Rethinking Supply Chains
Open ERA Group's original report ↗The paper covers digitalisation and AI in the supply chain of the freight forwarding, industrial and commercial sectors. Its starting point is that many companies still run on outdated systems or self-built spreadsheets, and therefore miss the advantages a modern Transport Management System (TMS) can provide.
A central theme is the shortage of skilled workers in logistics, particularly in dispatch and transport roles. The report describes how automating routine tasks — order acceptance, route planning, tracking and monitoring — can relieve the people who remain and reduce the risk that optimisation opportunities are overlooked.
It also addresses real-time data as a basis for decisions, data governance, the sustainability effect of better route planning, and how automation supports resilience. The report cites examples of possible savings levels in its own context. Those figures belong with the original report and should not be read as expected outcomes in a JMF Europe assignment.
Key takeaways
- A modern TMS is described as the basis for automated transport management.
- Automating routine tasks softens the impact of skills shortages.
- Real-time data and data governance improve decision quality.
- Better route planning links cost and sustainability.
Relevant for
COO · Supply chain · Logistics
- Source
- ERA Group
- Language
- English
- Length
- 9 pages
- Original author
- Mark Klinghammer
Original material from ERA Group. JMF Europe provides a short summary here.