Lenzing levels up supply chain transparency with real-time shipment, carbon visibility from project44

Major disruptions combined with increasing customer expectations have been the primary driver for the rise in popularity of real-time visibility solutions over the past several years. While many leading organizations today recognize that visibility is a requirement for efficiently moving goods throughout the global supply chain, their needs continue to evolve. 

Heightened pressure from investors and consumers, combined with new regulatory mandates has upgraded supply chain sustainability from a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lenzing-levels-up-supply-chain-transparency-with-real-time-shipment-carbon-visibility-from-project44

‘Shape-shifting’ in 2021 sees M&A – and a need for forwarders to invest

“Shape-shifting” is how Sarah Banks, global freight and logistics lead at Accenture, describes 2021.
There have, of course, been many changes, but perhaps the one with the longest-term effect is the massive growth in M&A, spurred on by vast profits, particularly for shipping lines.
And the M&A news just keeps on coming, as any end-of-year-fatigued freight journalist will tell you.
This week alone: MSC made a €5.7bn bid for Bolloré Africa Logistics; Maersk …

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https://theloadstar.com/shape-shifting-in-2021-sees-ma-and-a-need-for-forwarders-to-invest/

Faster. Cheaper. Greener: Accenture’s plan for a sustainable last mile

As e-commerce packages zip across the country from warehouse to doorstep, the number of emissions continue to grow. The king of the genre, Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos, claims that e-commerce is more environmentally friendly than in-store shopping.

“Amazon’s sustainability scientists have spent more than three years developing the models, tools and metrics to measure our carbon footprint,” Bezos wrote in a shareholder letter in early 2020. “Their detailed analysis has found that shopping...

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Career Tracks: GreyOrange, Aim Transportation and Duluth Seaway

Ramya Sampath Sharma has joined GreyOrange as chief people officer.

Atlanta-headquartered GreyOrange describes itself as “a global provider of solutions that modernize fulfillment operations through the AI-driven GreyMatter Fulfillment Operating System and Ranger Robot Series.”

Sharma will be responsible for global talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, human resources data and analytics, and culture. 

Aim Transportation has promoted Chris...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/career-tracks:-greyorange-aim-transportation-and-duluth-seaway

CMA CGM hires driver of digitization strategy

CMA CGM announced Friday it has recruited a leader to execute its digitization and technology strategy.

Nicolas Sekkaki has served as the chairman and CEO of IBM France since 2015. The CMA CGM Group has hired him as its executive vice president of IT, digital and transformation.

CMA CGM said in the announcement that Sekkaki was brought on to accelerate the implementation of its “digital and technological ambitions.”

“Digitization is at the heart of the CMA CGM Group’s development strategy: a...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cma-cgm-hires-driver-of-digitization-strategy

Puertos del Estado y Accenture abordan el potencial de la tecnología 5G en los puertos

El presidente de Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, se ha reunido este jueves con Juan Pedro Moreno, presidente de Accenture en España, Portugal e Israel, en un encuentro en el que han intercambiado ideas sobre el impacto de la digitalización en el sector portuario, Industria 4.0, y Responsabilidad Social Corporativa.

En concreto, desde Puertos del Estado destacan que se ha abordado especialmente el impulso de la tecnología 5G en los puertos. En este sentido, se ha valorado la capacidad...

http://elvigia.com/puertos-del-estado-y-accenture-abordan-el-potencial-de-la-tecnologia-5g-en-los-puertos/