Webinar - Digital Transformation in Supply Chains

Transforma Insights presents an overview of the domains of change impacting today’s supply chains

Ever higher demands are being placed on supply chains of all kinds driven by the emerging dominance of e-commerce and consumer (and regulator) requirements for new kinds of provenance information. Meanwhile, significant cost savings can be achieved in supply chains by better managing warehousing and inventory levels and delivery networks.

These same cost savings often correspond to significant sustainability benefits, helping to decarbonise digital supply chains. Meanwhile, condition monitoring of goods in the supply chain can reduce wastage, also unlocking significant cost and sustainability benefits. The
digital transformation of supply chains should be a priority focus area for all organisations, large and small.

In this webinar, Transforma Insights analysts Suruchi Dhingra, Research Director, and Jim Morrish, Founding Partner, will discuss the key domains of change that are driving the digital transformation of supply chains, including:

• Location Management and Route Optimisation defined as the real-time monitoring of location of transportation vehicles (including trucks, ships and railway carriages) and supply chain assets (including containers, cages, and more) to make operations more efficient.

• Condition Monitoring including the monitoring of the condition of goods (especially, perishable and refrigerated goods) while they are in transit and after their arrival, to guard against theft, spoilage, and breakage.

• Supply Chain Transparency focussing on capturing and sharing data across supply chains and logistical networks (potentially using permanent immutable records) so that all participants (including end consumers) can have transparency into how goods have moved
  through a supply chain and also the origination of input components and raw materials.

• Warehouse Management defined as technologies deployed in warehouses (including distribution centres and fulfilment centres) that make the processes automated, efficient and intelligent. This includes the use of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and robots for automated picking, packing, sorting, and more.

• Inventory Management including the use of technology (such as sensors, drones, and machine learning) for efficient tracking, monitoring, and storage of inventory in warehouses to ensure optimal inventory levels.

• Last Mile Delivery considers the use of technologies to improve last-mile deliveries (the final step when the parcel is moved from distribution hubs to customers’ doorsteps). This includes smart parcel lockers, delivery drones, sidewalk robots, autonomous delivery vans and more.

• Supply Chain Planning and Operations considers the use of digital technologies to support supply chain planning operations ranging from demand planning, supply planning and coordination, and alignment of supply chain decisions internally and externally. This solution area particularly focuses on the use of digital twins to support supply chain planning.

We will also discuss how new ‘Circular Economy’ sustainability regulations will impact supply chains of the future. The webinar will provide insights into the changing dynamics of supply chains, a critical business function that has application in the context of multiple sectors.

For more information about the digital transformation of supply chains please refer to our Digital Supply Chain Sector Page.

About Sector Focus from Transforma Insights

Technology and end-user industries are abuzz with talk of digitally transformative technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), data sharing, distributed ledger, 5G connectivity and more. But, as ever with new technologies, it is only when end-users deploy solutions that leverage these technologies that digitally transformed
industries will materialise.

Transforma Insights has undertaken an extensive programme of work to profile the major domains of change that are enabled by digitally transformative technologies across a range of sectors, including:

• AgTech
• Autotech
• Digital Supply Chain
• eHealth
• Future Field Force
• Green Energy Tech
• Industrial Transformation
• Insurtech
• Smart Buildings
• Smart Cities
• Smart Construction

As ever, digital transformation is not ‘all about the technology’. The domains of change that feature as part of our sector-focussed analysis all combine new technologies in different ways and seek to achieve different goals. All of the identified domains of change exist by virtue of the fact that they address constraints associated with current-day approaches, or capitalise on opportunities to deliver better outcomes, typically for less cost and with enhanced sustainability footprints.

The Digital Transformation in Transportation & Storage Report is Transforma Insights assessment of the major domains of change that are currently impacting Digital Supply Chains.

The webinar will take place on 3rd October 2024, at 09.00 Eastern / 14.00 UK / 15.00 Central Europe.