts – third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are embed- ding AI in operations to combat the uncertainty. “As we have witnessed over the past several years, volatility in global markets is becoming the norm rather than the exception,” Dusty Gray, VP of Distribution Solutions Engineering at NFI explains. “Disruptions — whether driven by geopolit- ical shifts, tariff changes, or demand swings — require a level of agility that tra- ditional planning methods simply cannot deliver.” Alternatively, Gray says AI is enabling NFI to get ahead of that volatility through the use of digital twins, dynamic net- work modeling, and real-time scenario planning. The most advanced forms of AI can touch virtually every aspect of the supply chain, adds Mark Albrecht, VP for Artificial Intelligence at C.H. Robinson. “Our AI reasons, makes decisions and executes on millions of shipping tasks with the help of a fleet of AI agents built in house. It encompasses the lifecycle of a shipment from pricing, planning, orders and appointments to capacity, routing and freight tracking to documents and invoicing. Many of these tasks couldn’t even be automated at scale before the advent of genera- tive and agentic AI. Now our customers can leverage an Agentic Supply Chain that continuously thinks, learns, adapts and acts.” From Back-Office to Warehouse to Fleet AI is particularly useful for 3PLs — like C.H. Rob- inson and NFI — from the back-office to the warehouse to the fleet. Albrecht poses C.H. Robinson’s AI agent for quoting as a good example of AI’s impact on the com- pany’s operations. “We get over 10,000 emailed requests for price quotes a day. With our AI agent handling those, it contributes to our revenue growth because we can now respond to 100% of quote requests instead of only 60-65%. It contributes to our margin expansion because pricing is more precise, informed by thousands of data points. We’re delivering better service to our customers because they receive a price quote in 32 seconds instead of that email sitting in some- one’s inbox until they can get to it. In turn, automating this manual work frees our people to do more strategic prob- lem-solving for our custom- ers, and that adds up to a 50% increase in our productivity since the end of 2022.” Albrecht says C.H. Rob- inson combines AI with their Lean operating model. “Lean AI is embedded in everything we do. It’s how we run our business, not just sprinkled on top of our tech or our processes.” Meanwhile, in the ware- house, Gray from NFI says one of the most significant shifts they are seeing within distribution is the move The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and Mecalux have developed an artificial intelligence-based simulator capable of optimizing inventory distribution across different warehouses within the same logistics network. TOP 50 3PLS 2026 TOP 50 3PLS 2026
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