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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

There’s nothing new, for example, about a carrier’s ability to monitor the interior temperature and humidity of a shipping container while in transit. Swiss-based Smart Containers Group , which designs temperature-controlled containers for pharma shippers, among others, collects more than 1.2

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ZF brings in SupplyOn to gain real-time transparency for overseas transport at the material number level

SupplyOn

These updates were thus never in real-time, and only at a total container level. In addition to conventional full container loads, many ZF divisions however also ship consolidated containers consisting of materials from different suppliers and ZF plants. No manual information collection on external provider portals.

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Here’s Why Vaccine Cold-Chain Transportation Network Issues Highlight Sound Logistics Capabilities

Turvo

In the world of shipping and logistics management , cold-chain transportation has been a staple for many years. Many industries rely on the transportation of cold and frozen goods. One sector that is experiencing a rapid increase in demand for similar shipping services remains the medical industry.