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Unlocking the Future: The Opportunity for Product Passports in the Food Industry
In the world of food supply chain management, businesses face unique challenges ranging from maintaining the quality and timeliness of products throughout the supply chain, to ensuring efficient, sustainable practices at every step of the journey. Addressing these complexities increasingly requires innovative solutions.
The Power of AI in Supply Chains & Beyond
In this fascinating Q&A session, Virifides’ founder Steve Leng and Prasad Putta, the founder of Vassar Labs, discuss the technology that is, quite literally, writing all the headlines right now: artificial intelligence (AI).
A Question of Sustainability: What does it mean and what is important?
A discussion with Dr. Eleni Iacovidou, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management at Brunel University
Predictions for the Produce Industry in 2023: The year to innovate or die?
The year has started with the threat of more labour shortages, rampant inflation, climate change challenges and increased cross-border legislative requirements. Those looking to thrive this year will use these setbacks to their advantage, here is how…
Was TradeLens the last hope for Enterprise Blockchain?
In a surprising turn of events, IBM and A.P. Moller - Maersk have decided to shut down the TradeLens supply chain platform, an enterprise blockchain project created to digitise and simplify global supply chains. While it seemed like a promising industry-level solution to longstanding global trade & logistics problems, a combination of challenges has ended up capsizing the joint venture. What can we learn from this turn of events?
Blockchain: Our future governance technology?
What does it mean for blockchain to be the governance technology for the new digital economy? This fundamental question (among many others) is answered in this blockchain focussed Q&A between Virifides’ founder Steve Leng and blockchain expert Andy Martin.
They discuss the past, present, and more importantly, future use cases of blockchain in a digital economy that is rapidly changing. The conversation also covers how companies can create more value by sharing data.
Can DLT successfully digitise trust in supply chain networks?
The UK government is ready to use blockchain technology for digital trade - but will ‘digital trust’ be able to replace the ‘physical trust’ that underpins trading relationships today?
Quantum Ledger solutions could be an important building block to a digital future, delivering business value, reduced cost and complexity, and greater collaboration between trading partners in the near term.
Are supply chains becoming more product-centric?
Is it time to move to a product-centric supply chain approach to manage ever-increasing information requirements, whilst optimising a sustainable end-to-end value chain?