Resource Center

The last mile is the shortest leg of the supply chain, but it often becomes the most expensive and operationally unpredictable part of the journey. A package travels thousands of miles across networks and transportation modes, only to face the final challenge: getting from the distribution center to the customer’s door on time, every time. 

E2open is recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Manufacturing Track-and-Trace/Serialization Solutions 2026 Vendor Assessment. Download the official IDC excerpt and see how leading vendors help manufacturers create a digital thread from raw material through final delivery. 

See why e2open is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Nucleus Research SCP Technology Value Matrix. Download the full analyst report today.

July 31, 2026 | Inbound Logistics.
Curiosity. You rarely see it in job descriptions or bios, but curiosity often makes the difference between a good leader and a brilliant one. _ John Lash

Visibility is only the first step. Coordinated action is what drives supply outcomes. Most organizations can see disruptions coming. The challenge is acting on that information quickly and aligning suppliers, carriers, and internal teams to respond effectively.

Last-mile delivery keeps getting more complex. Teams are managing higher volumes and tighter delivery windows with lean resources. Meanwhile rising customer expectations put constant pressure on logistics operations to move faster without losing control.

This white paper is designed for manufacturing companies that depend on distributors and resellers to reach customers and scale growth; it is especially relevant for organizations managing complex global partner networks. These companies often operate at enterprise-scale while managing partner incentives, compliance requirements, and the channel analytics needed to make informed decisions.

July 18, 2026 | Supply Chain Review
The erratic nature of U.S. tariff policies has placed supply chain companies under dual pressure from costs and compliance. e2open expert John Lash provides an in-depth analysis of tariff litigation, tax refund delays

E2open Ocean Bookings by INTTRA eliminates that complexity. As the world's largest neutral, multi-carrier ocean network, it gives logistics teams a single connection to plan, book, and submit shipping instructions.

Most shippers and forwarders rely on multiple ocean carriers to move goods across global trade lanes. But ocean freight management becomes harder when teams must switch between carrier portals, compare changing schedules and rates, track vessel status, monitor container status, and rely on spreadsheets to fill the gaps. 

Carrier capacity volatility is no longer temporary. Demand swings, regional imbalances, and network disruptions now have become the new normal for transportation leaders across every mode and region. When capacity tightens, organizations relying on manual processes, disconnected systems, or static routing guides struggle to keep pace. Costs rise, service suffers, and decision-making slows exactly when speed matters most.

June 30, 2026 | Global Trade Mag
After four months of closure, the Strait of Hormuz finally appeared to be open last week. Until it wasn’t. With a ceasefire in effect and a framework announced to end the conflict, daily sailings through the Strait of Hormuz reached 70 last week, marking a milestone.

Managing ocean logistics has never been more complex or consequential. Shippers are under pressure to move faster, reduce manual work, and maintain compliance while managing bookings, documentation, and visibility across 100+ carrier relationships.

Research shows that only 42% of organizations have visibility into their Tier 2 suppliers or deeper. That gap introduces risk. When a delay occurs several tiers upstream, it often doesn’t surface until finished goods miss a delivery window. By then, the options left are expensive: expedited freight, repositioned inventory, and service penalties.

As companies move from large-scale digitalization to AI-driven transformation, some initiatives delivered real value, while others fell short. In this live panel discussion, supply chain experts from across the ecosystem take a candid look at what worked, what didn’t, and how those lessons are shaping 2026 and beyond.

June 2, 2026 | Supply & Demand Chain Executive
By now, the details of the conflict involving Iran are well known. What matters for businesses is the economic fallout already moving through global trade networks.

June 1, 2026 | Transport Topics
“U.S. imports from China are declining, while those from Mexico are rising,” said John Lash, group vice president of product strategy at E2open. “You find it’s mainly tactical sourcing of goods from alternative manufacturers already set up in Mexico.”

This infographic is designed for global supply chain planners and planning leaders operating in enterprise and complex supply chain environments, where volatility, risk, and constant disruption make planning decisions harder and more consequential.

The webinar will include a live demonstration showing a unified analytics experience with TMS data and freight market signals in one place. Learn how expert logistics teams can leverage this data to drive measurable results for leading organizations.

Last-mile operations are defined by constant variability: traffic, delivery windows, exceptions, and rising customer expectations. For high-volume fleet owners, these variables directly impact cost, service performance, and customer experience.

For third-party logistics providers (3PLs), last-mile delivery is both an execution challenge and a coordination challenge. Each day requires balancing multiple customers, delivery profiles, and service-level agreements within a single operation.

Retailer fines and chargebacks can quietly erode margins for manufacturers. In our case study, you’ll discover how a large North American private‑label food and beverage manufacturer used e2open Logistics as a Service, a managed logistics service, to service, to reduce costs, improve on-time delivery, and gain clearer operational insight.

May 3, 2026 | SupplyChain247
"A new report from e2open found that while performance at origin has improved, delays are shifting into booking, transit, and unloading stages. That change is creating a more unpredictable environment, where containers move smoothly at the start but run into issues later in the journey.

This report provides intelligence that helps supply chain experts understand how their organizational performance compares to industry standards across an elaborate set of key performance indicators. As a result, leaders gain visibility into new opportunities and a better awareness of the tradeoffs between cost and service.

E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index examines current trends based on real data related to several critical trade lanes and offers a historical context for even deeper insights. Decision-makers can use the index to more fully understand the impact of disruptions, gain unique visibility into supply chain movements worldwide and take informed action based on actual data.

April 27, 2026 | SupplyChain247 
“Higher diesel prices mean higher transportation costs… fuel surcharges are updated weekly, so higher diesel at the pump is immediately passed on to businesses and consumers,” said John Lash, GVP of Product Strategy at e2open.

April 23, 2026 | Axios
"I think supply chains have always had a moment, it's just that they were in the shadows in the back, and up until supply chains were disrupted, you don't know supply chain issues," E2open chief strategy officer Pawan Joshi said.

April 20, 2026 | AJOT 
John Lash, Group VP of Product Strategy at e2open, adds, “Twelve long months of trade wars – defined by on-again, off-again tariffs – have taught us that the only certainty in trade policy is uncertainty. As we enter this new era of permanent trade volatility, look for tariffs to become increasingly embedded in the core SCM tools used for planning, sourcing, and logistics — it’s simply too disruptive to do in siloes anymore.”

April 9, 2026 | SupplyChainBrain
Rigs are expensive, operating costs are expensive, and fuel is expensive — you need more cash to get into the game than you ever did before," says John Lash, VP of product strategy with supply chain management software provider e2open.

Digital transformation in supply chain planning is no longer a future ambition. For many organizations, it is an active response to disruption, uncertainty, and rising expectations across the supply chain.

In this video, Anand Medepalli, Chief Product Office and Head of Presales at Shippeo shares how the partnership with e2open enables customers to identify and react to disruptions more quickly.

In this customer testimonial video, Nishith Mohnot, Senior Manager of Business Systems at QSC, explains how increasing trade pressure—particularly tariffs—has reshaped sourcing strategies across the AV‑IT industry.

Transportation leaders are navigating one of the most complex operating environments in decades. Fuel price volatility, shifting freight capacity, and sustained pressure to reduce transportation spend have made cost control harder, and more critical, than ever.

In this video, Simon Aboud, Partner at Goikid, explains how organizations can no longer rely on stability as a given in global supply chains. Constant disruption, increasing regulatory pressure, and rising customer expectations require a new approach—one built on network‑based transformation, digitalization, and collaboration.

In this video, Mike Thompson, President and Co‑Founder of Trade Forward, shares how global importers are navigating tariffs, regulatory change, and rising costs—and why global trade automation has become critical.

Transportation teams face increasing volatility, from shifting market rates to service disruptions and rising operational costs. This video explores how digital transformation in transportation management helps organizations gain control over spend while improving 

Supply chain planning is at an inflection point. Volatility is constant, planning horizons are shorter, and exceptions never stop coming. Traditional tools and manual workflows can’t keep up.

March 27, 2026 | Food Navigator USA
John highlights that rising fuel and fertilizer costs are intensifying supply chain pressures, leaving companies with limited ability to absorb additional costs. The CargoWise data is also included extensively as well, pointing to how a growing share of global shipments are already being disrupted and signaling that higher food prices for consumers are increasingly unavoidable.

In this customer testimonial video, Edwin Tolsma, Trade Compliance, Global Domains and IT Lead at Signify explains how growing regulatory complexity and fragmented processes were impacting daily operations. 

Shippers face mounting pressure to control costs, improve service levels, and operate more sustainably—all while navigating market volatility and capacity constraints. Legacy processes and disconnected systems make it difficult to gain the visibility and intelligence needed to stay competitive. 

Full-truckload (FTL) shipping can hide a costly problem in plain sight. Even when loads are planned carefully and carriers perform well, unused trailer space still gets billed. That “empty” capacity quietly inflates transportation costs without showing up as an obvious operational failure. 

Supply chain disruptions don’t start at Tier 1. They start deep in the supply network, where visibility is limited and response time matters most. This solution brief shows how organizations move beyond awareness to take decisive action across the multi-tier supply network.

Transportation vendors are operating in an environment defined by volatility. Disruptions, shifting trade dynamics, and rising service expectations are now part of day‑to‑day operations, not temporary conditions. 

March 10, 2026 | Logistics Management
The national average price per gallon of diesel gasoline rose for the tenth consecutive week, for the week of March 9, according to data issued today by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Based on findings from the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Global Trade Management Applications for Manufacturers and Exporters 2025 Vendor Assessment, the video explains why global trade management has moved beyond compliance to become a strategic capability. You’ll see how cloud‑native platforms, automation, and AI help organizations gain visibility, reduce risk, and make better decisions across compliance, logistics, and finance.

Discover how your transportation performance compares to the market with e2open Reporting as a Service (RaaS). Our expert analytics team will benchmark your costs and service levels, helping you identify opportunities to reduce spend and improve delivery performance.

February 27, 2026 | Supply Chain Brain 24/7
John Lash of e2open shares practical steps to build a more resilient network.

Tariffs are easy to see, track, and model. That’s why they dominate sourcing decisions. But they’re only the surface layer of global trade risk.

February 23, 2026 | DC Velocity
As import tariff rates continue to vacillate between the impacts of Supreme Court decisions and White House policy statements, U.S. business groups are asking the Trump Administration to pick a single, predictable policy instead of drifting between uncertain conditions.

February 20. 2026 | Marketplace
The tactic, which can be legally gray, involves shipping goods through a country with lower tariffs.

In this customer testimonial video, Thomas Mackie, Director of Global Trade at Sophos explains how manual transaction reviews were slowing the business and creating risk. By implementing e2open Global Trade Management, Sophos automated export compliance screening, reduced review times to under a minute, and gave a small, agile team the confidence and capacity to focus on higher‑value work. This story shows how e2open supports global trade compliance at scale.

Watch the recording and learn how to take the next step toward stronger partner alignment, smarter incentives, and demonstrable ROI from your channel investments.

Watch the on-demand discussion to understand the regulatory and geopolitical forces shaping global trade this year and learn how your organization can strengthen its compliance controls to stay resilient amid ongoing change.

E2open is helping redefine what it means to be a modern supply chain planner. In this video, Daniel Stidsen explores how the role is shifting—from reactive firefighting to strategic decision-making—powered by automation, better data, and more connected planning ecosystems.

Tariffs may steal the spotlight, but they are just the tip of a massive compliance iceberg. Sourcing and procurement professionals know the real trouble often comes from a complex web of non-tariff requirements lurking below the surface, such as import/export controls, sanctions, and country-specific rules.  

E2open is reshaping what’s possible in global trade management. In this video, Cody Williams breaks down how artificial intelligence is accelerating the future of compliant, efficient, and connected global trade.

Global trade has shifted from a predictable function to a fast-moving source of risk and complexity due to political volatility, tariffs, and heightened scrutiny by customs. What was once considered simply a compliance function has evolved into a strategic discipline that encompasses sourcing, logistics, and finance.

These are trying times for businesses engaged in cross-border commerce. To stay compliant and competitive, organizations need real-time visibility, automation, and integrated decision intelligence across their supply chains.

This ebook shows how multi-tier supply network mapping exposes hidden risks, simplifies compliance, and helps automotive industry supply chains accelerate their response to disruptions and keep production on track.

If there’s one thing you can count on in supply chain management, it’s change. Agility is essential in a world where disruptions jump seemingly out of nowhere and rattle the bones of supply chains from end-to-end. Sticking to old-school, static planning models is a recipe for getting left behind by a faster competitor.

Today’s supply chains depend on an intricate ecosystem of up and downstream partners. Studies—and experience—show most disruptions originate among these third-party partners. 

Today’s supply chain leaders have it tough. Demand can shift overnight and send ripples of disruption through supplier networks. To compound matters, many of the planning tools they rely on were designed around predictability, and today’s business landscape is anything but. The truth is that most disruptions occur outside your four walls, and traditional approaches simply don’t provide the visibility or agility to keep up with the messy realities of modern supply chains.

High-tech consumer brands run on sprawling, multi-tier supply networks they often can’t see or control. Where every decision carries a price. Short product cycles, incomplete data, and poor visibility into sub-tier inventories trigger shortages, excess, and costly expedites. Add constraint-blind supply plans and informal allocation policies, and disruption quickly becomes wasted inventory and missed targets.

November 27, 2025 | Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Ending the de minimis exemption brings stronger tariff enforcement but triggers global disruption, higher costs and fewer choices for consumers and small businesses.

November 11, 2025 | GOBankingRates
John highlights that companies tried to shield consumers from tariffs by pre-positioning inventory, absorbing costs, and pressuring suppliers, but how these protections are temporary and consumers will ultimately face higher prices as tariffs move through the supply chain.

Supply chain disruptions happen fast. Scattered data slows your response.
E2open’s Supply Risk Assessment brings intelligence to supply chain risk management. We connect external risk data and live operations for real-time visibility across your supply network.

October 30, 2025 | Family Handyman
Pawan says that holiday decoration prices will continue to rise due to tariffs, since many are made in China.

October 31, 2025 | Supply Chain Brain
John highlights how automakers are reaching a breaking point after absorbing tariff costs, warning that rising import duties and new trade conflicts are pushing the industry toward higher prices, tighter margins and a potential ripple effect across the broader economy.

