Managing your allocation is a dynamic process that requires proactive planning. But the tools and processes shippers use today are static and reactive resulting in shortfalls, contract penalties, and missing out on containers you contracted for. This is further complicated by the fact that a shipping carrier’s product is ‘perishable’ in the sense that the value of available capacity decreases closer to the time of departure.

Allocation management empowers shippers to manage the forward-looking allocation of all their ocean contracts, so they can be proactive and prevent shortfalls while not overcommitting.

In this Supply Chain Now livestream, Scott Luton and Greg White were joined by Gordon Downes, Co-Founder and CEO of NYSHEX, to discuss:

• How to centralize your ocean contracts

• Preventing shortfalls by making sure carrier agreements contain an appropriate level of granularity

• Learning to ‘control the controllables’ to proactively manage vessel delays, rolls, and blank sailings

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now

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Learn more about NYSHEX’s allocation management tool:  https://nyshex.com/allocation-management/

Listen to the conversation with Julius Tan, Director of Logistics for CarParts.com on how he thinks about optimizing his carrier allocation: https://nyshex.com/podcast/how-shippers-can-optimize-their-carrier-allocation/

Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/

2022 Q2 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: https://freight.usbank.com

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This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/shippers-optimize-allocation-management-953