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By Dan Berger, TUID Working Group Member and Director of Business Development at InventureIT By any definition, today’s global supply chain is a complex system. Just consider its scope: To operate supply chains worldwide requires coordination and communication between vast numbers of interconnected parts. These relationships may be non-linear. In other words, the output is
As part of my volunteer work with ASTM F49 Digital Information in the Supply Chain, I was challenged by one of the subcommittee chairs, Iliriana Kaçaniku, to assist in defining the term “interoperability” for Subcommittee F49.02 called “Interoperability”. Iliriana has written: The [proposed] scope of this subcommittee is to develop standards enabling interoperability of heterogeneous
During Down Market, Leading Competing DFM Industry Brokers Met Last Month at FW F3 to ‘Collaborate and Attack’ Appointment Scheduling Standard APIs The FreightWaves Future of Freight (FW F3) event last month in Cleveland opened with the highly anticipated update on “A Blueprint for the Future” moderated by Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO of FW,
TUID White Paper Based in part on conversations with Michael Darden representing DFM Data Corp., Inc. Tracking Transport Movements – A Familiar Example Working in supply chain, you’ve probably experienced airline travel. When you get your itinerary, you will note the distinctive 6-character confirmation number. It ties back to a “Passenger Name Record” (PNR) that
DFM Data Corp., Inc. acknowledges the leadership of The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) and Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) as they release a revised version of the Voluntary Guide to Good Business Relations for Shippers, Receivers, Carriers, and Drivers. We join the Food Shippers of America (FSA) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA)‘s endorsement of
DFM Data Corp., Inc. has been approved as a Certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise™ (DOBE) by the International Certification Committee of Disability:IN through its Supplier Diversity Program. Investors and shareholders increasingly view diversity and inclusion as a vital component of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Diverse and inclusive companies perform better, and thus are better
ZEBOX is an international incubator and accelerator for innovative startups and it offers startups with technological innovation in the sectors of transport, logistics, and mobility. ZEBOX has three support programs: an incubation program, an acceleration program, and a corporate program. DFM Data Corp. is now Powered by ZEBOX. Link to news: https://www.ze-box.io/en/news/zebox-america-opens-north-american-hq-welcomes-first-cohort-of-startups/
DFMDC has been working on the problem of “Phantom Data” or “Ghost Loads” in the spot marketplace. Phantom Data occurs when a shipper or broker puts load postings out with multiple intermediaries: digital freight management (DFM) systems, traditional brokers, and carriers. Some of them will (possibly unbeknownst to the shipper) be reposted as load notices
DFM Commentary: Deloitte’s article provides the rationale backed by research for building trust at the macro country level, and it works the same way at the micro level in everyday B2B or B2C transactions. Fairness, some level of transparency, and meeting commitments are the basic building blocks of business relationships. Collaboration amongst industry leaders is
DFM Commentary: Turvo’s article points out the many benefits of collaboration and the trust built when marketplace participants – shippers, carriers, brokers, and 3PL’s – recognize that everyone wins when the customer is efficiently and satisfactorily served. That optimal result happens when connected systems facilitate visibility to the demand and supply of product and transportation
