SECURING THE SOFTWARE SUPPLY CHAIN

whitePaper | February 15, 2022

Before COVID-19, global supply chains ticked a lot of boxes: lower labor and operating costs, wider product ranges and greater reach to new markets. But the vulnerabilities and visible failures of global supply chains during COVID-19 were there for all to see. Lead times expanded exponentially. Manufacturing capacity stalled. Ports became congested. Transportation ground to a halt. Excessive reliance on one location or one supplier caused a domino effect of expensive downtime along the line.

whitePaper | June 1, 2022

Imagine that new connected equipment has turned up at your facility. You’ve selected it very carefully through a rigorous procurement process, no doubt considering its excellent security certifications. You are happy. You are looking forward to putting it to work. It is natural to accept it at face value.

whitePaper | January 19, 2023

Blockchain has already made an impact on various industries — it is poised to change or even replace the infrastructure of the financial services industry, and other industries like transportation can expect disruption as well. Blockchain technology, like many new technologies, can completely transform the way in which we conduct business. Blockchain technology has a number of benefits but an underlying component of it involves trust. Business transactions between two or more parties have already moved from paper to digital in many applications. By leveraging blockchain, an industry can enable secured, digitized transactions with approval granted mutually by participating parties, tracked in a common history, and requiring no central authority.

whitePaper | March 18, 2022

Recent decades have shown an increase in serious incidents in the Maritime Containerized Supply Chain, involving both onboard incidents and incidents taking place on shore in warehouses where Dangerous Goods are stored and handled in preparation for, or after sea-transport. Warehouse incidents in Tianjin in 2015 with numerous casualties and the latest serious such incident in Beirut in 2020 causing more than 200 deaths, 6000 injured and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless, have caused global concern. They have revealed a need for guidance on warehousing, including consolidation, where Dangerous Goods are involved

whitePaper | November 15, 2022

The internet of things plays a key role in the future of urban mobility. As cities grow in size and complexity, transportation solutions require a more strategic approach. Increasingly, public transportation companies, as well as freight/cargo companies and operators of heavy equipment fleets, are looking for IoT technology systems to produce actionable insights from vehicle data. Companies need to provide their fleets with new capabilities that will transform the transportation experience—and that is just the start of mobility’s evolution.

whitePaper | September 22, 2022

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is here for construction. This new period of innovation and growth will be fueled by applying key learnings from other industries, specifically manufacturing, to construction.