Use the Internet to find a current news article that relates

Use the Internet to find a current news article that relates to transportation and the impact information system technology has had on the transportation component of the supply chain. Start by looking in sources that are dedicated to the transportation industry such as trade journals and industry specific news sources.

Solution

One of the recent article is about impact of Technology on supplychain management ( posted by Duprelogistics).

Effective supplychains are defined by how they create a better impact on the business through its flexibility, reliability etc. Technology has added new goals and valkue addition to the entire network.Mobile and wireless technology has started providing seamless service on the supplychain side which helps in real time monitoring of activities, tracking shipmnts, creating insights through analytics and reporting, reduded turn around time through fastwer processing, analysing the forecast of demand and reduce the cost of serving to the customers etc.

Some of the advantages of technologies are

Technology helps in estimating the demand and planning the transportation resources more accurately. This create more transparency in decision making and enables to provide service at even less cost because of information seamless flow. It reduces risk associated with transportation through advanced technologies includuing weather forecasting, planning for alternative mode of transport etc. It helps in chosing the right carrier, right mode of transport etc.