data standardization

Op-Ed: Streamlining OSV operations with data standardization

By Arnaud Dianoux, Founder & Managing Director, Opsealog

For centuries, maritime trade has relied on standardization to drive efficiency and innovation. The introduction of the shipping container in the 1950s transformed global trade by streamlining cargo handling and reducing costs. Now, the industry faces another revolution—this time, in the form of data standardization. As regulatory demands increase and digitalization accelerates, the ability to collect, interpret, and share data in a...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/op-ed-streamlining-osv-operations-with-data-standardization/

Prompt COO: Freight forwarders need to go with digital flow

Between port congestion and geopolitical issues, the state of global shipping seems more uncertain than ever, leaving shippers to strategize in unprecedented waters.

In an interview with FreightWaves, Kai Timmermann, the chief operating officer for Prompt, an automation solutions provider for freight forwarders like DSV, Ceva Logistics and Crowley Maritime, describes his outlook on global shipping, the investments that need to be made to fix its operational problems and the solutions currently...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prompt-coo-freight-forwarders-need-to-go-with-digital-flow

GSCW chat recap: Scalable supply chain digitization strategies

This fireside chat recap is from Day 6 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 6 focuses on global maritime.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Building a scalable supply chain digitization strategy

DETAILS: Every corner of the transportation industry has seen some level of digitization, but it doesn’t happen overnight. Christian Piller, vice president of value engineering at project44, and Dolly Wagner-Wilkins of Worldwide Express discuss the biggest areas of opportunity for supply chain digitization...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-recap:-scalable-supply-chain-digitization-strategies

The API transition of logistics operations running on EDI standards

The API transition of logistics operations running on EDI standards (Photo: Shutterstock)

As disruptive technology continues to find its way into logistics stakeholders’ workflows, there is also a parallel transition within industry standards of businesses migrating from archaic technology platforms to contemporary alternatives. This includes the industry’s foremost and ubiquitous data transfer method — the electronic data interchange (EDI) — in which data is transferred electronically via a standardized format that allows one company to send information to another.  

EDI dates back...

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