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Gulftainer digitalizes operations and business procedures

United Arab Emirates-based port operator Gulftainer has declared its intention to shift its core ERP to the cloud.

The company will be adopting RISE with SAP and S/4HANA to enhance its global and regional operations, aligning with its broader digital transformation roadmap.

As part of their extended collaboration, Peter Richards, CEO of Gulftainer, met with Marwan Zeineddine, managing director at SAP UAE, during COP28 at Expo City Dubai. Senior representatives from both organizations, including...

https://container-news.com/gulftainer-digitalizes-operations-and-business-procedures/

SAP launches AI solutions for ‘future-proofing’ supply chains

Artificial intelligence has proliferated throughout the FreightTech scene, becoming the buzzword at conferences as the industry looks for ways to boost supply chain productivity and eliminate waste.

While it is important to look within current logistics systems to apply AI solutions, FreightTech providers are examining disruptive global shipping modifications that would be detrimental without AI’s support.

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

These changes...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sap-launches-ai-solutions-for-future-proofing-supply-chains

Archlynk acquires WCS Consulting to raise bar on supply chain solutions

Supply chain solutions consulting firm ArchLynk announced Tuesday it has acquired a fellow player in its field, Boise, Idaho-based WCS Consulting, to keep pace with the growing demand for cloud-based integrated business planning (IBP) solutions.

According to a McKinsey study of 54 senior executives, 25% felt their current processes helped facilitate decision-making effectively but that turning to IBP solutions to become up to 20% more productive.

“The pandemic exposed the lack of true IBP across...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/archlynk-acquires-wcs-consulting-to-raise-bar-on-supply-chain-solutions

Q&A: The path to a circular economy in logistics and manufacturing

A circular economy icon sits in front of grass.

Under increasing public scrutiny, companies large and small are experimenting with strategies for building a circular economy, one that focuses on regenerative activities that reuse materials as much as possible to eliminate the waste stream.

“Consumer expectations, regulations and market demands are putting pressure on business executives to step up their sustainability game,” said Scott Russell, executive board member, customer success at Walldorf, Germany-based enterprise application software...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qa-the-path-to-a-circular-economy-in-logistics-and-manufacturing

Prompt extends user-controlled AI tools to leading TMSes

Automation solutions provider Prompt announced Monday that it is extending its dedicated CargoWise software products to become accessible to all transportation management systems.

The company is currently working on integrating itself into technology suites including BluJay Solutions, Magaya and SAP. 

“Prompt helps supply chain companies to easily expand the functionality of their TMS without changing or replacing any of their existing software,” said Prompt CEO Robert Petti. 

Prompt’s technology...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prompt-extends-user-controlled-ai-tools-to-leading-tmses

OneRail’s last-mile delivery platform now part of SAP’s Commerce Cloud

OneRail technology available on SAP Commerce Cloud

Last-mile delivery fulfillment provider OneRail announced its Last Mile Delivery Fulfillment solution is now available on SAP Store. The offering is now fully integrated with SAP’s Commerce Cloud, allowing SAP customers to easily access the services of OneRail’s 7.5 million last-mile drivers.

“We’re thrilled to partner with SAP to help large companies streamline their final-mile logistics workflow from within the SAP solutions they already use,” said Bill Catania, OneRail CEO and founder. “This...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/onerails-last-mile-delivery-platform-now-part-of-saps-commerce-cloud

A Great Year For Digital Ocean Freight

If suppliers in China fail to pick up freight containers to fill an order for MediaShop, Marcel Schneider gets an alert via a digital freight system, allowing the retailer to reach out and fix the problem swiftly, reports Reuters.

‘Lost sales’

Before July 2020, Austria-based MediaShop’s deputy supply chain director says he would discover problems in his supply chain only when containers failed to arrive in Hamburg as scheduled.

“It was like being in a tunnel where you had only a limited view of...

https://mfame.guru/a-great-year-for-digital-ocean-freight/