With changes accelerating and investment pouring in, freight forwarders need to start digitizing now to remain competitive and thrive in the imminent digitized logistics environment.
As the world continues to become increasingly digitized, especially since this shift was accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have had to find a balance in the workplace in managing relationships despite being primarily online.
“We cut out three to four hours a day of just nonsense back and forth between carriers, accounting, operations.”
Five areas where hyperautomation can have an immediate impact
TCA and Blume Global will present a free webinar on the current congestion at the ports and how digitization can help ease the backlog.
In the apparel world where trying on clothes is so vital to sales, the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges. Iconic brand Levi used the pandemic to accelerate digitization in its supply chain, and it paid immediate dividends.
More manufacturers are looking into digital sales and marketing channels as their customers increasingly move online.
Supply chain digitization strategies impact shippers, carriers, 3PLs and consumers. Christian Piller, vice president of value engineering at project44, and Dolly Wagner-Wilkins, chief technology officer at Worldwide Express, discuss the benefits and challenges that digitization strategies bring.
Speaking during the North American Supply Chain Summit, Dollar General’s Meghan Nicholas says organizations need to map out a digitization plan — and be prepared to pivot.
The European Commission has released its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. Massive investments and infrastructure are needed to meet the EU Commission’s sustainability milestones.
The COVID pandemic forced transportation to quickly adopt digital solutions, and Comdata was ready.
“Obviously everything with COVID is a learning curve,” says Tom Hughes.
Five air cargo sustainability trends for 2021.
Digitalization is giving freight-industry participants the flexibility they need to deal with the COVID-heightened pace of change.
With two more major carriers actively sharing information, data on nearly half of the world’s ocean container cargo is now available on a single blockchain-based data platform
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a Florida jury awards a plaintiff $411 million in the latest nuclear verdict. Plus, a lack of freight capacity has some worrying about holiday shipping delays, and Toyota and Hino will bring a Class 8 fuel-cell electric truck to the U.S. next year.
Transflo has acquired Canada-based Microdea on a continued path to grow adoption of digital document workflow.
Announcement of IT EVP and chief digital officer appointments doesn’t mention this week’s ransomware attack.
Using data aimed at developing workplace safety practices can not only enable safer environments, it can empower employees and bolster a company’s safety culture, according to speakers at FreightWaves’ The Future of Real Estate Logistics summit.
Innovation in the maritime industry relies on top-down mandates that are complicated by multilayered regulatory regimes and compliance requirements.
