The Supply Chain Masters

SC Digital Masters — Emerging Trends in Transportation: Q3 2021

Join transportation industry experts from Truckload, LTL, Parcel and Brokerage for insight on emerging trends in transportation for Q3 2021. Current and emerging trends in transportation and logistics affect your ability to serve customers. Your informed response to market dynamics determines how well you maintain performance – and keep shipments moving during Q3 and the back half of 2021. Are you ready to tackle an unprecedented peak season? Can you monitor volume levels, mitigate cost increases, manage parcel surcharges, control service accessorials … and protect capacity? How will consumers returning to physical storefronts and restaurants affect your inventory strategy, your transportation management and your service from transportation providers? Is relief coming in the international supply chain pinch in time for back to school and Christmas? Join our experts in freight transportation and small parcel shipping for their analysis of current and future trends in transportation industry. Brian Broadhurst, Transportation Insight vice president of Transportation Solutions Chris Mendenhall, Transportation Insight vice president of Pricing Services Jared Wilson, Transportation Insight vice president of Client Services James Mathews, Transportation Insight director of Truckload Procurement Drew Herpich, Nolan Transportation Group Chief Commercial Officer Learn actionable steps you can immediately apply to your small parcel, LTL, full truckload and international transportation management. Make sure you are prepared to meet your customers’ expectations for the rest of 2021.

SC Digital Masters — LTL Shipping Rates - Control Costs with a Different Approach

Shippers in the less-than-load (LTL) transportation environment are experiencing historic headwinds. Businesses are bracing for how that will affect their LTL shipping rates. It appears that there’s no short-term end in sight to carrier-favorable market conditions. Capacity sentiment is trending toward “very tight” for LTL transportation six months from now. Carriers are more disciplined and positioned to “benefit from tight capacity, lack of drivers, new market concentration and mounting COVID-related demands,” according to Logistics Management.What are you doing to make sure your LTL freight keeps moving tomorrow?Join our expert LTL freight panel featuring Vice President of Processing Services Jay Wilson, Vice President of Client Solutions Paul Schmitz, Partner of Enterprise Solutions Robyn Meyer and Client Solutions Director Melanie Burns. They will take you behind the LTL carrier curtain and provide guidance that will help you create multi-modal alignment and enable you to access and maintain optimal transportation pricing and service: - Understand LTL carriers’ operational practices and proactive steps you can take to control individual shipment costs and overall transportation spend- Determine and eliminate unnecessary internal costs during pre-execution, post-execution and post-delivery processes.- Leverage analysis and live customer data to understand order performance, determine profitability by SKU, correct network misalignment and determine opportunities to shift into Small Parcel or Full Truckload. Reserve your seat now and participate in the live Q&A with our LTL shipping experts. Space is limited – register today.

SC Digital Masters — Freight Rates 2021: Truckload, LTL, Parcel Costs

Parcel peak-season is never-ending, LTL embargoes and capacity constraints persist, packaging costs continue their strong upward trend, and record truckload rates have reached their peak. Or have they? Make sure you understand how North American transportation trends affect your business performance in Q2 2021 and beyond. Watch our transportation management experts deliver predictions, e-commerce analysis and actionable guidance that will support your logistics cost control in the months ahead.

SC Digital Masters — TMS Logistics Technology: What Should You Really Expect?

Many companies think a Transportation Management System (TMS) will be a cure-all to some existing challenges; however, there are considerations beyond just a TMS, including processes, utilization and support. Will a TMS solve logistics challenges unique to your business?Join our freight management experts Aaron Arivett and Jason Green as they share deep TMS experience that will help you determine how logistics technology fits into your transportation strategy. - Which TMS is right for your business? - When is the right time to implement a TMS? - Why does your logistics team say it “can’t live” without a TMS? - How can you get maximum value from your TMS investment? Speed and automation in transportation management are important to modern business success. We recommend that you watch this webinar whether you are considering a TMS or looking for ways to optimize the return on your current TMS investment.

