IoT is an essential enabler for real time supply chain visibility. High-level data gives users valuable insights into their merchandise's journey, including its geographical location and overall...

As we all know, 2020 is a year like no other, so we asked some of our employees to describe 2020 in one word and share their hopes for 2021. Tap on the words to see what our team has to say!

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Businesses and consumers globally, but especially within Asia and the Mediterranean, are already trying to manage delays in cargo shipments coming through the Suez Canal due to the Ever Given...

Our infographic highlights the benefits and importance of digitizing the supply chain and how users that deploy a supply chain management solution can analyze and act on the data derived from a fully...

The Intelligent Supply Chain 

A significant quantity of global freight transport movement is part of a multimodal transport chain, particularly for port-related containerized transport flows. 

‘That ship has sailed’: an idiom widely used to reference a situation already decided, in the past, and one that almost certainly cannot be stopped or reversed with any success. 

Last week, the Gravity team found a letter written by a CEO struggling with his company's current supply chain processes that asks Santa to help enable better supply chain management capabilities...

The Gravity team has found a letter to Santa! It appears to have been written by a CEO struggling with current supply chain processes. He asks Santa to work magic and find a way for his company to...

Sharing The Harvest

The Power Of Data

According to statistics released by the International Chamber Of Shipping, the international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of around 90% of world trade, making it a vital...

It's highly likely you have been told you must improve your Purchase Order Management (POM) processes but do you know WHY should you do so, HOW to go about doing so, and perhaps most importantly, WHO...

It's widely appreciated that Big data plays an instrumental role in improving supply chain management and is a player that cannot get ignored. However... What is it? How can you use it? And perhaps...

Global supply chains connect customers with products and services, but sadly, all too often come with a cost to the environment - but it is a cost that can be avoided!

The need to digitize supply chains is a hot topic, and there is no wonder. Those companies that operate a fully digitized and orchestrated supply chain are enjoying dramatic reductions in costs and...

Coordinated Alignment Results In All Round Wins

Gravity's Founder, CEO, and industry thought leader, Graham Parker, gives his perspective about what running a supply chain with real time insights means when Gravity attended the Alcott Global...

LIGHTS - COVID-19 Exposes Truths

It is an essential prerequisite that for a supply chain to operate effectively, complete visibility, traceability, and accountability must be in place. Leveraging the power of data ensures you not...

The U.S. freight rail network gets widely considered as the largest, safest, and most cost-efficient freight system in the world, with the nearly $80-billion freight rail industry covering almost...

The FMCG Industry - In-demand consumer products that often get produced in large quantities and are made available at low cost to meet the needs of high volume sale patterns.

2020 

Are you one of the businesses out there who find themselves asking the question, 'Why do we need a purchase order management (POM) system'? If this is the case, you might think your business is...

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, and this couldn't be more evident now, and during times of emergency, when medical devices and pharma products become a global necessity.  

Supply chains are complex. Lack of synchronization due to disparate systems, limited data sharing, or interconnectivity makes digitization essential.

THE FACTS

What is the real cost behind meeting your customer's needs and expectations?

An update for all the companies that have been affected personally and professionally by the global impact of COVID-19. 

There is little doubt that supply chains globally are in the midst of an evolution that is reshaping not just how they need to organize and operate, but also how the profession of supply chain...

”As COVID-19 spreads globally, we are seeing increased supply chain disruption, but also changes in consumer spending habits,” commented Sarah Watt, Senior Director Analyst with the Gartner Supply...

THE SCIENCE

Gravity Supply Chain's latest podcast unveils an exciting new enhancement to our shipment tracker and purchase order management (POM) products.

The global freight industry is a highly sensitive commodity. Numerous inevitable and often unavoidable events ranging from extreme weather to environmental risks and, both human and man-made...

The birth of containerization 

The inevitability of supply chain disruptions in a global environment is one that's well understood. Businesses need to employ strategies that are agile, proactive, and resilient creating a no-risk...

Graham Parker, CEO Gravity Supply Chain Solutions, discusses the impact of Coronavirus, COVID-19, on global supply chains. In an interview conducted by BBC World News, Graham explains how real time...

