Data Gumbo uses blockchain to automate transactions between buyers and sellers using a combination of data held by those parties and other third parties as verification.
An information digest summarizing the different keynote addresses from the virtual event.
Supply chain digitization is helping drive trust and security while lowering obstacles to moving goods.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Much of the discourse and sentiment surrounding the application of blockchain, and other distributed ledger technologies, in enterprise supply chains has taken a decidedly pessimistic turn. This is evident on Meetup.com where blockchain […]
The trade of Black Angus bulls is a global supply chain that needs a verification system, which can keep counterfeit beef from reaching the consumers’ table.
The cosmetics industry uses mica in large quantities, which is predominantly sourced from illegal mica mines across India, where child labor is rampant.
Enterprise resource planning will bring changes to supply chains in 2020. Kayla Matthews points out several technologies that will gain greater acceptance and use in 2020.
Blockchain as a decentralized and immutable ledger can help stakeholders within fashion supply chains to improve trustability, reduce counterfeit products and increase labor equality across the horizon.
The global auto industry may be the first industry to use blockchain extensively. Read how and why.
Kayla Matthews explains some of the global uses of blockchain in logistics and supply chain.
Medical marijuana firm AMP will be pursuing a European Union Good Manufacturing Procedure (EU-GMP) audit to ensure quality and integrity of its pharma goods from the supplier to the German patient.
Since writing about the challenges ahead for food supply chains, I have been thinking about how perishable foods and other items are transported from one part of the world to another. What is the role for new technologies in global supply chains for perishable products? The question gnaws at me each time I am in […]
Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Hong Kong-based 300cubits is suspending its platform after it failed to generate sustained interest within the maritime logistics space due to issues with interoperability and government regulations.
Digital logistics company Marine Transport International is collaborating with The Recycling Association to enable recycling businesses to relay essential information on trash to stakeholders within the trash value chain in a transparent and swift manner.
EPAM Systems is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Learn more about the company and the Alliance in this article.
Memphis-based is the latest BiTA member. Read about this interesting company’s purpose.
Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) (NYSE:CP) has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). In joining the Alliance, CP is supporting BiTA’s mission of producing blockchain standards that allow for interoperability between participants in the global supply chain. Blockchain is an open, extensible platform capable of sharing shipping events, messages and documents across all the actors […]
OneLedger has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about BiTA’s latest member and its reasons for joining.
Capital Logistics is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about the company, as well as BiTA’s efforts to develop blockchain standards for transportation and logistics.
Gemini Shippers Group, a non-profit shippers association that is nearly 100 years old, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about Gemini and why it has joined BiTA.
Automotive industry supply chain expert Surgere has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about Surgere and BiTA.
Factom Protocol is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read more about this company and its products, as well about BiTA.
Hubtek has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about this new company and why it joined the Alliance.
TranzAct Technologies is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read why it has joined BiTA and learn more about the company.
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of safety and compliance solutions, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA)
Spanish logistics provider ChainGO Tech has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. Read why the company joined the Alliance and what it hopes to achieve with its membership.
Hong Kong-based Tigers, a global transportation and logistics company, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing blockchain standards for the global transportation/logistics/supply chain marketplace.
GT Solutions, a transportation solutions provider based in France, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is developing blockchain standards for the global transportation/logistics marketplace.
Asset Balance Solutions is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). BiTA just released the first blockchain standard for the freight/logistics/supply chain industries.
BLOC recently collaborated with mining company BHP, Japanese shipping company NYK, and biofuel company GoodFuels, to deliver sustainable biofuel to the BHP-chartered, NYK-owned bulk carrier – all via BLOC’s blockchain fuels assurance platform.
Dale Chrystie of FedEx was elected as the first chair of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) Standards Council (BiTAS), during its February Board of Directors meeting.
In the transportation and logistics circles, blockchain has been an enigma – a technology that holds extensive promise on paper, and yet on the flip side, is extremely hard to implement.
Stakeholders within supply chains need to realize the potential of blockchain and look to work on pilot programs that can translate into commercial applications a few years down the road.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some innovative companies to get them on a blockchain. Smart contract tendering—among other applications—should be readily achievable by a company with some sensible approaches.
Srini Vasan and Terry Beaudine demonstrate at MarketWaves 18 a blockchain-secured expedited parcel service they claim reduces costs on domestic and international shipments.
We dig into the latest negative news cycle, and what challenges blockchain faces heading into 2019.
The Chattanooga-based team at Block Array have launched a blockchain product they call FreightTrust, legal platform for shipping documents.
Ambrosus enables consumers and supply chain stakeholders to have better trust over the products they receive or consume, by using sensors that communicate to the blockchain.
