Elliott Paige

Companies spend enormous amounts of time debating sustainability strategy. They invest in emissions reduction. They launch environmental initiatives. They publish ESG reports. They set ambitious goals. Yet many overlook a simpler question: Who is helping shape those decisions in the boardroom? Recent research published in the Journal of Business Logistics suggests that board composition may influence environmental performance in ways that executives do not fully appreciate. The study examined more than 2,000 firm year observations across 306 publicly traded business-to-business companies. The researchers explored whether having a customer or supplier represented on the board of directors affected a firm’s environmental performance. The answer was yes. But not in the way many executives might expect. Most discussions about board diversity focus on demographics, functional expertise, or independence. This research points to another form of diversity that may be equally important: where directors sit within the supply chain. A customer and a supplier can look at the same sustainability decision and see very different priorities. Those priorities often shape the choices firms ultimately make. The researchers found that companies with customer affiliated directors generally achieved stronger environmental performance. Customer representatives appeared to bring market knowledge and external stakeholder expectations into board discussions.…

Most systems don’t fail all at once. They slow down, back up, and quietly break when demand hits from every direction at once. What passed testing last week suddenly struggles under peak volume, overlapping processes, or hours of sustained use. This white paper challenges the idea that one type of performance test is enough. It shows how load, stress, and endurance testing work together to reveal what your system will actually do when it matters. Because confidence doesn’t come from passing a test. It comes from knowing how your system behaves under pressure. What You’ll Learn: Why performance issues slip through even when testing is in place What load testing really proves, and where it falls short How stress testing exposes breaking points before production does Why endurance testing uncovers slow failures most teams miss How to combine all three approaches into a practical, repeatable strategy What performance testing looks like across real ERP, WMS, and supply chain workflows How to move from one-time testing to continuous performance confidence If your systems only pass tests under ideal conditions, you’re still guessing. Download the white paper to see how a layered performance testing strategy helps you find issues early, fix them…