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Getting Off to a Fast Start Against Your 2026 Goals
Most companies don’t miss their annual goals because of bad strategy. They miss because momentum is lost early—and once it’s gone, it’s hard to recover. By the end of Q1, the gap is usually set. Right now, many leaders are still waiting for clear signs that demand is returning beyond normal seasonality. As a result,…
Hope is Not A Supply Chain Strategy
We live in interesting times. Soft economic indicators, slowing demand, dropping consumer confidence, and ever-changing tariffs have caused many companies to slow—or even pause their key decision-making processes. Choosing the “status quo” in times like these is essentially saying, “hope is my strategy.” But in moments of uncertainty or crisis, businesses must get comfortable being…
Is Your Freight Budget Built to Hold in 2026?
As 2025 comes to a close, many organizations are asking the wrong question about transportation spend. It’s not, “Can we get better rates next year?” It’s, “Is our freight budget structurally built to perform—or are inefficiencies from prior years already baked into it?” For many CFOs, COOs, and supply-chain leaders, year-end reviews revealed a familiar…
Sustainability That Pays: Why Leading Supply Chains Are Turning Carbon Reduction Into Cost Reduction
For years, sustainability lived on the edges of logistics—seen as a long-term initiative, a compliance checkbox, or something that mattered “eventually.” That era is over. Today, sustainability has become one of the strongest competitive advantages in the transportation and supply chain industry. Companies that embrace it aren’t just lowering emissions—they’re lowering operating costs, improving performance,…
Why Sustainable Logistics Is Becoming a True Competitive Edge
Sustainability Is Now a Business Issue, Not Just an ESG Issue Across industries, sustainability has become a core strategy lever—not a side initiative. Research from the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics – State of Supply Chain Sustainability shows growing investor pressure and continued commitment to supply chain sustainability as companies see it as essential to long-term…
The RedStone Resource – September 2025
Economic Briefing Reciprocal Tariff Supreme Court Review by Benesch Law Firm The US Supreme Court announced that it will review the President’s authority to implement tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) on an expedited basis. The Court of International Trade (CIT) determined the President exceeded his authority under IEEPA when implementing the…
The RedStone Resource – August 2025
Economic Briefing Q3 GDP Starts Out Sluggish US economic growth in the second quarter exceeded expectations on the surface. Growth for the quarter came in at 3.0%, well ahead of initial expectations for growth of just under 1%. Consumer spending, corporate investment in commercial equipment and structures, and government spending highlighted areas of growth. But…
Redstone Logistics™ Named Top 100 3PL Provider for 5th Consecutive Year
RedStone has appeared on this prestigious industry list for five consecutive years. OLATHE, Kan., July 30, 2025 – RedStone Logistics (redstonelogistics.com) recently announced that it has been recognized as a 2025 Top 100 3PL Provider by Inbound Logistics, a leading industry publication, for the 5th year in a row. The editorial team of Inbound Logistics…
RedStone Logistics: Great People, Innovative Technologies, and Client-Driven Solutions
The 3PL space is a crowded and complex field where companies leverage whatever they can to stay competitive. Where some 3PLs focus on technology, others concentrate on service. But what can a company accomplish when they proffer a solution that considers the people providing the service as they work with the most innovative technologies to…
The RedStone Resource – July 2025
Economic Briefing Second Half 2025 Outlook The latest estimate of Q2 GDP growth shows that the economy may be growing at a 2.9% rate. This is much faster than expected and could set the stage for the second half of the year. Blue Chip economist estimates at the beginning of the second quarter called for…
The RedStone Resource – June 2025
Economic Briefing Tariff Update At the time of writing a Federal Court had ruled that the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 were illegal and ordered the immediate reversal of those orders. The ruling was being appealed and will likely end up at the Supreme…
The RedStone Resource – May 2025
Economic Briefing Tariff Update At the time of writing, the first trade deal was yet to be announced. Rumors suggested that any number of countries might be close to announcing a tentative agreement (an agreement in principle or signed letter of agreement) and those could include India, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, and others. Dozens of…