Supply chain leaders need to build uncertainty directly into lead-time calculations because maritime disruptions are expected to keep rising. The fix: multimodal transport strategies, better geographic knowledge, and flexible port planning instead of rigid routes.
As far as I'm concerned, like in our decision planning, decision and planning process in supply chain, we need to have a new element called uncertainty. Now similarly, uncertainty factor will be a part of our life now going forward. So all the lead times now, apart from the transit time, the vessel time, we need to look at uncertainty. The maritime will be the more challenging areas now in future. Now I think the future is maritime disruptions can be a part of the world arms. Better to work on multitasking. Also, we have to have multi-dimensional, multimodal transports and the ports around the— we need to have better lessons on our geography and routings in order to make the best decisions. So it's uncertainty will be a part of our life. It's going to be the new normal.
Eddie is asking, are carriers giving real commitments again or still being very cautious? I think we answered partly this. He's still kind of watching.
