Gordon Downes, chief executive officer of NYSHEX, discusses how ocean service contracts can be fashioned to include actual commitments on the part of both carriers and shippers.
Final-mile delivery will not go back to pre-pandemic levels, says Khaled Naim, chief executive officer and co-founder of Onfleet. Shippers need to make adjustments.
Delivery of large, heavy or bulky items is one of the major trends that the pandemic has brought to last-mile delivery, says Shailu Satish, co-founder of DispatchTrack.
As more and more Latin American companies digitize their logistics operations, inefficient silos are falling, says Alfonso de los Rios, chief executive officer and co-founder of Nowports.
Robert Sutton, executive vice president of innovation with BNSF Logistics, discusses how supply chain service providers have pivoted to meet the needs of customers during the pandemic.
Electric and hydrogen-powered trucks are on the way, but the timing depends on advances in technology, economic trends and the creation of adequate infrastructure, especially in the form of charging stations, says Mike Chaffins, vice president supply chain with Xos Trucks.
Better data sharing between retailers and CPG manufacturers can help overcome supply chain challenges, says Inna Kuznetsova, chief executive officer of 1010Data.
Automation can help warehouses address problems of labor scarcity and rising inflation, but is it cost-effective enough to justify the effort? Jan Bednar, chief executive officer of Shipmonk, offers a perspective.