Featured Insights
Approaches to Optimizing Warehouse Management
We surveyed supply chain and operations leaders across industries including pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and food and beverage distribution to understand how they are prioritizing warehouse initiatives, addressing system limitations, and planning for future improvements in warehouse management. To uncover their biggest operational hurdles and priorities, we asked about their current initiatives, technology gaps, and improvement plans. Leaders highlighted data accuracy, inventory visibility, and automation as key areas of focus.
Trends in Retail Supply Chain
We surveyed IT, operations, and supply chain leaders in the retail industry to understand their priorities, challenges, and technology readiness as they plan and implement supply chain improvements over the next 6 to 18 months. To understand how retail leaders are preparing for the future, we explored their top supply chain priorities. Improving forecasting, automation, customer experience, and operations top the list, with most initiatives already underway and driven by senior leadership.
Logistics Service Providers’ Growth Trends
Logistics service providers are primarily focused on improving profit margins, efficiencies, and service levels in the near future. Technology adoption is seen as critical, with transportation management offering the greatest potential for profit margin improvements, though slow adoption and customer onboarding delays are significant challenges. Desired capabilities include integrated transportation planning and end-to-end visibility, with competitive advantage and faster returns driving stakeholder investments.
Supply Chain Strategies in Today’s Enterprises
Many organizations are prioritizing cost reduction in areas like inventory, labor, and transportation while aiming to improve delivery performance. However, most struggle with inconsistent or siloed supply chain and e-commerce systems. Efforts to address these challenges include enhancing forecasting, increasing visibility, automating processes, and integrating AI to boost resilience and scenario planning. A significant number of respondents are taking action quickly, with many planning improvements within the next year.