The Best of 2023: Top 3 Trends in Supply Chain Today with Manhattan Associates

Although specific goals and challenges vary from company to company and industry to industry, there are also macro trends that all companies are trying to optimize against. How each leadership team chooses to navigate these trends will ultimately determine if they grow their market footprint or start to fall behind the competition.Rob Schaefer is the VP of Transportation Management Sales at Manhattan Associates and Bryant Smith is their Director of Product Management. They are in regular conversation with customers and decision makers, hearing their thoughts about what issues are the highest priority and which forms of value are the hardest to deliver.In this classic episode, and one of our best of 2023, Rob and Bryant join hosts Scott Luton and Greg White discuss three top supply chain trends:• Labor shortages – what is causing them and how companies are responding• Operational costs v. service levels – including the analytical capabilities required to keep costs low while keeping customer satisfaction high• Digitization – which means more things to more people than many of us realize, and ultimately leads to better connectivity and decision makingAdditional Links & Resources:Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.comThis episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/best-2023-top-3-trends-supply-chain-today-manhattan-associates-1215 The content in this episode, including all audio, videos, visuals, and graphics, is the property of Supply Chain Now and is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, modification, or re-uploading of this content in any form is strictly prohibited without explicit written permission from Supply Chain Now.For licensing inquiries or permissions, please contact us at [email protected]© 2026 Supply Chain Now. All rights reserved. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.