Transportation organizations often struggle with the integration of information between internal systems, processes and partner portals. Legacy systems and EDI cannot keep pace with today's market dynamics. This infographic illustrates the current challenges and areas for improvement of the organizations surveyed.

by EyeForTransport (EFT) regarding information access, visibility

and automation.

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THEBIGGEST

CHALLENGES RELATED TO EDI ARE

IMPLEMENTATION AND LACK OF

REAL-TIME DATA

ROLE OF EDI

STATUS OF EDI

To exchange data with customers & suppliers

To exchange data with customers

Mandated by customer or partner

To exchange data with suppliers

Not using EDI

43%

17%

16%

9%

16%Implemented EDI in-house

Implemented EDI with a partner

Planning to implement EDI with a partner

Planning to implement EDI in-house

No current plans related to EDI

44%

29%

7%

6%

14%

of respondents feel real-time visibility is important for their transportation, logistics and supply chain processes.

Percentage of processes for exchanging information with partners that includes 1 or more manual steps:

Top reasons firms are starting automation projects:

IMPROVE PROFITABLILTY

INCREASE CAPACITY

INCREASE REVENUES

STRONGER PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS

EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION 74%

WHY AUTOMATE MANUAL PROCESSES

TOP SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES

Limited visibility into the end-to-end supply chain process

Need to more efficiently acquire and aggregate information from internal and external sources

Scaling our processes to handle business growth and the associated transaction volume

Manual processes are holding back the ability to handle growth and increased transaction volume

Need to increase the speed of business

LIMITED VISIBILITY

DATA INTEGRATION

GROWTH

SCALABILITY

SPEED

INSIGHT

30%

22%

16%

15%

11%

6% Identifying opportunities with inbound transportation

4.2%10.5%

7.9%18.3%

34%25.1%

100%

<10%

76-99%

10-25%

50-75%

26-49%

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200ORGANIZATIONS SURVEYED