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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive ending deminimis tariffs for imports into the US. The applied to goods valued at $800 or under and was widely used by e-commerce retailers and takes effect from 29 August.
Stephen Dyke, Consultant Manager at visibility specialist FourKites said that the move would instantly reroute more than 1.3 billion parcels a year from a fast track postal channel into full customs entry queues.
He said that ...
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Visibility platform FourKites has ‘recruited’ three digital workers Alan, Polly and Cassie and launched natural language analytics solution, FourSight.
TheAI-powered offerings address critical pain points in the supply chain, automating appointment scheduling, document compliance and customer service, while giving access to data-driven insights.
Booking appointments, document compliance and customer service are significant ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has appointed two additional vice presidents to its leadership team. It follows the recent launch of Intelligent Control Towe, which combines real-time supply chain data and continuously updated digital twins with an AI-powered Digital Workforce.
Sree Mangalampalli joins as vice president of digital transformation solutions, bringing ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has launched an Intelligent Control Tower, which it describes as a radical departure from backward-looking planning and reporting systems. Powered by AI, it can take autonomous action across complex supply chain workflows, in addition to creating insights, assessing risk, and making prescriptive recommendations.
It uses what ...
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Specialty chemical company Clariant is using the FourKites platform for visibility for its ocean shipments. The company says that in six weeks after implementation it achieved its highest-ever tracking percentage for international shipments. The solution provides critical alerts and updates, along with dynamic predictive estimated times of arrival.
Head of global ...
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Supply chain visibility provider FourKites is to be a Collaborator in the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) the first platform of its kind to participate. FourKites joins organisations involved with the SSC — including Arrive Logistics, BlueYonder, Coyote Logistics, DHL, e2open, Echo, J.B. Hunt Transport, Lineage, Mastery, One Network Enterprises, Oracle, ...
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Supply chain provider FourKites has promoted Priya Rajagopalan to president of product, technology and operations. She will lead FourKites’ product, engineering and customer functions, having joined the company seven years ago as chief product officer.
Meanwhile, Ron Richardson returns to FourKites as chief revenue officer, where he will lead Sales, partners ...
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Italian pasta giant Barilla says it has achieved 80% visibility into the entire lifecycle of its ocean and road shipments, thanks to the FourKites platform. It allows the family-owned firm – whose brands also include Pasta Evangelists, Pavesi, Vesta, and Back to Nature - to see where its goods are ...
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Supply chain visibility provider FourKites has published a Premier Carrier List (PCL), recognising brokers, carriers and 3PLs who are achieving the highest operational excellence. Carriers featured deliver high-quality and consistent shipment data, facilitating faster turnaround times and optimised performance for shippers and carriers alike. FourKites says that new carriers who ...
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Visibility provider FourKites has launched a training platform for supply chain practitioners. It offers a Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)-accredited course, along with ‘gamified learning’ aiming to make the experience fun and engaging with points and badges earned throughout the training modules. There are also regular updates to ...
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