Above The Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (February 20, 2026)

The most important supply chain & logistics news, including logistics management, transportation management, third-party logistics, supply chain software.

Feb 20, 2026

Earlier this week, I woke up to the following text from my wife, who had already left for work:

That article from The Free Press is one of many making the rounds right now — including a viral blog post titled “Something Big Is Happening” by Matt Shumer (though both the author and the post have since faced significant scrutiny and criticism) — warning that AI is about to upend just about everything.

As a Cold War kid, you know what actually freaks me out: nuclear weapons.

Press a button and we all die — we’ve been living under that constant threat for decades.

And with everything happening in the world today — Iran, North Korea, Russia — my internal worry meter hasn’t been this active since the 1980s.

AI? Climate change? Please. We’re more likely to destroy ourselves with a nuke long before either of those delivers a true existential blow.

Unless, of course, an asteroid beats us to it.

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On a brighter note, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week:

Digital Twins in Supply Chain Operations

PepsiCo announced an industry-first collaboration with Siemens and NVIDIA to apply AI-enabled digital twin technology across manufacturing and supply chain operations. The initiative is focused on simulating, optimizing, and validating production and logistics decisions before making physical or capital changes. Against this backdrop, this survey explored how supply chain and logistics executives are viewing the strategic importance, readiness, and potential value of AI-enabled digital twins within their own organizations.

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