AI can compress the time between seeing a problem, understanding the tradeoffs, and deciding what to do next.

As supply chains face increasing pressure from labor shortages, rising customer expectations and growing SKU complexity, leading organizations are rethinking fulfillment operations to achieve greater speed, capacity and efficiency. 

Organizations need mechanisms that not only identify hidden liquidity within the business but enable it to be deployed quickly.

The systems simulate demand, anticipate shortages and recommend shipping routes after weighing cost, speed and carbon impact.

The biggest impact has been on wider Neopanamax vessels, which are typically used to ferry LPG from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asian customers.

Yusen Terminals will invest $200 million in zero-emission cargo handling equipment as part of the deal. 

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Chief Supply Chain Officers face a critical challenge: building leadership teams that can break through functional silos, navigate competing priorities, and align around a shared purpose.

The alliance will look to map where labor and skills shortages are creating the biggest pressure points across Canada’s transportation networks.

Descartes said the deal will broaden its transportation management business, and add more carrier, shipment and transaction data to its existing logistics network.

South Korea is looking to test the route as part of a push to establish regular Arctic shipping between Busan and Europe by 2030.