October 13, 2025 | Yahoo! Finance
John’s insights are newly relevant as Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed tariffs have pushed inflation to 2.9%, reigniting concerns over rising consumer costs. John’s point about how tariffs disrupt supply chains and drive higher prices now highlights why restaurants and other industries are again feeling the squeeze.

E2open’s Transportation Procurement Services give shippers a smarter way to source freight. We combine deep logistics expertise, advanced sourcing tools, and collaborative shipper networks to help you unlock savings, improve visibility, and secure reliable capacity.

Tariffs, currency swings, labor shortages, and rising costs strain global supply chain operations. Organizations need technology that delivers real-time visibility, intelligent automation, and measurable ROI – to get ahead of problems, not just react to them.

September 24, 2025 | Transport Topics
John highlights that rising tariffs and economic uncertainty are creating structural risks, putting pressure on consumers and raising concerns for retailers as peak shipping season approaches.

September 22, 2025 | Institute for Supply Management
John emphasizes in the piece that companies are frozen by uncertainty from tariffs, inflation, and a weakening job market, making them hesitant to hire or invest despite lower interest rates.

September 22, 2025 | 10 WJAR
Halloween candy prices are rising. Pawan Joshi breaks down why. While many assume that tariffs are the only factor, it's important to understand that climate change is also affecting crops.

September 18, 2025 | S&P Global
John highlights that the Fed’s cautious approach to rate cuts reflects the unprecedented uncertainty created by today’s mix of tariffs, labor market shifts, and inflation pressures.

September 15, 2025 | ConsumerAffairs
Your favorite Halloween candy is going to be more expensive this year. Learn why prices are going up and how consumers can save.

August 30, 2025 | Yahoo! news
John highlights that ending the de minimis rule will challenge smaller businesses with added customs processes and could limit access to unique products, ultimately reshaping consumer choices.

August 21, 2025 | Supply & Demand Chain Executive
John Lash highlights that escalating steel and aluminum tariffs ultimately raise costs across the board, lowering competitiveness and creating greater risk for businesses and consumers.

Our RaaS gives you the competitive intelligence you need to thrive in unpredictable freight markets. Think of us as your on-demand analytics team, delivering ready-made, real-time reports—no spreadsheets required. Our transportation analytics team delivers personalized dashboards that benchmark your performance against the entire $18B e2open TMS network.

A leading global fashion retailer with iconic clothing brands operates a vast network of physical stores and e-commerce platforms across multiple regions. The company is committed to strong corporate ethics and social responsibility, and strives to ensure its supply chain adheres to ethical standards globally.

Our comprehensive eBook reveals how multi-tier supply network mapping transforms supply chain management. You’ll learn proven strategies to reduce risk, improve collaboration, and build resilience across every supplier tier.

A leading global consumer packaged goods (CPG) company struggled with NPI forecasting and consistently overestimated true demand. The company’s forecasting capabilities were in dire need of an overhaul.

From handcrafted paletas sold from a pushcart to the #1 Latin frozen novelty brand in the US, Tropicale Foods has stayed true to its Mexican heritage while building for growth. But as demand surged, their manual shipment tracking hit a wall.

August 12, 2025 | Industry Week
John Lash highlights that the administration is using tariffs as a strategic tool to pressure foreign nations, pushing trade boundaries beyond prior administrations, and driving up costs for U.S. businesses and consumers.

Your supply chain is more complex than ever. Between market volatility, partner complexity, and internal silos, you’re fighting an uphill battle every single day. But what if you could have an intelligent system that thinks, adapts, and acts alongside your team – to do all the things you always wished you could?

Fashion moves fast. Your supply chain should too. When a viral post sparks demand or consumer preferences shift overnight, you need to respond quickly. Yet, most fashion brands still rely on spreadsheets, fragmented worksheets, and outdated workflows that keep them stuck in reactive mode. The problem isn’t demand. It’s the disconnect between what customers want and what your supply chain can deliver.

July 28, 2025 | GOBankingRates
Across-the board tariffs will hurt everyone. That's the hard reality of tariffs, a tax paid by consumers.

July 24, 2025 | SupplyChain247
John Lash explains how the end of the de minimis rule could impact importers, sourcing strategies, and compliance risks.

The uncomfortable truth is that many companies are measuring forecast accuracy at the wrong level. While your C-suite sees strong quarterly numbers, at the supply chain execution level where service and inventory happen, forecast accuracy is much lower.

Supply chain disruptions hit automotive manufacturers hard. One missing semiconductor chip or aluminum shortage can shut down entire production lines, costing lost revenue and frustrated customers.

Whether a customer buys online, in-store, or through a distributor, they expect the same seamless experience. But with a supply chain spanning dozens of partners, delivering that kind of consistency is harder than ever.

July 10, 2025 | Transport Topics
John highlights the uncertainty caused by shifting trade policies and tariffs, noting how it makes long-term planning difficult for businesses.

June 20, 2025 | GOBankingRates
Explore ways to save money as costs rise due to tariffs. John Lash comments that everything will likely become more expensive, regardless of where it's made.

June 20, 2025| Transport Topics
John highlights that more advanced technology is becoming essential for shippers to manage costs and respond effectively to changing supply chain conditions.

One missed regulation. One compliance failure. Your global business can’t afford to guess. Discover how e2open’s Global Knowledge® can enable profitable global expansion while protecting your business from costly compliance oversight.

Retailer data, consumer signals, and promotional metrics – even with all this information available at your fingertips, are you able to maintain accurate forecasts and ensure your products are available when consumers need them?

High-tech brands often outsource production to component suppliers and contract manufacturers, so electronics manufacturing depends on smooth, multi-tier supply collaboration and deep insight across all tiers of the supply network. Download our solution brief to learn how e2open’s collaboration solutions ensure that brands have the right amount of visibility, sub-tier collaboration, and flexibility to deliver.

June 4, 2025 | Food Logistics
John Lash highlights how today’s escalating tariffs and policy uncertainty are not only straining U.S. agricultural exports but also overwhelming last-mile logistics and infrastructure, creating a costly and unsustainable burden on American farmers.

Automotive manufacturers and OEMs face increasing pressures in a dynamic industry – shrinking build cycles, shifting demand, regulatory changes, and rising risks threaten smooth operations. Effective supply collaboration is no longer optional.

May 22, 2025 | Patch
John Lash, Group VP, Product Strategy at e2open, says that he expects the volume of low-value packages would likely rise, but not back to previous levels.

May 16, 2025 | Business insider
John emphasizes that even with temporary tariff relief, global supply chains can't be quickly restructured, and higher consumer prices are inevitable in the near term. He warns that some familiar products may disappear from shelves as the market adjusts to ongoing trade disruptions.

May 13, 2025 | Associated Press
In this Associated Press article, John says he expects the volume of low-value packages from China to increase again, though not to previous levels. He noted that the $100 flat rate could reduce the effective duty rate on higher-value packages to around 13%, making them less costly.

May 8, 2025 | Transport Topics
Tariffs and changes to the de minimis rule are creating delays and more scrutiny at the border, especially for e-commerce. While companies haven’t passed on the extra costs to consumers yet, short-term sourcing shifts may ease the impact over the coming months.

Regulations are shifting at an astounding rate, keeping compliance and supply chain professionals on high alert. From intense trade wars and restrictive ESG mandates to the expansion of global sanctions, the pressure to stay informed and nimble is growing.

April 24, 2025 | S&P Global
In the short-term, companies are pre-positioning materials and inventory across borders to avoid costly tariffs, even if it means paying higher shipping cost. Longer term, the uncertainty makes it hard for businesses to commit to big decisions.

April 22, 2025 | Inbound Logistics
Companies won't invest in nearshoring if tariffs keep changing, because cost uncertainty makes long-term planning too risky.

April 21, 2025 | American Journal of Transportation
Logistics networks are investing in integrated platforms, APIs, and real-time data to boost supply chain visibility and agility. Predictive analytics and AI tools are also helping shippers make faster, smarter decisions in a complex global environment.

April 21, 2025 | Logistics Management
Tariffs won’t drive long-term nearshoring unless businesses can count on them being permanent—right now, the uncertainty makes major investments too risky.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) supports 200+ international customers and 2,800+ aircraft with critical maintenance services and are a powerhouse joint venture keeping thousands of aircraft flying safely worldwide. Hoping to expand their operations outside of Europe, the company realized it would need to streamline trade compliance across multiple international hubs.

For over a century, this iconic American automaker has been synonymous with manufacturing innovation. But with increasing volatility and uncertainty, they faced a critical challenge: 95% of their finished vehicles were sitting idle for months due to missing components. The solution? A new approach to supplier commitment.

The Trump administration’s sweeping tariff policies have created unprecedented challenges for international trade. With duties affecting over $2 trillion worth of imports and pushing U.S. tariff rates to their highest levels in a century, trade professionals are scrambling to adapt.

Manufacturing organizations face unprecedented challenges in today’s market: raw material scarcity, inaccurate demand forecasting, and increasingly complex global supply chains. The Nucleus Research report examines how e2open’s integrated platform addresses these pain points with dramatic results:

April 7, 2025 | Fleet Maintenance
E2open uses AI to improve global trade and compliance by automating classification, simplifying regulations, boosting data accuracy, and streamlining documents.

Supply chain disruptions are occurring with more regularity than ever before, and without technology-driven supply chain risk management strategies, your business may be ill-equipped to respond quickly enough.

April 2, 2025 | Transport Topics
New U.S. tariffs are unprecedented and will likely affect importers, likely raising costs for consumers and disrupting transportation and warehousing.

Global commerce has entered an era of volatility where disruptive events have grown in both scope and frequency, making it more complex than ever to ensure supply assurance. Companies that embrace AI-driven, connected risk management solutions will thrive—while those stuck in siloed, manual mode risk not being equipped to deal with the pace and uncertainty of modern disruptions.

March 20, 2025 | Reuters
Sung explains that high tariffs are forcing companies to consider USMCA certification to reduce costs they didn't previously need to worry about.

Remember when you’d learn about supply chain disruptions through frantic phone calls, or online news articles? When a supplier’s factory fire meant hours of spreadsheet hunting and days of uncertainty?

Supply chain AI solutions play a pivotal role in transforming how businesses analyze and leverage this data, so let’s explore how this is accomplished.

March 18, 2025 | Inbound Logistics
John Lash highlights the challenges of reshoring U.S manufacturing in response to aggressive tariff policies.

With AI technology now mainstream across industries, supply chain leaders face an overwhelming marketplace of options, each claiming to deliver transformation. Our comprehensive buyer’s guide helps you navigate this complex landscape to identify AI technology that delivers measurable business value.

March 11, 2025 | Forbes
The Trump administration's fluctuating tariffs are hitting the auto industry the hardest, disrupting decades-old supply chains, raising manufacturing costs, and creating uncertainty that makes future investments risky.

March 11, 2025 | The Food Institute
Tariffs between the U.S. and Canada create economic uncertainty, disrupt supply chains, and raise consumer prices.

The increasing speed and complexity of modern supply chains demands a lot of time and effort from the humans that manage them. But they no longer need to do it alone. AI in supply chain management has emerged as a powerful knight in shining armor in this space. Or should we say knights? Many AI vendors and solutions have flooded the market to stand before you and sell their services.

March 4, 2025 | S&P Global
Shein, Temu and similar companies may need to shift their business models by consolidating shipments into bulk imports and establishing US-based distribution centers if the de minimis exemption is removed.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global supply chains, making operations smarter, faster, and more resilient. But before investing in AI, it’s crucial to understand one fundamental truth: AI is only as good as the data that powers it.

Managing diverse channel partners with unique needs can feel like a high-stakes juggling act. Your success depends on personalized engagement and seamless support — but it’s a challenge to deliver this consistently across your entire ecosystem. E2open’s Channel Managed Services takes this burden off your shoulders, providing expert support that complements your channel strategy and empowers your partnerships.

February 26, 2025 | Air Cargo News
Removing the de minimis exemption will force companies like Schein and Temu to change their business models, and shift to builk imports and US-based distributiion.

Supply chain artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how organizations make decisions, predict outcomes, and optimize operations. So, as companies seek to harness the power of AI supply chain solutions, it’s crucial to make an informed choice for long-term success.

February 19, 2025 | Supply Chain Digital
The US proposed ban on Chinese and Russian connected vehicles marks a major shift in global trade. This move is part of a broader trend of increasing technology restrictions, rising nationalism, and a move away from unrestricted globalization.

February 18, 2025 | DC Velocity
Artificial intelligence and advanced computing power have revolutionized TMS, enabling the processing of vast historical data and complex optimizations that were previously impossible.

Global supply chains are more interconnected—and more challenging—than ever. Shippers, third-party logistics (3PL) providers, beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), and carriers face mounting pressures: rising logistics costs, fluctuating carrier capacity, and an increasing need for real-time visibility. Are your current transportation management practices keeping you moored to the docks?

Modern supply chain managers juggle an amazing number of uncertainties. From geopolitical tensions to sudden weather events, disruptions lurk around every corner. But have you ever considered the blind spots within your own operations? When you outsource manufacturing, the gap between placing an order and receiving finished goods can feel like a black hole, hiding potential pitfalls that could derail your supply chain.

February 12, 2025 | My Total Retail
The de minimis law helps international shippers by allowing tax-free imports under $800, but big companies exploit it at scale. This loophole leads to lost revenue, unfair competition, and safety risks, prompting calls to lower the threshold.

February 7, 2025 | Associated Press
A large number of shipments will be affected by the abrupt tariffs on small-value packages from China.

February 7, 2025 | The Loadstar
There's still no clear system for paying duties on newly taxable packaging, adding to uncertainty. Filing costs and processing delays will impact businesses.

February 6, 2025 | CCJ Digital
New tariffs will likely spark retaliatory measures, disrupting supply chains, especially in key industries such as oil, gas, and automotive.

A global mining and construction vehicle manufacturer known for producing top-tier mining and construction equipment relies on a vast supply network to keep their machines running smoothly. With thousands of suppliers, factories, and dealers scattered worldwide, maintaining clear visibility and seamless supply chain collaboration is crucial, especially when managing interdependencies within different tiers to ensure a reliable flow of goods.

For decades, tariffs worldwide have declined steadily since the Second World War. But that trend has reversed. Trade turbulence and tariff uncertainty are on the rise, and the threat of “Trump Tariffs” have all major U.S. trading partners on edge.

