Top trends series: upping the game in mobility and logistics

In this webinar by Anne-Sophie Zerlang Karlsen, Global Head of Reefer Solutions at MAERSK, explains how to get started with Cold Chain Logistics.The webinar covered five main topics:What commodity are you planning to ship and how far?What is the right mode of transport and equipment?Who should you have a contract with: single modal provider, shipping lines or through a forwarder?What is your need for transparency, and what options do you have?How do you understand your risks, and what are the options to mitigate the same?

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.

Why enterprise (ERP) solutions are poorly designed to effectively manage global trade. How integrating information flows between internal departments, external actors and transportation and trade compliance provides exceptional operating efficiencies. How accounts and products can be centrally managed to support both transportation and trade compliance. How global supply chain visibility and visualization supports organizational communication and collaboration.

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