The Logistics Intelligence Maturity Assessment.

A consultative assessment for transportation and supply chain leaders. Benchmark your operation against the four eras of logistics technology — and walk away with a scored report that names where AI moves from experiment to measurable impact in your network.

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Operator-led. Not partner-led.

Russell Hoppes leads Solutions & Delivery at Locus across North America and Europe. 20+ years in logistics operations; ex-UPS. Has run operational transformations for enterprise networks across both continents.

Russell Hoppes

Vice President – Solutions & Delivery · LinkedIn ↗

Format60-minute discovery + 30-minute readout

TurnaroundScored report in 7–10 business days

OutputScorecard · Use Case Matrix · 90-day plan

CostNo commercial commitment

The systems are agentic-ready. The operating model is not.

Why now

The mandate is moving down the org.

Twelve months ago, CEOs were asking "what's our AI plan?" Today, CSCOs and CIOs are being asked "what has AI specifically changed in your transportation P&L this quarter?" The conversation has shifted from announcement to evidence — and the architecture decisions you lock this year govern your agentic options for the next five.

95%

of GenAI enterprise initiatives generate no measurable ROI

Source · MIT NANDA "GenAI Divide" · 2025

of companies qualify as "future-built" for AI

Source · BCG Build for the Future · 2025

The question is not whether AI will land in your operation. It's which decisions are ready to leave the planner's queue first, with what guardrails, on what evidence. That's what the assessment answers.

Seven dimensions. One scored report your board can read.

Scored 1–5 against the four eras of logistics technology — Era 1 (On-Prem TMS) → Era 2 (SaaS) → Era 3 (Bolt-on AI) → Era 4 (Agentic-Native).

Scored maturity assessmentAcross seven logistics-specific dimensions — Strategy & Alignment · Data Foundation · Decision Workflows · Systems & Integration · Execution & Exceptions · Carrier, Fleet & Capacity · Governance, Risk & Scalability — with evidence per dimension and a weighted overall score.
Use Case Readiness Matrix16+ logistics AI use cases — predictive ETA, dynamic carrier selection, automated tender cascade, exception triage, planner copilot, settlement reconciliation — ranked on value, feasibility, data readiness, change effort, time-to-value.
90-day action planWith named owners, prerequisites, and operational KPIs you can take to your next ops review.
6–12 month roadmapSequencing the use cases in order of compounding return — not feature ambition.
Governance starter packAligned to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. Policy templates, decision-rights map, escalation patterns.
"What good looks like" benchmarkYour operation against peer cohort and best-in-segment, on the dimensions that matter.

We score you against an agentic TMS we operate — not a vendor checklist.

LIMA is the diagnostic we use internally to onboard customers onto the Locus Agentic TMS. Era 4 isn't a hypothetical; it's the system Locus has been running in enterprise production since 2024.

Capacity agent

Ingests, slots, and commits promises across captive, contracted, and outsourced fleet.

Dispatch agent

Builds routes that reflect driver skill and live constraints. Replans the moment a constraint shifts.

Carrier agent

Scores by lane, auto-tenders within contract policy, switches to backup before SLAs break.

Hub agent

Runs inbound, cross-dock, outbound. Recalibrates flow as orders surge or fall.

Settlement agent

Auto 4-way match across contract, shipment, POD, invoice. Flags overcharges before payment.

Customer agent

Recalibrates ETAs and communicates exceptions to recipients before they're asked.

Copilot agent

Natural-language access to the operation across every persona. Ask, explain, act.

Orchestrator

Coordinates the other agents. A constraint surfaced in one phase ripples through every other.

Frequently asked questions.

Q1Is this a sales pitch dressed up as an assessment?+

No. The first 50 minutes of the discovery contains no Locus product references. The report is yours regardless of whether you engage commercially. The 13-section deliverable is designed to be useful internally, including in board reporting. Russell's incentive is the quality of the work — his time is not measured in opportunities sourced.

Q2We already use AI. What does this assessment add?+

Most logistics organizations are running 3–6 AI pilots that are not compounding into operating-model change. The assessment maps where your current pilots sit on the four eras, identifies the structural constraints that are preventing scaling, and proposes the next use cases in priority order. If you are already at Level 4 or Level 5, the assessment is a benchmark and a board-ready artifact — not a discovery exercise.

Q3Our IT team owns AI. Why are we the one being approached?+

AI in logistics is an operating-model question first, a technology question second. The assessment is led by an operator, not an architect, and produces an artifact that bridges to IT — but the executive sponsor is almost always on the business side (VP Supply Chain / VP Transportation / COO).

Q4We can't share operational data. Is the assessment still useful?+

Yes. The assessment is designed to produce a credible scored report with no data shared — banded conversational answers ("spot is roughly 10–15% of spend") are acceptable. Optional data deepens the quantitative precision; it does not gate the engagement.

Q5We're not ready for AI.+

You don't have to be ready. Level 1 and Level 2 operations are common — the assessment produces a foundation roadmap, identifies the 90-day pre-work that creates AI readiness, and revisits in 6 months. About one in five engagements lands here, and they are valuable engagements.

Q6How is this different from the consulting firms?+

Three differences. (1) Speed — delivered in 7–10 business days, not 90. (2) Specificity — every dimension, every score, every use case is logistics-specific, not "data + talent + governance" abstractions. (3) Operator-led, not partner-led — Russell has run logistics operations; he has not just advised on them.

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Take an hour. Walk out with a board-ready answer.

Submit the form and we'll route to an AE for a 15-minute qualification call. No commercial commitment, ever.

60 minutes of your time. No commitment.
Scored report within 7–10 business days. Yours to keep.
Zero pitch in discovery. Ends with a recommendation — not a demo.
Same artifact our solution architects produce for paying customers.

We ask for: 60–90 minutes with the right room · a short questionnaire · optional banded metrics ("spot is ~10–15% of spend" is fine).

We don't ask for: customer data, driver-identifiable data, system credentials, or carrier-specific contract rates. Mutual NDAs available; data deleted 90 days after readout.

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