Seasonal supply chain peaks: an operator's playbook for planning around them

"Tackling seasonal supply chain challenges: an operator's playbook for peak periods" article discusses problems that shippers, warehouse providers, Third-Party Logistics (3PL) providers and hauliers all recognise. From Black Friday to Chinese New Year, the seasonal peak hits every link in the supply chain in the same pattern every year. Predictability is the point. Because the pattern repeats, the pressure can be planned for rather than simply absorbed. The piece walks through where that pressure actually lands across the chain, then sets out how operators plan, route and staff around it. That makes it a practical read for anyone responsible for capacity, carrier allocation or workforce planning ahead of the next peak. The article sits within FLOX's wider coverage of agile supply chain practice, supply chain management and supply chain resilience. FLOX is a marketplace and orchestration platform for multi-party logistics. Buyers find and book warehousing, transport and fulfilment capacity from providers, then coordinate execution, exceptions and payment across every party involved. The full playbook is available now on the FLOX blog.