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AI isn’t new to the supply chain, but ChatGPT is expanding its role

ORLANDO, Fla. — If there were a contest to find the buzzword that sums up the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, the winner would be clear: AI.

Companies boasted about their artificial intelligence bona fides on the floor of the recently concluded show. The flood of emails sent to journalists covering the event, offering up interviews with executives, almost all touted the AI credentials of the companies being pitched. And with international media focused on the capabilities of AI-driven ChatGPT in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ai-isnt-new-to-the-supply-chain-but-chatgpt-is-expanding-its-role

Maersk, IBM To Discontinue Blockchain JV TradeLens

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A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM are shutting down their blockchain-enabled global trade digitization platform, TradeLens, after the solution failed to reach commercial viability, reads an official release.

Rotem Hershko, head of business platforms at A.P. Moller – Maersk, justified the decision in a statement by noting: “TradeLens has not reached the level of commercial viability necessary to continue work and meet the financial expectations as an independent business.”

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https://mfame.guru/maersk-ibm-to-discontinue-blockchain-jv-tradelens/

Maersk and IBM shutdown TradeLens

AP Moller – Maersk and IBM have decided to withdraw the TradeLens offerings and discontinue the platform.

“TradeLens was founded on the bold vision to make a leap in global supply chain digitisation as an open and neutral industry platform. Unfortunately, while we successfully developed a viable platform, the need for full global industry collaboration has not been achieved. As a result, TradeLens has not reached the level of commercial viability necessary to continue work and meet the financial...

https://container-news.com/maersk-and-ibm-shutdown-tradelens/

TradeLens global data-sharing platform shuttering

A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM announced Tuesday the dissolution of the blockchain-enabled TradeLens platform. 

“TradeLens was founded on the bold vision to make a leap in global supply chain digitization as an open and neutral industry platform. Unfortunately, while we successfully developed a viable platform, the need for full global industry collaboration has not been achieved. As a result, TradeLens has not reached the level of commercial viability necessary to continue work and meet the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tradelens-global-data-sharing-platform-shuttering

Vantiq introduces the next-generation of retail platforms

There is a trend of low-code developers building software solutions for businesses that can be scaled without the need for expensive development. Vantiq is one of those providers, but the Walnut Creek, California-based company is now taking low code a step further for retailers.

The company’s Smart Retail Development Framework, introduced Thursday, will be on display at the IBM booth at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show on Jan. 18-20 in New York City. The framework takes many of Vantiq’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vantiq-introduces-the-next-generation-of-retail-platforms

Shifting behaviors: Hybrid shopping, purpose-driven consumers change retail’s outlook

Consumers are increasingly looking at hybrid shopping options, but they are also increasingly purpose-driven in their purchases, representing large opportunities for retailers than can effectively blend their digital and in-store options.

That is among the key findings from the second annual IBM and National Retail Federation global consumer retail study, conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value. The study, “Consumers want it all: Hybrid shopping, sustainability and purpose-driven...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shifting-behaviors-hybrid-shopping-purpose-driven-consumers-change-retails-outlook

India’s first rail operator joins TradeLens

India’s intermodal logistics service provider and rail-linked Inland Container Depots (ICD) operator, GatewayRail is the first rail operator in the country to join the blockchain logistics platform, TradeLens.

The association between GatewayRail and TradeLens, which was developed by AP Moller Maersk and IBM, is a major step in digitising India’s vast inland container logistics ecosystem, according to a statement.

TradeLens brings together data from the entire global supply chain ecosystem and...

https://container-news.com/indias-first-rail-operator-joins-tradelens/

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