b'24American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(DRIVEScontinued from100 Containerports hit the 5systemquicklyrespondsingapore are examples. And the page 10) millionmark.Muchofthisseconds with a range of car- process is growing exponen-used to create benchmark reportsgrowth will be from develop- rier options with transit timestially,aseachnoduleinthe withinthemembership,anding economies like Malaysia,and contract rates. A phoned- supply chain blossoms outward truequalitycomparisonsIndonesiaandVietnam.Butin quote request is also pro- in its own digital expression.basedonobjectivedataareeconomieslikeIndiaandcessed in the same way. There are a few logistics being created and published. those in the Middle East areAIeliminatesthetime- tech providers who are man-Cargo iQ has also estab- also expanding and with thatconsumingtaskofgatheringaging platforms to which they lishedameaningfulQualitycontainerportvolumeswillratesfrommultiplecarriers,haveaddednotonlymore ManagementSystemforitscontinue to rise. adding a markup, and summa- services but acquired more members.Atregularinter- rizing this in an email. Userstechcompanies.Toronto, vals,CargoiQmemberssaveapproximately15min- Canada-basedDescarteshas areauditedbyexternalspe- (CONQUERcontinuedutes per quote, which adds upbecome one of the big players cialists,tovalidatethatthefrom page 22) to incredible time savings. Thethoughstrategicacquisition memberhasasolidQualityupdatesarekeytokeepingQuote Automation by Magayaalongwithorganicdevelop-Managementsystemwithinsupplychaintradingpart- AI bot boosts productivity forment. The same can be saidMark Derks, chief marketing officer, their own organization and isners and suppliers notified ofall involved providing a betterforSydney,Australia-basedBluegraceadhering to all Cargo iQ spec- unanticipated changes. experience for both the senderWiseTech Global. ifications.Onlyasuccess- Predictive analytics as partand receiver. Emerge,basedinScotts- to systems, platforms, trans-ful audit will grant a QualityofavisibilitysystemdrawsAI will revolutionize logis- dale Arizona, has emerged asactions,etc.thatgenerate Certificate to the member. onartificialintelligence,datatics processing, removing time- a digital market platform. Thedata. This information [data] mining, machine learning, mod- consuming,tediousmanualcompanyrecentlylaunchedcanbeleveragedinnumer-n exts teps eling, and statistics to provideworkthatisstillcommonEmerge Benchmarking, whichous ways to manage a supply CargoiQisnowwork- actionableinsightsthatoffertoday. People will be freed upthrough MachineLearningchain, e.g., optimization, plan-ingonasystemtoenhancebetter,moreaccuratepredic- to be productive in other busi- takesfreightindustrydataning, execution, control tower thepureprocess-orientatedtionsaboutfutureevents.Aness areas and have more timeandproducesinreal-timedecisionsupportandmuch route map, which monitors therangeofdatasourcescanbeto spend with their family andbusiness intelligence.more. There are countless sit-journey of a shipment, with ananalyzed,suchashistoricalfriends. Customers will haveUber Freight, a sibling ofuations where automated [or additional feature called Careweather patterns, GPS (GlobalabetterexperienceandtheUber rider fame, started mod- manualdecisions]aremade Mapping.ThiswillenablePositioning System), bar codes,efficienciesachievedwillbeestlybutin2021acquiredbased on bad, inaccurate, or shippers, forwarders, airlines,atruckersELD(electronicnothingshortofremarkable.3PLTransplaceandnowisunclean data. Therein lies the and ground handlers to planloggingdevice)plusmoretoThis is only the beginning ofamongtheplatformstobeproblem. If you can reach a for specific requirements. predict disruptions, reduce risk,abrightfuturefor AIinthereckoned with. E2Open out ofstate of highly cleansed data For example, a pharma ship- improve forecasting, and