If you want something said, ask an executive. If you want something done, ask the logistics manager.
While there are a number of roles involved in supply chain operations management, as a logistics manager your focus is on the transportation and distribution of products to bring them to market and ultimately to the customers. Achieving this requires navigating complex challenges, from coordinating with multiple stakeholders to adapting to fluctuating demand and regulatory requirements, all of which make this a demanding yet essential role in the supply chain.
Interoperability powered by private blockchain technology revolutionizes this part of the supply chain by bringing real time visibility and giving you complete control over the end-to-end movement of goods. This guide will show you how interoperability can streamline your role, helping you unchain from cumbersome processes and obstacles that make your job more difficult, so you can achieve efficiency and focus on what matters most.
Visibility: Unchain from information black box
Leverage real time data: Work with near real-time data about the status and location of your shipment. Since your supply chain is mapped and all the trading partners are onboarded onto the blockchain network, you and all authorized partners will receive immediate notification and information of every event like a pickup or drop-off or the load plan.
Work with single source of truth: All your supply chain trading partners are verified and the information you receive from them is bilaterally verified —both the trading partners responsible for an event update its completion on the
network — as well as time-stamped and tamper-proof. You will therefore eliminate the scope for delayed, forgotten, and conflicting updates. Minimized conflicts also help build trust and improve collaboration between your trading partner.
Prove product authenticity and traceability: If you’re transporting luxury items and perishables or fair-trade food products, it’s important to prove authenticity and know the real temperature of products at any point in the supply chain journey.
You can retrieve a full history of activities related to the product’s journey—time-stamped and tamper-proof — to prove product origin, place accountability, and know if the temperature of a product exceeded its allowed threshold.
Control and Flexibility: Unchain from outdated systems
Drive efficiency with single digital ecosystem: The future of supply chain logistics management starts with digitization such that your entire supply chain is mapped, and all your partners are onboarded on a single digital network.
End-to-end digitization means all trading partners can flawlessly collaborate with each other and all your data is organized in one place. There are no gaps in digitization: you won’t have to resort to phone calls and emails, not even in case of disruptions or crisis. This feature of blockchain technology is called Interoperability.
Reroute shipments of products: Seamlessly reroute your shipments with just one transaction to keep everyone informed. You can confidently inform all concerned partners of a change in schedule with just one transaction on Vinturas’ Interoperable Network (VIN) solution.
Collaborate with high-performing supply chain trading partners: Efficiency and operational scalability are always top of the mind for us. With VIN, it’s easy to measure the performance of your partners: how long has your shipment of cars been sitting idle in the compound or exactly when were the cars were damaged during transportation.
You can make decisions to swiftly onboard new partners on the network and connect them with other partners of the supply chain ecosystem without the technical hassle of integrating with their systems.
Supply Chain Disruptions Management: Unchain from vulnerabilities
Prevent phishing scams with tamper-proof technology: On phone calls and email, digital identities can be manipulated. Rest assured that with VIN, you
exchange data and information with only verified partners onboarded onto the network.
Protect movement of goods in case of cyberattack: Take advantage of a resilient supply chain when you work with private blockchain technology. When a partner’s system or your own is under attack, logistics operations of the rest of the supply chain ecosystem can continue because all data is still available and protected on the network.
When the attacked partner is ready to rejoin and reconnect with the network, they will be able to do so without losing any information exchanged and data stored on the network.
Navigate geopolitical tensions and natural disasters: Collaborate with new trading partners and confidently inform the existing ones of the developments with one transaction on the network.
When you manage disruptions end-to-end on the blockchain network, you create a digital footprint of product journey which can be used by the operations team of your organization to optimize the supply chain further.
Conclusion
Unchain your supply chain operations from issues of data integrity, visibility, paper-based processes, and vulnerabilities to attack with VIN.
Now you have a better understanding of how interoperability helps in navigating product delivery.
