Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé SA is involved in a project to trial the use of blockchain technology. The key aim is to improve the transparency of the worldwide food-ingredient supply chain, and hence to strengthen …
Everysens is a supply chain optimization platform intended for asset-intensive industries. The start-up harnesses the power of IoT, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost assets’ fleet performance for small businesses and very large …
The supply chain digitalization trend is spreading further into the warehouse. During the World of Material Handling event, forklift manufacturer Linde presented various digital applications aimed at improving the efficiency and convenience of working with …
UK-based retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has selected supply chain technology company Zetes to help transform visibility and fulfilment across its fresh food supply chain. Thanks to the ZetesOlympus supply chain visibility platform, the retailer …
Logistics provider Agility is collaborating on a supply chain solution developed by Maersk and IBM based on blockchain technology. The use of this distributed ledger technology to manage and track container shipments is expected to …
Planning, Visibility, Sustainability, Software, Trends, Visuals
It’s 2018; in mature companies, the board of directors includes a Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO). He – in spite of gender diversity efforts, the CSCO is still a man in most cases – reports …
Sustainability, Trends, Visibility
In one of the industry’s first practical applications of blockchain, Unilever has embarked on a year-long pilot project involving the use of the high-profile technology to manage transactions within its tea supply chain. By enabling …
Sustainability, Trends, Visibility
To help organizations account for the impact of their logistics processes in the environmental analysis of their supply chains, Zürich-based Arviem AG has developed an innovative, IoTenabled, real-time carbon footprint monitoring service for logistics. By …
Talk of the Blockchain is everywhere. According to Gartner, Blockchain is currently at the peak of the emerging technology Hype Cycle, generating headlines declaring it to be ‘as big as the Internet’ - all for …
What impact could blockchain have on supply chains? In my opinion, a very big one. In principle, this encryption technology that enables data to be shared securely has the power to finally solve two major, …
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