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May 18, 2026 // Zdravka Ley

Trailer Yard in Plant Logistics: Benefits, Requirements, and Intelligent Control

Why a trailer yard only reaches its full potential with intelligent control and becomes a critical building block of industrial site logistics.

May 13, 2026 // Dawson Myers

Yard Management and Visibility: sociological insights to Historical Neglect in Logistics

This article highlights why digitalization rushed into the warehouse decades ago but only now reaches the yard outside. Technologies follow attention and values: what’s seen as “core” work gets digitized first; what’s considered peripheral stays manual. By understanding these social dynamics, we can see yard modernization not just as a tech upgrade – but as the industry finally catching up with itself.

Apr 30, 2026 // Benjamin Vogt

Inventory Management with Excel: Why Spreadsheets Have Their Limits

In this blog, you’ll learn why Excel has its limitations when it comes to inventory management and what solutions companies are using today to manage their inventory efficiently.

Apr 23, 2026 // Dawson Myers

Reduce Delays and Improve Dock Utilization

While complexity is growing and volume is rising, many small and mid-sized 3PL warehouses still manage operations manually. What are 5 common challenges persisting in 3PL operations and why is a traditional YMS not always the right answer to every call? Find out below.

Apr 22, 2026 // Tyrone Castelanelli

From Siloed Monitoring to Network Intelligence: Why Fraud Prevention Needs a Wider View

Fraud no longer stays within one institution. Discover why network intelligence is key to real-time fraud prevention in Europe's instant payments ecosystem.

Apr 14, 2026 // Dawson Myers

Reduce Costs and Improve Turnaround Time with Smarter Dock Scheduling

Manual coordination across tools like Excel, emails, and calendars creates small inefficiencies that add up every day. Learn how these hidden gaps impact turnaround times – and what it takes to improve throughput, reduce costs, and keep operations running smoothly.

Mar 26, 2026 // Stefan Auerbach

How AI-Based Forecasts Boost Decision-Making Confidence and When They Are Most Effective

In this blog, you'll learn how AI-based forecasts strengthen decision confidence and when they are particularly effective.

Mar 24, 2026 // Hannah Kuck

What is Explainable AI?

Explainable AI (XAI): an approach aimed at making decisions made by AI systems understandable to humans.

Mar 23, 2026 // Dr. Wolfgang Vermöhlen

What’s next for aviation planning? Insights from our Product Exchange

Our latest Product Exchange explored current challenges, practical solutions, and how staff and equipment planning continues to evolve in daily operations.

Mar 13, 2026 // Benjamin Vogt

Firefighting mode in inventory management

In this blog, you will learn why everything seems urgent in inventory management and what creates structure in everyday life.

Mar 3, 2026 // Jan Uphues

INFORM AI Aviation Summit: It's still about the People!

The summit brought together AI experts to develop a concrete picture of how Process AI can improve decision-making in aviation operations.

Jan 30, 2026 // Nico Raúl Meyer

Correlation vs. causality: When numbers are misleading

Why correlation does not equal causation: How companies can truly understand data—and avoid making wrong decisions based on false patterns.

Jan 27, 2026 // Jan Uphues

Exchange Future Ideas at the INFORM AI Aviation Summit

Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for takeoff into the future of aviation – on February 24, 2026. Join the INFORM AI Aviation Summit.

Jan 20, 2026 // Simeon Langel

How EU rules and local authorities are squeezing single use

The EU defines the framework through the PPWR. Cities and municipalities apply pressure through pricing. While Brussels sets targets and deadlines, local authorities make single-use packaging visibly more expensive in everyday business. The article explains this dual political pressure and how it is reshaping the packaging landscape.

Jan 5, 2026 // Michael Dannhauer

How INFORM combines optimization and AI to create a new form of decision-making intelligence

Interview with expert Patrick Lehnen: How can AI truly understand processes?

Dec 17, 2025 // Michael Dannhauer

Process Mining: How Companies Can Truly Understand Their Processes

Interview with expert Miriam Wagner: How companies make processes visible and turn transparency into better decisions.

Dec 15, 2025 // Christoph Wiericks

Intelligent inventory optimization: How modern software radically simplifies scheduling and stabilizes processes

In this blog, you will learn everything you need to know about modern software for facilitating scheduling and stabilizing processes.

Dec 10, 2025 // Sina Schäfer

Five Trends That Will Shape How Companies Introduce and Use AI in 2026

INFORM presents a concise overview of five developments that will be particularly influential in the coming year and a look at where AI is heading.

Dec 8, 2025 // Dr. Stephan Lemkens

From Biometrics to AI Agents: 7 Banking Trends for 2026

Seven tech and regulatory trends European banks and PSPs must prepare for in 2026

Dec 8, 2025 // Dr. Wolfgang Vermöhlen

Staff Planning in Focus: Recapping November’s GroundStar Exchange

GroundStar Planning Staff users came together in November to discuss real-world challenges and share best practices. Read the full recap from Product Manager Wolfgang Vermöhlen.

Dec 8, 2025 // Laura Skropke

The Emissions Trap of Reusable Logistics

Reusable packaging sounds like a simple sustainability solution, but without effective container management, the carbon footprint can deteriorate faster than many people realize. The blog explains why transparency, digitalization, and AI determine whether reusable packaging becomes an ecological advantage or an expensive emissions trap.

Nov 24, 2025 // Zdravka Ley

From isolated solutions to integrated material flow

Many plants still rely on separate control systems for forklifts, tugger trains, and AGVs - resulting in disconnected data, inefficiencies, and unnecessary costs. With hybrid fleet control, SYNCROTESS unifies all transport resources in a single system to enable seamless, intelligent material flow.

Nov 18, 2025 // Dr. Stephan Lemkens

When Speed Becomes a Compliance Issue: How AML Processes Are Changing

Today, it no longer matters whether banks can detect suspicious activities. Instead, what matters is how quickly and consistently the downstream processes function. This is precisely where the focus of supervision lies.

Nov 5, 2025 // Sarah Berger

Transforming Logistics: Hosting the Future of Data in Container Terminals

Container terminals rely on highly available, secure, and efficient IT systems to coordinate container flows between ship, rail, and truck. When it comes to hosting these critical systems, operators face a strategic choice: invest in on-premises infrastructure or leverage cloud-based data storage?