Resilient Supply Chains: Navigating 2024 with Confidence
Download your FREE copy of the whitepaper now The Guide to Resilient Supply Chain Networks for 2024 was developed in collaboration with the KdG University of Applied Sciences. In an era marked by rapid changes and uncertainties, building resilient supply chain networks is crucial for the success of your businesses. Dockflow’s latest whitepaper, “A Guide to Resilient […]
Europe’s first end-to-end cargo LoRaWAN based cargo temperature monitoring service launched through collaboration by Port of Antwerp, Foodcareplus, Dockflow, and TrakAssure
The Port of Antwerp, Europe’s second-largest container hub, in collaboration with, Foodcareplus an integrated international logistics provider offering specialty services in the food transportation industry, Dockflow, the world’s first integrated logistics enablement platform offering container visibility, and TrakAssure, a leading provider of cargo monitoring solutions based on the ever-growing global LoRaWAN IoT network, have announced a […]
So how 💩 are carrier ETA’s actually? The data analytics approach
Reliable ETA’s (Estimated Time of Arrivals) are key for an optimized operational planning and supply chain process improvement, and getting them has been a challenge since the invention of – well, ever. Often, ocean carriers are blamed for providing unreliable ETA’s, leading to lots of manual tracking and employee time wasted. From our research however, […]
Webinar: Is Blockchain the Holy Grail for logistics?
Blockchain is rapidly growing in more and more industries, but how will it affect logistics? By automating the supply chain and implementing IoT, blockchain could go far into the industry. It could provide benefits such as reducing costs, record-keeping, and inventory tracking. Get the full overview of the pros and cons of blockchain in ports and […]
Case Study: How ArdoVLM successfully reduced logistics coordination costs
ArdoVLM is a globally renowned supplier of frozen fruits & vegetables, animal proteins, and ancient grains. To ship these goods around the world, they require over 10 parties working on various global tradeflows. However, they had encountered some efficiency challenges with steady increases in shipping volumes. ArdoVLM reached a point where they needed to upgrade their tools […]
2020’s Key Logistics Trends: Transforming Supply Chains
Technologies are changing the logistics and supply chain landscape at an unprecedented pace. CIOs and IT leaders must help their organizations adapt in this changing world. The logistics trends are structured around the idea of “people-centric smart spaces,” which means considering how these technologies will affect people (i.e., customers, and employees) and the places where […]
The fight to grab a piece from the $1.2 trillion global shipping industry pie
A wave of digital disruption is about to hit the global shipping industry, affecting sea and road freight forwarders. Start-ups are using digital technologies to develop a variety of innovative business models that will dramatically improve the customer experience and eliminate entrenched operational inefficiencies. These digital business models have the potential to overturn the dominant […]
Logistics of the Future: Inside Antwerp Port Hackathon (pt 1)
Continuous delivery of Java applications: hands-on
Many companies struggle with their legacy IT applications – also coined the “Shit Of Yesterday” (SOY). These applications have become unmaintainable and unmanageable. This is partly due to outdated design paradigms in software development. In a waterfall methodology, project specifications ought to be captured, documented, and implemented in a sequential way. Countering this, newer paradigms […]
Hackathon of the port: one year after (pt 2)
To address the digital challenges of the maritime and logistics industry in Antwerp, the port-hackathon “Logistics of the Future” took place in December of 2016. During the event, more than 200 participants – twice the number of participants of the World Port Hackathon 2016 in Rotterdam – from Belgium, Singapore, Mexico, Russia and Israel worked […]