{"id":10692,"date":"2021-05-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10692"},"modified":"2021-01-20T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T21:22:23","slug":"logistics-ai-improving-demand-forecasting-and-optimizing-processes-and-shipping-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/logistics-ai-improving-demand-forecasting-and-optimizing-processes-and-shipping-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistics AI: Improving Demand Forecasting and Optimizing Processes and Shipping Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many other industries, logistics and supply chain practitioners are beginning to use artificial intelligence to try to minimize errors and to optimize processes and shipping routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are some of the ways that AI can improve logistics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improve demand forecasting accuracy<\/li><li>Reduce time and costs related to shipment tracking<\/li><li>Route optimization to reduce time and costs of shipping<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-ashton-76833247\/?originalSubdomain=uk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-ashton-76833247\/?originalSubdomain=uk\">Philip Ashton<\/a>, CEO of 7bridges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.information-age.com\/use-cases-ai-automation-transport-logistics-123491479\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.information-age.com\/use-cases-ai-automation-transport-logistics-123491479\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;the global logistics industry is expected to increase to a value of $3.215 trillion by 2021. AI solutions in transport and logistics (T&amp;L) are part of this growth, and will be essential for meeting consumers\u2019 increasingly high expectations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/singhanshuman\/?originalSubdomain=uk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/singhanshuman\/?originalSubdomain=uk\">Anshuman Singh<\/a>, vice-president and head of consulting, Europe at Mindtree, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.information-age.com\/use-cases-ai-automation-transport-logistics-123491479\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.information-age.com\/use-cases-ai-automation-transport-logistics-123491479\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;the fast inroads made by emerging and new technologies have left transport and logistics companies with a lot of catching up to do. In 2019, we saw an increase in an infusion of IoT into existing scenarios \u2013 with most of the challenges around adding IoT\/sensor capabilities and enabling intelligence on the edge being resolved under AIoT. 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