February 2, 2025 | CCJ Digital
The recent tariffs on Canada and Mexico aim to pressure those countries over drugs and immigration, but retaliation from them could spark a trade war, complicating the trucking industry's recovery.

January 31, 2025 | Logistics Management
While shifting the manufacturing strategy could help US companies mitigate the impact of tariffs, the complexity of the modern supply chain makes it challenging to avoid their effects entirely.

January 31, 2025 | CBS MoneyWatch
Uncertainty and volatility surround the Trump administration's use of trade policy as an economic and foreign policy tool. Here's what could be coming for tariffs against China, Mexico, and Canada.

January 22, 2025 | The Loadstar
E2open's John Lash John emphasizes that language used during labor negotiations, such as focusing on "protecting jobs," fosters distrust and suggests reframing discussions to highlight shared benefits of automation, like improved efficiency and increased paid hours for workers. He argues that collaborative talks can create harmony, benefiting the entire supply chain and supporting economic growth by ensuring goods move faster to consumers.

Supply chain blind spots between brand owners and their contract manufacturers and component suppliers are no longer acceptable in the modern supply chain. Without real-time insights, disruptions in production schedules, inventory shortages, and delivery delays can spiral into costly setbacks.

Supplier disruptions, natural disasters, and fluctuating demand are reshaping global supply chains, stirring up supply chain difficulties that traditional planning methods are ill-equipped to handle. The world has become far too volatile and supply chains, too complex, for rigid models built on fixed assumptions. Without the ability to adapt quickly or account for surprises, static planning leaves companies exposed and unprepared.

January 3, 2025 | Logistics Management
Proposed tariffs with the new administration aim to address political concerns, but could lead to higher costs for US businesses and customers.

The world’s largest carrier network, at your fingertips. The secret to success relies on resilience, adaptability, and efficiency. With e2open’s Connected Transportation Management System (TMS), you can unlock the power of reusable carrier connections and a flexible, scalable carrier network that ensures timely deliveries, reduces costs, and fuels long-term growth.

December 16, 2024 | S&P Global
In this article, John highlights that the North American automotive industry's supply chain, built over decades and supported by NAFTA and the USMCA, is highly integrated, with materials and components often crossing borders multiple times before final assembly, making it difficult to undo quickly.

December 16, 2024 | Inbound Loigstics
Pawan highlights that consumers now expect fresh produce year-round, which increasingly relies on the cold chain to meet this demand. He emphasizes that maintaining this supply chain requires robust cold chain solutions to ensure the consistent and reliable transportation of temperature-sensitive goods.

What does it take to prepare for the unexpected? The e2open 2024 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study analyzes five years of supply chain performance, uncovering lessons learned from the pandemic and actionable strategies to prepare for what’s ahead. In this fact sheet, the top three takeaways from the report are broken down for a snapshot look into:

December 12, 2024 | Transport Topics
Pawan highlights that this year’s holiday shopping season started earlier, with freight movement spread more evenly due to factors like a shorter shopping period, a port strike, and global supply chain disruptions.

December 13, 2024 | Food Logistics
Frozen foods are gaining popularity as innovations in cold chain technology to make them more convenient, sustainable, and accessible. From AI-driven demand sensing to real-time monitoring, these advancements are reducing waste, improving efficiency, and helping manufacturers meet rising consumer demand.

December 5, 2024 | Transport Topics
Steady trucking demand from retail sales and international shipping is helping to stabilize the market, after losing thousands of jobs due to the shutdown of major companies.

Are fragmented data, inefficiencies, and rising costs holding your supply chain back? This comparison guide is designed with global companies and supply chain professionals in mind. It provides a blueprint for actionable strategies to overcome supply chain disruption and build a smarter, more efficient, agile, and scalable supply chain.

Operational resilience is no longer optional – it’s essential. For business leaders facing increasing complexity and unpredictability, supply chain resilience enables companies to maintain critical functions and adapt to unforeseen challenges while keeping operations running smoothly.

Batory Foods is a national distributor of sweeteners, starches, fruits, vegetables, proteins, fibers, oils, and more. It delivers a range of premium food ingredients to manufacturers in the food, beverage, and nutraceutical industries across the U.S. The company bridges top-tier food ingredient producers with food and beverage brands. With a network of warehouses and distribution centers, Batory Foods ensures rapid and efficient product delivery.

E2open's supply chain solutions help companies drive efficient supply collaboration, reduce costs, and enhance supply assurance through digitalization.

November 14, 2024 | Talking Logistics
Having the right plan and technology for last-mile delivery can help shippers navigate successfully through peak season.

November 5, 2024 | Fleet Maintenance
Pawan Joshi talks about the contrast around automotive regulatory policies between Trump and Harris.

October 28, 2024 | Inbound Logistics
In an increasingly fragmented global trade environment, connector countries play a critical role by bridging major economic blocs and maintaining the flow of goods.

Outsourced manufacturing was originally adopted as a low-cost strategy for brands. Since then, the practice has brought on new obstacles that have made it increasingly more difficult to achieve a sustainable and high-quality production operation. 

October 9, 2024 | SupplyChainBrain
The shipping industry faces significant challenges in 2024, from geopolitical tensions, extreme weather, and logistical bottlenecks, requiring flexible, data-driven solutions to maintain a smooth global trade flow.

October 1, 2024 | TotalRetail
Karim's article outlines the key drivers of volatility in ocean freight rates for the 2024 holiday season, including high demand, supply chain challenges, and potential disruptions.

October 1, 2024 | Industry Week
Pawan and John notes the impact of the strike on different industries, emphasizing that the strike will significantly impact supply chains.

September 30, 2024 | The Washington Post
Even a minor port strike can cause widespread disruptions across the supply chain. Retailers may shift to more costly air shipping to avoid delays, which could increase prices and emissions.

September 25, 2024 | MarketWatch
Hear from John Lash on the anticipated strike at East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, where he notes that there could be benefits and losses for companies throughout.

September 20, 2024 | Logistics Management
Pawan’s insights in this Logistics Management article speak to how consumers are increasingly opting for cost-effective delivery over express options, a significant shift from the pandemic era when fast delivery was in high demand due to higher disposable income and limited in-store shopping.

September 18, 2024 | Industry Week
Hear what John Lash has to say about the expected positive impact from latest Federal Reserve rate cut since the pandemic.

September 11, 2024 | SupplyChainBrain
It looks like peak season is coming early this year, as consumers and retailers opt for cheaper, slower shipping options. Hear what e2open's Pawan Joshi has to say about it.

September 2, 2024 | The Loadstar
The Loadstar speaks with e2open's John Lash about the impacts of an East cost port strike on shippers and carriers.

August 22, 2024 | Freight Waves
Some China-based manufacturers have been skirting around US tariffs by shipping through Mexico. However, while tariffs are meant to protect manufacturing jobs in the US, it could increase costs for factories that rely on sourcing from China.

August 15, 2024 | Supply Chain Dive
More stringent customs processes to keep companies from taking advantage of de minimis could lead to prolonged shipping delays.

August 16, 2024 | Supply & Demand Chain Executive
The upcoming holiday season will likely see a significant increase in ocean freight rates due to high demand and ongoing disruptions.

Companies can no longer thrive, or survive, with siloed operations, disconnected data, and limited visibility in an unpredictable supply chain landscape. While outside disruptions and intense competition spawn new supply chain challenges left and right, risks also lurk deep within sub-tier ecosystems threatening your supply assurance and compliance.

Read this case study to discover how the e2open Rail Transportation Management and e2open's Logistics as a Service (LaaS) team helped Biewer Lumber identify the best location for the new mill, and secure competitive rail freight rates for transporting lumber.

Delivering high-quality products and services becomes challenging without a reliable Transportation Management System (TMS). Nortera, a leader in frozen and canned vegetables, faced significant supply chain challenges. Supply chain consultancy C2.0 partnered with e2open to implement their TMS, which transformed Nortera’s operations. With C2.0's expertise and e2open’s TMS, Nortera achieved remarkable optimization and streamlined logistics.

June 2024 | Inbound Logistics Magazine
Read what grade e2open's Tara Buchler would assign reverse logistics operations and why.

June 2024 | Inbound Logistics
Read a quote from John Lash in Inbound Logistics that discusses something that AI can't replace.

June 26, 2024 | EV Magazine
Read Mehmet Demirci's thoughts on how technology and AI present opportunities for manufacturers to optimize efficiency and minimize risk.

June 17, 2024 | Supply Chain Xchange
The Americas Act seeks to improve ties to countries within the Americas and reduce dependence on foreign adversaries like China. Read this article by e2open's John Lash to discover what benefits this shift would offer.

Founded in 2002, this American audio equipment manufacturer is known for its high-quality wireless, multi-room audio systems. Partnering with leading music services, this organization has made significant strides in the audio industry. Their supply chain utilizes outsourced contract manufacturers (CMs) and requires constant management to ensure seamless component availability.

Covetrus and e2open collaborate for parcel shipment optimization, execution, end-to-end visibility and analytics

Our transportation procurement software has made freight procurement more of a data-driven process, ensuring that high-performing carriers can rise to the top of our Carrier Marketplace listings and increase the chances that they can meet the needs of the shippers searching for them. With Procurement Discovery, shippers can now enjoy more value and less hassle in procuring freight.

June 3, 2024 | MHI Solutions
John Lash, Group VP, Product Strategy at e2open, was quoted in MHI Solution Magazine about how AI can help make more connected decisions across the supply chain, despite disruptions and constrained supply.

May 28, 2024 | Food Logistics
Updated EV targets by the EPA could have potential implications for the food supply chain. Hear from Karim Jumma as he speaks with Food Logistics Magazine about the benefits and challenges of electric trucks.

3M’s technology isn’t always visible, but its impact on day-to-day life is undeniable. The company’s 96,000 employees are dedicated to science and exploration — driving to understand customer needs and, creating products that make products lighter, more durable, and striving to solve the world’s current challenges — while also preparing for the future.

When it comes to logistics scheduling, collaboration is crucial. The biggest challenge faced by companies and their logistics providers is fragmented data architecture, and yet, far too many of them rely on disjointed platforms to manage this task. In many cases, the process is handled manually, making scheduling more time-consuming, and vulnerable to human error.

When global packaging leader Smurfit Kappa needed to enhance logistics visibility and standardize transportation processes across multiple regions, they partnered with e2open. Building on their successful European implementation, the company expanded e2open’s Transportation Management System (TMS) into North America, leveraging Logistics as a Service (LaaS) capabilities to improve logistics operations, enhance customer service, and reduce freight costs across their extensive production network.

Australia Post – the nation’s mail service – faced the challenge of efficiently managing a surge in parcel deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring strategic solutions for optimal route planning and delivery sequencing. E2open's last-mile delivery solution emerged as a power ally, seamlessly providing drivers with optimized stop lists, accurate ETAs, and the flexibility for manual adjustments.

A global automotive leader recognized that its existing restricted party screening (RPS) systems were outdated, fragmented, and relied too heavily on manual processes. In the face of evolving regulatory changes and a competitive marketplace, the company needed to enhance its compliance operations to safeguard its reputation and trusted brand.

As the leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of a wide range of fruit and vegetable juices and drinks, this organization manages over 25 recognized brands in North America. The company strives to provide a best-in-class experience, delivering on customer expectations with exceptional service, high quality, and product innovation. The company employs 2,700 people across 24 offices with production sites across Canada and the United States.

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. It promotes the health and safety of indoor spaces where people live, work, learn and play, and help preserve, protect and extend the supply of food and medicine across the globe.

Discover how our comprehensive TMS solution empowers organizations to streamline logistics operations globally, enabling agility and resilience in response to dynamic market changes. Learn how the e2open TMS simplifies carrier procurement, planning, execution, and settlement across all modes and regions, leveraging the largest carrier network ecosystem for real-time insights and continuous improvement.

April 20, 2024 | CNN Business
Pawan Joshi highlights the continued strength of the US economy in 2024, as consumers continue to spend on experiences.

To learn more about how the logistics service provider sustained success with the help of Global Knowledge Compliance Data offered by e2open, download the brief or contact e2open to discuss your unique needs around compliance and global trade content.

With the adoption of e2open's comprehensive customs filing solutions, a global logistics service provider (LSP) successfully tackled the complexities of European customs operations, driving better compliance and lower costs.

April 5, 2024 | Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Companies are facing the challenges that come with inflation, including increased transportation, materials, and labor costs.

April 2, 2024 | Institute for Supply Management
Pawan Joshi discusses the importance of investing in port infrastructure because of its potential to reduce shipping costs.

April 1, 2024 | Manufacturing Digital
Manufacturing Digital speaks with Mehmet Demicri, Senior VP of e2open, about manufacturing balance and the global supply chain.

March 29, 2024 | Wall Street Journal
E2open provided insights to the WSJ about the cargo onboard of the Dali containership that cause the bridge collapse in Baltimore.

March 29, 2024 | MarketWatch
Read Pawan Joshi's comments in MarketWatch on the type goods getting transported by the ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

March 26, 2024 | MarketWatch
Market Watch speaks with Pawan Joshi, EVP of products and strategy at e2open, about the immediate and long-term supply chain impact of the recent Baltimore bridge collapse.

March 26, 2024 | Industry Week
Pawan Joshi, EVP of products and strategy at e2open, reminds readers of Industry Week that supply chain risk is unpredictable, and companies must have contingency plans in place for disruptions.

In today's dynamic trade and transportation landscape, logistics service providers (LSPs) face unprecedented challenges and opportunities driven by digital innovation and heightened competition. The demand for LSP services is growing and is driven by online shopping, globalization, and trade complexities.

March 10, 2024 | EV Magazine
Pawan Joshi, EVP of Products and Strategy at e2open speaks exclusively with EV Magazine about potential EV regulation shifts ahead of the 2024 US presidential election.

March 4, 2024 | Industry Week
Industry Week speaks with Pawan Joshi on the need for a connected supply chains to manage disruptions like the Red Sea Attacks and Suez Canal blockage.

Amidst the global crisis of Covid-19, a leading pharmaceutical company faced the monumental task of distributing its groundbreaking vaccine worldwide. With the challenge of equitable and efficient distribution, the company partnered with e2open, leveraging its Global Parcel shipping solution to orchestrate the complex logistics of delivering billions of vaccine doses across diverse regions.

