Digital Beats: Digital Transformation in the Logistics Industry

Supply chain disruptions have been a hot topic during the pandemic. In the logistics industry, many digital transformation efforts have been made to improve supply chain visibility. What are the challenges and what’s been achieved? What’s in the future for the logistics industry?

SPEAKERS

Ken Xu

International Business Industry Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence

Ken Xu is currently a Solution Architect with Alibaba Cloud, taking charge of Media, Gaming and Logistic Industry. Previously worked as Solution Architect and Senior Consultant with IBM GBS Cloud Application Services Service Line. His expertise lies in designing and developing enterprise applications and complex system integrations.
He received an Honours Degree and Master's in Information System from National University of Singapore (NUS).
He is a certified Alibaba Cloud Professional (ACP), AWS Solution Architect Associate, and others.

Nidhi Gupta

CEO and co-founder of Portcast

Nidhi Gupta is CEO and co-founder of Portcast, a next-generation logistics operating system to predict how cargo moves across the world and enable data-driven decisions. A former DHL senior director, Nidhi was responsible for developing new business and customer relationships in the engineering and manufacturing sector across 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Passionate about digitisation and innovation in logistics, she has a strong track record of defining strategic vision and managing transformation programmes, with 10 years of leadership and top management consulting (CXO-level) experience.

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