Industry 4.0 revolutionized many industries, and now it’s being applied to supply chains. Dubbed Supply Chain 4.0, the application of the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, and analytics to supply…
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The logistics and warehousing markets are growing and changing fast. For 3PL providers, this change presents some serious opportunities. With the right business strategy, third-party logistics providers can likely secure…
Reliable supply chains are the backbone of industry, but they have been repeatedly disrupted in recent months. Companies that keep an eye on technological developments and push ahead with their…
In the first part: Impact of hydrogen on logistics Part 1: Road Transportation, we considered truck transportation and the production of hydrogen. But often in logistics, one shipment is completed…
The future belongs to hydrogen, to green hydrogen – that’s what we frequently hear and read these days. Whether we believe it or not, it is true that hydrogen as…
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout underscored the importance of the cold chain to modern logistics and revealed significant challenges. A wide range of products, primarily pharmaceuticals and food items, require temperature-controlled…
Picture this: I’d been travelling since 5:30 am after visiting family overseas for Christmas. After a car, plane and train journey to get me back to my destination, there’s one…
Summary: Transportation management solutions provide valuable features to organizations that manage their own logistics. This is how developers typically create them and the factors logisticians must take into consideration to…
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AI and the productivity paradox – why it needs more than technology to transform the economy
by Kai Keppnerby Kai KeppnerThe hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is now several years old and has hardly subsided. Expectations are huge – but the hoped-for increase in productivity has so far largely failed…
Transactions between truckers and other supply chain partners once involved substantial amounts of physical paperwork. Fortunately, digital payments have significantly reduced such processes and the associated hassles. Here are some…
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