Fostering a marriage between the WMS and TMS is not just about saving money. It is fundamentally about keeping control.

Bindiya Vakil, chief executive officer of Resilinc, lays out five trends and challenges to supply chains to watch for in the coming year.

As manufacturers cope with heightened pressures for highly customized orders and sudden changes in demand, they experience a mismatch between their planning and procurement teams.

Location data, digitization, and sustainability initiatives will contribute to accuracy, predictability and carbon efficiency this year.

The ability for logistics companies to make better decisions comes down to one thing: data.

Supply chain operators must ready their reporting operations now to avoid scrambling to stay compliant later.  

The supply chain software company's co-CEOs cited the global macroeconomic downturn and softening trade volumes.

Control towers provide a dynamic, graphic visualization of orders, shipments, inventory and assets across the supply chain, for a single, trusted view shared by all parties in real time.

When workers are armed with cutting-edge technology that enables them to do their jobs efficiently, burnout is reduced, and retention rates improve.

Dinesh Dixit, vice president of account management with LogiNext, describes the challenges that parcel companies are facing today, and how technology might ease their pain.