Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

Key transparency initiatives include: Supply Chain Mapping: Using digital tools to trace the journey of products from raw materials to finished goods. For example, using AI-powered tools to optimize logistics can reduce energy consumption and enhance sustainability.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. To understand this question, we will need to understand what are the differences between digitization and digitalization?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Low-code tools give an easy-to-use support for building software applications, eliminating the need for in-house coding specialists. Therefore, embracing tools that assist organizations create solutions faster like low code should be a consideration to manufacturers. What is low code development? The cons of low code.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) offer a method to track products through their entire lifecycle. As a result, DPPs are emerging as a straightforward, common sense solution for meeting these needs efficiently. What Components Comprise a Digital Product Passport?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2024

The company integrates with existing tools to meet customers where they are in their digital journey, driving value from day one of implementation. Upwell uses AI to streamline accounts receivable for transportation and logistics companies, helping them get paid faster by automating invoicing processes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 1, 2022

Nick Jensen is the Director of National Accounts at Loadsmart , a digital logistics company, that enables shippers to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Companies like Loadsmart are digital freight brokers and they drive efficiency and effectiveness using their own proprietary technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Many global multinationals accelerated their investments in digitizing data during the pandemic. Decisions need to be digitized. The data needed to support AI digitization can be very granular. Mr. Masson of ARC points out, “Each AI use case requires specific datasets and may necessitate different tools and techniques.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

Pier Paolo Tamma, the Chief Digital Officer at Pirelli Pirelli is in the midst of a digital transformation. This transformation seeks to use data, digital ecosystems, and AI to enhance data driven decision-making. Mr. Tamma is the chief digital officer at Pirelli and oversees the digital department at Pirelli at the group level.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 20, 2022

Jon Payne is the Director of Pricing Strategy & Analytics at Loadsmart , a leading digital freight technology company. Jon Payne is the Director of Pricing Strategy & Analytics at Loadsmart , a leading digital freight technology company. About Jon Payne.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses face tighter regulations on product safety, sustainability, and ethical sourcing, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are becoming crucial for navigating these challenges. DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Even digital advancements, like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, only partially solve these challenges because they still need centralized oversight and reconciliation. Suppliers of smart contract development tools: Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot, Hyperledger, OpenZeppelin, Chainlink How Smart Contracts Automate Supply Chains 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

For example, Maersk uses a digital twin a virtual replica of its terminals to simulate different scenarios and make data-driven decisions that improve efficiency and reduce risk. These AI tools allow companies to respond faster and more effectively to unexpected events.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Digital Wave of International Logistics In the context of 21st-century globalization, international logistics plays a crucial role as a bridge connecting the economies and trade of various countries. International Logistics must find a balance between more economical costs and higher efficiency to meet the needs of different countries.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Maersk, one of the biggest ocean carriers and global leaders in integrated container logistics, has just launched a brand new innovative online air freight tool tailored to meet the needs of Indian shippers/customers. This digital platform saves time and effort for shippers, being efficiency its main goal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The logistics and supply chain industry is a critical component of global trade, responsible for moving goods and materials efficiently to meet consumer and business demands. Advanced route optimization tools further support these goals. Reducing packaging volume and weight also decreases transportation emissions.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

A meeting between two pioneers during a cocktail party in 1956 turned out to be a defining moment in the world of manufacturing. Technological advances has often moved faster than digital capabilities. Success will be dependent on three factors: Skills development as a central component of your digital roadmap.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Even mom-and-pop stores and diners had to step up their digitalization game with the pandemic erupting. Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Digital Transformation Journey. Going Digital: Creation of the Digital Foundation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

Do I have the resources to meet their needs? Just as important, they connect the end-to-end value chain digitally, so all partners can participate in a shared response. This might sound too good to be true, especially to companies still using outdated tools and manual processes. And can I do so profitably and sustainably?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Are you trying to figure out how NOT to join the 70% who fail at digital transformation? As much as we conflate digital transformation with technology, without these missing ingredients your initiative will fail. As much as we conflate digital transformation with technology, without these missing ingredients your initiative will fail.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IoT: Powering the Future of Digital Product Passports The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to impact how industries track products and manage data. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) rely heavily on this IoT to capture and record this data, providing a transparent view of a product’s life from creation to retirement and disposal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Raj Govindarajan agreed to answer questions about KeHE Distributors digital transformation. Do you consider this part of a digital transformation? We needed a tool that could increase KeHE’s customer service level, optimize inventory levels and create an efficient end-to-end supply chain to support the growth of our customers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 30, 2024

