Visibility

This Supply Chain Control Tower and Visibility solution guide provides a deeper look into the platform's capabilities and benefits, as well as a practical overview of why a unified and converged approach will make all the difference in running an efficient and cost-effective supply chain that drives superior customer satisfaction.

FourKites officials said that with NIC-place in the fold, it is positioned to create the largest European-based multimodal carrier network, serving global shippers with what it called the most comprehensive end-to-end global supply chain visibility platform. And they also added that it will help to spur on the adoption of secure real-time visibility solutions specifically designed for carriers, while shortening the time to value for shippers with complex, multimodal carrier networks.

Chicago-based supply chain visibility services provider project44 announced it received a $420 million investment. The investment was led by Thoma Bravo, TPG, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, coupled with participation from Emergence Capital, Insight Partners, Chicago Ventures, Generation Investment Management, Sapphire, and Sozo Ventures each acquiring equity shares in project44 and resulting in a pre-money valuation of $2.2 billion.

With $100+ million in annual recurring revenue, 1,000+ team members, 1,000+ customers, 1+ billion packages tracked annually and the top performer in analyst reports, project44 leads the supply chain visibility market.

The company said that through this partnership project44 will become the first strategic partner for real-time transportation visibility to integrate its capabilities into the Google Cloud Supply Chain Twin offering—which optimizes planning and decision-making by orchestrating supply chain data from enterprise business systems, partners, and public sources and enables shippers to bring together data from multiple sources and require less partner integration time than traditional API-based integration—and is a major cog of the Google Supply Chain platform.

Known for supporting higher levels of visibility, supply chain software is taking center stage as companies adjust to a “new normal” operating environment and plan for the future.

In this webcast, audiences will hear first-hand from Vijay Bharadwaj, Director of Inventory Management of General Motors about GM’s Inbound Logistics Transformation journey.

Company officials explained that this offering enables shippers, carriers, and 3PLs to track 100% of air freight with highly accurate and automated estimated arrival times (ETA), which it said empowers supply chain partners to do things like optimize downstream planning, reduce the time and expense of manual track-and-trace efforts, and also increase customer satisfaction, too.

In this Supply Chain Leader’s Playbook, we detail how, through a constant emphasis on efficient processes and empowered employees, the agile supply chain benefits the greater organization by allowing it to act quickly and decisively in the face of disruption including tips from Walmart Canada, Meijer, and Cardinal Health.

In this Supply Chain Leader’s Playbook, we take a look at how supply chain leaders are increasingly turning to freight tracking software, real-time transportation visibility platforms, to automate manual tasks and streamline collaboration, saving time and money across a variety of supply chain roles.

In this Supply Chain Leader’s Playbook, we take a look at how with real-time supply chain visibility, companies such as Cargill, Conagra, and Ingersoll Rand, improved customer satisfaction even before their product gets into the hands of the customer.

Speed. Flexibility. Simplicity. It’s no wonder that shippers and carriers love drop and hook.

A dock appointment scheduling system is crucial to managers’ visibility, and the security and safety of cargo is a never-ending mission with the latest trends and technology coming through the warehouse.

The purpose of this paper is to take a step back and look at what visibility really means in supply chain operations, and what it can do for you - using real-world case studies - along with an outline of the conditions you need to achieve it.

KALERIS, a leading provider of cloud-based transportation and asset management solutions for improved supply chain execution, launches real-time analytics for industrial and finished goods shippers, service providers, and carriers.