Verity: The foundation for intelligent orchestration
Verity is a warehouse intelligence platform that delivers real-time visibility as the foundation for intelligent orchestration. Fully autonomous drones act as agile, mobile sensors, capturing high-fidelity data across the warehouse without human intervention or operational downtime. By combining precision navigation with structured facility data, Verity provides empirical visibility — a trustworthy, digital twin of operations […]
SOFTWARE MONTH: How ports are quietly getting smarter with IoT
There’s no shortage of big projects and ideas in the world of ports and logistics, including smart terminals, automated cranes and green shipping corridors, such as those seen at the Port of Rotterdam. But often, the real operational headaches aren’t about grand strategy. They’re about the small things that quietly go wrong every day. Like the missing luggage trolley that […]
How retailers can stay ahead in the mobile-first era
Mobile commerce has had a significant effect on the way people shop, and is now considered an important part of the retail experience. It is expected that revenue from mobile commerce will reach around $2.5 trillion during 2025, nearly doubling over the previous 4 years, and representing a staggering 63% of total retail ecommerce. In the […]
Supply chain visibility – Three reasons behind missing ROI from tech investments
By Open Text Supply chain visibility is a key focus area for many organizations. Therefore, it’s no wonder that visibility, monitoring and analytics tools top the list of supply chain technology investments. Despite the fact that companies both understand the importance of visibility and are investing in tools to improve it, the results are not […]
Are these the top trends in supply chain tech for 2024?
Advancements in technology will provide supply chain technology leaders and chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) with opportunities to support new business models, augment and automate decision making and foster ecosystem collaboration, according to Gartner. With these emerging opportunities, the market analyst has identified the top eight strategic supply chain technology trends for 2024 that will […]
Navigating the Future: Emerging trends in supply chain and logistics
As the backbone of global commerce, supply chain and logistics sectors are in a constant state of flux, shaped by technological advancements, economic shifts, and consumer behaviours. As we move further into the digital age, several key trends are emerging that promise to redefine these critical industries. Firstly, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and […]
Supply chain productivity declines ‘cannot be solved by technology alone’
New technologies ranging from smart robotics to actionable AI have the potential to transform the supply chain function, but they will fail to lift historically low levels of labor productivity unless utilised as part of a broader strategy. Gartner experts shared those findings during the opening keynote presentation at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo EMEA, […]
OPINION: Once the supply chain crisis subsides, we can digitally transform our way to a better future
By Quy Le, Head of Delivery, FPT UK It was impossible to go through 2021 without hearing about the crisis afflicting global supply chains. Back in the first quarter of 2020 the pandemic triggered a catastrophic sequence of events that would ultimately impact how efficiently the world’s distribution networks operated. As Covid-19 ripped across the […]
The rise of the virtual supply chain
By Adam Bimson, Chief Customer Officer, Vuealta How do you deal with a business that will sell your products, use data and algorithms to adjust product costs, and get said products to your customers in a manner that’s faster, more efficient and far superior to anything you could do yourself? This is a question that publishers […]
Why digitising supply chains can help pay for itself
By Derek Bryan, VP EMEA, Verizon Connect For some businesses, digital transformation represents an opportunity to improve how it operates and connects with partners and customers; for others, it can seem like a headache with a considerable price tag attached. While it’s true that any change requires careful planning, those in the ‘loathe camp’ may […]