Routing, Mobile & Telematics

Yahoo Finance Canada on Descartes’ recent labor shortage study, which shows that delivery route optimization and real-time shipment tracking are the top technology choices for supply chain and logistics leaders looking to improve productivity through automation.

Food Logistics features key takeaways from Descartes’ study, including that the strategies, tactics and technologies used by supply chain and logistics leaders to address labor constraints vary by financial performance, growth, management’s perceived importance of supply chain and logistics operations, and by how successful employee retention programs are.

Logistics Business shares findings from Descartes’ labor shortage study showing that, for supply chain and logistics leaders, the top tech choices to help drive productivity gains for labor workers were delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions and, for knowledge workers, real-time shipment tracking (53%).

Chain Store Age spotlights a new study from Descartes showing that more than half of supply chain leaders are moving towards automation to combat continued workforce challenges, and that most have made changes to operational, technology, recruitment and retention strategies to help combat the issue.

DC Velocity shares how supply chain and logistics leaders are automating non-value-added and repetitive tasks to improve worker productivity in the face of persistent labor shortages, according to a new study from Descartes. The top tech choices to support laborers were identified as delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions.

Supply Chain Brain shares insights from Descartes’ Chris Jones on 5 key trends will shape the logistics and supply chain landscape in 2024, including tackling the labor shortage.