SC Digital Masters — Supply Chain Masters: The Problem with the Status Quo

Staying put may be doing more damage to your supply chain than you know.Do you ask the tough questions that drive necessary change? Who do you ask? What do you do with the answers you get?Our Supply Chain Masters will help you see how to understand your network’s current state and give you guidance on how to improve it. Use their expert framework to build a plan for moving into a continuous improvement culture that drives supply chain transformation.Watch today and become a catalyst for positive change in your organization.Panelists:Matt BaumGarrett Frakersupply chain, supply chain management, continuous improvement, change management, transportation, logistics, supply and demand, network optimization, continuous improvement culture, supply chain transformation, logistics network, logistics management, transportation management

SC Digital Masters — Tame the Bullwhip: Manage the Demand Waves

Was your supply chain ready for a pandemic? Will it stay intact through the inevitable upcoming demand fluctuations? When there’s disruption, you need to adjust your supply chain quickly to meet supplier and customer demand. Our Supply Chain Masters examine steps you can take to build a responsive demand management system:* Best practices for collecting, retaining and analyzing supply chain data* Supply chain tools and technology that enable you to read and react quickly* Processes that encourage scalability and readiness for decline, recovery, and even growth* Business intelligence solutions that drive continuous improvement and proactive strategy adjustmentWatch today to learn supply chain strategies that minimize risk and protect your profitability.Panelists:Mike AndersonScott VazzanaDemand management, supply and demand, supply chain, supply chain management, supply chain technology, best practices, continuous improvement, change management, customer service, supply chain disruption, transportation news, business intelligence, data amalysis, customer demand, transportation technology

SC Digital Masters — Supply Chain Visibility in Action: Putting the Parts Together

Transportation cost control depends on end-to-end network visibility, procurement process compliance and persistent, timely invoice error correction. Learn how Standard Motor Products centralized control over its diverse supply chain to optimize transportation performance, improve customer service and save more than $4 million.Watch this client case study today to see how we can help you improve supply chain control through network visibility, align transportation execution to your business strategy, drive compliance with real-time access to data and intelligence, and leverage information to support continuous improvement.Panelists:John RichardsonRead JacobColin Tisch, Standard Motor Productssupply chain visibility, supply chain, visibility, freight audit, transportation, logistics, 3PL case study, transportation management, data analysis, transportation management systems, transportation technology, parcel audit

SC Digital Masters — Supply Chain Visibility: Peeling Back the Layers

Basic solutions give you tactical supply chain visibility, but do you understand all the activities that drive cost and affect your customer service?Our Supply Chain Masters explore the layers of supply chain visibility to show you solutions that can help you control cost and drive profitable enterprise performance.Watch the webinar to learn how enhanced network visibility can support optimization opportunities, complete supply chain transparency and behavioral changes that reduce costs and improve service.You will also learn how you can leverage improved supply chain visibility to address emerging problems, prepare disruption contingencies and pursue growth in a profitable way.Panelists:JR BisherMark Iorillosupply chain visibility, supply chain, visibility, transportation, logistics, transportation management, data analysis, transportation management systems, transportation technology, business intelligence, freight audit, parcel audit

SC Digital Masters — How Can A Business Intelligence Platform Drive Collaboration and Customer Service?

Strategic, profitable decisions come from better supply chain visibilityYour supply chain is full of data, but all that data is useless if you can’t see and use it effectively. Leveraging data analytics is the key to protecting profitability and achieving your growth goals.In this webinar, our Supply Chain Masters discuss how Insight Fusion® harnesses multi-modal transportation data and business intelligence in one place so you can pull the right levers to improve margin/profit, distribution alignment, vendor compliance, accessorial mitigation, and mode optimization.Register today to learn how you can make your supply chain’s data work for you.

SME Roundtable — The BOPIS Revolution: How to Make BOPIS E-Commerce Work For You

In part one, our Supply Chain Masters Roundtable discussed why an effective buy-online-pick-up-in-store strategy is important to your organization’s ability to meet evolving customer service demands.In part two, they detail what’s necessary for BOPIS success.What are the key elements of your BOPIS strategy?What supply chain visibility do you need to have?What are the tools you need to design an efficient BOPIS network?Where can a supply chain partner step in to assist?Watch today and learn how you can build a BOPIS strategy to deliver for you, your customers and your bottom line.Panelists:Carl FowlerJohn RichardsonCharles MooreSachin VermaE-Commerce, BOPIS, Buy Online Pickup In Store, Ecommerce, E-Commerce Logistics, 3PL, Transportation, Retail, Consumer Demand, Customer Service, Supply Chain Management, supply chain, customer experience