E2open

With President-elect Donald Trump set to return to the White House later this month, there has been a fair amount of attention focused on his plans regarding tariffs, a key cornerstone of his economic agenda.

While inflation may be on the decline, that certainly hasn’t stopped consumers from looking for deals. That sentiment is also true when looking at how parcel services providers are seeing more customers opting for cost-effective ground delivery options—as opposed to more expensive express delivery options.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Michael Farlekas, CEO of E2open, an Austin, Texas-based connected supply chain software platform services provider.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Michael Farlekas, CEO of Austin, Texas-based connected supply chain software platform services provider e2open. Farlekas provided Berman with an overview of various topics, including: a return to supply chain normalcy; inventory management, and sourcing options for shippers, among others.

This white paper presents five best practices for companies to leverage trade programs and maximize their benefits.

Two leading logistics technology players—New York-based Transfix, a logistics technology services provider that streamlines shipment data to better help shippers make informed decisions to optimize time and revenues, and Austin, Texas-based e2open, a network-based provider of cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform services—recently announced a partnership focused on offering shippers access to dynamic market rates and capacity.

This webinar will discuss the pros and cons of alternative outsourced logistics models (3PL, etc.) and introduce the concept of Logistics as a Service (LaaS).

Read this new White Paper to understand the Five Top Trends - from increased cross-border ecommerce to final-mile capacity constraints – and specific steps you can take to meet the challenges, improve flexibility and sustainability, and increase sales.

The pandemic brought unprecedented long-term stressors to supply chains worldwide. Does hindsight tell us anything about how to be better prepared? Can artificial intelligence (AI) possibly help with disruptions of this magnitude? This e2open study provides some answers.

The study outlined in this paper serves as a blueprint for how to prepare for future disruptions, whether they come from competition, technology, climate, pandemics, economic turmoil, trade wars or any other challenge.

Data and insights from this study find there are key steps decision makers can take to proactively manage these risks, better achieve corporate goals and emerge stronger after major disruptions.

Learn how to reduce empty miles, manage inbound transfers and outbound shipments, and shrink your overall transportation spend through continuous improvement and optimization.

Learn more about the strengths, challenges and prospective considerations in the latest excerpt by downloading the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Global Trade Management Applications 2022 Vendor Assessment.

Austin, Texas-based E2open, a network-based provider of cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform services, saying it has bought Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Logistyx Technologies, a provider of global parcel and e-commerce shipping and fulfillment technology services, for $185 million.

Download your blueprint today to understand the impact of artificial intelligence in supply chains before, during and after the pandemic.