Turn Freight Rate Insights into Action

What sets apart the best-managed healthcare supply chains? The Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2021 identifies, celebrates and profiles health systems that effectively demonstrate excellence in supply chain management. Now in its 13th year, the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 has shifted to an all-United States health system ranking. So, which healthcare supply chains set the standard this year? This complimentary webinar provides guidance for health-system chief supply chain officers (CSCO) to build stronger supply chains that will improve patient outcomes and control costs.

Investment in digital solutions within the petrochemical supply chain is on the rise, yet there appears to be a disconnect between the perceived and actual value of these next-gen blockchains, cloud or AI enabled tools especially for the owner-operators that are relying on them to help optimize their product’s access to the market.

Over the last two years, peak season parcel volumes overwhelmed carrier capacity by several million packages per day, forcing carriers to increase staffing, throttle shipper parcel volumes, raise rates, and increase surcharges. However, this year it looks like capacity could outstrip demand (Reuters). During the pandemic, shippers faced the “Great Resignation” and ongoing labor shortages with historically low vacancy rates making warehouse expansion difficult and expensive. Now a softening economy has caused the first increase in vacancy rates in two years (WSJ). An uncertain and challenging time for warehousing and shippers.

In logistics and order fulfilment, a yard is the link between the distribution and transportation of goods and the warehouse. With the rising importance of e-commerce and supply chains focusing on customer-centricity, increasing the speed of fulfilment is the greatest challenge in logistics.