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Tive, a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raises $54M

TechCrunch

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. This has been costly.

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Supply Chain Analytics: Opportunities in Data Analysis and Business Intelligence

Altexsoft

Supply chain practitioners and CEOs surveyed by 6river share that the main challenges of the industry are: keeping up with the rapidly changing customer demand, dealing with delays and disruptions, inefficient planning, lack of automation, rising costs (of transportation, labor, etc.), Analytics in logistics and transportation.

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Logistics Management Systems: How Warehouse, Transportation, and Distribution Software Work

Altexsoft

Digitalization will allow warehousing and transportation operations to elevate customer experience, deliver more value to partners, and consequently – create an effective ecosystem of supply chain providers: manufacturers, carriers, freight forwarders, and more. Strategic transport planning. Connecting to the carrier network.

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Asset Tracking in Logistics: When and Which Technologies to Implement

Altexsoft

Companies lose 10 to 40 percent of supply chain assets annually due to misplacement, theft, or breakage. Telsyte’s Asset Loss White Paper claims that businesses expect a $1.34 The same technologies can also be used to track people within the facility (mainly for security, navigation, or analytics purposes).

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Making Sense of IoT Platforms: AWS vs Azure vs Google vs IBM vs Cisco

Altexsoft

The technology will move into an even higher gear with the arrival of fifth-generation or 5G networks supporting a million gadgets per square kilometer — ten times as many as in the current era of 4G. Perception layer: IoT hardware. Hardware or “things” layer includes the following gears that work with signals from the physical world.

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Rail Fleet Management: How Technologies Help Handle Asset Tracking and Maintenance in Freight Rail Industry

Altexsoft

Railroads are an indispensable part of the supply chain when transporting both bulk shipments and intermodal containers. For that, you need to have complete control of your assets and full visibility into related business processes. So, let’s talk about how modern technology can help you manage your rail fleet. ETA forecasting.

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Fleet Maintenance Software: Technology Behind Preventive and Predictive Vehicle Servicing

Altexsoft

Fleet owners in trucking , car rental , delivery, and other transportation companies know that poorly maintained vehicles burn more fuel, require frequent oiling, and go kaput every other mile. It requires less planning and seemingly allows for savings on support maintenance, but usually leads to extra expenses due to higher repair costs.