A worldwide manufacturer faced challenges with outdated customs processes and reliance on third-party brokers, which left the company vulnerable to risks like cross-border delays, clearance delays, low visibility into shipment status, and a limited ability to adapt quickly to changing regulations.

February 20, 2024 | Transport Topics
Pawan Joshi speaks with Transport Topics on the increased transit times for finished goods and raw materials, and how weak demand has positioned the supply chain to better deal with these delays.

Parts shortages, like missing puzzle pieces, pose unique challenges for businesses because they can negatively impact all levels of production and fulfillment. But one company, renowned for barcodes, mobile computing, and RFID expertise, discovered how to predict and address inventory gaps by managing shortages efficiently.

A prominent €11 billion conglomerate in the global building and housing market faced operational challenges stemming from their rapid acquisition strategy. Collaborating with e2open, the company embarked on a transformational journey to modernize its sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes.

Pre-Covid trade wars, the global pandemic, political conflicts, tensions in the APAC region, logistics logjams, and capacity fluctuations. and rising costs for essentials have had far-reaching effects on transportation networks. The need for greater digital dexterity, cost optimization, and broader carrier options has led many organizations to look for new technology and processes to future-proof against unpredictable disruptions.

February 14, 2024 | MarketWatch
Red Sea disruptions might have been worse without the Lunar New Year holiday and pandemic-induced softness. Shipping capacity will likely remain stable unless demand drastically changes.

February 8, 2024 | Retail Systems
Recent Red Sea attacks have led to increased transit fees and war premiums. Retailers must build flexibility and proactive planning into their supply chain management to navigate these turbulent waters.

February 7, 2024 | International Trade Magazine
Hear from David Strauss on the key five supply chain issues leaders will need to consider in 2024, including: sustainability, diversifying through nearshoring, and leveraging AI for better decision-making.

February 6, 2024 | Talking Logistics
N-tier visibility is critical for companies to optimize efficiency and mitigate risks in today's complex market. Discover how your company can learn who is really in your supply chain network in this article written by Gary Barraco.

February 5, 2024 | Logistics Voices
Hear from John Lash, Group VP of Product Strategy at e2open, on the evolving landscape of AI, and the importance of choosing the right AI tools for your company.

Moving from a manual and outdated legacy global trade system to a centralized, digital, and automated system, is what John Wainwright, President of the International Supply Chain Compliance Group, achieved with his team at Leggett & Platt.

Barilla, a global Italian food company, addressed inefficiencies in its transportation network by implementing e2open partner Breakthrough Fuel Recovery solution. By aligning fuel reimbursements with wholesale prices, the company achieved a 20% reduction in fuel spend and ensured fair reimbursements for carriers.

As a global leader in providing comprehensive solutions for data centers, communication networks, and industrial facilities, this US-based company faced significant challenges in supply chain management with manual processes and fragmented communication across hundreds of suppliers.

January 29, 2024 | Supply Chain Brain
Funding for U.S. ports is still needed, and so far no money has been distributed from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which passed in 2022. Hear what Chris Connor, a member of the advisory board at e2open, has to say about the importance of this investment.

Global dependence on ocean freight continues to soar with a prediction of surpassing $13 billion tons in 2028. As reliance grows, so do the challenges, such as supply chain disruptions, economic fluctuations, geopolitical tensions, and changes in the regulatory landscape.

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, this top open-source software provider generates over $3.4 billion in annual revenue and aims to drive global growth through collaboration and new partner programs. Faced with challenges in managing its expansive partner network, the company implemented a global solution using e2open solutions, integrating Collaborative Channel Planning, and Rewards and Funds Management.

January 25, 2024 | Freight Waves
Building a railway from the Pacific to the Gulf coast is a longer route than the Panama Canal, but it could be the alternative route around the Panama Canal that companies are looking for.

This iconic candy and snacking brand struggled with cumbersome manual processes and zero visibility into changing demand patterns, leading to missed opportunities for taking timely, corrective measures.

Hear from Sarah Masessa, Global Partner Platform and Communications Manager at VMware by Broadcom, on how VMware has revolutionized its partner channel strategy to adapt to an evolving channel landscape and offered easy-to-use and streamlined resources on a centralized platform, for its channel partners to succeed globally.

January 23, 2024 | The Loadstar
The Loadstar speaks with Pawan Joshi, SVP of Products and Strategy at e2open, on how companies can build resilience into their food supply chains.

Demand sensing is not new. E2open pioneered demand sensing with embedded AI two decades ago. While many of the top supply chains rely on technology to help run their business, many still wonder where it fits in their planning process.

Discover the transformative and sustainable future of global trade compliance with e2open and WaveBL's digital bill of lading or electronic bills (eB/Ls) solution. Say goodbye to traditional paperwork and hello to secure, efficient, and compliant shipping practices. Unlock cost savings, global standards conformity, and unmatched efficiency with e2open's Ocean Booking Platform and WaveBL's customizable eBL solution.

January 16, 2024 | Reuters
Attacks on shipments in the Red Sea are driving up war risk insurance premiums. Read what Nicole Hudson, Director, Product Marketing at e2open, has to say about how this will impact businesses and customers.

January 9, 2024 | Transport Topics
Container vessels are getting attacked along the narrowest point of the Suez Canal and causing disruptions for shipments.

The marketing hype around artificial intelligence (AI) in supply chain has reached a fever pitch. However, beyond the lofty predictions and media buzz, you’ll find that not enough people are talking about the critical role supply chain data plays in driving the quality of AI decision-making.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an ever-increasing buzzword across industries, but vendors don’t often make it easy to understand. Realistically, the type of AI required to power today’s supply chains involves a pairing of technology and data that few vendors can provide.

January 3, 2024 | Procurement Magazine
Procurement Magazine speaks with e2open’s Pawan Joshi, Executive VP, Products and Strategy, about why companies are moving production away from areas like China and bringing it closer to home.

Bhavik Rao, CIO Americas at Vertiv, explains how the right technology platform and the expertise of the teams behind it helped Vertiv tackle disruptions, streamline processes, and ultimately gain productivity and efficiency.

December 19, 2023 | Inside Supply Management Magazine
Customer expectations are often unrealistic or unsustainable. Hear what e2open's Pawan Joshi recommends for companies to improve customer relationships.

In the heart of the Midwest, a pioneer and global leader in pet food, faced a critical challenge—managing a thriving private rail fleet of 1,600 rail cars amid visibility gaps and data inefficiencies. They wanted a solution to not only gain greater visibility and better data, but to reduce reliance on railway-owned equipment and overall costs.

December 15, 2023 | Food Logistics
Food supply chains are complex, and efficient supply chain management is important to ensure that products are delivered quickly, safely, and economically to customers.

In today's intricate supply chain landscape, traditional control towers confined within silos hinder growth and resilience. E2open’s transformative unified platform takes fragmented control towers and unifies them into command centers, emphasizing the power of cross-functional visibility.

In this webinar — co-hosted by e2open and Tabi Connect — we discuss how shippers can leverage these developing trends to their advantage. We also explore the dynamic landscape of transportation and logistics, uncovering the challenges and opportunities in this fast-changing industry.

December 12, 2023 | Talking Logistics
Hear from Mike Hitmar, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at e2open, on how companies can take dirty, disparate data from their supply chains and turn it into an asset.

Unlock the power of your supply chain with e2open's Supply Network Discovery application. In an era of constant disruption, your business can leverage e2open’s platform to ensure compliance, seamlessly share strategic information, trace raw materials to their origins, and collaborate to avoid disruptions.

December 6, 2023 | London Loves Business
Consumer confidence is slumping. Hear from Jeff Eckel on how retailers can win customer loyalty and bump sales by building supply resilience.

Ocean freight, an integral part of global trade, faces many challenges, including slow, error-prone payments. Shippers and carriers grapple with various intermediaries, currencies, and regulations, leading to delays, disputes, and undue expenses.

A world leader in electronics manufacturing produces components found in almost everything – from healthcare and electronic equipment to automotive and home appliances. The company’s complex supply chain serves over 300 top global brands. It operates in 100+ sites across 30+ countries and collaborates with a staggering 26,000+ suppliers.

Read our Brief Case to learn how Demand Signal Management from e2open helped a $2B battery manufacturer to achieve retail channel success and increase ROI on trade funds. The company lacked visibility into retail sales and inventories, was not properly managing their cross-retail demand data and was unable to determine the ROI on their trade spend. Building an in-house solution was not an option, as it would have been too costly.

Revolutionize your logistics payments with Automated Logistics Payment Services by e2open and TriumphPay. Effortlessly tackle the challenges of cost management, cash flow oversight, and carrier collaboration. By embracing automated freight payment services, you will experience enhanced visibility and fortified security at no additional cost.

November 30, 2023 | Logistics of Logistics
Listen in as Pawan Joshi and Joe Lynch discuss how companies can bridge supply chain silos.

Hear from Alan Brown, Vice President of Supply Chain, Technology and Transformation at Jabil, on how accurate, timely and insightful data provides Jabil with a competitive advantage and enables them to make more reliable commitments to their customers.

Join Adrian Gonzalez from Talking Logistics and John Lash from e2open for an on-demand webinar about the reality and enormous potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain ecosystem, particularly generative AI.

November 27, 2023 | Electronic Specifier
Learn what e2open's Mike Hitmar says about the UK's Advanced Manufacturing plan, and how automotive leaders should use short and long-term planning to build future proofed supply chains.

November 24, 2023 | Supply Chain Digital
New federal funding for domestic port improvement projects is expected to have a significant benefit for customers and consumers.

November 21, 2023 | Business Reporter
Many companies are restructuring their global supply chains and countries are turning to protectionist policies to protect the flow of trade and capital from volatility. Hear from Pawan Joshi to learn where he thinks sustained success will come from for companies participating in global trade.

November 13, 2023 | Logistics Management
Drought conditions in the Panama Canal are creating challenges for shippers and is impacting transit times. Read what Pawan Joshi, EVP, Products and Strategy at e2open, options there are to keep goods moving.

A multinational conglomerate, operating across four diverse business areas: aerospace, building technologies, performance materials and technologies, and safety and productivity solutions, was faced with fragmented data operations. Each business unit within the four divisions managed partner data differently, hindering visibility and making product launches challenging.

In response to critical challenges faced by a legacy multinational technology company—struggling with unreliable sales data and high administrative costs—e2open introduced transformative Channel Data Management (CDM) and Incentives and Rebates (I&R) solutions.

During the pandemic, a well-established company that manufactures and sells computer printing technologies experienced severe supply chain issues of distributors accumulating a backlog of printer orders without corresponding accessories.

A long-time e2open client partner and early pioneer of photocopiers and laser printers recognized the need to migrate and run their EMEA channel development funds, marketing development funds, and end-user promotions programs into a seamless solution.

November 10, 2023 | Supply Chain Movement
Explore how the company, Jabil, was able to develop supply chain resilience through improved purchase order visibility.

E2open's cutting-edge replenishment planning leverages the power of AI and demand sensing to decode casual demand signals on a large scale and in real-time.

Ready to make rebate overpayments a thing of the past? You are not alone. A well-known San Jose-based digital networking company faced the daunting challenge of managing sizable partner rebates and distributor-specific pricing. With a large global partner network, they needed a solution to transform their incentive processes to eliminate manual errors and avoidable frustrations.

Is your company constantly challenged by customs clearance delays that disrupt manufacturing operations? In today's global market, efficient customs operations are more crucial than ever to ensure smooth imports and exports.

Discover how Jabil, the force behind the world's top 300 global brands, solves some of the most complex and persistent challenges when ensuring continuity of supply. Jabil’s game-changing supplier onboarding strategy has elevated its entire value chain’s resilience through digitalized processes and simplified data-sharing for supply forecasts, inventory, and procurement.

October 24 | CCJ Digital
Discover how AI in supply chain will revolutionize and unlock new value for organizations, and how to navigate the new AI landscape.

October 26, 2023 | futuresparity
Read what e2open's Jeff Eckel has to say about how businesses can gain a competitive edge in their supply this holiday season.

October 17, 2023 | Talking Logistics
Discover how vendors can help streamline pre-shipment efforts to create efficiency and visibility and reduce delays.

October 9, 2023 | London Loves Business
Read what Mike Hitmar, Director of Product Marketing at e2open, has to say about the future demand of EV, and the need for automotive manufacturers to shift strategies to address the change.

September 3, 2023 | Digital Dispatch
Listen to Pawan Joshi of e2open speak on the complexity of the rice supply chain and how to improve reactions to disruptions such as India's ban on non-basmati rice exports.

September 29, 2023 | Food Logistics
Food Logistics speaks with Pawan Joshi, EVP of Products & Strategy at e2open, about sugar shortage and the disruptions that could impact the sugar yield in the coming months.

The e2open Marketplace is an innovative program that enables you to increase your connectivity as your business grows. Through the e2open Marketplace, you can leverage technology partners, receive detailed performance scorecards, achieve certification levels that can lead to new shipper introductions, and support a richer RFP process with shippers.

Dan Jianu, Logistics Operations Manager at Michelin, wanted a partner to help provide world-class logistics that streamline operations while bolstering supply chain resilience and reducing costs.

September 26, 2023 | Business Reporter
As the Golden Quarter of retail approaches, how can companies get ahead? Learn what Jeff Eckel, Director, Product Marketing at e2open has to say about why a diversified supply chain is important for a competitive advantage.

The pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains. In response, freight forwarders had to adapt to ensure they could make it through the dark days and prepare themselves to remain competitive and thrive. 

September 22, 2023 | Energy & Sustainability Solutions
EV manufacturers will need to adapt to future supply and demand, as new legislation helps to shape a changing market.

Today’s complex, intertwined supply chains face a volley of volatility, uncertainty, and disruptions that extend well beyond their four walls. It is all too clear following the pandemic that risks anywhere in the layers of multi-tier suppliers and partners can and will impact a company’s bottom line.

In this guide we will review different subscription models, discuss the benefits and risks, and evaluate how companies can harness the power of their partners to improve the success of their subscription business.

Challenges create opportunity. Today, heightened global risk and increased business constraints on a backdrop of disruptive technological advancements are increasingly creating new opportunities for organizations brave enough to transform.

This guide discusses the pros and cons of spot rates and how to effectively augment your typical contract rates. But for those newer to the discussion, let’s start at the beginning.

September 7, 2023 | Transport Topics
Pawan Joshi, EVP of Products and Strategy at e2open, suggests that shippers need to consider longer sailing times and to plan ahead due to current conditions in the Panama Canal.

