Trucking technology news and briefs for the week of March 28, 2021:
All supply chains have been disrupted by the events of the past year, but perhaps none as much as medical supplies. This has driven new business to providers of shipment visibility platforms.
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cardinal Health started using visibility technology from FourKites and recently decided to use FourKites as the central data hub of its next-generation “cognitive supply chain network.”
Cardinal will use the visibility platform to track medical equipment, pharmaceutical products, first aid supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for more than 29,000 pharmacies and nearly 90% of American hospitals with which it does business.
With the new visibility technology, Cardinal has the ability to make necessary adjustments to “provide a frictionless experience to our customers everywhere and help them better serve their patients,” said Sean Halligan, senior vice president of Pharmaceutical Operations at Cardinal Health.
Fleet insurtech chooses Netradyne
Traditional insurance companies have been cutting their losses and exiting the commercial auto market, creating room for insurtech firms to enter the market and bring new technology to fleets that also helps firms more accurately assess and manage risk.
