Global freight transportation revenues are expected to reach $2.5 trillion by 2023. The entire supply chain must be digitized, connected, transparent, and secure to enable promised efficiencies and flexibility. Continued rapid expansion of e-commerce will depend on end to end, real-time optimized services.
E-commerce continues to rapidly evolve shippers’ expectancies for timing and service thresholds. The rate of technology adoption and business processes have created a steep learning curve, especially for Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) and transport modes accustomed to success based on relationships and manual efforts or siloed legacy systems.
Consolidation and new competitive entrants, including those with a prominent online presence, are jarring incumbents into action. A new “bar” has been set to include solutions created for real-time updates, open systems, mobile optimization, data security, intermodal alignment, and distribution center geographic optimization. However, only 6% of companies had attained complete supply chain visibility.
View WhitepaperVSI Labs is a leading technology researcher for companies that develop systems or components used in ADAS and automated driving applications. In June of 2018, HERE Technologies became a sponsor of VSI’s research vehicle. HERE sought to have their high definition (HD) maps integrated into VSI’s Ford Fusion research vehicle to test various driving applications. They were also looking to grow the reach of their brand through vehicle press opportunities.
Most L2 solutions available today perform lanekeeping using cameras to detect roads’ lane li ...
Using location-based marketing to drive foot traffic to stores is one of the smartest strategies advertisers can employ today, but it’s coupled with a conundrum: How will they determine if their money was well spent?
Traditional metrics like click-through and conversion rates may be useful for measuring the online effectiveness of digital media campaigns, but they fall short when the goal is understanding offline impacts. Data scientists are beginning to connect the dots between data systems to map out a customer’s movements throughout the d ...
IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the potential ROI enterprises may realize by implementing the IBM Automation Platform for Digital Business. The purpose of this Total Economic Impact (TEI) study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the IBM Automation Platform for Digital Business on their organizations.
Cost Savings And Business Benefits Enabled By IBM’s Automation Platform. ...
Thanks to improvements in digital workspace technology over the past several years, distributed workforces—with all their benefits—became an increasingly viable option for businesses. But despite the promise of cost savings, business agility, and employee flexibility, leadership inertia and fears thwarted most widespread attempts at this paradigm shift.
Would employees stay on task outside a physical office space? Would company culture survive? As we’ve come to see, these fears—while understandable—were unwarranted.
With an accelerated cr ...
Slack commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) companies may realize by deploying Slack Plus or Slack Grid. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Slack on their organizations.
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Traditionally, SMS-based services have been widely accepted as a customer engagement mechanism...