Supply Chain Planning Strategic Playbook GEP estimates that about 20% or less of its clients do an effective job at supply chain planning. So how do you land among that elite group? GEP’s Supply Chain Planning Strategic Playbook can help prioritize the next steps in your mission to improve planning. Here’s your playbook to doing […]

How to Achieve True Net-Zero Emissions — An Action Plan for Supply Chain Leaders Read this whitepaper to learn why the time to take steps towards net-zero emissions is now, the challenges organizations may face, and an action plan for reporting on and reducing emissions. What’s Inside: The importance of examining emissions across the entire […]

Supply Chain Convergence in a Disruptive Environment A new GEP white paper — Supply Chain Convergence in a Disruptive Environment — breaks down the study and its findings as well as highlights how technology can mend the gap through visibility and collaboration. What’s Inside: The disconnects and misaligned priorities between supply chain and procurement pros […]

Building Shipping Operations That Attract Big-Box Retailers Over the last year, the retail market has witnessed disruption of seismic proportions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. While a black swan event, the impact of the pandemic has been long lasting. Tremors from the economic slump that followed were ubiquitously felt across the retail supply chain, […]

How to Optimize Your Warehouse Space to Improve Productivity and Achieve Growth Imagine a warehouse design process everyone can get behind. In today’s modern supply chains, warehouse operational managers and stakeholders have settled for outdated and problematic warehouse designs. In fact, many warehouses haven’t changed since their original designs years ago, even as the requirements […]

How to Build Supply Chain Resiliency: The Ultimate Guide Crazy times call for…supply chain resiliency. It’s an unprecedented time for shippers. Supply chains that were so routine and reliable no longer make sense. Factories in China and Vietnam still face unexpected shutdowns. Retailers can’t keep store shelves stocked. Suppliers can’t meet manufacturers’ deadlines. Cargo ships […]

Five Challenges in Parcel Shipping Optimization COVID-19 caused e-commerce to surge as brick-and-mortar businesses closed, workers were sent home, shopping migrated online, and shipping demand pivoted to parcel. Downstream consumers expect ever faster, cheaper delivery, with full end-to-end tracking and notifications while upstream, opaque carrier zone rates and fee structures continue to drive up costs. […]

Canadian Customs: What U.S. Exporters Need to Know to Keep Things Moving Find out what U.S. businesses should know about the Canadian customs process before shipping products to the border. Thinking about expanding to Canada? There’s never been a better time. With supply chains coming back to life, retailers looking to replenish store shelves, and […]

Four Ways a Cloud-Native WMS Can Solve Retail Supply Chain Pain Points Is your warehouse future-proof? Cloud-native warehouse management systems enable retailers to profitably deliver in the chaotic environment of supercharged consumer expectations, labor shortages, product shortages and myriad other factors. Cloud-native WMSs are versionless — meaning they can be continuously updated via the cloud. […]