With laws enforcing human rights in the supply chain, leaders will need to rethink how they are deriving value from their human-rights and supply chain due diligence programs.
It’s highly likely that warehouses will more actively embrace automation technologies in 2023 to manage tight labor markets, increase inventory capacity and expand visibility into their supply chain operations.
Proactive pandemic management strategies are an investment in business viability and supply chain resilience, and also enhance business operational capabilities.
All of these important trends will improve the performance and resiliency of supply chain and logistics and better align the industry with key global macro-trends such as sustainability.
Demands are high, and global pressures have resulted in more hostility toward those in customer-facing roles. It’s a brutal environment for almost everyone.
It's important to measure the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the U.S. economy, and determine which commodities are likely to be in short supply as a result.
A significant problem facing the industry is that many fleets still do not use data analytics to pinpoint their diesel cost per mile (CPM), and instead continue focusing on diesel cost per gallon.