2017 was a big year for the logistics industry, from Amazon’s continued expansion, putting pressure on retailers to solve last mile fulfillment challenges, to the continued growth of IoT, bringing us...

We’re all data junkies, right? With so much of it around these days, and many ways to make sense of it, we understand the value that it can bring to our business and we track our numbers carefully. 

In my previous blog post Frictionless: The New Supply Chain Competitive Advantage, I wrote about the problem that Gravity has set out to solve – helping businesses deliver a frictionless customer...

Gravity hosted its first ever Community Day and it was a big milestone for us, as it’s something that we’ve been aspiring to do since the early days of Gravity in 2014. In those days, Graham Parker,...

In Sept 2017 I had the opportunity to demonstrate Gravity’s supply chain visibility platform at the Cargo Club of Australia in their quarterly business event. The event was filled with executive...

Much of the globe is in the middle of typhoon or hurricane season – a trying reality for the residents of Florida after Hurricane Irma devastated majority of the state.

It’s common knowledge, for any logistics professional who has spent 10 minutes reading about the logistics industry, that traditional freight forwarding will continue to commoditize amongst the...

It is interesting to note that most of the logistics companies I speak to admit that their tender writing capabilities can be considerably improved. 

Supply Chain collaboration has never been more critical. The commoditization of freight, and rise of logistics and fulfilment disruptors like Flexport and Amazon Fulfillment mean that traditional...

SupplyChainDive recently published an interesting collection of articles that examine the challenges of “Last-Mile Fulfilment”. 

In May I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at a Grow with Hubspot event in Hong Kong. 

You are not in the business of developing software. Your focus is on moving goods all over the world, constantly working under tight deadlines. 

In my last blog for Gravity I wrote about How to Stand Out in a Tender, citing some examples where technology can play its part in achieving this aim. 

Our company is growing so quickly, we’re all so busy, and I feel like we have just scratched the surface of how we can provide real-time visibility over today’s incredibly complex global supply...

How much time do you and your team spend every week on manual processes like data entry, spreadsheet updates, fielding phone calls and responding to emails? Imagine how much more productive you could...

The term “supply chain” has become outdated. It indicates a linear sequence of events, when the reality is that supply chains have evolved.

There are few tasks more time consuming than researching and booking the best sailing route.

What makes a logistics provider stand out in a tender process these days? I find this a fascinating subject when talking to both logistics companies and buyers of freight.

Actually, I’ll add a fourth word to summarize the 9th WCA Worldwide Conference in Singapore last week: exhilarating. We met with executives representing freight forwarders and 3PL companies from all...

I’ve been working in the supply chain management industry for over 25 years in countries across Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Yet I still found myself amazed at how truly global our...

The Gravity team exhibited and presented at the Supply Chain Innovation Summit 2016 Asia Pacific (SCIS) last year and I’d like to share with you some of what we learned from our conversations with...

There’s a famous saying that “golf is a good walk spoiled.” You can hit the perfect drive off the tee, launch the perfect approach shot… then watch that “easy” putt roll right past the hole and into...

You’ve probably seen the “before” and “after” patient photos in advertisements for nutrition supplements, health clubs or plastic surgeons. So let’s consider my last post on the five obstacles to...

An efficient, well-run supply chain used to resemble the first manufacturing assembly line: materials moved down a single straight line from start to finish. And why not? Henry Ford introduced the...

We have so much real time data around us today in our daily lives. Wherever we are and whatever the time, we are enriched with all manner of alerts, messages, tweets and likes instantly telling us...

Apple’s Chief Design Officer Jonathan Ive, arguably the world's most influential industrial designer, has said “If something is not good enough, stop doing it.”

An editor with Inbound Logistics recently asked me to provide an answer for the magazine’s regular “Good Question” feature: “Has supply chain impatience got out of hand?” My answer along with...

We’ve been devoting space in this blog to examining the factors behind the widening 3PL Technology Gap. Now, let’s take a look at how one 3PL will use the Gravity apps to close that gap. I’m excited...

Let’s admit it: there are certainly more enviable tasks than keeping a consolidated list of the world's real-time shipping schedules up to date. It’s laborious, time-consuming, and as soon as the...

Gravity RTM When a shipper asks its 3PL to create a sailing schedule, they are making a simple request. But too often, meeting that request becomes a frustrating and arduous exercise. Determining...

Success in business often comes down to basic arithmetic: excellent global supply chain execution + great customer service = beat the competitors. Want proof? Take a look at Gartner’s Annual Top 25...

Take a minute to think about how much technology has changed our lives in just the past decade. 

The position medium-sized logistics providers find themselves in today reminds me of the scene from “Star Wars” set in the Death Star’s garbage compactor. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and...

You’ve likely heard the term "Big Data". Your colleagues in the IT department probably throw it around a lot to describe the ever-growing volumes of information your company collects and analyzes...

Cloud computing is revolutionizing all areas of the business, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than within logistics. Companies across the globe are moving away from outdated technologies...

Today’s consumers have the ability to purchase what they want whenever, however and wherever, putting them in total control of the market. With mobile and eCommerce on the rise, omni-channel...

Remember the good old days when consumer purchasing patterns were simpler? When brands and retailers could actually predict or in some cases even determine what your customers wanted? Well, those...

Transparency Across the Supply Chain - The Fashion Revolution

Outdated technology is holding workers back

The Supply Chain Software Developer Expands Its Global Footprint Statistics show that the most challenging and difficult time for any start-up company is its first year. Fortune has reported that a...

Real-time Supply Chain Risk Alerts

How does this sound to you? Lock yourself in a room with a group of developers, and not leaving until you’ve completed a code writing project for the latest in supply chain technology. If you’re like...

Iran Sanctions, Oil Prices and Your Supply Chain 

Dynamic Retail Supply Chain Management Solutions

The world economy is worth more than US$70 trillion a year and the products that we buy and consume daily make up a third of this figure. All these products have one thing in common: a supply chain.

Retail supply chains are longer and more tangled than ever before – the complexity of the data sets and the management of far-flung suppliers coupled with high customer expectations around service...

For years we’ve had to put up with, well frankly an awful user experience (UX) when using ERP systems.

After decades of running their supply chains with internal enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, enterprises have seen the shift to a global economy and supply chain — requiring a myriad of...