Tom Goldsby

This post is written by our friends at e2open. E2open is the connected supply chain software platform that enables the world’s largest companies to transform the way they make, move, and sell goods and services. Moving as one.™ Learn More: www.e2open.com.   Transportation teams feel pressure every day. Managing road, ocean, air, rail, and parcel means working across separate systems. When conditions change, teams scramble between tools, emails, and spreadsheets just to keep freight moving. Missed appointments, detention risk, tender fallout, and service failures are harder to avoid when execution lives in silos. A connected Transportation Management System (TMS) for shippers changes that model. Instead of managing each mode in isolation, transportation teams orchestrate execution across modes in one coordinated flow. Automated workflows handle routine decisions, multimodal transport data stays aligned, and planners focus on the exceptions that truly require human judgment. The result is faster response, fewer handoffs, and more confident execution when plans change.   Why “connected” logistics orchestration matters for modern shippers Most shippers didn’t design their transportation stack as a single system. Road, ocean, air, and parcel tools evolved separately, often from different vendors. That fragmentation shows up the moment disruptions hit, forcing teams to react…

What’s been happening at Supply Chain Now? This week, our program hosts welcomed many special guests this week to talk about startup growth, manufacturing, procurement, and, of course, supply chain! Check out the latest interviews, conversations, and podcast episodes right here! On Monday, we released 2 new episodes! In this episode of Dial P for Procurement, hosts Kelly Barner, Scott Luton, and Kim Winter welcome special guest Sam Achampong to talk about why it’s absolutely crucial for procurement to be aligned with your overall business strategy. On This Week in Business History, host Scott Luton delves into the story of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, whom many refer to as “the Mother of Modern Management” and “America’s First Lady of Engineering”. On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes! On this episode of Supply Chain Now, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, sat down with Scott Luton and Greg White to discuss COVID-19’s impact on software development, chip shortages, supply chain performance metrics, and more! On TECHquila Sunrise, host Greg White welcomed Jack Freeman of PeakSpan Capital to hear his path from startup to the investor seat, including what he’s learned, what he’s still learning and some new areas that he’s getting…