Shippeo Visibility Guide: The business value of accurate and reliable ETAs

Our supply chains have found themselves weathering some rough storms lately. From truck and driver shortages, to pandemics, maximum capacities reached at European ports and increased legal and environmental regulation, supply chain systems are increasingly under strain. Organizations are under pressure to lower their freight costs while simultaneously offering higher levels of service, in a more agile way in order to better serve high-demanding customers with fast-evolving needs. According to IBM, 87 percent of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) say it is extremely difficult to manage supply chain disruptions and 84 percent of them cited lack of visibility as their biggest challenge. Furthermore, according to Gartner, “visibility is among the top three funded investment initiatives prioritized for many (46%) supply chain organizations".

Shippeo: The Real ROI of Supply Chain Visibility 

Supply chain visibility solutions are being increasingly sought after by market-leading companies, allowing them to create a buyerjourney that provides their end-customers with complete visibility into all of their deliveries. However, end-customers are not the only ones who benefit from these solutions ; the ROI for shippers is also considerable. A real-time transport visibility solution creates countless benefits, such as increasing productivity for transportation teams, improving operational efficiency, reducing late delivery penalties and litigation resolution times, and improving customer satisfaction. These benefits are made possible by the better control of operations, increased visibility, and greater capacity for proactivity

Data-Driven Retail Supply Chains: Why real-time transportation visibility is a cornerstone technology

Retail has always fundamentally been about getting the right products to the right people (and places) at the right time, making the role of transportation a central component. It is a significant enabler of growth and profitability and is increasingly a service differentiator. This is important, as retailers who responded in Gartner’s Business Value of Supply Chain Initiatives Survey expect that, by 2021, many organizations will shift toward differentiation through services rather than cost leadership.