Challenge: A rapidly scaling e-commerce apparel brand struggled to meet customer expectations and required a flexible fulfillment strategy.

Challenge: Despite significant growth, a major convenience store (c-store) chain had inventory management challenges.

Challenge: A rapidly growing D2C footwear brand required an agile fulfillment operation that could scale just as quickly as their business was growing — without being bound by geography.

Challenge: A Global logistics service provider (LSP) wanted to provide its customers with a solution for preventing cargo theft and pilferage while boosting carrier compliance.

Challenge: A leading cloud-based transportation management software (TMS) company for asset-based trucking needed a way to take on customers who require EDI without dedicating additional technical resources and taking months to go live.

AI-based solutions can optimize the overall supply chain process by predicting problems in advance and proactively prescribing solutions to manage such disruptions.

The future will see a transformation from a product-centric to a consumer-centric ecosystem.

Energy companies should adopt new technologies and implement fresh approaches that will allow them to predict and manage disruptions as they emerge.

If retailers aren't maximizing their stores across multiple channels, they leave dollars on the table.  

Innovators and early adopters are aggressively deploying digital transformation for ecosystem commerce and resource planning.

The old way of doing business by phone, email, and paper simply can’t keep pace with the growing demands of global shipping.

To manage costs and risks amid this lingering volatility in 2023, shippers will need more resilient supply chains — and can build them.

Procurement leaders should be planning now by building relationships with multiple suppliers to reduce the risk of shortages.

Many companies have been left scrambling to figure out how to comply with new regulations and whether they can export to, or provide services to, their customers.

With 37% of all U.S. jobs in supply chain, North American supply chains and supply ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to weak labor participation.

Carriers will adapt through consolidation, service-level enhancements, and technology investments as the last mile extends closer to the consumer.

Working with a reliable global freight forwarder that has an understanding of the region can be the difference between success or interruptions in your supply chain when challenges arise.

For small to mid-sized companies, it’s vital to outsource logistics operations to qualified and experienced 3PLs, helping the small business to streamline transportation processes and operations.

COVID-19 exposed a lot of weaknesses and led shippers to gain a better understanding of the importance of data portfolios, which is the primary purpose of outsourced logistics solutions.

Embracing online platforms will likely increase in 2023, as shippers and carriers become more cost-conscious in an uncertain economy.

With the advent of GPS and electronic logging devices (ELDs), trailer-tracking devices will allow for 100% visibility to freight in transit.

A differentiated strategy for LTL is necessary to manage costs and maximize revenue. 

The need for a single software to consolidate all other software running siloed operations has never been greater.

As industry trends and regulatory changes dramatically alter the speed and path to market for new treatments, these evolving companies need to take a fresh look at their current and future supply chains. 

The need for employee engagement and retention in a tight labor market adds an additional challenge, but is also an opportunity.

For shippers who are dependent on single-mode logistics, the time has come to take a close look at how multi-modal services can be added.

It’s likely only a matter of time before we see container-laden vessels navigating the marine highway, and helping to revolutionize the container-shipping industry. 

The growth of e-commerce and proliferation of lithium batteries in global supply chains are two indicators that the number of dangerous goods shipments will grow, making shipping and handling them compliantly and efficiently more difficult.

Across diverse industries, leading organizations are thinking now about how to position the compliance practice for success, instead of reacting to a significant event.

Organizations that embrace DG-specific automation strengthen their position for success in today’s fast-paced, demanding and quickly changing climate.

Economic uncertainty and fears of reduced consumer spending will necessitate a pivot to savings and margin enhancement, while satisfying environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Expect to see corporate executives assessing supplier diversity and environmental sustainability initiatives together under the ESG umbrella.

Leading organizations recognize the importance of collaborating with their most strategic suppliers to reduce risk, drive innovation, secure competitive advantage and more.

In a world where we have both delocalized production and same-day delivery, our global supply chain model has been stretched too thin.

In the last three years, many more companies have begun exercising best practices for ensuring effective supply chain resilience and risk management.

Efforts that can be made ahead of economic slowdowns are easier to implement, more consistent and more sustainable than those undertaken during periods of hardship.

Shippers must increase access to quality data, utilize digital technologies, and partner with providers with the right visibility tools and capabilities.

Companies with high levels of visibility tackle their most significant data challenges and transform information into valuable insights.

Many executives are re-evaluating their product portfolios, entertaining the thought of re-scaling their supply chains, including a move to near-shoring and onshoring of manufacturing and supply.

Many companies underestimate the time and effort required for the orderly buildout of the foundational digital capabilities and infrastructure needed to meet control tower product functionality and ROI. 

While sustainability efforts ramp up, we’re still trying to crystalize how exactly we define supply chain sustainability.

Companies must formulate strategies and action plans to be compliant and deliver enduring stakeholder values. It’s a matter of go green, or go home.

More trucking capacity is expected to leave the market in 2023, which will allow capacity and demand to start balancing out.

Shippers need to reflect on their fuel, freight and sustainability practices in order to regain control of and advance their supply chains. 

With a TMS, businesses can provide a better customer experience, reduce costs and streamline operations.

Transport and distribution are seeing a shift from being an “always available commodity” to an area of potential competitive advantage.