Countries globally are working tirelessly to enforce containment measures in an effort to halt the Coronavirus' path of destruction.  However, these measures may impose significant consequences on...

There’s no need to do the maths; we’ve got the answer for you!   KEY INGREDIENTS The need for businesses to digitize has become the dominant theme relating to the future-proofing of supply chains...

Boom! Like an explosion, it happened... 

The Silk Road created around 200BC spans around 4,000 of complex geographical, physical, and climate zones. The level of need for digital integration has become a much-debated subject centered around...

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs theory proposes that people get motivated by five primary categories of emotional need:

In our previous blog post ‘The Evolution Of The Supply Chain’ we looked at what changes occurred within supply chains over the last two decades; in this article, we will highlight areas that need...

Numerous studies have taken place, been documented, and released regarding what will change in 2020, but very little gets reported regarding what may not! Let’s take a look at the past before we, as...

The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and retail outlets globally are alive with the spirit of Christmas. Many shops have been selling Christmas themed goodies for several weeks, and there’s a...

This edition contains several thought-provoking articles exploring how businesses can optimize their supply chains by adopting the latest technologies. It’s a must-read for anyone operating in the...

Morgan Stanley’s recent report ‘Why Trade Tariffs Could Rattle The Global Supply Chain’  provides the following insights:

Check out our slides which include insights about why new and emerging technologies are critical to the successful operation of ANZ supply chains.

Check out our beautiful and informative infographic which explains why Australian 3PLs must embrace the digital age:

We are entering the Industry 4.0 era, where business processes will get increasingly digitized. As you might expect, Industry 4.0, dubbed as the 4th industrial revolution, is set to bring profound...

Gravity Supply Chain Solutions voted one of the 10 Most Innovative SCM Solution Providers in 2018, is proud to announce to announce we are sponsoring the Multimodal 2019 Exhibitor of the Year award....

Earlier this year we published an exclusive market research survey, based on interviews with 500 retail executives in the U.S. and U.K. to discover their views on retail supply chain digitization....

Under Armour is a tech-savvy retailer. The company has a broad ecosystem of connected fitness products, including Smart shoes, watches, and earbuds. At CES this year, the company announced a further...

The ability to make intelligent supply chain business decisions is contingent on having high-quality data on your supply network. High-quality data has the following characteristics: Reliable....

The world of logistics is spinning at an incredible pace, and there is no option to slow it down as in today's always on and digitally connected world, consumers want products faster than ever...

There is little to no doubt that digitization is set to revolutionize the logistics industry. However, while most logistics providers don’t need convincing of the need for digital transformation and...

Digital Technology Companies that have successfully adopted digital technology have also enabled a transformation in their value propositions, evolving every level of their business to ensure it is...

Target recently announced that customers would be able to utilize cashless payment technologies, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay in all of the 1,850 Target stores located across the...

As a supply chain professional, real time data is one of the most significant assets at your disposal to ensure your supply chain performs efficiently, reliably and is not subject to disruption by...

Market Instability 2019 is set to be a turbulent economic year for many industries, including retailers on both sides of the Atlantic faced with a fragile and volatile economy, and slow growth...

On this edition of the Gravity Supply Chain podcast, we discuss the significant impact of digitization and digital tools on the logistics and freight forwarding industry, with special guest Mark...

I’ve just enjoyed the incredible opportunity of joining over 2,400 attendees at the TPM annual conference, organized by JOC Events, which took place March 3-6 2019 in Long Beach, U.S.A.

I just gave a presentation at the LINK Retail Supply Chain Conference in Orlando about the most pressing challenges retailers face concerning their supply chains in 2019. I developed the presentation...

We are pleased to announce we recently sponsored a market research survey which interviewed 500 retail executives in the U.S. and the U.K. to ask them about retail supply chain digitization and the...

Walmart, one of the most recognizable U.S. retail brands, actively invests in technological innovation to improve customer service levels and remain relevant.

The U.K. is facing an unprecedented level of economic and political uncertainty after the government’s Brexit plan was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament last week. In the midst of the crisis, we...

With each passing year, we see an ever-expanding range of devices that connect to the internet. While on-demand apps make services more accessible to consumers, connected devices can bring...

