Report: External forces to reshape supply chains in 2027

A range of forces will reshape supply chains in the year ahead, and many of them will come from outside the industry, according to a 2027 Freight Market Outlook Report from logistics service provider C.H. Robinson, released this week.

The report examines five key areas shaping supply chains in the year ahead, and points to their collective potential to increase operating costs and alter global sourcing and procurement strategies.

“Entering 2027, global shippers face a world where long-held assumptions about the movement of goods are increasingly tested. Global supply chains have been altered in ways few could have predicted, changing not only where goods are produced but also how they travel across borders, oceans, air and rail networks, and highways,” C.H. Robinson wrote in the October report. “Some of today’s largest shipping challenges are influenced by forces beyond the freight market itself: conflict in key corridors, changing trade relationships, and climate-related disruptions.”

According to the report, the five areas affecting global supply chains in 2027 are:

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