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Rewiring Logistics for the AI Era

· Source: logisticsbusiness.com

In short

At Trimble's Insight event in Brussels (formerly the Transporeon Summit), industry leaders discussed how AI is reshaping freight transport amid driver shortages, decarbonisation pressures and market volatility. Transporeon's Philipp Pfister highlighted Trimble Arc, a vertical agentic AI solution that supports operational tasks like autonomous quotation and procurement while keeping humans in the loop. The summit's pragmatic message: value comes from connecting systems, redesigning workflows and delivering measurable operational benefits rather than pursuing 'AI for AI's sake'.

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Tags: logistics, freight, agentic ai, automation, procurement, decarbonisation

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