Supply chain planners cannot accurately forecast shipment arrivals, causing inventory and production disruptions

With global vessel schedule reliability at 56.4% and average delays of 6+ days, supply chain managers cannot reliably predict when goods will arrive, forcing them to either overstock inventory (tying up capital) or risk production shutdowns. Current visibility tools fail to account for the accelerating unreliability of ocean freight, leaving planners with outdated ETAs that don't reflect real-world delays.