September 6, 2023 | Supply Chain World
The spike in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) means that automotive supply chains need to keep pace. Read what e2open's Mike Hitmar has to say about how companies can align their supply chain networks to this shift.

Is your load planning team feeling the burn from scouring for spot options? E2open and Simple Logistics are fresh from the e2open Connect conference in Orlando and ready to show how your team can overcome the toughest spot option challenges in Real-Time while incorporating the gold standard in rate quoting.

September 1, 2023 | Supply Chain Digital
Michael Farlekas, CEO of e2open, warns that companies looking to move manufacturing away from China may face difficult logistical challenges.

With deeper connections to supply chain partners powered by innovative technology, companies can break down silos, reduce costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and gain a competitive advantage.

August 29, 2023 | DeliveryX
London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) was expanded starting today to include all of Greater London. With that comes a concern for automakers to be under greater pressure to develop more electric vehicles (EVs).

August 25, 2023 | Supply Chain Digital
Drought problems in the Panama Canal are projected to worsen, putting strains on the supply chain. Pawan Joshi, EVP Products & Strategy at e2open, talks about the impacts we can expect to see.

August 24, 2023 | Sourcing Journal
Restrictions at the Panama Canal might impact peak season for shippers. Pawan Joshi, Executive Vice President, Products & Strategy at e2open, digs into how lower consumer spending is helping with issues at the canal.

August 18, 2023 | Supply Chain World
Read pages 24-27 to see what e2open's Mike Hitmar has to say about how the automotive industry can adapt their supply chain to adapt to new innovation, such as EV's.

August 15, 2023 | Electronic Specifier
Read what Daniel Smith, Director of ESG at e2open, has to say about how companies can balance supply chain demands while ensuring sustainability.

August 14, 2023 | SupplyChainBrain
Possible collaboration with the UK may help American manufacturers move away from it's dependence on current providers such as China and Africa.

August 14, 2023 | MarketWatch
Frozen fruit and vegetable prices have gone up over the last year due to a shortage of frozen ingredients and an increase in the cost of cold storage. Read what Pawan Joshi, Senior VP of Products and Strategy at e2open, has to say about fruits and vegetables in the supply chain.

Listen to Daniel Smith, Director of Sustainability and ESG at e2open, as he talks to Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about ESG legislation's impact on supply chains, emerging laws, greenhouse gas emissions, and what companies can expect to prepare for in the future of ESG.

August 5, 2023 | Procurement Magazine
Take a look at the first steps to reaching a more sustainable supply chain, and how scalability and sustainability can bee included in a supply chain and procurement strategy.

August 7, 2023 | Supply Chain Digital
Read what Daniel Smith, Director of Sustainability and ESG at e2open, has to say about the role supply chain will play for reaching a net-zero future.

Dual-use products encompass a broad range of items that have both civilian and military applications. These products can include chemicals, electronics, software, and technologies that, while intended for peaceful purposes, may be used in military or weapons development contexts. Businesses must recognize and evaluate the dual-use nature of their products to ensure compliance with export control regulations.

As the world becomes more connected, so does the modern supply chain. However, this has revealed the complex relationships between the tiers in the pursuit of tighter collaboration and digital connectivity. The increasing globalization of supply chains makes them profound, and far-reaching, with actors in each tier ready to participate in conversations they previously didn’t have access to.

July 19, 2023 | Automotive World
EVs are transforming the automotive industry. But the complexity of the new vehicles and continual shortages are creating the need for longer-term planning and insights.

Supply chains everywhere strive to integrate and digitize supplier relationships. Yet, few are able to do it well. In this webinar, we’ll examine the real-world case studies of organizations that are getting it right. Our experts from e2open and KPMG will distill key takeaways and share advice to help you realize the value of digital supplier collaboration.

Discover how true multi-tier supply collaboration drives agility, resilience, and innovation across different industries.

Join two experts for an informative discussion of the current legislative trends regarding environmentally and socially responsible supply chains. You will learn what these trends mean for your business, and how executives can not only manage the risks but also turn them into opportunities.

July 10, 2023 | Vogue Business
Retail delivery is getting even faster. An app launched in London promises delivery in 90 minutes or less.

July 7, 2023 | CNN Business
UPS plays an important role in the movement of goods and the impending strike on August 1 could send disruptions across the country.

July 7, 2023 | New York Times
Each generation has different preferences of work flexibility and in-office work. Gen Xers and millennial are pushing for more flexibility, while younger people are more eager to be back in the office.

Sebastian Poehl, Head of Global Business Solutions at Leschaco, explains how a trusted transportation system uses automation to free up time for Leschaco’s teams to focus on their customers and improve service levels.

Most companies think it’s too complex to take advantage of duty savings programs like free trade agreements, customs warehouse programs and others. For manufacturers, there are proven ROI use cases illustrating major cost savings.

Major global trends impact the performance and the way enterprises operate. A business' channels to market (whether retail or indirect distribution) are not exempt. This whitepaper explores the implications of these megatrends on business in general and their particular effect on operating a channel. More importantly, the paper then investigates and recommends ways in which technology can help respond and adapt.

In this eBook, you’ll discover 3 obstacles to effective forecasting ­­– and how to respond to uncertainty with more agility. You’ll also learn how KPMG and e2open have formed a powerful combination to help you solve today’s most complex challenges.

June 26, 2023 | SupplyChainBrain
Importers are seeing some relief after they struggled with tight carrier capacity and high freight rates during the pandemic.

June 23, 2023 | FreightWaves
E2open's end-to-end platform offers businesses a platform to improve their sustainability by improving processes and keeping commerce sustainable.

Many promises are made in logistics and supply chain every day, from shippers and freight forwarders to customers and their stakeholders. As everyone has experienced over the last few years, making those promises is much easier than keeping them, with steep operational and financial consequences.

June 21, 2023 | Food Logistics
South America is emerging as a new supplier, as businesses look to diversify their sourcing and strengthen their supply chains.

Jean-Paul Verschoor, Origin Responsible Manager at Renault Group, explains how the company is improving efficiencies, saving on duties, and gaining a competitive edge.

June 15, 2023 | MarketWatch
Freight rates are expected to rise after the collapse of the I-95 in Philadelphia. Read about the logistical costs companies might see as a result.

June 13, 2023 | Supply Chain 24/7
Listen to Michael Farlekas, CEO of e2open, as he discusses logistics and supply trends like the freight economy, the impact of import decline and supply chain resiliency.

June 12, 2023 | Supply Chain Management Review
U.S. companies are looking for was to diversify their supply chain, such as reshoring and decreasing dependence on China. Read what Michael Farlekas, CEO of e2open, has to say in this article from Supply Chain Management Review.

Your product performance within its category and your relationships with retailers depend on timely, accurate demand signals. E2open Demand Signal Management application makes getting and interpreting these signals an easy task.

In this white paper, we highlight how to address the root of disruption that is buried deep within the complexity of modern supply chains. We also examine how cross-functional integration can help make the supply chain more agile and responsive to changes in demand, supply, or other external factors.

Do you know what market requirements might be next year, next month, or in a few days? Companies seeking to delight customers, establish operational excellence, and beat the competition need granular-level planning accuracy to achieve the right level of certainty.

May 27, 2023 | SMBtech
Transportation costs are on the rise. Discover four ways companies can set themselves apart from competitors and align their supply chains for growth.

While many things have changed in the post-pandemic world, retailers are increasingly strict about on-time in-full (OTIF) service targets, pushing Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs) to implement new supply chain practices.

May 23, 2023 | Automotive Logistics
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused supply chain disruptions in multiple industries. The availability of some raw materials has impacted production.

The e2open Carrier Marketplace brings efficiency and simplicity to shippers and carriers through connection, coordination, and collaboration. 

The key is to enhance your network and procurement strategies with carriers that provide real-time market rates and anytime capacity. This presentation will cover how future-ready shippers can leverage API connectivity to reduce freight costs.

May 8, 2023 | Logistics Voices
Scope 3 emissions, or emissions created from operations in the supply chain, are responsible for a huge percentage of an organization's carbon footprint. Read about what you can do to reduce this impact.

May 1, 2023 | Eco Voice
Discover how businesses can leverage technology to execute and meet ESG supply chain goals despite the fluctuating demands of the economy.

Download this ebook if you are a manufacturer who is in the process of discovering how to ship parcels across town or around the world faster, smarter, and with lower costs.

April 19, 2023 | Dynamic Business
Paul Soong suggests ways in which companies can manage inventory effectively though accurately forecasting demand.

Understanding that their combined efforts have the potential to unlock greater value for customers, Surge Transportation and e2open have joined forces to provide their mutual customers with guaranteed, reliable real-time rates and capacity – streamlining the capacity procurement process while also reducing transportation costs.

This guide outlines the major pain points related to a lack of supply chain visibility, describes the corresponding benefits ...

Supply chain and transportation performance are both very important to manufacturers and retailers. Having ...

From truck and driver shortages to pandemics, maximum capacities reached at European ports, and increased ...

From truck and driver shortages to pandemics, maximum capacities reached at European ports, and increased legal ...

The ability to track an item as it travels throughout the world in real time is becoming more widespread with the proliferation ...

Aprill 12, 2023 | Newsweek
Work stoppages at two of the nation's largest ports could mean more supply chain disruptions on the horizon.

April 12, 2023 | The Manila Times
Read what Paul Soong has to say about how supply chains can navigate through demand volatility with probabilistic planning.

April 6, 2023 | Dynamic Business
Hear from e2open's Paul Soong, Regional Director of ANZ, on how leaders can anticipate disruptions and improve visibility in supply chain.

Aprill 10, 2023 | Manufacturing Voices
Outsourced manufacturing is intended to reduce costs, but visibility and control of goods can be a challenge. Discover how to establish end-to-end supply chain visibility and decrease risk in your manufacturing process.

Everyone blames “the supply chain” these days. But customer expectations remain the same even in a disruption-filled landscape. Where’s my stuff and when will it get here? is easily answered with better real-time visibility connected to a proven TMS. With e2open’s Logistics Visibility capabilities with Shippeo’s technology and quality data inside, you can realize customer satisfaction and productivity gains.

The supply chain seems to be having a moment in the sun. What was once a behind-the-curtain function of global commerce infrastructure was brought to the forefront of global consciousness with the trade wars but moved right into the spotlight when the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered factories, stores, and businesses.

Introducing TABiConnect by Hubtek as the preferred technology partner of e2open for Logistics Service Providers rate quoting. Connecting LSPs and shippers through the dynamic power of e2open and Hubtek – to simplify and accelerate your supply chain.

Effective logistics management is crucial for the success of any supply chain, and companies facing today’s global challenges understand that a top-notch transportation management system (TMS) isn’t just critical – it’s essential.

March 22, 2023 | IT in the Supply Chain
Foood shortages and rising costs are a consequence of supply chain challenges. Discover how companies can better balance inventory levels and forecast future supply.

As retailers resume the service expectations they held prior to the pandemic, chargebacks to consumer packaged goods companies are reaching historic levels due to ongoing supply disruptions. Don’t let tighter delivery windows, higher non-compliance fines, and tougher on-time, in-full (OTIF) requirements erode your bottom line.

March 21, 2023 | IT Supply Chain
Some breakfast plates in the UK are missing the key ingredient for the classic "Full English" due to tomato shortages.

Listen to Rahul Roddam, Director of Product Management at e2open, discuss collaborative channel planning. Joint planning with partners builds commitment to outcomes, helps understand what it takes to deliver, and drives more effective resource utilization.

March 17, 2023 | Supply Chain Brain
As manufacturers move at least some of their production out of China due to geopolitical tensions and rising labor costs, is "friend-shoring" another option?

March 6, 2023 | Food Logistics
Food prices have gone through the roof in 2023. Learn what the food and beverage industry can do to face these challenges, and why the connected supply chain is a key.

Aspire Bakeries is a leading cross-category foodservice and retail baking company that delivers premium breads and sweet baked goods across North America. The business partnered with e2open’s Logistics as a Service (LaaS) to capitalize on all the advantages of their Transportation Management System (TMS).

Prior to the pandemic, supply chains were relatively consistent and predictable. But now, global disruptions are much more common and likely permanent. To stay competitive, brands need to cultivate resilience through building a more connected global supply chain that is in alignment with world trade trends.

A TMS and parcel shipping solution differ when it comes to typical usage scenarios and compliance efficiency. To meet today’s objectives for addressing parcel logistics demands for efficient, low-cost shipping, parcel-specific technology will help you provide the right solution for the right tasks. A TMS and parcel shipping solution differ when it comes to typical usage scenarios and compliance efficiency. To meet today’s objectives for addressing parcel logistics demands for efficient, low-cost shipping, parcel-specific technology will help you provide the right solution for the right tasks.

March 6, 2023 | Logistics Voices
How can retail supply chain leaders stay ahead of seasonal surges? Discover how technology can help companies mitigate supply chain challenges going into 2023.

March 6, 2023 | Food Logistics
Learn why a connected supply chain is key to creating resiliency, visibility and agility for food manufacturers.

March 2, 2023 | SCM Supply Chain Movement
What do supply chain leaders need to do to keep their supply chains resilient? Take a look at what e2open's David Strauss has to say.

As tensions between China and Taiwan continue to rise, many pundits and politicians have predicted a Chinese invasion within the next few years. This paper’s purpose isn’t to predict an invasion, but rather to identify the potential impact to global supply chains and help companies think about and create risk mitigation strategies if such an event were to take place.

In this webinar from Supply Chain Media, supply chain experts Knut Alicke and David Strauss discussed with Martijn Lofvers the importance of supply chain leaders and the key attributes necessary to build a robust and adaptable supply chain and achieve resilience.

Knowing what your partners plan to sell, knowing what they plan to do from an enablement and marketing perspective are essential bits of information to drive channel performance.

In 1979, renowned business strategist, Michael Porter introduced the now classic “Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy” model in Harvard Business Review. This framework, often referred to as “Porter’s five forces model,” is an invaluable strategic formulation.

February 21, 2023 | IT in the Supply Chain
Food shortages are becoming more commonplace. Gary Barraco, AVP of Product Marketing at e2open breaks down how connected technology solutions will allow companies to maintain brand reputation.

February 16, 2023 | US News & World Report
Large appliances are still hard to come by due to supply chain issues, and prices are impacted by inflation and supply and demand.

