RESOURCES
Audio/Video Resources
Click Here to listen to The Leadership Habit’s April 4, 2025 podcast titled, “How to Make Decisions in Uncertain Times”. While this isn’t specifically a supply chain/logistics podcast, the content is especially relevant as the global trade environment and regulations are ever evolving.
Click Here to watch Tom O’Brien’s 2025 Industry Update at the Serving Logistics Winter Mixer in Columbus, OH on Feb. 5, 2025. Click (Here) to view the presentation material.
Click Here to watch UPS Supply Chain Solutions 2025 Supply Chain Outlook, featuring updates on global trends in logistics, air & ocean markets, customs regulations, automation, and nearshoring.
On Jan. 26, 2024, Tom O’Brien joined Port Talk! Check out the interview here.
Print Resources
Apr. 3, 2025 JOC Article: New US tariffs forcing shippers to recalculate supply chains on the fly
Apr. 1, 2025 Article: March 2025 Logistics Managers’ Index
Mar. 27, 2025 JOC Article: Largest US importers finalizing contracts in ‘unsettled’ trans-Pacific
Mar. 18, 2025 AJOT Article: IMO to develop global strategy for maritime digitalization
Mar. 13, 2025 AJOT Article: ILA and USMX officially sign six-year master contract agreement
Feb. 5, 2025 JOC Article: Shippers want more visibility data than terminals are providing: survey
Business Case Tools
Here you’ll find tools that will be helpful to understand your current environment and help create the business case for future change. IMS has worked with and talked to hundreds of importers, shippers, and logistics companies in our nearly 30 years in business! If you’d like to receive an Expert Service Evaluation from IMS based on your current operating environment and business costs, please complete the documents below and send them to Tom O'Brien (obrien.tom@imslog.com) to arrange a consultation meeting – completely FREE, without any cost or obligation.
During your Expert Service Evaluation, we will review your current business environment and share our professional recommendation as to where there might be opportunities for cost savings and improvements – whether that is with the help of IMS, or not.
IMS MNDA:
All information shared will be treated as confidential, but if you’d feel more comfortable with a Mutal Non-Disclosure Agreement in place when sending information, please include a completed copy of this document in your message.
Current Environment Overview:
This information helps paint a complete picture of your current operating environment.
Current DCM Estimated Cost Calculator:
This information helps calculate an estimation of your current costs related to Destination Cargo Management.
Contact Us Today
Tom O'Brien
Director - Client Development
Phone: 732.935.8400 X115
Mobile: 862.368.7411
Email: obrien.tom@imslog.com
What makes IMS Logistics stand out?
Self-Financed Solution
IMS Logistics costs a small fraction of the savings gained in some of the following areas: Staff Efficiency, Drayage Procurement (rates, fuel surcharge, etc.), Operational Costs (storage/demurrage, per diem, chassis, etc.), Inventory Costs (Carrying costs, customs filings, etc.), and more. Not only does your solution quickly pay for itself, but you will see a big ROI.
Fast Implementation
IMS can have you up and running in as little as two weeks. Compare that to the time it takes to implement a licensed ERP or full EDI solution, and you can be making impactful changes in a fraction of the time and without the red tape.
Information Gaps Eliminated
IMS’ data quality team constantly gathers, cleans, and organizes your shipment information. This service provides the highest quality data possible, without any gaps, and serves as the foundation for cutting-edge visibility and collaboration tools, making information truly actionable throughout the supply chain, at all times.
Consistently having the necessary and available information to effectively plan, execute, and report on the company’s transportation & logistics objectives is a complex challenge. The IMS platform provides procurement, visibility, operations, cost control, invoicing, and analytical tools specifically designed to streamline the flow of reliable, accurate, and timely information to/from the various transportation participants. Operational data is gathered and verified in real-time throughout the process and is reflected live in the IMS platform, impacting not only operations, but analysis as well.
