b'24American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(TECHcontinued fromlogisticsoperators.Nextis page 16) the AIagents,whichisthe whatsoeverwiththeAIfuturethis means an agent models, Abourizk explained.thatcanhelpthelogistics Whenyouaskaques- operatortodothejobfor tion, the AI converts it intothem, Abourizk explained. atechnicalSQLquery.Insteadofdoingall That query runs inside ourthosemanualentries,youll system,andwereturnthehaveanagentassistingyou resultwithouttheAIinyourday-to-dayopera-everseeingorstoringanytion and doing a job on your of the underlying data.behalf.This approach addresses acommonconcernamongh oustonh ub , g loballogisticscompaniesando PerationsshippersaboutdataprivacyWhileLogiswiftserves when implementing AI solu- customers globally, its Hous-tions.Additionalsecuritytonofficeplaysacrucial protocolsensureusersonlyrole in the companys North accessdatatheyreautho- Americanoperationsand rized to see. overall growth strategy. The The AI chatbot has beenlocationprovidesaccessto tested with major clients andoneoftheworldslargest isnowbeingrolledout,itsconcentrations of energy and development reflecting grow- industrialcompanies,manythanrequiringadoptionofdesign philosophy, he says. commoditytraders.Looking ing demand from Logiswiftsof which require specializedacompletesoftwaresuite.All the executive peopleahead, AI will remain central customer base for simplifiedproject cargo services. Wehavemodularsystemsin Logiswift come from eithertoLogiswiftsdevelopment data analysis tools. We have customers every- sowecanservetheindi- anEPCcompanymanag- strategy,thoughitcontinues Customersarelook- wherefromAustraliatothevidualneedsofcustom- ingsupplychains,orfrominvesting in its core execution ing for simplicity and con- UnitedStatesandSouthers, allowing them to selectfreightforwarders,portand dashboard capabilities. trolovertheirshipments,America.Itstrulyaglobaltheelementstheyrequire,management or tech compa- AIisthefuture,butit Abourizk said. They wantoperation, Abourizk said. ItsAbourizk explained. nies, he said. So, we com- builds on the systems weve AItosupporttheirdeci- Houston operations are man- Theexecutivesownbinethatexpertisetogetheralreadyprovenandper-sion-making and help themaged by Mario Hess, a project25-year background in freightto build the next generationfected, says Abourizk.react better, faster and withlogisticsveteranpreviouslyforwarding,including16platform for logistics. TheuseofAIinproj-more confidence. employed at deugro, Kuehneyearswithatop-fiveglobalThecompanyspric- ectcargologisticshighlights Thecompanyplansto& Nagel and Panalpina. forwarder, shaped Logiswiftsingmodelvariesbasedonhow even the most complex expanditsAIcapabilitiesLogiswifts modular approachdevelopmentapproach.Thiscustomertypeandscope,supplychainsarebeginning beyondanalyticstoincludeallowscustomerstoimple- industryexperienceinflu- reflectingthediverseneedstobenefitfromdigitaltools autonomousagentsthatcanmentspecificfunctionalityencedboththecompanysof freight forwarders, projectonce thought out of reach for performtasksonbehalfofbased on their needs, ratherhiringstrategyandproductowners,EPCcompaniesandthe industry.A Leading Ocean Shipping& Logistics CompanyLiberty Global Logistics LLC 516-488-8800LibertyGL.com 1979 Marcus Avenue Suite #200, Lake Success, NY 11042'