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FourKites enhances supply chain visibility with Data Connector

The modern supply chain is a data game — the more data a company has, the better it’s able to avoid and react to local and global disruptions.

The problem for many companies, though, is access to that data.

On Thursday, supply chain visibility platform FourKites launched a product designed to share its catalog of insights more easily. The new offering, Data Connector, allows customers to leverage the firm’s data directly through their own business intelligence systems, whereas in the past they...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fourkites-enhances-supply-chain-visibility-with-data-connector

Former Obama official Kundra named COO at project44

Vivek Kundra has joined supply chain visibility provider project44 as chief operating officer, the company announced Thursday.

Kundra will be tasked to drive overall operational execution and help scale the company through rapid growth. 

“Vivek has a demonstrated track record of leading complex organizations in periods of rapid growth and delivering results,” Jett McCandless, founder and CEO of project44, said in a news release. ​“With his leadership and focus on scaling companies, Vivek’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/former-obama-official-kundra-named-coo-at-project44

Visibility lacking in high-stakes pharmaceutical sector

Red truck drives on highway in mountainous region

Moving pharmaceuticals has always been a high-stakes job teeming with threats to bottom lines and, more importantly, human lives. The headwinds that pharma companies — as well as doctors and patients themselves — face were highlighted in 2020, as the logistics industry was saddled with the complex task of sourcing and delivering highly sensitive COVID-19 vaccine doses. 

Research from Statista revealed that approximately $1.27 trillion was spent on medicines alone in the U.S. during 2020. With...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/visibility-lacking-in-high-stakes-pharmaceutical-sector

Industry leaders chart future of supply chain visibility

At FourKites Visibility 2021, supply chain leaders gather to chart the future of visibility

Shopping has never been easier for the consumer. They can have products delivered within a few hours, the same day, the next day or in two days. They can shop in person, online and through marketplaces. They can pick up products in-store or have them delivered to their doorsteps.

All of this is fantastic for consumers, but it puts huge pressure on supply chains to meet those flexible expectations. Not only are supply chain professionals contending with the tall task of personalizing the delivery...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/industry-leaders-chart-future-of-supply-chain-visibility

FourKites, Tive enter partnership for mutual customers

Tive and FourKites entered a partnership for mutual customers.

Supply chain visibility players Tive and FourKites announced a partnership Tuesday to provide an integrated in-transit data platform for mutual customers.

Tive’s in-transit load-sensing data will be combined with FourKites’ visibility capabilities to deliver real-time data and visibility for supply chain customers.

“Collaboration and open access to visibility data benefits everyone in the supply chain,” Krenar Komoni, CEO and founder at Tive, said in a release. 

The Open Visibility Network...

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