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The Dispatch Report + Full Product Launch | January 2019, Issue No. 10

Shipchain

It’s exciting to see our first steps into helping the industry publicly, from true intelligent freight document management to unified visibility, to a simple API that enables any development team in logistics to communicate directly with the blockchain itself. We completed a launch event in Tokyo, Japan with our team.

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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?

Talking Logistics

A single version of the transportation truth that a TMS can provide is the exact weapon logistics professionals need to pro-actively reduce freight costs, improve operational productivity and efficiency while improving visibility across all nodes of the supply chain. Allow for ‘what if’ transportation analysis.

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Do You Have a Proactive Supply Chain Design or a Reactive One?

Talking Logistics

What would happen if something catastrophic happened to that node? Planning for unexpected issues like these is a major part of a proactive approach; make sure you always have a well-documented “Plan B” for your supply chain. Is there a point where multiple supply channels pass through a single location in your chain?

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Blockchain for the Supply Chain: Reality vs. Hype

Supply Chain Brain

The technology has been around for a long time, but many organizations and countries still require the maintenance of original signed documents, with all of their accompanying costs and inefficiencies. All must agree to the precise form of that document before the release of international freight and the transfer of funds.

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Programming Languages Applied to Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In this post, a tour of the most popular programming languages in the sector will be made, as well as the databases from which the information can be retrieved for analysis. The scalability of Non-Relational Databases allows to distribute data into multiple nodes or locations, so it is common to apply them together with Big Data solutions.