2021 will be the year for us to capitalize on the public’s recognition of the importance of the supply chain. When they ran out of toilet paper…they noticed – when vaccines needed to be shipped at ultra-low temperatures…they applauded. Now we must leverage this recognition with things like:
- A seat at the CEO’s table
- New technology – not just warming up WMS technology from the 1970s and presenting it as “new” – but decision-capable, proactive IT – like www.AutoScheduler.Ai
- Near-shoring
But first, we need to solve yet another problem – high container volumes are causing:
- Congestion in ports in the US and China
- 35 ships waiting to be unloaded in LA
- Global rates per 40-foot container the week ending Dec. 31 – a 174% increase from a year ago
Increasing container utilization is part of the solution – see it
here