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Highlights from “Future of Logistics, NOW”

Talking Logistics

What are some big trends in the logistics industry that are not only having an impact today but will continue to shape the future of the logistics industry moving forward? That was the opening question in a recent LinkedIn Live event produced by SAP titled “The Future of Logistics, NOW.” Andy Hancock from SAP was.

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Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In a freewheeling discussion at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, I spoke with Richard Howells, Vice President Marketing Digital Supply Chain at SAP about the trends, customer expectations, the challenges, and imperatives of digital transformation in the supply chain.

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How Smart Contracts Are Impacting Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

This is the promise of smart contracts, a blockchain-driven innovation that’s beginning to impact the global supply chain industry. Suppliers using blockchain for supply chains: IBMs TradeLens, VeChain, SAP Blockchain, Hyperledger Fabric What Are Smart Contracts and How Do They Work?

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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Bureau

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Finally – A breakthrough alternative to spreadsheets for managing your Supply Chain

AIMMS

Supply Chain Insights , founded by well-known analyst Lora Cecere, conducts many quantitative studies and reports a couple of key trends, in their report “ Three Reasons Why SAP SC Planning Is a Risk to Your Business ”. SAP Is Discontinuing Support of the Current Supply Chain Planning Technologies. It is an expensive workaround.

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Beyond Trade Compliance

Logistics Viewpoints

Jackson Wood, director of industry strategy for global trade intelligence at Descartes. My first calls were with with Descartes and SAP. Mr. Wood believes there is a significant trend that is occurring with respect to the trade compliance department in companies. Both are leaders in this market.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

In short, Descartes is among the largest supply chain and logistics software companies in the market today (behind SAP, Oracle, Manhattan Associates, and JDA Software), and one of the first to embrace the network/software-as-a-service model (services revenues represented 97 percent of total revenues in FY 2017).