February 16, 2023 | MHD Supply Chain News
Supply chains have been upended with disruptions over the last few years. Learn how businesses can stay resilient and ahead of the game.

A variety of business scenarios depend on accurate partner identification: Understanding each partner's individual performance, identifying the right partners to help you grow and penetrate a market, rewarding and incentivizing the right partners for the right reasons.

January 31, 2023 | ABC Action News
How much does it cost to host a Super Bowl party? E2open's Pawan Joshi weighs in.

Join e2open for an overview of the Carrier Scorecard and Procurement Discovery processes for carriers and shippers so everyone can take advantage of these strategic benefits. Carriers will learn how to leverage their current performance data to focus their improvement efforts toward achieving a higher certification level.

January 28, 2023 | IT in the Supply Chain
UK car manufacturers are struggling to access semiconductors and supply chain technology will be essential to manage this challenge.

E2open’s Channel suite of applications addresses concerns like these with a comprehensive, end-to-end channel marketing solution to drive demand, grow sales, and expand reach in a controlled, predictable, and optimized way.

January 23, 2023 | Logistics voices
E2open's John Lash discusses his 2023 predictions for logistics and how to prepare.

Based on a survey of 2,035 online shoppers in the US, UK, Germany, and Australia, this report explores consumers’ views on cross-border e-commerce. How open are they to placing online orders with companies in other countries and why? 

Join Adrian Gonzalez from Talking Logistics and Oana Rusu-Williams, Director of Product Marketing at e2open, for a conversation on the connected channel. Discover what makes the connected channel different from traditional channel, 

January 6, 2023| TechWire Asia
Discover why supply chain visibility is more important than ever to prevent poor performance and empty shelves.

December 15, 2022 | IT in the Supply Chain
Read what Gary Barraco, AVP of Product Marketing at e2open, has to say about how new regulatory restrictions are impacting supply chains.

Coca-Cola Consolidated Director of Logistics, Dave Cruz, discusses how e2open helps improve efficiency while managing shipments, costs, and on-time delivery performance.

The long-tail for many of us represents the toughest set of Channel partners we have to deal with. In this webinar, our panel of industry experts will explore the strategies and the actual programs successful companies are harnessing to maximize their success with this fragmented but for many very important groups of partners.

Traditional supply chain planning, which relies heavily on stability and historical behaviors, is no longer enough for planners to achieve their goals. Supply chain performance has eroded due to an increase in frequency and scale of both minor and major disruptions from climate, politics, inflation, material scarcity, the pandemic, and more over the past three years. To solve for modern complexity and uncertainty, a new approach to planning is required.

E2open Carrier Marketplace is an enhanced program that brings efficiency and simplicity, streamlines procurement processes, and expands the system of connectivity options for both shippers and logistics providers.

In an industry with the explosive demand for semiconductor chips, manufacturers are challenged to maximize the use of limited production capacity, keep quality and yields high, respond to both governmental investments in the industry and changing regulations, bring new products to market quickly, and reach potential profits.

In an industry where consumer buying behaviors change rapidly, the challenge of getting the right products in the preferred channels at the right time has companies working to advance digital strategies for their supply chain management at record speed.

From increasing sales and managing inventory to rewarding partners, Schneider Electric relies on e2open Channel Data Management to harmonize data across the entire organization. Discover how accurate, usable data drives revenue growth.

In this webinar we will discuss how companies can apply carrier analytics and collaboration to optimize parcel performance and deliver e-commerce and small parcel orders consistently on time at the best possible cost.

Manage production, inventory, logistics and channel activity across every tier in your supply chain. Leverage a single, unified strategic platform that enables you to eliminate silos and connect end-to-end in real time to reduce direct costs and capture market share. e2open

Logistics service providers (LSPs) manage sophisticated requirements for multiple clients while controlling costs in a highly competitive market. Effective transportation and warehouse resource utilization is critical to success. With e2open Transportation Management, LSPs

The inherent complexities of freight forwarding have increased as geopolitical and supply challenges continue to strain the ability to move goods around the world. The freight forwarding workflows and capabilities in e2open Transportation Management

You can market more effectively when you know how much your partners are selling, where, when and to whom. Using data from your partners can help you increase your sales, use your budget more wisely, plan and serve your customers better.

Our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy and approach stem from our corporate purpose and core business objectives. We are committed to meaningful change, and as we continue our ESG journey, we are enhancing our transparency and accountability on ESG topics to inspire change, and reinforce our commitment to positive impacts.

Food and beverage makers are grappling with shifting consumer preferences, spiky demand, supply chain disruptions, raw materials pricing volatility, and much more. All while battling the competition and addressing environmental, social and governance initiatives. Yesterday’s technology is not up to the challenge.

Collaboration and orchestration across every tier of supply and manufacturing with e2open help ensure businesses have the right tools to boost supply availability, manage product costs, and reduce risk through a holistic view and AI-based decision making.

Short supply and service gaps at every stage of manufacturing and distribution are potential threats for all of supply, from raw materials to finished goods. The effects extend across internal operations, outsourced manufacturing, and distribution. 

For high-volume fleet owners and third-party logistics providers, connecting planning and execution in one workflow enables them to use live data to respond to changing conditions and gives them the visibility they need to protect service levels while controlling cost per stop.

Tracking in-transit cargo in real time rather than merely receiving periodic milestone updates has become increasingly critical. Without reliable real-time visibility, companies are blind to costly disruptions and vulnerable to the fallout. E2open Logistics Visibility application leverages data from various sources to pinpoint the status of shipments so leaders can proactively manage potential disruptions.

Reducing customs duties and tariffs can significantly raise margins. However, most organizations struggle to manually identify and qualify products for free trade agreements (FTAs) and duty savings programs. With e2open Duty Management application, 

Take control of logistics in a market defined by volatility, constrained capacity, and constant disruption. E2open Transportation Management gives suppliers a connected transportation management system to plan, execute, and settle freight across global networks, so teams can act faster, stay head of disruptions, and manage costs without sacrificing service or adding complexity.

View this Talking Logistics interview with Mehmet Demirci, SVP of Global Solutions at e2open, as we discuss a new and differentiating supply chain capability: Supply Sensing.

Watch this exclusive Supply and Demand Chain Executive webinar to learn how you can make more informed supply and inventory allocation decisions despite ongoing shortages of components and raw materials.

In this Journal of Commerce webinar replay, you will hear how ocean and air cargo carriers can protect their cargo and assets through an automated due diligence screening solution that reduces carrier risk and improves security.

Freight costs average 10% of the cost of goods sold, so logistics teams are challenged to balance costs and service to maintain a competitive edge while enabling growth and remaining flexible. Not every shipper has a team with the skills and technology to handle the challenges and market volatility. 

Global supply chains are one of the most collaborative environments in an organization, thus inherently the most vulnerable. In an era of elevated enforcement, conducting a thorough screening of party, commodity and destination against hundreds of lists will protect businesses from economic and reputational risk.

Check out this ebook to learn how global e-commerce providers can combat the obstacles of cross-border trade and create a frictionless experience for customers worldwide.

Today’s technology challenges are stacked against you—but the right technology stack can be pivotal for meeting your company’s goals. Dive into this ebook to learn six strategic steps for stacking your technology to minimize risks, reduce costs and achieve end-to-end visibility.

Check out this ebook to see how predictive estimated times of arrival (ETAs) can build on your in-transit visibility capabilities to provide the granular-level arrival time estimates that are essential for mitigating supply chain disruptions.

Looking for a framework to help drive channel engagement into a long-standing, fruitful partnership? You’ve come to the right place – check out this step-by-step eBook!

This white paper highlights changes companies can expect due to today's ongoing volatility in global trade policies. You’ll learn how you can take specific measures to protect your supply chain for continuous, safe operations.

Say goodbye to fragmented data and disconnected systems. The e2open Demand Signal Management solution brings clarity and strategy to your Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) operations and helps address some of your biggest pain points – from inaccurate demand forecasts and stockouts, to managing complex stock keeping units (SKU) across retail networks.

PL Developments, a major pharmaceuticals supplier, needed to consolidate shipping operations to cut costs and better meet customer demands. They successfully improved their outbound supply chain process with the right software and workflow tools.

Like all transport modes, rail is experiencing change and disruption and has been part of recent news reports around global supply chain issues. For insight, we spoke with two of e2open’s rail industry experts, Chad Toupin and Chris Szymczyk.

Shippers are looking for ways to simplify transportation operations—to improve service and contain costs despite the challenges of changing market conditions. Purpose-built for companies that plan and execute their own shipments, e2open Transportation Management’s shipper-specific capabilities cover all the bases – from planning and rating to execution, settlement, analytics, and procurement.

The topic of AI is generating significant interest across industries as thought leaders highlight its potential to transform supply chain efficiency and create new revenue streams. Supply chain software vendors are making bolder and bolder claims, but there are important details you should know so you can cut through the marketing hype.

Shippers are challenged to manage a costly process to reconcile carrier invoices with services rendered. To get clarity, and minimize labor costs, companies need a solution which gives them confidence, and efficient validation on what to pay.

Listen to five panelists discuss the changes they are seeing in the way incentives and rebates are being used to both motivate and change partner behaviors. How do you decide what you want to achieve? What should you be incenting? How do you build a program that is able to address the needs of different partner types?

Join e2open’s logistics experts as they discuss the use of technology and advanced data analysis to optimize road and ocean shipments for the “best all-around” outcome.

Are you challenged with determining how much stock to build, and where to position it? Do you lack visibility to inventory stored throughout your supply chain? Watch this video and rethink your inventory management strategy with e2open's Inventory Collaboration application.

A fast-growing manufacturer of semiconductors, onsemi (formerly ON Semiconductor) serves a broad range of markets. In this video, Umesh Limaye, the company's Director of Solutions and Integrations, talks about how e2open’s Manufacturing Visibility application has enabled onsemi to scale its supply chain and increase the speed of integrations that have been pivotal to a rapid growth strategy.

A leading audio, video and control supplier, QSC needed a planning solution that could keep up with the company’s rapid growth. In this video, Karon Evanoff, VP of Supply Chain at QSC, explains how e2open’s Business Planning platform helps QSC capture growth opportunities with consistently profitable, execution-ready plans that balance supply, demand and financial goals.

In this video, Julia White, Director, Global FP VAN at RHSC, discusses how e2open’s Inventory Collaboration and Global Logistics Orchestration applications are giving RHSC and its partners the real-time data and visibility necessary to ensure the on-time delivery of products around the globe.

Manage supply and manufacturing risk through holistic orchestration driven by real-time partner collaboration across all tiers of supply and production helping to reduce supply and production risks, optimize costs, increase supply assurance, and gain the agility to capture upside revenue.

Unlock the potential of all your channels with a complete 360-degree view of retail, distribution and online at your fingertips — right down to the consumer. Imagine having the latest decision-grade data for every partner on a single platform to manage incentive programs and retail execution, assess and optimize partner performance, and measure the total return on channel investments.

Confidently take the next step forward to better plan your business. Wherever you are in your supply chain journey, e2open’s strategic platform has the breadth to meet your immediate needs and the depth to grow with you.

Manufacturers and Brand Owners are facing a growing list of challenges when engaging with contract manufacturers to make themselves more agile and resilient. The global growth has made obtaining real-time visibility into production and manufacturing a challenge that if achieved, can provide real benefits through a holistic view of production performance across internal and external manufacturing facilities.

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, supply chain agility isn’t optional—it’s essential. E2open Supply Planning empowers discrete manufacturers to create feasible, profitable plans that align with real-world constraints.

As a brand owner conducting business-to-business selling, you routinely face complex processes involving retailers, distributors, resellers and direct sales that can result in customer service challenges.

Organizations confidently balance demand and supply with financial goals by aligning internal and even external stakeholders using e2open’s Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) application. Powerful what-if simulations reveal the financial and service impacts of tradeoff decisions, enabling a consistently profitable response.

For manufacturers across industries, managing recalls can involve high costs or even life-threatening situations. Ensuring consistent quality and lot, batch, and serial number traceability across the supply chain is crucial for controlling risks and safeguarding consumers.

Defective products can result in injuries, untold financial liability and brand damage. Companies must quickly identify the affected items, remove them from the supply chain and issue replacement goods if necessary. These activities come at a high cost, especially if it’s not easy to identify which products are defective. 

Global manufacturers often buy from many different suppliers, so keeping track of the progress of each purchase order (PO) that comes through for direct materials components can be extremely challenging for procurement teams. 

In apparel and private-label industries, new products and product lines are designed and launched rapidly—often several times each year. To stay ahead of the competition, brand owners must work to deliver new and innovative products, meet consumer demands, flex with production shifts and navigate a myriad of sourcing challenges such as quality and regulatory requirements.

Without the help of automation, many challenges can arise when it’s time to pay your channel partners—and costly penalties and processing errors are often the result. Incorrect payment details, delays and missing information can also detract from your ability to successfully track performance and design effective plans.

Maximize the impact of your channel rebate programs. E2open reduces overpayment risks for even the most complex scenarios and helps you secure partner loyalty with the right payments to the right parties at the right time — every time. Data-driven program selection and in-flight corrections turn rebate programs into a powerful competitive advantage.

Optimized channel marketing performance, lower administration costs, and reduced financial risk are natural outcomes when you use e2open Rewards and Funds Management to manage a broad range of programs across all partners and regions. Leverage rewards, CO-OP funds, and market development funds (MDF) as well as partner and business development funds programs, all of which draw upon timely, accurate data and deliver superior results.

By determining the most accurate stocking targets at every node in the extended supply chain, companies can provide more reliable customer service while minimizing inventory levels. This results in efficiency improvements, reduced working capital and lower carrying costs.

Inventory imbalances can quickly spiral into costly disruptions. E2open’s Supply Inventory Collaboration application helps you proactively manage shortages and excesses across your entire supply network. With real-time visibility into materials at every node—from internal sites to external partners—you can reduce safety stock, minimize obsolescence, and unlock working capital.

E2open’s Import Management application automates all the necessary import operations, collecting all information on one platform, ensuring compliance with trade regulations and seamless collaboration with partners.

E2open’s Global Knowledge application comes to your rescue with the industry’s most comprehensive database of regulations and business rules, efficiently consolidating compliance data for more than 230 countries, territories and islands and providing access to more than 900 restricted party lists and 240 free trade agreements. See this data sheet to learn how you can achieve automatic trade compliance, increase visibility and improve margins while reducing delays at the border.

