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A new solution powered by IBM Blockchain in partnership with Stellar.org and KlickEx Group provides collaboration with banking leaders to accelerate financial exchange and settlement across currency corridors.

IBM has introduced the first fully integrated, enterprise-ready IBM blockchain platform to accelerate food safety adoption and provide new academic and developer initiatives to advance blockchain skills.

Technology research firm Gartner, Inc. recently noted a new trend towards supply chain “protectionism,” presumably due to the extraordinary combination of external forces proving capable of disrupting once-optimized processes and, therefore, destroying once-healthy profit margins.

In the late 1990s, small and midsize businesses struggled mightily with daily shipping operations, some logistics managers at some of the world’s large corporations were beginning to implement something called a Transport Management System, or a TMS.

Retailers are looking to compete with Amazon through third-party logistics providers who can tackle the e-fulfillment challenges with service and market specialization as well as making strategic investments in flexible automation.

Walmart is marrying the power of the Walmart App with its brick-and-mortar retail stores and hoping to slash returns from what used to take roughly 5 minutes to 30 seconds.

Verigo CEO Adam Kinsey describes how the Gainesville company's sensor technology can reduce waste by bringing the Internet of Things to logistics and supply chain management, and after 4 years of R&D, they have launched a leading “pod quality” analysis monitoring device for the perishable supply chain.

Supply chain managers have yet to fully embrace the power of blockchain technology, say analysts, but the advance seems all but inexorable.

Based on various commentaries from speakers at the recent 2017 FTR Transportation Conference and CSCMP Edge, it stands to reason that in the coming months, rates are only heading in one direction: up.

Enterprise Asset Intelligence platform unlocks data from connected devices, environments and things to transform workflows and mobilize actionable insights.

The CSXT-partner operated Pittsburgh Intermodal Rail Terminal opened on September 6, 2017, providing freight shippers a brand new transportation option to move freight to and from western Pennsylvania.

SMC3's Chief Data Officer, Danny Slaton, and David Knight, former CIO, and Senior Vice President, Product Development, discuss How API Technology Connects the Transportation Economy.

When you consider that the average age of a trucker is 56, you realize it’s high time to up efforts to recruit and retain younger drivers to address the driver shortage and ensure a future for this profession.

SMC³ continues to innovate with the announcement that it has created an LTL rate benchmark, MexicoLite™ Intra, for shipments traveling point-to-point within Mexico.

While some businesses see the benefits of a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution, many others may have misinformation or doubt about making the transition to the cloud - in this article we discuss 3 cloud ERP theories’ that may be holding you back.

Leading third party logistics provider C.H. Robinson has introduced a bold new innovation with the launch of Navisphere® Vision, a supply chain technology that provides real-time global visibility across all modes and regions in one platform.

Despite the hype, it turns out that RFID was only the beginning, the promise of end-to-end supply chain visibility that began years ago with RFID is now being realized through new, predictive tools for accessing and using supply chain data, and it’s giving early adopters an edge.

Frontier Business found that, while great tech bases and solid workforces tend to go hand in hand, they also congregate in more expensive states, even if the cost of living is cheap, businesses will likely end up paying for it elsewhere.

With Hurricane Harvey making landfall entire warehouses full of products, as well as significant links in the global supply chain, could be affected, this raises the issue of supply chain risk once again and what role analytics has in creating managerial insights into such events.

Organizations face a radically shifting context for the workforce, the workplace, and the world of work, Deloitte's survey of more than 10,000 business and HR leaders from 140 countries reveals 10 areas for businesses to focus on to better organize, manage, develop, and align people at work.