Supply chain digitalization

GSCW chat recap: Ensuring data trustworthiness, social integrity in supply chain

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This fireside chat recap is from Day 7 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 7 focuses on global maritime logistics.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: ‘On, off, near, sure: Shoring up the supply chain’

DETAILS: Supply chain digitization is accelerating, and customer demand is driving an increased desire for transparency and visibility. Successfully navigating these buzzwords while keeping spending under control often means that supply chain security is overlooked. Amy Broglin-Peterson, Rich Mason and...

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Sustainability Q&A with DHL Supply Chain experts

DHL Supply Chain experts talk about sustainability efforts.

DHL Supply Chain has established a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs that the company says it plans to continue building upon.

To find out more about DHL Supply Chain’s ESG initiatives as customers demand more sustainable practices, FreightWaves interviewed Mark Kunar, executive vice president, strategy, transportation and automotive, engineering and manufacturing, chemical and energy at DHL Supply Chain, and Emily Davis, director of sustainability and DHL’s GoGreen...

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Big data’s benefits to freight rail and the overall supply chain

A photograph of a hopper car parked in a rail yard.

FreightWaves recently chatted with Tom Forbes, vice president at Navis Rail, a technological solutions provider for the freight rail industry. 

Forbes was formerly CEO of Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS provider Biarri Rail, which Navis acquired in February. Navis itself is part of Cargotec, a Finland-based provider of cargo and load handling technological solutions. Navis provides technological tools for improving supply chain flows.

FreightWaves and Forbes talked about what role artificial...

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Vantiq, Infosys create innovation accelerator for supply chain digitization

Speed to market is an important part of technological innovation. But so is development cost, and the combination of the two can hold back companies from developing new applications. A new innovation accelerator launched by Vantiq and Infosys is helping change that.

“Now more than ever industrial businesses need connected real-time applications that can enable innovative strategies, drive new revenue streams and ensure the safety of people and environments,” Marty Sprinzen, co-founder and CEO of

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/vantiq-infosys-create-innovation-accelerator-for-supply-chain-digitization

Ryder CTO looking for next great technology (with video)

Global Trade Tech Summit

Ryder System (NYSE: R) Chief Technology Officer Kendra Phillips cannot lean on information technology that is already in place at the third-party logistics provider. Her job is to find the next IT.

“I get to explore the future in how we leverage technology and how we bring value to our customers,” Phillips told JT Engstrom, FreightWaves’ chief strategy officer, during American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit Thursday.

“It’s an exciting place to be and an exciting time to be here,” she added.

Phi...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ryder-cto-looking-for-next-great-technology-with-video

Disaster fallout: How global shocks are reshaping trade

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Pandemic, hurricanes, wildfires, social upheaval, geopolitical and financial crises, swarming locusts, an exploding port … 2020 has been a biblically ominous year. And it’s only September.

U.S. importers are realizing that supply chains must change. They must have more resiliency. Because this year is almost certainly not a one-off. As the philosopher Jacques Derrida put it, “The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long-lived.”

The effect of trade shocks is the focus of a new report by the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/disaster-fallout-how-spiraling-global-shocks-reshape-ocean-trade

Commentary: Why are investors looking at supply chain technologies in 2020?

The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity.

Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization. Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out)...

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Commentary: Bulgaria’s Transmetrics uses augmented intelligence to help customers

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Author’s Disclosure: I am not an investor in Transmetrics, either personally or through REFASHIOND Ventures. I have no other financial relationship with Transmetrics.

Transmetrics is a software-as-a-service startup that unlocks the power of data for demand forecasting and predictive optimization in cargo transportation. It was founded in 2013, and is...

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Commentary: Will reinsurance stabilize trade flows?

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Both the United States and the European Union (EU) have been looking into novel ways to stabilize their supply chains amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since their economies are highly dependent on international trade it makes sense to dig deeper into trade facilitation. The EU government has already put policies in place that stabilize the insurance side of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-will-reinsurance-stabilize-trade-flows

Logistics companies may be guilty of doing digitalization wrong

Logistics companies may be guilty of doing digitalization wrong (Photo: Shutterstock)

The age of e-commerce and the “Amazon effect” on supply chains have resulted in the need for expediting shipment delivery. The evolving consumer delivery expectations have led businesses to scramble for digitalization, adopting strategies that can improve logistics efficiencies.

However, companies often rush into their digitalization processes without a clear strategy of what they want to accomplish. On the other end of the spectrum are enterprises that have run legacy systems for several...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/logistics-companies-may-be-guilty-of-doing-digitalization-wrong

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