Gartner defines the transportation rates and logistics performance benchmarking market as offering services for benchmarking transportation rates and logistics performance metrics across multiple modes, industries and regions. Transportation rate benchmarking compares transportation rates against the market, whereas logistics performance benchmarking compares logistics performance against other companies by using logistics-specific key performance metrics. Not all benchmarking service companies supply data for both or offer the same level of coverage and granularity. These services must be deliverable as a stand-alone service offering to customers who may or may not purchase other services from the vendors.
Logistics carbon accounting and management solutions (LCAMS) are applications that track, and help manage and report, logistics activities’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They use aggregated GHG emissions factor datasets, and often connect to the primary emitters (such as transportation fleets), to provide insights into a company’s logistics carbon footprint. They account for situational variations (such as geography and fuel type) and follow an established methodology for carbon calculation (such as GLEC). LCAMS allow for the measuring of GHG emissions for logistics activities in aggregate as a contributor to the overall supply chain footprint, and as a specific factor for consideration when making logistics decisions. Shippers often consider carriers’ emissions reports unreliable, which prompts them to seek alternative solutions. LCAMS will benefit shippers who want to create consistent and/or persistent visibility into the emissions their logistics operations are generating.
Supply Chain Management refers to products and services that enable the planning, execution, monitoring, and optimization of supply chain activities across sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment. This category includes markets that focus on procurement, transportation, warehouse and inventory management, supplier collaboration, sustainability, and supply chain analytics-empowering organizations to improve operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, resilience, and customer service across global supply networks.