Aberdeen Group Report

Strategic Inbound Optimization: Foreign Trade Zones and Reshoring Increase

Published October 2013

The AberdeenGroup examines the rising importance of cross-border trade and related transportation processes in today's global supply chain. This report will identify how best-in-class companies:

• Reduce transportation spend

• Decrease total landed cost

• Increase on-time and complete deliveries

Increased globalization forces organizations to leverage an increasing number of partners, suppliers, and functional teams. For companies to keep pace with the growing global marketplace, supply chains will require systemic transformational change, a move that only contributes to even more operational complexity.