24 DC VELOCITY OCTOBER 2016 www.dcvelocity.com
its customers handle data, analytics, and digital collaboration long
past their initial purchase of equipment.
GE makes products to help rail shippers manage inventory by tracking railcars, managing the operations of transloading terminals and
rail yards, connecting shippers to railroads, managing the billing process, and providing management information. Speaking at the Council
of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual conference, Seth
Bodnar, GE Transportation’s digital technology officer, said that by
embedding each locomotive engine with more than 200 sensors, his
unit is “turning locomotives into mobile data centers.” Bodnar, who
will oversee the ShipXpress integration, said GE hopes to be known as
a top- 10 software company by 2020. “The software revolution is now
meeting the industrial revolution,” he said.
“Many customers would welcome a solution to improve efficiency
and effectiveness in their logistics network, because a lot of in-transit
inventory is carried on rail and a lot of safety stock is kept to protect
against delays,” said Lance Saunders, an assistant professor in the
department of supply chain management and analytics at Virginia
Commonwealth University. “GE has all the data surrounding the
growth and importance of supply chain in the economy, and sees an
opportunity to expand this strategy into a rail market that, on the surface, seems to be behind other transportation modes in terms of the
maturity of information flow.”
Inc. magazine has named supply
chain software developer HighJump
and third-party service specialists
Comprehensive Logistics Co. Inc. and
Pinnacle Freight Systems to its “Inc.
5000” list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held companies. … Old
Dominion Freight Line Inc. sent 19
drivers to compete in the 79th Annual
National Truck Driving Championships.
Bill Hill, a driver based out of Old
Dominion’s Boise, Idaho, service center, and Mark Putnam, a driver out
of the Greenville, S.C., service center, both placed in their categories.
… Dachser was honored with the
Carrier of the Year award by Johnson
Controls Automotive Experience. …
XPO Logistics has announced that two
of its professional truck drivers took
first place in their competition classes
at the 2016 National Truck Driving
Championships.
accolades