deci- logistics industry.Austin, Texas is another pro- thatrepresentsqualityin ment might be routedbasedsion making. viderwithaB2Bplatform.transactions[orevents]you onGDP(GoodDistributionOver the years, the companycanreallystarttoemploy Practice) lane validation pro- ltlanDFtl Q uoteb ot (GLIMPSEcontinuedhasaddedINTTRA,BluJaynewandinnovativetech-posalvia a transit airport in aThe time-savings from ourfrom page 22) Solutions and Amber Road tonology, such as AI, to drive very warm country. By apply- AI bot for over-the-road freightthese routes that TMS (Trans- its portfolio of logistics techfasterdecisionsthatleadto ingtheCareMappingfea- quotes,LTL(lessthantruck- portationManagementSys- providers. better outcomes.ture, the shipper would bookload) and FTL (full truckload),tems) and WMA (WarehouseStill,withsomanydif- In answering how to navi-withtheforwarder/airlineaistrulyrevolutionary.Intro- ManagementSystems)wereferentlogisticstechevolu- gatearoundtheproblemof specificpharmaproductandducedtothemarketin Aprilearly adopters of SaaS (Soft- tionssourcingthedigitaldirtydata,Derksadded, could at the same time request2022,QuoteAutomationbyware as a Service). For somerevolution, there are substan- Datalakesarebecoming specific Care features, suchMagayaextractsdetailsfrommoving into digital was a nat- tialobstaclestoachieving amorepopularandaviable as re-icing at transit airport,emails using natural languageural progression. SMC3, forsmoothlyfunctioningdigitaloptionforcollectingdata storage in cold store at 2 Cprocessing, a branch of AI. Theexample, provided pricing forsupply chain. In an interviewfrommultiplesystemsinto8 C, or whatever specificsolutiontheningeststhedatatrucking, which almost seam- withAJOT,MarkDerks,one common area for clean-requirementthereisfortheand responds in seconds.lessly moved into the digitalchiefmarketingofficerforing and use.shipmentataspecificloca- Heres an example of howspace. Others like Navis andBluegrace,aFlorida-basedWhere does the next phase tion and/or while on board thethebotworks:aforwarderTideworks Technology beganlogisticstechcompanywork- takeus?Obviously,withso transport vehicle. receivesanemailedquotewith TOS (Terminal Operat- ing in the managed logisticsmany emerging tech compa-Cargo iQ is also workingrequest from a customer foringSystems)forcontainerspace, offered his appraisal ofniesconsolidationisinthe on enhancing route planningashipmentoriginatinginterminals.Somewhatinthesome of the challenges. Withcardsforsometechprovid-possibilities to create a seam- NewYorkanddestinedforsame sphere, there has beensomanydifferentsystemsers. But with so many wires less link between the offline/ Cincinnati.Thebotingestsamovementtolinkportsbeingdeployed,Derksays,in the supply chain yet to be onlinestationsofairlines,thisemaileddata,anopera- adigitalduplicateofsorts.Datacleanlinessandaccu- connected,itmighttakea servedbyRoadFeederSer- torreviewsandadjustsPortXchangeinRotterdamracyisawidespreadissue.while,beforeconsolidation vice(RFS).Wearelookingwhen necessary, and then theand Innovez-One out of Sin- All organizations are exposedoutruns innovation.specificallyattheinforma-tion and messaging exchange between the driver, the truck-ingcompanysbase,and theairline.Weareaboutto start a pilot to test the mile-stonerequirementsandthe ideal messaging standards to close the communication gap between these parties.As soon as the pilot phase has been concluded, the mem-bers of Cargo iQ will be in an excellentpositiontoprovide theirpharmacustomerswith trulyprofessionallogistics solutionsatveryhighquality levels,includingthetranspar-ency and visibility which are, rightfully, in such high demand.(NOTEScontinued from page 17)And it isnt solely about China. In this years list 31% talliedmorethan5mil-lionTEUs.Withthecur-rent growth rates around the world, it would not be surpris-ing that by 2025, half the Top'