Pandemic fuels demand for greater connectivity, rapid fulfillment from carriers

Global supply chains weren’t exactly humming along before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the supply and demand issues of the past year have “revealed how fragile supply chains can be,” wrote the authors of a February 2021 Deloitte Insights report titled “Creating a competitive supply chain advantage through connected communities.”

Deloitte is one of the world’s largest accounting and professional services firms.

The pandemic has also created new opportunities for transportation and logistics providers to gain an edge through connectivity, according to the report, based on an online survey that Deloitte commissioned that gathered responses in early 2020 from 182 supply chain leaders in trucking, ocean, rail, manufacturing and retail.

You May Like

A. Duie Pyle’s Ashley Fox Named Recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Women in Supply Chain Award

WEST CHESTER, PA — A. Duie Pyle recently announced Ashely Fox, Director of Finance and Administration for the company, was named a recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Women in Supply Chain Award. The Women

HDT's Top Green Fleets of 2019

What does it mean to be “green”? For a trucking operation, whether for-hire, private, or government, it can mean many things. Lowering tailpipe emissions using alternative fuels and new electric and hybrid drivetrains. Using renewable