Retailers need to rethink last-mile delivery, moving away from the idea of just delivering goods and toward the concept of a customer experience.
Supply chains can be a differentiator, and even a moneymaker, for retailers willing to embrace change and encourage risk.
Long overlooked, logistics professionals now have the attention of the C-suite, and it is time to use it to rethink operations.
Reducing logistics costs starts by optimizing operations one piece at a time.
Restoration Hardware saw the need to be more flexible in its lane bid process but didn’t have the tools necessary to do so until it found Trimble’s Engage Lane.
Locus has turned its routing solution into an end-to-end delivery management platform for companies of all sizes.
As supply chain disruptions have become the norm in the past few years, Fictiv has worked with clients to create agility to manage the chaos.
Supply chain disruptions can be managed, said Gartner’s Brian Whitlock, but companies need to take a long view and make it a team effort.
On the first day of the big Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, an audience is told that no two days are ever alike in the supply chain business.
“There’s a lot more focus on tracking the product itself” when it comes to consumer packaged goods, said Bart De Muynck, vice president of supply chain research at Gartner.
