Freight railroads are striving to provide near- to real-time information on the status of containers and trailers. Chuck Hieronymi, director of business solutions with Railinc, tells how they’re doing it. SCB: How are North American freight railroads responding to shipper demands for greater visibility, service and efficiency? Hieronymi: Service has certainly been a key area
End-to-end supply-chain visibility is tough enough to achieve in the best of times. But the coronavirus pandemic has greatly exacerbated the problem, says Bart De Muynck, vice president analyst at Gartner. It’s no surprise that visibility solutions have been among the most popular technology acquisitions over the past few years. Now, disruptions caused by the
We’re all familiar with the consumer “one-click” digital experience. More likely than not, however, logistics teams face a daily work experience that’s nowhere close to digital. Operations at major ports and container freight stations are still filled with paper manifests, green screens, phone calls to origin gateways, and an inability to access the right information
Editor’s note: The following column by Chris Wong, vice president of strategy, offerings and alliances, Global Consumer Industry, and Dirk Niederhäuser, Offerings Leader – Intelligent Supply Chain, IBM, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting
Systems that provide end-to-end supply chain visibility will take time to develop, but many companies with leadership teams can start improving performance today. Source link