Every warehouse operation has a workforce plan. The question is how resilient it is when conditions change. On any given day, volumes may shift. Customer priorities change. Demand profiles evolve. In a complex operating environment, variability isn’t unusual: it’s embedded in the operating model. And when labor productivity underpins service commitments, cost performance, and overall financial outcomes, even modest deviations between plan and reality can carry meaningful impact. How do leading operations teams close the gap between strategy and real-world execution? In this executive-level fireside chat, Brandon Wibben, VP of Workforce Planning + Productivity at GEODIS, joins Karl Koehler, COO of Easy Metrics, to discuss how high-performing operations teams manage productivity, performance, and profitability in complex, high-variability environments. Drawing from real-world operational leadership, they’ll explore how data-driven workforce planning, productivity management, and daily execution must come together to protect cost performance and deliver on fulfillment commitments. The conversation will look at the persistent planning-versus-reality gap that defines high-volume operations – and how leaders can close it. Attendees will gain practical insights on how to: – Strengthen the connection between workforce planning and daily operational performance – Optimize productivity across sites, processes, and shifts with greater precision and accountability – Preserve…

Being a logistics leader is no easy task. You need to manage complexity, continually optimize operations, make faster, smarter decisions, and always be prepared for anything, knowing that volatility can strike at any moment. Thankfully, you don’t have to go it alone. Join Uber Freight’s Steve Barber, Vice President of Product Management, and Shawn Piper, Director of Experience Design, along with Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Marty Parker, to tap into how supply chain and logistics leaders are leveraging transportation management systems (TMSes) to tackle rapidly-growing, complex operations head-on. Additionally, they’ll dive into: Key needs emerging across procurement, execution, visibility, payments, and insights as logistics leaders scale their operations How data-driven predictive and proactive experiences such as Insights AI can supercharge team productivity (especially if they’re directly built into your TMS) How TMS solutions are being reimagined to help transportation teams get—and stay—ahead of obstacles across modes and regions