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TEMP CHECK: TARIFFS In a recent LinkedIn poll conducted by Inbound Logistics , nearly 90% of respondents express concern about the impact of tariffs on supply chain costs and long- term business success. While 42% call tariffs a “major challenge,” the largest group—47%—say the issue is “manageable.” Only 12% report no impact at all, signaling that tariffs remain a key pressure point for most logistics and supply chain professionals. How concerned are you about the impact of tariffs on your supply chain costs and long-term business success?
Does it seem like you’re working longer hours than most people you know? You may be right. The logistics sector has earned the dubious distinction of having the longest workday at 9 hours and 10 minutes—26 minutes longer than the cross- industry average, according to ActivTrak Productivity Lab, which based its findings on three years of workplace data spanning 23 industries, including 774 companies and 218,900 employees. In addition, the research shows logistics leads all industries with 20% of workers overutilized and 15% at risk of burnout. ActivTrak defines “overutilization” as an employee who exceeds their daily productive hours goal by more than 30%, based on thresholds set by their employer. Burnout risk applies to employees who spend more than 75% of their time overutilized annually. The news isn’t all bad, however. It turns out logistics workers are also highly productive and collaborative. Additional findings include: • Logistics workers log the most daily productive time at 7 hrs, 3 minutes—46 minutes longer than the overall average. • Logistics workers rank second in daily collaboration time at 56 minutes—18 minutes longer than the overall average. • 72% of logistics workers adopted AI tools in 2024, the most across industries studied. • Logistics employees have the highest daily AI usage, nearly three minutes longer than the overall average. WORKING 9:00 TO 6:10
47%
42%
12%
Not concerned: No impact on us
Very: It’s a major challenge
Concerned, but it’s manageable
MANUFACTURERS TOP CYBER ATTACK HIT LIST
The manufacturing sector has become the foremost target for cyber adversaries, surpassing more than 20 other industries in alerts generated, confirmed threats detected, and incident response engagements, according to Arctic Wolf’s 2025 Threat Report .
The report also shows a rise in ransomware attacks and indicates that 96% of ransomware attacks involve data theft, indicating that double extortion, where attackers steal and threaten to leak data before encrypting systems, is now the norm.
16 Inbound Logistics • May 2025
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