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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

China accounts for about 12% of global trade. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. Shippers – the companies paying Ocean, Rail, and Truck carriers to transport their goods – can do little to speed shipments snarled by port congestion. million TEUs.

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

Additionally, you’d want to keep track of whether those deliveries are taking place as planned or if there are any delays so you can quickly jump in with a solution. That’s where transportation management systems, or TMS, comes in. What is a transportation management system (TMS)? Forecast and plan transportation needs.

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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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Transparency and integrity for your supply chain

Global Trade Management

Today's supply chains are polynomial and international with a high degree of complexity anda lack of transparency. Who is responsible for the transport damage, who pays the cost of lost production? Avoid such scenarios, by having your supply chain under control.