There is a multitude of publications in circulation, illustrating how AI can revolutionize societies. With the likes of driverless cars offering a reduction in congestion and accidents, and...

Happy New Year! As we kick off 2019, we decided to ask members of the team at Gravity Supply Chain Solutions what their predictions were for the retail supply chain this year. 'Hot off the press' are...

Happy Holidays! The team at Gravity Supply Chain Solutions would like to wish you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Note: This blog will explore digitization, which is the first and most crucial step for a business to become digitalized. A digitalized business is outward facing and customer-centric. Digitization...

  The year 2019 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the supply chain industry as several global developments will put significant pressure on supply chains to digitize. Let’s consider three of the...

Currently, the U.S. and China, find themselves embroiled in a highly publicized trade war. It was initiated earlier this year when the Trump administration started implementing tariffs on Chinese...

Check out our short video on how to mitigate the impact of tariffs on your business through digitizing supply chain management. 

We’re in an era where consumer demand is greater than it has ever been, particularly during promotional shopping periods. For instance, American consumers spent a record-breaking $6.2 billion on...

Supply Chain Complexity Is Now The Norm

Cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing services, such as software services (known as Software-as-a-Service or SaaS), over the Internet. While cloud computing has been around for a long...

Last year witnessed an unusually large number of devastating natural disasters all across the world, from the multiple hurricanes which have battered South America and the United States, including...

Advanced technologies are gradually occupying even more significant roles in the freight industry, and supply chain management. With the rapid pace of innovation, the sector is bound to look...

While many retailers are looking at digital transformation as a way of ramping up their performance, progress has been slow. Only three percent of retail companies have completed digital...

We are passionate about our mission to inspire the supply chains of today and tomorrow through technology here at Gravity Supply Chain Solutions. That’s why our recent partnership with Microsoft, one...

One of the highest trending topics in the first part of 2018 was data privacy and protection, with multicountry investigations seeing large organizations under fire for negligence concerning the lack...

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 Supply Chain Solutions has set out to solve – helping businesses deliver...

Gravity Supply Chain Solutions hosted its first ever Community Day on Oct. 13, 2017, and it was a significant milestone for us as it’s something that we’d been aspiring to do since the early days of...

In Sept 2017 I had the opportunity to demonstrate Gravity’s supply chain visibility platform at theCargo Club of Australia  during their quarterly business event. The event’s main attendees were...

The modern-day supply chain is global, fragmented, and forces importers/shippers and suppliers to react to their customers’ demands in real-time. Supply chain managers continue to rely on disparate,...

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 the rise of logistics and fulfillment disruptors like Flexport, and Amazon Fulfillment, mean that...

SupplyChainDive recently published an impressive 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, continually 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 continues to grow at an incredible speed! We are all extremely busy, yet I still feel like we have only just scratched the surface of how we can provide real time visibility over today’s...

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, in fact, 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.

I should 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 over...

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

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...

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...

There is so much real time data surrounding us in our daily lives. Wherever we are, and whatever the time, we are enriched with all manner of alerts, messages, tweets, and the likes, instantly...

An editor with Inbound Logistics recently asked me to provide an answer for the magazine’s regular “Good Question” feature: “Has supply chain impatience gotten 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 Supply Chain Solution apps to close...

Let’s admit it: there are indeed more desirable tasks than keeping a consolidated list of the world's real time shipping schedules up to date as doing so requires much work and is extremely...

Gravity RTM When a shipper asks its 3PL to create a sailing schedule, they are making a simple request. All too often, however, determining schedules, transit times and costs, requires laboriously...

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

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.

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, omnichannel...

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

Transparency Across The Supply Chain - The Fashion Revolution

The Supply Chain Software Developer Expands Its Global Footprint

Real Time Supply Chain Risk Alerts

Picture this… You’re locked in a room along with a group of developers and cannot leave until you have completed an extensive code writing project for the latest in supply chain technology.  If...

Iran Sanctions, Oil Prices And Your Supply Chain 

Dynamic Retail Supply Chain Management Solutions

The world economy is worth more than U.S. $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...

Retail supply chains have become longer, and more tangled than ever before. The complexity of the datasets, and the management of far-flung suppliers, coupled with high customer expectations around...

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...