Artificial intelligence is having a dramatic impact on both shippers and carriers, helping to determine optimal pricing and promote transportation efficiency.

Factory audits alone are not sufficient to prevent labor abuses in global supply chains. Technology must also be applied to the problem.

Shippers are finally in the position of obtaining real-time, in-transit visibility, but there are some major obstacles standing in the way of full deployment of the appropriate technology.

Emerging digital technologies and the consequent need for new capabilities are disrupting all aspects of business: people, process, and technology. Today’s supply-chain operating models are being challenged to deliver unprecedented levels of agility and economic value.

The notion of a platform holds the key to building true end-to-end supply chains, says Roddy Martin, chief digital supply chain officer with TraceLink.