KEARNEY
LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION
Kearney’ s five-point guide Kearney’ s report outlines a guide for teams reviewing their carrier strategy in this quarter’ s market.
• Take advantage of improving market rates through a multi-round RFP process.
• Leverage the freight market condition to bring down the hidden inflation in your purchased goods.
• Source and partner better with forwarders, so they up their game.
• It’ s the right time to think beyond cost in supply chain and improve carbon footprint – this yields ESG benefits shippers can take credit for.
• Make logistics procurement capabilities more agile so you drive rate outcomes instead of reacting to them.
KEARNEY
HEADQUARTERS: CHICAGO, US NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 5,700 MARKET CAP: US $ 439M
Renaud’ s experience in automated warehouses follows similar trends. He says:“ By improving the speed and accuracy of order preparation, Exotec solutions provide greater flexibility in carrier selection.
“ For example, some retail customers use the Skypod system to prepare both ecommerce and store orders in the same warehouse. This versatility allows them to intelligently distribute flows among multiple carriers depending on geography, delivery times or costs.”
supplychaindigital. com 139