Entrepreneur shares insights from Descartes’ Johannes Panzer on key operational tipping points for ecommerce businesses in scaling growth and important strategies for success at each stage, such as simplifying automation, assessing order volume growth and diversifying sales channels effectively.
Reuters shares insights from Descartes’ Jackson Wood on how U.S. ocean imports appear to be stabilizing in June after the 7.2% year-on-year drop in May, according to Descartes’ latest global shipping report.
SDCE on Descartes’ recent acquisition of PackageRoute to simplify and optimize the daily operations of final-mile carriers, particularly with subcontracted delivery service providers working as agents for larger carriers.
CNN shares insights from Audio-Technica and from Descartes’ Jackson Wood into how foreign trade zones can help U.S. importers optimize cash flow and cushion the impact of tariffs.
Inbound Logistics shares insights from Descartes’ Andrew Wimer on 5 tactics that shippers, third-party logistics providers and brokers can use to bolster their freight fraud prevention strategies, such as preventing data spoofing and enhancing pre-tender visibility into a carrier’s history, assets and reliability.
Cargo theft surged to record-breaking levels in 2024. Descartes’ Andrew Wimer shares insights with Supply Chain Brain on how advanced tech that can assess and flag potential instances of carrier and driver fraud by evaluating billions of location and event data points can help shippers, 3PLs and brokers stay one step ahead of criminals.
The construction industry is particularly vulnerable to the costly headache of freight claims and disputes. Descartes’ Cyndi Brandt speaks to Talking Logistics’ Adrian Gonzalez about practical steps building supply distributors can take around driver education and safety, load and route optimization, and customer communication to minimize the risks.
Supply Chain Brain shares insights from Descartes’ Ken Wood into five key challenges that supply chain and logistics organizations face when adopting AI-powered tools, along with recommended solutions.
Reuters shares insights from Descartes’ recent global shipping report, including that April container imports jumped 9.1% from a year earlier to top 2.4 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the second-highest on record for the month.
Supply Chain Digital speaks to Descartes’ Jackson Wood on how tech-enabled risk profiling that encompasses comprehensive screening criteria (e.g., geographic location, business model, industry, type of goods or services, transaction currencies, jurisdictions and ownership structure of third-party relationships) is crucial for managing the complexity, fluidity, and volume of today’s screening requirements.