Research Resources – Whitepapers

Learn how to take the critical first steps in your journey toward optimized fill rates and supply chain performance. Non-connected, siloed data is blocking optimization of production planning for many manufacturing and consumer goods businesses today. Starting with well-defined and manageable projects, you can create success and internal buy-in to support an evolution of your […]

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Scenarios have and will always exist because the only thing that is constant is change. As a result, we must always ask “What If” questions to create plans that adapt and adjust to those changes. To be effective, these plans must be integrated across the entire supply chain and the entire business. Integrated Scenario Planning […]

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The Quarterly Freight Data Report: A Q3 Review of the Trucking Economy & How It Will Shape Q4 ’23 is a publication using Loadsmart data sets for shippers. Understanding the cyclical nature of the market, and where we currently are within that market, helps Shippers to make better predictions for the current quarter and into […]

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Ironically, the higher up you go in most organizations, the more unreliable and challenging the information that drives decision-making becomes. The main issue is the same as it has always been – behavior – especially business behavior. And it is not necessarily a deliberate decision to operate in a certain way – but more about […]

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The Thomson Reuters 2023 Corporate Global Trade Survey Report explores the challenges and trends facing global trade professionals in an environment of constant disruption and uncertainty. Topics include inflation, supply-chain shortages, international conflicts, trade compliance, technology adoption, ESG reporting, and the growing skill gap. Data was sourced from surveys of 177 global trade professionals from […]

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