Solving Your Toughest Trucking Problems

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must work more closely with commercial leaders to align supply chain performance to the required customer outcomes. Supply chain leaders today need to deliver more than one supply chain response to properly serve unique market segments with different demand characteristics and competitive service requirements. This adds operating complexity, and supply chain leaders struggle to align with commercial leaders on the right balance between standardization to achieve scale and differentiation to optimize alignment with demand. This complimentary webinar looks at how CSCOs and their teams can better align their supply chain operating model, performance and targets with commercial strategies and the required customer outcomes.

We will present the results of a recent carrier survey conducted by Transporeon. More than 1,000 road carriers of all sizes from all industries and from across Europe answered survey questions on these and several other key topics: Carrier expectations about current business conditions and revenue development Transport prices and capacities through 2017 and 2018 The preferred proportion of fixed-contract orders and daily spot market allocation

Supply chains have been experiencing an increasing number of disruptions in the past 3 years, with many being both unfamiliar and unpredicted. All have operational implications. Coupled with this there is increased scrutiny from organizational leaders and wider stakeholders on the effectiveness of supply chain risk management. This has led to a drive for increased resiliency.

Inflation and interest rates are rising, supply chains remain under extreme stress, and fuel and raw material costs are surging. All of this is bound to impact demand over time, putting company revenues and margins under pressure. On top of these new challenges, fundamental business pressures are increasing. This means it’s never been more important for procurement teams responsible for supplies supporting Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) to do more with less. So, how can they take control when confronted by these new realities?