With an undoubtedly changed international trade environment along with differing priorities on sustainability, two key freight factors went from somewhat predictable to up in the air this year. On the latest edition of The Intermodal Logistics Podcast, we explore two surveys commissioned by Sphera that take the pulse of those logistics decision-makers: one on the effects of new trade policy and the other on how much sustainability still matters to them when government incentives are pulled back.
Sphera VP of Product Development Scott Lehmann takes us through both surveys, laying out the background on each issue and what those polled said. A key finding from the trade survey was that nearly three quarters of businesses experienced supplier disruptions leading to revenue loss this year - and one quarter characterized those disruptions as "significant." Scott tells us how companies are adjusting, and how AI is coming into play as both a reactive and proactive tool.
On the sustainability front, Scott explains how respondents fall into three categories today: leaders still fully committed, compliant actors who prioritize it based on outside factors, and re-assessors who are using the period of lighter pressure to reconsider and align their strategies with business goals. In that case, he discusses how sustainability, service and cost-savings can all align when planned properly - especially in transportation.
Get the survey on trade: https://sphera.com/company/news/sphera-survey-nearly-three-quarters-of-companies-suffered-revenue-losses-from-supplier-disruptions-in-the-last-12-months, the survey on sustainability: https://sphera.com/resources/blog/sustainability-in-flux-why-regulatory-shifts-demand-smarter-strategy, and find out more about Sphera: https://sphera.com.
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