Boosting the Effectiveness of Containerised Supply Chains: A Case Study of TradeLens

Jonas Louw-Reimer (), Jacob Liocouras Müller Nielsen (), Niels Bjørn-Andersen () and Norbert Kouwenhoven ()
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Jonas Louw-Reimer: Copenhagen Business School
Jacob Liocouras Müller Nielsen: Copenhagen Business School
Niels Bjørn-Andersen: Copenhagen Business School
Norbert Kouwenhoven: IBM NL

A chapter in Maritime Informatics, 2021, pp 95-115 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents the latest development in digital platforms for data sharing in Maritime Informatics as discussed in chapter 1—Responding to humanitarian and global concerns with digitally enabled supply chain visibility. Specifically, we use the TradeLens digital data sharing platform as a case study to illustrate the key actors in containerised global transport and the technical set-up (including the utilisation of a hybrid cloud, permissioned blockchain, and data exchange standards), the benefits and challenges for the individual types of actors, and the overall potential and future challenges of the TradeLens platform. The potential of data sharing platforms is dependent on the wide adoption of the ecosystem. Today, there is a high interest for the TradeLens ecosystem, and many actors have already adopted the platform, due to the vast variety of benefits it provides to all actors in global trade. Regardless, some actors seem to face internal obstacles to adopting the platform, which are either low or high technical advancement. For these actors, a paradigm shift is necessary to move from a reactive to a proactive scheme enabled by a near real-time supply and logistics data network. Finally, we discuss the challenges of network collaboration.

Keywords: Supply chain digitalisation; Digital ecosystem platform; Trade network orchestration; Data sharing platform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72785-7_6

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