To address the needs for sharing more information in a more structured way, organizations typically end up deploying a number of supply chain applications and collaboration tools that collectively meet all of their requirements and use cases.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As operational disruptions become more frequent and severe, integrating advanced technologies such as digital twins, IoT and predictive analytics can help companies anticipate, prepare for and adapt to these challenges. Adapting to Thrive One key technology driving challenge mitigation is a digital twin.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Digitization is Your Friend. It’s not news to anyone that digitization is a roaring trend and I’m here to say: embrace it. Suspicion that digitization will eliminate jobs is not without cause—there is no doubt that certain roles are changing or being eliminated by automation. Digitization is not your enemy; it’s your friend.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2021

The question “Why is digital transformation important?” was answered loud and clear in 2020: because you can’t grow your business profitably, and you can’t meet the changing needs and expectations of your customers, unless you do. Read more Freight Brokers: How to Map and Manage Your Digital Transformation Journey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Apple Intelligence demonstrates a clear push for on-device AI processing, with new AI-driven tools enhancing productivity across their operating systems, with a heavy emphasis on privacy and Edge AI. The battle for general purpose AI software platforms is intense with all major cloud providers offering a variety of tools and platforms.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SYSPRO ’s 2020 survey, The Inflection Point for the Factory of the Future , showed that only about one-third (38%) of manufacturers’ business systems had enabled them to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, information must not only be digital, but it must also be shareable between systems.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2021

The question “Why is digital transformation important?” was answered loud and clear in 2020: because you can’t grow your business profitably, and you can’t meet the changing needs and expectations of your customers unless you do. Read more [Video] Freight Brokers: How to Map and Manage Your Digital Transformation Journey.

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Parade

MARCH 10, 2022

Digital quoting tools make collecting, organizing, evaluating, and auditing quotes simple. Parade’s digital quoting tools can streamline the process and make it easier than ever to find the right carrier for a load. Here are just a few of the advantages Parade’s digital quoting tools offer brokers.

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GoShip Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

The evolution of cargo tracking from traditional methods to sophisticated digital tools marks a significant leap in how logistics companies manage and monitor shipments. The digital age has transformed cargo tracking into a dynamic and interactive process.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

Digital Catapult has today launched the Digital Supply Chain Hub, a platform designed to facilitate strategic collaboration between manufacturers and digital solution providers across the UK. The majority of the UK’s logistics industry is also seeking digital solutions to optimise their operations, with 86.5%

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

They check insurance, safety ratings, performance records and only work with carriers who meet strict standards. They Give You Tools That Let You Breathe You shouldnt need five emails, two phone calls, and a spreadsheet to know where your shipment is. But the truth is, freight can either slow you down or help you scale.

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Stord

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When brands begin tracking everything, including instances of damage, loss, and theft - that data becomes a critical new tool to improve your consumer experience repeatedly. In this digital realm, System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) compliance acts as a formidable guardian, ensuring the digital packages remain secure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2024

One of the most powerful tools in modern supply chain management is the Control Tower, which offers a comprehensive, real-time view of the entire supply chain and is the single source of truth for the latest developments on the demand and supply side. What is a Control Tower? Another vital feature is the management of alerts and exceptions.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 17, 2024

2- Omnichannel logistics Omnichannel logistics will become a critical component of meeting customer expectations by 2025, as the real and digital environments grow more integrated. Autonomous vehicles and drones: Autonomous trucks and drones: Lower expenses and faster delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

Promotion Management is defined as optimizing the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product that will generate additional demand. During promotional management, especially for big events around special days and holidays, inventory levels need to be adjusted to meet the peaks in demand.

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WorkWave

APRIL 10, 2025

So why do pest control businesses choose PestPac to meet their goals and reach the next level? The ability for technicians to access digital information, provide service, take pictures, send invoices and capture payments instantly is incredible. We recently sat down with some of our customers to find out, straight from the source.

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