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Cold-chain management in supply chain: A step towards better environmental sustainability
Ever wondered the amount of food waste and the impact it has on environmental sustainability? Around one third of the food that is produced globally is wasted — either spoilt in transit or thrown out by consumers in rather wealthier economies. This waste results in at...
read moreThe New Silk Road: What should shippers of goods expect from the new era of Trans-Eurasian Freight Forwarding
The New Silk Road is a resurrection of the ancient trade route called to action by President Xi Jinping. Its purpose is to reinvigorate the once ancient commerce relationship between the east and west and to streamline the transport of goods from Asia to Europe by...
read moreSupply chain visibility solutions: The key to mitigating food supply chain risk
Improving supply chain transparency is a high priority for companies, especially in industries such as the food and beverage industry where consumers and regulators are pushing for more information on how products are made and transported from the point of manufacture...
read moreHow Can IoT Help Make Supply Chains More Sustainable?
In a 2016 report, the global consulting firm Ernst & Young proclaimed that “supply chain sustainability can no longer be ignored.” The report, titled “The state of the sustainable supply chain,” was based on interviews with supply chain, procurement and sustainability...
read moreChain of Custody: The source of control in global supply chains? – IoT Beyond the Buzz
Chain of custody is a term often thrown around as a buzzword. In combination with the latest technology hypes like IoT, the chain of custody is magnified to address everything from supply chain security to regulatory compliance. What is chain of custody? How and why...
read moreIOT enabled Supply Chain Visibility: The Holy Grail of Supply Chain Managers
End-to-end supply chain visibility empowers supply chain and logistics managers to make educated decisions. It helps companies to decrease the impact of disruptions on the supply chain by providing actionable data. Supply chain leaders recognize the importance of...
read moreThe Carbon Footprint in the Logistics Chain
The news called it a historic agreement, when U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in a historic climate change deal, that both countries would curb their greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades. The agreement will give...
read moreFighting for Enhanced Supply Chain Security
Cargo theft has been around for centuries; unfortunately, though the crime has evolved together with transportation methods. Bandits on horseback have been replaced by gangsters that are organized in international crime syndicates. Cargo theft is a global problem...
read moreOptimizing food supply chains and preventing recalls – IoT beyond the Buzz
The Internet of Things (IoT) along with Big Data is around us everywhere. It is the buzzword that is deemed to be the next big thing and will affect the way we communicate, travel, work, equip our homes and take care of our health. While we are well aware of the cool...
read moreThe Inspection Chimera
The US Congress has mandated that all Containers be tested for radiation prior to dispatch for export to the US by 2012. Many in Congress have advocated 100% inspections of all Containers bound for the US, for all threats. None of this makes any sense nor will it ever...
read moreEco-Responsible Rail-Freight
In one of our previous blog articles, we already mentioned the Arviem capability of carbon footprint analysis based on real-time cargo monitoring data. Real-time cargo monitoring could provide the relevant information and help to select areas of improvement....
read more100% container scanning is not reasonable
In a JOC.com article from last week a US congresswoman is quoted as following: “I have said it once and I will say it again, we need 100 percent scanning at our ports. The risks are too high not to.” I’d like to use an analogy in the discussion about 100% container...
read moreThe challenge of schedule reliability in international supply chains
According to JOC.com, SeaIntel Maritime Analysis recently reported, that the trans-Atlantic vessel reliability hit a three-year low. “Only 42 percent of ships in the trade arrived within one day of their scheduled calls.” This figure represents the performance on the...
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