Collaborating with customers to get a better understanding of future demand empowers brand owners to create a plan they can execute with confidence. E2open’s Channel Forecast Collaboration application enables a fully scalable and sustainable approach to downstream forecasting where all stakeholders can gain visibility into projected orders and work together to create joint forecasts. Brand owners can efficiently collaborate with large numbers of customers using process automation, analytics and exception management.

Keeping up to date on ever-changing trade regulations in foreign markets can get overwhelming. With e2open’s Export Management application, you can stay updated on global trade regulations, automate key compliance processes, classify products, screen parties and minimize export risks and third-party costs. 

Respond to market forces faster and drive profitable actions in stores and online. E2open’s Demand Signal Management application enables you to capture, harmonize and analyze demand and execution data from all retailers quickly and automatically.

Estimating aggregated demand months in advance is an established practice, but accurately predicting customer orders over a time horizon of several weeks is next to impossible without advanced data science. 

When it comes to customs filings for cross-border trade, you usually have two options: prepare and self-file your customs declarations or outsource the process to a customs broker firm. Self-filing tends to be a complex, manually intensive procedure, and using a broker increases your expenses and risk of noncompliance — especially when trading across multiple countries.

Having accurate product cost data—not just at the unit level, but for the components in each unit—is crucial for nearly every aspect of producing and selling goods profitably. However, when you depend on hundreds or thousands of contract manufacturers and suppliers, it’s difficult to predict your actual costs using manual methods and spreadsheets. 

Managing the flow of containers — empty or full — is crucial for ocean carriers, trucking companies and shippers. Controlling shipping containers is both difficult and costly. With e2open’s Equipment Management application, carriers can track containers in a single dashboard.

Creating comprehensive activity plans is rarely a partner’s core competency. A lack of appropriate software tools to align brands and their partners adds to the challenge. The result is that partners often lack effective plans, leading to low returns on a brand owner’s channel investments.

Gain control of inventory in your supply network to address shortages and excesses proactively across every supply chain tier before imbalances escalate into widespread disruptions. With e2open’s Channel Inventory Collaboration application, you can manage materials in all storage locations, reducing both obsolescence and inventory costs.

Brand owners have a hard time controlling and seeing the cost of goods when outsourcing production. E2open’s Buy-Sell Management application gives you visibility to secure better prices and terms and improve margins to ensure a consistent supply of raw materials meet demand. 

Transportation contributes around 15% of the cost of goods sold, and the customer demand for faster service with lower prices is growing. You can help keep costs down by negotiating agreeable rates with preferred carriers, but preferential contacts are too complex and time-consuming to review for every invoice.

Supply chain management begins with demand planning, and getting demand right is essential for maximizing service and revenue while minimizing costs. Using automation and machine learning algorithms, e2open’s Demand Planning application creates the most accurate forecasts possible. Organizations can then understand, anticipate and shape demand by engaging all stakeholders in a collaborative process.

Commit with confidence, honor prior commitments and prioritize key demands. E2open's Allocation and Order Promising application generates reliable promise dates that reflect the latest materials availability and capacity information from internal sources and trading partners.

Logistics teams are challenged to create and maintain a competitive edge while enabling growth and remaining flexible. Not every shipper has a team with the skills and technology to handle the logistics challenges and volatility.

Importing seafood from all over the world, then processing, packaging, and distributing it through multiple retail and wholesale channels is highly complex. High Liner Foods, a leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood, relied on brokers to manage their shipments. However, without the necessary in-house skills to turn their logistics into a competitive advantage, they felt stuck.

Determining where and how finished goods and components can be effectively distributed across your supply chain is critical to achieving your financial and service goals. Leveraging proven artificial intelligence, brands can position themselves to deliver upon promises, earning customer confidence and reducing inventory and costs.

Managing freight is complex and expensive. Logistics as a Service (LaaS) helps companies leverage expert-led managed services to simplify transportation, reduce spend, and improve performance—without replacing their existing systems. Unlike traditional outsourcing, LaaS combines advanced technology (such as a Transportation Management System (TMS) with human support to move fast and stay flexible.

These days, technology develops and shifts incredibly quickly, so standing still is not an option for a forward-thinking supply chain leader. As a leading manufacturer of power amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal processing, digital signal transport, and computer control systems, QSC has been setting the stage for musicians, mobile entertainers, and sound reinforcement professionals to connect with their audiences and create memorable experiences.

Read this solution brief to explore how e2open can help you significantly comply with new traceability rules and documentation requirements, as well as meet your own organization’s targets around this important environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topic.

The focus is shifting from predictability and efficiency to flexibility and sustainability. Gain a clear understanding of how the landscape is shifting in parcel so your organization can make the strategic adjustments to optimize your shipping capabilities.

Shippers invest extensive resources in managing the complexities of carrier compliance, including creating accurate documentation for crossing borders and transporting dangerous goods. As high volumes impact carrier capacity, the answer lies in an efficient solution for managing costs and complexity.

A leading global diesel and natural gas-powered engine manufacturer, Cummins was bogged down with the challenges of managing a vast number of carriers. To overcome inconsistent communication methods and other inefficiencies, the company needed to take control of shipping and streamline operations.

Ken Fleming, e2open, speaks with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about how companies can develop strategies to address the challenges of last mile distribution and improve peak season parcel performance.

Carrier integration for parcel shipping is a complex task requiring IT and business resources to complete. Bausch + Lomb had been managing carrier integrations for label compliance, manifesting, and acquiring tracking data for parcel packages with a complex in-house system that was unable to facilitate smooth, seamless product distribution.

This American holding company is a leading retailer of high-end fashion goods under many notable brands with operations across five continents. The company’s current multi-channel global distribution model includes directly owned retail stores in North America, Asia and Europe.

Covid-19 has had a wide-ranging impact on businesses. Some faced a tumultuous demand surge and found ways to adapt, while others had to struggle to keep the doors open. Now more than ever before, supply chain resiliency and visibility into operations are critical for managing disruptions and preparing for them ahead of time.

A disconnected supply chain and the resulting inefficiencies primarily occur due to divisions across enterprise boundaries and partners as well as separate functional areas of a company. 

Transportation touches every stage of production, distribution, and returns, accounting for a surprisingly large portion of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this video, we demonstrate how you can now leverage e2open’s TMS to evaluate the GHG impact of your transportation options—before you make final decisions on routes and carriers. 

To truly understand their carbon impact, companies will have to examine how much carbon is emitted along their entire value chain, from sourcing to delivery, and then in the use and disposal of their products. It’s about the entire lifecycle, not just the internal operations.

The private sector is a key stakeholder in finding a balance to live within planetary boundaries. This is especially true for the manufacturers of the world because they build all the things that keep the global economy going. In the US, consumer spending drives almost 70% of the economy.

With its mission of changing how people eat, meal-kit delivery company HelloFresh delivers 1 billion meals annually worldwide. Partially fueled by global lockdowns during the pandemic, the food market is on the cusp of massive digital disruption.

Read this white paper to find out how to enable your VMI capabilities. You’ll discover the benefits of VMI, the components of a successful VMI solution and how the process works.

When Crane Worldwide, a full-service air, ocean, trucking, customs brokerage and logistics company, sought to establish a more efficient TMS , the organization faced critical challenges. This innovative logistics service company needed a single, scalable platform for freight forwarding that could improve agility and easily integrate with multiple third-party applications and partner networks.

A European logistics service provider with a wide range of high-value services, Raben Group needed a scalable solution to support targeted success factors, including continued growth, integration between business units, operational improvements and complex multi-location planning.

With a transportation spend of about $50 million in annual truckload transport costs, home improvement retailer Ace Hardware wanted to gain better control of inbound transportation, automate processes, increase efficiencies and pinpoint areas for improvement.

For international nongovernmental organization (NGO) humedica e.V., complying with country-specific customs regulations was becoming increasingly complex and time-consuming. To continue delivering critical humanitarian aid to various regions, humedica needed customs software that would keep pace with individual countries’ regulatory requirements and enable secure data exchange with customs authorities.

Reap the benefits of efficiently capitalizing on trade programs. By removing the hassle, confusion and unnecessary manual effort involved in complex trade processes, manufacturers can minimize their duty obligations and reduce the cost of goods sold.

Direct procurement departments are being tasked with more responsibilities than ever as they assess suppliers and strive to acquire materials at the optimal cost. See how the essential elements of collaboration, optimization, automation and negotiation factor into an effective direct procurement process.

Bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods has over 50,000 partners across 100 countries. When Dawn Foods needed to improve system utilization and KPI reporting, the company turned to e2open for TMS configuration and data analysis expertise. By leveraging e2open’s Logistics as a Service capabilities, Dawn Foods was able to streamline its freight-building process and reduce the time needed to plan and build loads.

With e2open’s extensive cloud-based business network, a single operating platform, powerful analytics and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, you can use intelligent planning applications to close costly gaps. That includes removing disconnects that occur between supply and demand, brands and trading partners, and planning and execution.

Instead of just managing distributors and resellers, progressive companies orchestrate the entire partner ecosystem, whether their partners sell goods or support, service, recommend or influence purchases. The right technology infrastructure is essential for doing this effectively.

Traditional indirect sales channels are rapidly evolving into ecosystems of interdependent partners that work together to fully meet customer needs instead of delivering piecemeal solutions. A single platform that enables you to instantly connect with partners and orchestrate collaborative processes across the channel ecosystem can provide a significant—and ongoing—competitive advantage.

Supply chain efficiency and resiliency depend on the frictionless flow of information and careful orchestration of many activities. Both of these are made significantly easier by quickly connecting to over 500,000 partners on e2open’s network. You can rapidly onboard all your downstream channel partners, upstream supply partners, logistics partners for moving goods and global trade partners for crossing borders.

James Hamilton, who leads the digital supply chain transformation effort at Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, talks about the company’s journey, providing recommendations based on experience. The process is as much about changing behaviors and collaborating with suppliers as it is about technology.

Channel ecosystems are here to stay. This infographic will help you learn why ecosystems are important and understand the value they can bring to your business. You’ll see at a glance how ecosystems differ from traditional channels and what you need to do to manage your channel ecosystem for optimal results.

The U.S.-based heavy industrial equipment manufacturer Oshkosh Corporation needed technology and processes that would span all areas of compliance for two of its business segments. A complex compliance environment, inefficiencies and unused trade agreement opportunities prompted the company to seek a solution provider with deep and broad expertise in trade compliance and process automation.

Reliable transportation planning and execution involves forecasting your capacity needs, securing the best rates, viewing detailed shipment milestones and making all the right moves. Achieving operational efficiency in transportation and logistics means synthesizing data from many partners and service providers across ecosystems to make it decision-ready on a platform primed for action.

Trade compliance has always been complex. Interpreting laws to determine admissibility, identifying potential cost savings and ensuring adherence to regulations requires knowledge and proficiency. One of the most important factors for trade compliance is data about a product’s composition, where the components are sourced and how. That data has to come from the suppliers and the supplier’s suppliers—regardless of their tier or ecosystem.

Traditionally, direct procurement teams had one goal: acquire materials to manufacture finished goods at the optimal cost. However, manufacturing has grown more complex, often with hundreds of suppliers and sites involved. Lead times are now tighter and competitive pressure is greater.

A leading global container shipping and logistics company, MSC operates 570 ships across 155 countries, moving cargo around the world. This pioneer of digital transformation recognizes the need for common industry standards that enable interoperability across carriers, providers and geographies.

In 2020 everything changed, and business leaders had to adapt. This executive brief reveals what actually happened to business during the pandemic and offers proven strategies for decision makers as they navigate continued disruption and risk.

More and more, companies are outsourcing areas of their businesses to help reduce costs and gain economies of scale. For all its benefits, an outsourced business model greatly reduces supply chain visibility and control over end-to-end operations, resulting in extra risks and costs.

Many of today’s manufacturing challenges are caused by disparate internal systems, obtaining essential data from external partners, and slow, error-prone spreadsheet exchanges. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Gary Barraco, AVP of Product Marketing at e2open, speaks with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about trade compliance and self-auditing, answering some key questions about the topic such as:

The changing landscape of consumer spending has reshaped the supply chain, necessitating a shift in channel management. The emergence of the holistic channel model, also known as the ecosystem-based channel model, is gaining widespread momentum. And for good reason. This model breaks traditional silos, enabling end-to-end orchestration and channel optimization across all partners in the ecosystem.

An iconic American manufacturer of home maintenance products sought to improve its use of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for imports into Canada. The company didn’t have an efficient process for soliciting suppliers or providing the required documentation to the Canadian Customs authorities to show that the goods moving into Canada qualified for reduced or eliminated duties.

With regulatory intensity, global disruptions and profitability pressures on the rise, demand for a connected pharmaceutical supply chain is at an all-time high. Top priorities for 2021 include visibility across all operations, forecasts based on market realities, end-to-end quality and serialization, supply assurance of core ingredients, reliable and secure distribution of pharmaceuticals, and navigating an increasingly complex logistics and global trade landscape.

Almost all global businesses have been subject to the shock waves of COVID-19, and more recently the Suez Canal blockage. While some sectors have grappled with an unprecedented demand surge, many other sectors including travel, automotive, and some industrial segments have struggled to keep their lights on.

Join Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, host of Let's Talk Supply Chain, and Lori Harner, Senior Director of Product Marketing, e2open for a webinar on Control Tower Capabilities – Visibility and Beyond. In a Q&A format, Sarah and Lori will deep dive into visibility and redefined control tower capabilities.

Inaccurately classifying products according to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System (HS) can lead to significant business challenges such as cross-border delays, fines and penalties. Since a product’s HS code is what determines taxes, customs duty costs, tariffs and procedures, it is essential to classify every product accurately.

Watch Supply Chain Media, e2open and Philip Morris International as they deep dive into PMI’s Supply Chain Planning success story. PMI has made great strides in its digital supply chain planning journey. They are dedicated to achieving their supply chain goal of leveraging the power of data, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform their business.

A leading semiconductor manufacturer experienced exponential growth through multiple acquisitions, with a possibility of more on the way. However, each acquisition made the manufacturer’s systems and processes more complex, limiting visibility, control and quality assurance.

For apparel and footwear brands, product safety and quality are crucial. Their products are subject to rigid consumer safety regulations, with violations often leading to costly brand damage that can take years to reverse.

