After decades of market expansion, logistics executives know that their routes to market are laden with risks. Of all the enterprise processes that executives must monitor, remote operations and logistics management require far more visibility than ERP systems can provide. Fortunately, there are compelling new technology options that provide deeper insights into real-time operations and enable executives to write new rules for the road. In this paper, the authors will discuss the challenges and risks faced today, especially by large multi-national organizations with complex, multi-modal logistics.