The supply chain continues to grow in complexity, transforming from a traditional linear model into multi-layered digital supply networks. Transport structures are also becoming more convoluted, involving multiple carriers and vast data.

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As retailers and logistics providers face more pressure than ever to meet service levels and achieve efficiency, transport visibility is essential. It enables them to monitor their multi-carriers’ performance in a unified, real-time manner, harnessing insights for accurate product location and ETA whether in transit to warehouse, store or customer. Insight can also extend to physical condition, temperature and humidity in the case of sensitive or perishable goods, to ensure excellence from first to final mile.

In this exclusive interview, Tiago Conceicao, expert in Supply Chain Visibility at Zetes, discusses five key challenges of poor transport visibility and how a next generation solution boosts resilience, innovation and competitive advantage in today’s strained supply chain.

Can you briefly explain the importance of transport visibility?

An intelligent transport visibility solution optimises control and performance through real-time supply chain data orchestration. Aggregating and presenting all pertinent data securely onto one customisable dashboard, this unified network bridges systems, departments and views. Real-time visibility across the delivery process helps measure and improve performance, optimise logistics resources and assets, drive sustainability and provide dynamic forecasting. However, despite increasing global supply chain pressures, stakeholders in the complex supply chain tend to operate in silos. Data (often latent) from multiple shippers, carriers and systems cannot be aggregated efficiently, leading to blind spots and preventing real-time visibility.

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