Onboarding new partners often involves a myriad of complex manual processes. Much of the communication — including critical milestones — is decentralized, making it difficult for brand owners to track and assess progress.

Supply chain disruptions are challenging for many businesses—and perhaps none have been more challenging than the end-to-end upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders across the world are looking for ways to be more agile and resilient as disruptions grow more unpredictable and frequent.

International shippers are confronted with the challenge of determining if a partner, customer or contact is designated as a restricted party. With hundreds of lists worldwide, manually screening for restricted parties is time-consuming, inefficient and prone to errors.

Improve quality control, safeguard brand equity, ensure compliance and limit liability exposure by quickly identifying the root cause of quality issues and enabling effective, well-targeted recalls.

Companies that use Salesforce as their customer relationship management (CRM) system typically store detailed customer data within it—the same records that must be screened to ensure that every party involved in every transaction is legally permitted. Since the CRM system itself cannot do this, personnel must go through the process of iterative, error-prone manual screenings.

Compliance is often seen as a cost center for different reasons - some would even name it a “necessary evil”. But, in reality, non-compliance is the real cost center and by effectively managing customs compliance you can drive significant cost savings.

The pandemic’s impact on supply chain has forever changed global trade—causing industry leaders to rethink their supply chain strategies and how they can better manage global disruptions. A key insight from the pandemic’s impact on supply chain disruptions is the vital role Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays in helping companies not just survive disruptions but thrive.

With AI technology now mainstream across industries, supply chain leaders face an overwhelming marketplace of options, each claiming to deliver transformation. Our comprehensive buyer’s guide helps you navigate this complex landscape to identify AI technology that delivers measurable business value.

Several shipping lines recently merged to form one of the world’s largest single shipping networks. With over 1.5 million containers to manage across more than 120 countries, the holding company for the new carrier network needed a better way to oversee the movement of such a sizeable volume of inventory.

Today more than ever, with disruptions surfacing around the globe, companies require control tower capabilities driven by real-time data, collaboration, applications and artificial intelligence (AI) that cut across departmental silos and external ecosystems to go beyond basic visibility.

Are you making pricing decisions based on incomplete cost data? Many companies only factor in their supplier’s production costs — missing critical elements like duties, tariffs, taxes, and transportation fees that significantly impact your true margins.

A reputable multi-billion-dollar company specializing in digital consumer products needed timely and accurate channel sales data to better understand channel and customer behavior. The expansion of the organization’s global distributor network made it difficult to capture relevant channel data to help the company remain competitive, so the business turned to e2open for automated data collection and cleansing.

Learn how e2open’s suite of global trade applications and scalable, integrated platform can help transform your supply chain as you face the complexities of global sourcing, trade compliance, and international supply chain visibility and execution.

Electronics industry supply chain executives are constantly under pressure trying to manage the pace of innovation, product complexity and customer expectations. A winning strategy is needed for multi-tiered electronics supply chains to deliver differentiating operational value.

The multi-trillion-dollar global manufacturing sector is up against worldwide economic challenges complicated by trade policy turbulence, but market opportunities still abound. Performance-driven goals help executives strengthen their manufacturing supply chains and prepare for near-term successes.

E2open helps companies transform their global supply chain to improve margins, enable agility and reduce risk through digitization. Learn how you can transform your global supply chain to achieve real-time and secure visibility that you need to track shipments, schedule work, identify and repair supply chain disruptions and optimize operations.

Governmental trade restrictions, export rules and reporting requirements are in constant flux and differ from country to country, which makes your job overwhelming. Learn how e2open’s Global Trade applications deliver the functionality and flexibility to automate and optimize your global trade operations.

A leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) company with over $50 billion in annual revenue and operations spanning 180 countries needed to take action due to rising costs and a shift in consumer preferences that led to suboptimal sales in certain markets.

Staying on top of frequent changes to customs and global trade regulations that are issued exclusively in Chinese can be challenging. e2open’s integrated applications automate your import, export and audit processes for all your facilities in China from a single platform.

China is an attractive place for sourcing, manufacturing, and selling goods, but it’s also one of the most challenging due to its frequent national and regional regulatory changes. Chinese Customs authorities also require companies to file complete and correct declarations by entering the information into China Customs’ electronic systems.

A high-growth global technology and software company with more than $100 billion in annual revenue needed the ability to move hardware efficiently. Struggling with ever-changing, complex trade compliance questions around exporting and importing, the company turned to e2open to automate compliance screenings and improve time-to-market.

Failure to comply with export mandates could result in fines, denied payments, termination from federal programs, withdrawn funding or even jail time for responsible parties. Given the sheer number of restricted party entities and the need for fast-paced logistics processes, screening transaction partners manually is inefficient

A global food manufacturer and distributor was trying to manage its processes using mostly manual efforts, which resulted not only in duplicate efforts and inconsistencies across the organization but also a greater risk of non-compliance.

GEODIS is a European transportation, logistics and supply chain organization that grew successfully by providing third-party logistics (3PL) services such as freight forwarding, shipping, distribution and customs brokerage assistance. Due to the recent rise in globalization, the company had an extraordinary surge of freight volumes to handle.

Making optimal use of all available free trade agreements (FTAs) is a great way to reduce or eliminate duty costs. However, managing this complex task manually is both expensive from an administrative standpoint and prone to human error, preventing many companies from leveraging FTA opportunities at all.

GEODIS, a global transportation and logistics organization, was hindered by a supply chain visibility solution that had significant IT support issues, lacked agility and struggled to meet the complexities involved in tracking parcels globally. Learn how e2open helped GEODIS gain precise parcel shipping visibility and enabled the dynamic orchestration of workflows spanning multiple modes and complex shipment flows.

The Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention added an extra requirement for shippers in 2016, making it mandatory to electronically provide carriers with the full weight of packed containers before loading them onto a vessel. Failure to file this Verified Gross Mass (VGM) information promptly could result in container detention or refusal at the terminal, additional fees from carriers or costly fines.

Keeping up with the frequent amendment updates and tariff filing changes in carrier contracts is challenging when you’re using a homegrown technology solution. This global logistics provider (LSP) needed a single platform for carrier contract management with integrated, up-to-date and accurate regulatory trade and customs data from authorities worldwide.

Allied Electronics & Automation®, a leading distributor of industrial automation components, found it critical to focus on automating export compliance as regulatory complexity increased for the company’s products. With an automated export management system, Allied can successfully comply with ever-changing regulations and sanctions, manage supplier expectations, ensure higher customer service levels and gain competitive advantage.

With a vast number of ocean shipments spread over multiple destinations, Unilever needed to streamline logistics processes and gain better visibility into its ocean supply chain operations. Learn how the company turned to e2open and realized the benefits of efficient and secure booking, rapid submission of accurate shipping instructions and cost savings from monitoring ocean freight.

The best automation in the world is only useful if you have the people in place who understand it and can put it to use. This is another area where e2open fulfills its commitment to being a lifelong partner for its global trade clients

Our Global Trade Academy provides industry leading training including on-site delivery, as well as convenient training seminars delivered in major cities throughout the year. And with our new Learning Management System (LMS) your team will benefit from training delivered by domain experts via on-line web meetings. It's a convenient user friendly one-stop shop for customers to access a library of global trade and supply chain management training classes.

Open up a world of possibilities for your transportation and logistics needs. Companies of any size can now plan, book, execute and track multimode shipments on a single easy-to-use platform while gaining access to a large network of domestic and international providers.

E2open gives you the agility to respond rapidly to unpredictable regulatory environments by managing all aspects of global trade on a single platform—plus access to the world’s most up-to-date and comprehensive database of trade content.

When a shipper needs to send booking data to their carriers, they often face the obstacle of having to customize the data to fit the carriers’ specific booking format. e2open’s Document Conversion service solves this problem by allowing you to generate bulk ocean booking requests in a variety of formats. These requests are then sent to the INTTRA by e2open platform with a single email.

Fluctuating demand requires that you carefully manage components, ingredients and subassemblies that are often only available in limited quantities. E2open’s Supply Forecast Collaboration application gives you visibility into supply chain limitations for planned and unplanned orders, synchronizing demand across each tier of supply.

Gain visibility into your capacity needs with e2open’s Transportation Forecasting application. Shift from operating in a reactive mode to proactively reducing costs, improving service levels and strengthening your relationships with carriers. Productivity increases dramatically as a result.

Global trade offers enormous opportunities—but it is also enormously complex. Regulatory compliance must be top priority to avoid penalties, delays and added costs. e2open helps you address global trade compliance complexities by automating all compliance functions, performing restricted party screenings, determining license requirements, generating shipping documents and creating an audit trail. Rich analytics help you better understand trade flows and optimize your strategies.

When delivery windows are tight, even minor missteps and miscalculations can have major consequences. e2open’s multimodal logistics applications provide a range of capabilities for removing inefficiencies and optimizing trade lane performance. The benefits are shorter cycle times, less variability and the ability to reduce transportation costs while improving service levels and transit times.

Safeguard cash flow, streamline your filing and warehousing and stay compliant in a turbulent sea of regulatory changes. E2open’s Customs Filing and Duty Management applications give you a single integrated platform for managing your overall import, export, warehouse and free trade agreement qualifications on a global basis.

With the expansion of its global presence and a growing customer base, a leading logistics provider recognized the need to automate its contract management and pricing process. With e2open’s transportation management capabilities, the company was able to optimize carrier selection based on cost and service levels, increase customer satisfaction, reduce transportation costs and improve rate quote accuracy and timeliness.

As innovation and disruption continuously transform the business environment, you need to turn data into intelligence in an instant. You need insight to adjust nimbly to the market and give customers what they want, when they want it. Agility and sustainability drive profitability.

Experience e2open (NYSE: ETWO), and gain the power of a connected supply chain and channel with the ability to follow through on your vision.

Save time and money by controlling waste and obsolescence with the built-in freshness capabilities of e2open’s Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization application. Maximum inventory levels based on freshness targets let you manage the impact of spoilage, expiration and obsolescence and make tradeoffs with service levels, production-run sizes and replenishment quantities.

Is your company losing sales due to shortages or poor on-time delivery performance by a supplier? Are provisions for excess and obsolete inventory greater than 0.3% of your materials spend? Have your inventory turns on key parts dropped below 10?

Now you can create a win-win for your company and its partners while responding effectively to the pressures of supply chain expansion and globalization. Based on a demand-driven replenishment model, vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs aim to reduce inventory holding costs by keeping inventory on suppliers’ books

Reach new levels of channel performance with accurate and timely decision-grade data that reflects current channel activity from every tier of distribution. The largest demand network in the industry helps accelerate onboarding and connects all partners worldwide.

Comprehensive and robust, e2open’s Supply Chain Planning System of Record is a unified system for planning core supply chain operations, including demand, replenishment, inventory, production and order promising. A common data platform leverages innovative technology from e2open (NYSE: ETWO), providing “a single source of truth” for all planning activities.

In addition to addressing internal quality control and inventory reporting pressures, a global semiconductor manufacturer sought to transition from a 90% in-house manufacturing model to 80% outsourcing. Find out how e2open’s visibility platform was instrumental in integrating a newly acquired fabless chip provider, creating a pathway to transform the entire business to execute successfully on a competitive fabless strategy.

E2open is at the intersection of connectivity, making decisions and effectively executing those decisions - that is the core of what supply chains are all about. Hear from Pawan Joshi, EVP, Product Management & Strategy to learn how e2open can help automate and improve your supply chain execution efficiencies. Unchain your potential. Tap into our expertise.

E2open’s mobile application empowers planners to track orders and inventory transactions and receive alerts anytime, anywhere. Mobile devices gather information real-time and facilitate “in-the-moment” business decisions. Users can leverage work-offline and sync-later features when remote locations without network coverage, allowing information and decisions to be seamlessly synchronized once they come online.

E2open’s Manufacturing Quality and Traceability application gives you deep visibility into production processes and end-to-end quality information across your supply chain. By collecting data from disparate systems, the application creates comprehensive product genealogies regardless of who manufactures or distributes the products.

To take the right measures to safeguard your supply chain, learn more about e2open Manufacturing Quality and Traceability by watching this one-minute video.

Protect your reputation and profitability by establishing superior recall management processes. With e2open’s Recall Management application, you can rapidly trace product origins, identify affected batches and execute swift, transparent and fair recalls.

Watch this short video to learn how you can handle recalls predictably while mitigating any damage.

Economic, political and environmental challenges combined with the growing complexity of global operations have made Integrated Business Planning (IBP) a top corporate priority. In the most volatile business climates the potential is tremendous for this process that aligns sales, operations, finance and other functional areas of the organization into a single line of sight, from plan to performance to profit.

Avon has a widely distributed supplier and sales base, short product lifecycles, and a constant flow of changing promotions that influence demand. Learn why Avon chose to work with e2open to develop a supply chain solution specifically for its unique business model.

With 135 structural and systems partner locations around the world involved in the manufacturing and fabrication of the airplane, coordinating the end-to-end supply chain across these partners is paramount. The Exostar Supply Chain Management Solution, powered by e2open, allows Boeing and its partners to collaborate and manage inventory consumption across the multiple tiers involved in the manufacturing process.

Your supply chain should drive growth, not hold you back. But the tools built to help often get in the way. Legacy ERP solutions, siloed applications, and manual workflows slow decision-making and block visibility—at a time when agility is no longer optional.

Current supply chain management approaches have run out of steam. New digital supply chain technologies can be transformative, but only if three enablers are in place: high-quality and timely data from the entire supply chain, best-in-class decision-support engines, and a platform for enabling reimagined processes that break existing organizational silos.

Channel marketers spend millions each year to engage tiered distribution ecosystems in marketing activities driven by marketing development funds (MDF) programs. Organizations place ever-increasing demands on marketers to drive results from channel program investments and demonstrate them in the form of revenue.

Morris Lenczicki, VP of Industrial Systems Applications L’Oréal, USA shares how L’Oréal manages the complexities of seasonality, turn-over of products, promotions and new product introductions via collaboration with their supplier network. Lenczicki also discusses the critical need to have visibility into the supply chain.

Arpad Hevizi, Senior Vice President and CIO at Celestica, comments on his experience working with e2open to drive greater efficiencies in his supply chain organization. He dives into the areas of focus including automating and improving signals and the ability to reach many suppliers quickly to allow for reactions for better planning.