2020

The Role Of DevOps For An Enterprise In A Digital Transformation Brace Position

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Article written by Prasanna Singaraju Photo: GETTY Enterprises are advancing in their digital mandates. They are digitizing operations and the customer experience and developing digital business models. Despite these impressive achievements, enterprises are experiencing the digital transformation (DT) brace position. When I say brace position, I am referring to the alerted posture of passengers during an […]

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How to Reduce Freight Costs

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Article by Sharon R. Barstow In a general sense, freight is the cost of moving goods from one place to another. It includes the entire cost of the move, from packaging, documentation, carriage costs, insurance costs and container or pallet costs. The more your business relies on the delivery of goods and services, the more

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What’s The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence And Technology On Society

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Article by Bernard Marr What do we need to consider about a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and tech have transformed the way we live? That was exactly what we pondered when I recently spoke with Jamie Susskind, barrister, speaker and award-winning author of Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech.  Trends That Are

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Trucking carrier Schneider National accelerates to digital transformation 2.0

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The global trucking firm has seen a 25% reduction in total cost of ownership after using Samsung Knox Configure to develop an app store. While many trucking companies are still transitioning away from paper-based processes, Schneider National has moved to digital transformation 2.0—integrating and streamlining numerous digital automation tools. To meet regulatory requirements, Schneider, one

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Agile software platforms key to surviving disaster, freight tech execs say

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During a roundtable discussion, the CEOs of Convoy, Flexe and Flexport spoke about the coronavirus and the future of freight.  (Photo: Convoy) Digital logistics tools are helping manage the chaos and uncertainty the coronavirus has injected into the supply chain, but the crisis is a warning sign that the freight industry overall needs to do

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After Mixed Financial Results in 2019, 3PLs Face Coronavirus Headwinds

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Article written by Evan Armstrong The airfreight forwarding sector, in which DHL ranks No. 1, logged one of the weakest years for logistics subsegments. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Coming off an extraordinary growth market in 2018, third-party logistics companies operating in the United States experienced a more mixed year in 2019. After companies imported products and

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Bulkmatic to add capacity, customers with acquisition of Paris Transport

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 Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Liquid and dry bulk hauler Bulkmatic Transport of Griffith, Indiana, announced Tuesday it had acquired Illinois-based Paris Transport Inc. to add capacity and improve service to its customers. Family-owned Bulkmatic, founded in 1965, has nearly 530 drivers and a fleet of approximately 600 power units, according to its latest filing with the

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Alibaba’s Koala Haigou Taps Blockchain for Supply Chain and Logistics

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Article written by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel Koala, the cross-border e-commerce marketplace acquired by Alibaba Group in September 2019, has adopted Ant Financial’s blockchain solution, to foster transparency in its supply chain and eliminate goods mismatch, according to a Sina Finance report on March 17, 2020. Alibaba Taps DLT for Product Traceability In a bid to significantly reduce opacity in its supply

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