News / Artificial intelligence and big data can take global freight into a new era

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Hong Kong-based Gravity Supply Chain is utilising artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to bring e-commerce-style supply chain visibility to international freight.

Gravity co-founder and chief operating officer Darren Palfrey said that thanks to a career in supply chain management with retailers and manufacturers, he had spotted a gap in the market.

“My co-founder, Graham Parker, and I were both looking for tech with real-time supply chain visibility,” he told The Loadstar.

“But all we could find were expensive ERP-like systems with no guarantee of ...