If suppliers in China fail to pick up freight containers to fill an order for MediaShop, Marcel Schneider gets an alert via a digital freight system, allowing the retailer to reach out and fix the problem swiftly.
Before July 2020, Austria-based MediaShop s deputy supply chain director says he would discover problems in his supply chain only when containers failed to arrive in Hamburg as scheduled. “It was like being in a tunnel where you had only a limited view of what was going on,” Schneider said.
Lost containers means lost sales for MediaShop, which sells consumer goods ranging from kitchen knives to fitness equipment.
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Sarmayacar Seeds Trucking Platform, TruckSher
TruckSher (www.trucksher.com) is Pakistan’s most advanced digital land freight network. It is focused on organizing the country’s unorganized but large trucking industry.
TruckSher has invested heavily into an advanced technology platform that integrates with a digital customer interface for shippers, i.e., manufacturers or traders, along with an app interface for Pakistan’s thousands of truck owners and drivers.
Sarmayacar, one of Pakistan’s leading venture capital funds, is backing the venture with Abid Butt as the Managing Director. Abid comes with a long and successful career in Pakistan’s logistics industry, has degrees from LUMS and INSEAD, and was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015.