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Harnessing Competitive Supply Chain Strategies for Business Success

Jun 16, 2023

Speaker/s

Brian Glick

CEO, Chain.io

Jaison Augustine

EVP & Business Unit Head - Shipping & Logistics, WNS

Key Points

In this Podcast, Jaison Augustin, EVP & Business Unit Head - Shipping & Logistics at WNS Global Services, joins Host Brian Glick, CEO of Chain.io, to discuss:

  • What’s changed in the shipping industry over the past 30 years
  • The importance of having the right people in the room for your transformation plan
  • Why lengthy paper trails can cause major problems for supply chain pros
  • The best practices large companies should follow when digitizing operations
  • Why industry-wide standardization has been hard to accomplish
  • How WNS helps shippers and forwarders stay ahead of the technology curve

Podcast

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Brian Glick is the Founder and CEO of Chain.io, a cloud-based integration platform that connects partners across the global supply chain. As Founder and CEO of Chain.io, Brian Glick has made a career of simplifying complex supply chain and trade compliance IT challenges. Whether analyzing complex coding issues or rationalizing the compliance impacts of a vendor direct drop ship program, Brian brings a rare combination of executive perspective and deep technical knowledge to today’s supply chain challenges.

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Supply Chain As A Differentiator Podcast


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FAQs

1. How can companies use their supply chain as a competitive differentiator?

Companies can differentiate their supply chains by improving operational agility, strengthening partner collaboration, increasing shipment visibility, and simplifying information exchange. A digitally enabled, well-integrated supply chain can support faster decisions, better customer experiences, and more responsive operations. WNS (Part of Capgemini) combines shipping and logistics domain expertise with digital transformation capabilities to help organizations align supply chain performance with business objectives.

2. How can shippers and freight forwarders overcome fragmented systems and manual processes?

Shippers and freight forwarders can address fragmented systems by integrating data across logistics partners, standardizing information exchange, digitizing documentation, and automating repetitive workflows. A phased approach focused on high-impact processes can reduce operational friction while supporting scalable transformation.

3. What role does supply chain digitalization play in reducing costs and improving efficiency?

Supply chain digitalization can reduce manual effort, improve data accuracy, streamline documentation, and accelerate exception handling. Decision-makers should evaluate initiatives using KPIs such as cost per shipment, processing time, documentation error rates, on-time delivery, and employee productivity to assess business impact.

4. How should business leaders approach supply chain technology investments?

Leaders should begin with clearly defined business outcomes, identify operational bottlenecks, and assess existing technology and integration requirements before selecting solutions. Cross-functional collaboration among business, operations, and technology teams helps ensure investments address real business needs, remain scalable, and deliver value without unnecessary complexity.

5. How can logistics companies build a more connected and resilient supply chain ecosystem?

Logistics companies can build resilience through standardized data exchange, stronger collaboration across ecosystem partners, integrated digital platforms, and improved visibility into shipment status and operational exceptions. WNS (Part of Capgemini) helps organizations combine domain expertise, process transformation, analytics, and technology-enabled solutions to pursue more connected and responsive supply chain operations.