Visibility

Visibility

Trends, Visibility

Is blockchain all hype? IMD professors discuss

Finance professor Arturo Bris and supply chain professor Carlos Cordon (pictured left), both from IMD Business School in Lausanne, discuss blockchain. Arturo Bris: “Have you ever watched footage from the early 1980s of people trying to …

Alibaba

Software, Trends, Visibility

Alibaba to use blockchain technology for international supply chain

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to use blockchain technology for its international supply chain. Liu Song, vice president of Alibaba, regards the technology as being the perfect solution for the online retailer’s complex supply chains. Blockchain …

Chainstack

Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Chainstack

Chainstack was founded in Singapore in 2017 by Eugene Aseev and Laurent Dedenis (pictured) to address the challenges of enterprise blockchain adoption and integration. The start-up’s mission is to remove the technical and business barriers …

mining and metals supply chain

Trends, Visibility

Blockchain solution for global mining and metals supply chain

On 16 January, IBM announced it is working on a project in partnership with MineHub Technologies, a Canadian technology company specialized in the mining and metals industry, to build a blockchain-based platform for that sector. …

supply chain capabilities

Content, Reports, Trends, Visibility

Retailers’ digital supply chain capabilities are underprepared for core challenges

Board members (‘C-suite executives’) of retail companies are struggling to tackle core digital transformation challenges due to a lack of supply chain visibility and reliable data, according to a recent report. A survey has revealed …

Global Trade Network

Trends, Visibility

Transparency in the Global Trade Network

BluJay’s Global Trade Network (GTN) streamlines processes, creates new opportunities and improves the performance of companies, adapted in line with their unique supply chain requirements. Connecting all supply chain partners to the network increases transparency. …

control tower

Software, Trends, Visibility

Cloud-based control tower

Tesisquare Platform 6.0 has been enriched with a Tesi Control Tower. This cloud-based platform facilitates communication and integration between manufacturers, logistics service providers, carriers and customers, resulting in an online data-sharing community. The software manages …

end-to-end supply chain visibility

Trends, Visibility

Framework for end-to-end supply chain visibility

Rapid changes in demand and growing suppliers’ risks have made end-to-end supply chain visibility crucial for companies nowadays. To gain a clearer understanding of this concept, it is necessary to distinguish between strategic, tactical and …

Pfizer

Trends, Visibility

New app boosts Pfizer’s global supply chain visibility

For a biopharmaceutical company as large as Pfizer, achieving truly comprehensive supply chain visibility is a mammoth undertaking. Despite the company’s extremely complex supply chain, the End-to-End In-Transit Visibility (E2E ITV) project now makes it …

TradeLens

Trends, Visibility

Future blockchain-based trade platform TradeLens looks uncertain

Despite the best intentions of IBM and Maersk with TradeLens, launched at the start of 2018, the future of this blockchain-based trade platform for the real-time monitoring of ocean freight looks increasingly uncertain as it …

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