Supply chain shock exposes legacy limits
Container shipping through the Suez Canal has dropped by about 75% since the Red Sea crisis began, forcing many carriers to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope. These longer routes add 10 or more days to transit times on key lanes and disruption has persisted into 2026, so retailers face extended lead times and higher uncertainty on when containers will arrive.
In many organizations, the constraints come from older ERP, WMS and TMS platforms whose configuration and reporting cannot be adapted quickly enough to match shifting sailing schedules and re-routings. Operators often revert to spreadsheets and ad-hoc tracking, which fragments information across teams and slows down decisions on replenishment and allocation.
Scandiweb’s OperaLayer approach
Scandiweb, a Riga‑headquartered e‑commerce and enterprise systems agency, positions OperaLayer as an operational layer that sits on top of, or between, existing transaction systems rather than replacing them. The…
framework consolidates data from ERP, WMS and TMS into configurable tools tailored to specific workflows, with an emphasis on getting a working minimum viable product into use within 72 hours.
The company has already applied OperaLayer in sectors including grocery, pharma and general retail, citing deployments with clients such as Sportland and ESELO.
These projects focus on issues such as incomplete shipment visibility, fragmented data on expiry‑sensitive products and duplication of planner effort across multiple spreadsheets.
Stock and Shipment Control Cockpit The Stock and Shipment Control Cockpit was implemented for a furniture, home and textile supplier whose legacy ERP did not clearly distinguish between delayed, rerouted, blocked or duplicated shipments…
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