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Supply Chain: Tech Trends Each month we bring you five innovative tech trends that could not only make your work life a little easier, but also improve your bottom line. 1. New Purfresh™ Transport Service. Carrier Transicold has launched the Purfresh™ Transport service to provide the container shipping industry with a cost-effective, chemical-free means to protect produce cargoes from spoilage. Purfresh Transport technology utilizes ozone to purify air and surfaces inside the container, helping to eliminate molds, yeasts and microscopic bacteria that can attack and ruin a container-load of perishables. Produce quality is preserved without the use of undesirable chemicals, resulting in better firmness, weight, sugar content, taste and value. For more details visit www.carrier.com 2. SMC3’s CarrierConnect XL. For companies that need to know which carriers provide service to their shipment’s destination and how long delivery times will take, SMC³ CarrierConnect combines operational capabilities, points of service, transit times and detailed contact information from carriers into one easy-to-use system that integrates easily. The comprehensive CarrierConnect database provides pertinent information collected directly from carriers and other transportation industry data sources. You can choose from more than 150 separate data files and add your niche carrier to the system (if not already included) with one call. www.smc3.com 3. Hirschmann indicator system for mobile cranes. Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT), has come out with the iVISOR mentor EI65 indicator system for mobile cranes. It provides a continuous display of actual and allowable load, boom angle, boom length, radius, parts of line, and alerts the operator to an impending two-block condition. All setup and calibration is done through the user-friendly console. The operator can preset limits for all geometric and load variables with an audible and visual warning when these limits are reached. This function provides the operator with additional information while operating in areas of limited headroom or proximity to buildings, electric transmission lines, etc. http://hus.hirschmann.com/English/ 4. Kiva Systems’ robotic system. So here’s an idea that might catch on — warehouse robots that make inventory moves instead of workers. Products are stacked on pods, where little orange robots take it from there, moving pods wherever needed. It’s pretty impressive in action, and you can see them at work on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsMdN7HMuA or at www.kivasystems.com/demo. 5. All-plastic pallets with Embedded RFID Tags. iPGS is offering the first pallet rental service with all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. The 48" x 40" edge-rackable pallets meet or exceed Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) pallet standards and are 30 percent lighter than wood. The RFID tracking allows tracking and tracing loads throughout the supply chain, providing a new level of transparency. www.igps.net.	In This Issue Up Front News, Trends & Analysis New Items Trade Tools: How Uncle Sam helps exporters Capital Watch: Larger issues loom behind federal transport agendas Supply Chain Chris Steele: Development opportunities north and south of the border Compliance Corner: Denied Party Screening Make sure you comply... comprehensively and timely Tech Trends Product Review: Invoicing and Auditing solutions Commentary David Bennett: Early signs of trouble Gateway Glance Panama China The Port Community Game Changer: Expansion of the Panama Canal will reshape global trade patterns All-weather ports are “all-in” Breakbulk Quarterly: East Coast - Thinking outside the box Breakbulk Quarterly: Brighter outlook for West Coast breakbulk in 2010 The Shipping Environment Casualties Navy tanker breaks loose, container crane topples, longshoreman dies at Virginia port ... and much more Final Say Getting TIGER by the tail
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Supply Chain: Tech Trends