Transportation Management Trends & Best Practices: Responsive, Resilient & Efficient Supply Chains
Rajiv Saxena
FERSC Advisory Board Member,
former SVP of Supply Chain Innovation at Kenco Logistics
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Agile, resilient, and efficient transportation is critical to high-performing supply chains. Recent disruptions, evolving customer expectations, and rapid technological advancements have intensified transportation management challenges. This presentation examines key trends shaping transportation, including digitalization, visibility, and optimization. It also highlights leading practices such as integrated planning, data-driven decision-making, and collaborative execution to enhance responsiveness, improve resilience, and drive cost and service performance.
Rajiv Saxena is an Operating Partner at SaxeCap, where he leads the logistics and supply chain transformation consulting practice. His work focuses on leveraging traditional AI, Generative AI, automation, and optimization to deliver breakthrough improvements in performance and efficiency. Rajiv brings over 30 years of global experience across supply chain solutions, operational excellence, digital transformation, innovation, AI/ML adoption, automation, global trade compliance, management consulting, and systems development. Prior to SaxeCap, he held leadership roles at Kenco Logistics, APL Logistics, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, CEVA Logistics, S. B. Billimoria & Company (Ernst & Young), and General Electric Company. He is a frequent speaker at leading professional and academic forums, including INFORMS, CSCMP, and IISE, and has engaged with several prominent academic institutions. Rajiv has also published extensively on logistics and supply chain topics in industry publications. Rajiv holds a PhD in Operations Management from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester, a Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Management, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.