Best practices, technology, and new takes on critical business topics from ChainLink Research If you are having trouble viewing this, click here to view in your browser Friday, March 23, 2018 -- Published once each month.   The Evolution of Transportation By Ann Grackin Friday, March 23, 2018 Ecommerce, drones, IoT, Blockchain, crowdsourcing, and enterprises’ ever-expanding requirements for logistics services make for an evolving and exciting transportation sector. [ Read: The Evolution of Transportation ] SAP Concur: Consumerization at Work By Bill McBeath Friday, March 23, 2018 SAP Concur’s products in Travel, Expense, and Invoice are good examples of how enterprise software is being ‘consumerized’ to encourage use by employees who have increasingly higher UX expectations. [ Read: SAP Concur: Consumerization at Work ] Business Transformed: Part Two—Integrating B2B By Ann Grackin Friday, March 23, 2018 In today’s complex supply chains, business leadership has to provide the guidance on where the business is going—what partners, what processes, and what results need to be achieved. Thus the business has to understand the technology and the benefits that can be derived from B2B communication and forge an effective partnership with their own internal IT team. [ Read: Business Transformed: Part Two—Integrating B2B ] Blockchain's Role in the Produce Supply Chain: Part Two—Freshness and Safety By Bill McBeath Friday, March 23, 2018 While most of the discussion and pilots in blockchain have centered around traceability, the larger potential value lies in improvements to freshness and safety. Here we discuss the data and capabilities required for improving freshness and how produce safety can be ensured. [ Read: Blockchain's Role in the Produce Supply Chain: Part Two—Freshness and Safety ] For additional information or questions please contact ChainLink Research • 617-762-4040 www.ChainLinkResearch.com • © 2017 ChainLink Research, Inc.