Live Global Supply Chain Situational Awareness for Retailers
Due to the global events of the past few years and rapid digital acceleration, customers’ expectations have changed irrevocably. Building customer-centric and forward-thinking supply chains are key to staying relevant in today’s market. Customers expect a best-in-class experience when it comes to e-commerce. Faster shipping, accurate tracking, flexible delivery options, and a seamless returns process […]
Live Global Supply Chain Situational Awareness for Auto Manufacturers
Corporations serve international markets, and supply chains will shift to serve consumers. The next few months will be painful, but companies need to build new capabilities and rethink work to evolve supply chain processes to be more competitive in the face of this heightened variability. This will not be easy for the traditional leader that […]
Delivering Value at Start of Journey
While Covid-19 has exposed the cracks in global businesses, supply chain leaders now have a seat at the table to build a future-ready enterprise. However, disconnected data, the need for real-time visibility, and the lack of predictive analytics stand in the way of innovation. In 2019, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world […]
Live Global Supply Chain Situational Awareness for Life Sciences
Life Sciences supply chains are unique. The timeliness, quality, and security of the supply chain are critical to the health and welfare of individuals and large populations. Adding to the complexity are the risks inherent with cold chain shipping and the security of the products while in transit. Such parcels require 24/7 monitoring, ensuring patients’ […]
Supply Chain Situational Awareness: Project Approaches to Unlocking Value
As companies look to achieve live supply chain situational awareness (SCSA), three project approaches to deliver a solution and business value are emerging: In-house Best-of-breed solutions and partners for a project managed internally. Led by an IT team with support from a line of business users. Requires heavy system integration. Multi-vendor approach for core capabilities. […]
Digital Supply Chain Journey: Real-Time Monitoring to Live Situational Awareness
The continued development of real-time monitoring (RTM) capabilities such as RFID, IoT devices, GPS tracking, electronic logging devices (ELD), etc., can be a good thing for shippers who need to stay aware of the real-time location and condition of their shipment. As often the case, too much of a good thing presents a challenge. The […]
Live Supply Chain Situational Awareness: Final-Mile Delivery
The final mile stage of delivery for supply chains are the most costly, complex and critical as the experience and expectations of individuals and key customer groups are felt mostly during this stage. Adding to the complexity are the risks inherent with shipping disruptions and quality of products while in transit. Parcels require 24/7 monitoring, […]
Live Global Supply Chain Situational Awareness Journey
Can you independently monitor, measure, understand the behavior, and predict the performance of your global deliveries from a dock door to a customer? If your supply chain is global, then you must have transparency to its behavior, real-time, anywhere on the planet. However, the pandemic has shown that for many companies, a truly integrated digital […]
Struggling to Measure, Analyze & Optimize CO2 Emission? …Need an Easier Approach?
Companies large and small are scrambling to quantify and manage their impact on the environment. The urgency to do so is hastened by pending policy changes and concern for the financial implications of non-compliance. …Manufacturers are becoming increasingly unsatisfied with being reactive when it comes to sustainability efforts. They recognize, with growing regulatory and consumer […]
Top 3 Reasons Shipper’s Visibility Isn’t Good Enough
Despite a variety of visibility options available to shippers, many claim the visibility they have is not good enough to meet their needs. When you unpack the reasons why, a clear pattern in their responses emerges. These are the top 3 reasons they cite: It’s not actionable Many early adopters of DIY visibility solutions have […]