THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION STUDIES: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW

The traditional “gold standards” in compiling origin-destination data—household travel surveys, vehicle intercept surveys and license plate surveys—are being supplanted by new technologies. Those new technologies, using information from Bluetooth® technology or data from cellular devices, including cell phones, tablet computers and laptops, have shown many advantages over traditional traffic study methods. Cellular, in particular, can be a low-cost alternative or adjunct to traditional surveys, providing data in a fraction of the time and cost.

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Bringing Resiliency with Trinamix Supply Chain Control Tower

whitePaper | August 23, 2022

In recent years supply chain organizations have faced threats from climate change, global trade relations, and pandemic to name a few. Sustainability in the face of disruption and growth has been a major challenge for businesses. These disruptions have been plaguing the industry more often than not in the last decade or so. Being nimble and having levers to proactively react to these challenges is a key to survival and growth. A Supply Chain Resiliency Control Tower that brings events and disruptions to the rescue of supply chain leaders poses a rescue path.

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Green shipping corridors: leveraging synergies

whitePaper | October 12, 2022

In 2021, as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), 19 countries, including the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (U.K.), Chile and Australia, signed the Clydebank Declaration, which aims to support the establishment of at least six green corridors by the middle of this decade, intending to scale up over the decade. In April 2022, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced its objective to help set up green shipping corridors and provided high-level guidance on the building blocks for green shipping corridors. Maritime decarbonization is a particularly complex challenge with multiple pathways that are at various levels of technological and operational readiness.

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Turning Data into a Strategic Asset for a Modernized, Future-proof Supply Chain

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

No organization’s global supply chain has been untouched by the many unforeseen events that have ravaged the ability to move products from the point of manufacturing to the point of consumption. Public health threats and geopolitical events are just a few challenges to global supply chains—and they all appear to be happening concurrently. Whether you’re talking about business-to-consumer or business-to-business supply chains, the impact of these events has been undeniable. When evaluating their own supply chain risks, organizations should expect the unexpected, and plan their systems accordingly. And organizations need new ways to use data to promote efficiency, visibility, and resiliency in their global supply chains.

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Transportation management: the next level

whitePaper | November 7, 2022

Transportation is at the centre of major supply chain crises. Transportation has recently been affected by factors such as a lack of truck drivers, lack of container capacity and associated price hikes, disruptions caused by incidents in the Suez canal, ports closed due to public health measures, and borders closing as a consequence of (trade) wars and Brexit.

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How to Save Shipments & Money with IoT In-Transit Visibility

whitePaper | March 2, 2020

When expensive goods or materials go missing, it can cost your company a huge amount of money. There’s the cost of the goods themselves plus the cost of replacing them, the cost of delayed delivery, idled labor and more. The knock-on impact can be massive. Knowing where your shipments are and when they are going to reach their destination is critical information for logistics managers. In-transit shipment visibility gives organizations the ability to respond to supply chain disruption and reduce risks.

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Clean, green marine: a breakthrough solution for global shipping

whitePaper | August 18, 2022

Expleo has developed breakthrough retrofit and new build systems that replace a vessel’s internal combustion diesel generators with a closed-loop e-methanol fuel cell solution to deliver up to 100 % reduction in operational greenhouse gas (GHGe), significant savings on fuel and future proofing for alternative fuels.

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Headquartered in Atlanta, American Software provides demand-driven supply chain management and enterprise software solutions backed by more than 40 years of industry experience that drive value for companies.

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