Slync in the News

Slync, the intelligent platform for shipping, logistics and the supply chain has appointed international supply chain expert Thomas Wrobleski from its advisory board to Chief Strategy Officer. Wrobleski, formally the Executive Vice President of Global Strategic Accounts at Chainalytics, brings extensive supply chain and large-scale business transformation experience to the Slync team.

Supply chains are complex, and the involvement of multiple actors adds to this complexity. Yet, supply chains can be improved through digital technology, according to Nikos Papageorgiou, an industry expert at the forefront of the technology. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/q-a-achieving-a-supply-chain-renaissance/article/541355#ixzz5fRojrZbb

Slync’s platform brings siloed data to the surface so that it can be accessed in realtime by shippers, intermediaries, and consignees without relying upon manual communications processes. This simple advance—everyone sees the data relevant to them without having to send an email—is so valuable that it’s hard to give up once you’ve experienced it.

Supply chain digitisation is already showing significant impact for those willing to invest. According to a recent KPMG survey, the investment in intelligent automation will reach $232bn in 2025, compared to $12.4bn today. The reasons: digitisation can enhance the customer experience, improve efficiencies by eliminating manual processes, and foster new operating or business models.

Digitisation this, digitisation that. We’ve been talking about the potential of digitisation to transform supply chains and procurement for years – but where are we today?

Slync CEO Chris Kirchner was in Tokyo this week to meet press, speak with startups and participate in customer discussions at the SAP.iO Foundry—Tokyo ecosystem engagement event. SAP.iO is the strategic business unit of SAP investing in and accelerating early-stage startup innovation helping SAP customers realize new, highly incremental value from their investments SAP products. In addition to participating with SAP.iO, Kirchner traveled to Japan to connect with SAP customers there and learn about the challenges facing Japanese businesses that Slync’s platform can address.

Every company we work with we look for learning everything we can about what they’re doing so we can know how to help. It’s about collecting data, but we’re also getting better in the industry about learning what to do with the information once we have it. There’s a lot of opportunities, and it’s a really fun time to be in this space right now because of all that opportunity. It’s truly a blast to work with our customers every day, and learn about what they’re doing and how we can help.

Slync’s intelligent workflows accelerate customer relations management processes, getting information into the right hands sooner so that companies can get ahead of problems and work with their partners to resolve issues before they arise. It’s best to train machines to do tasks that humans find tedious and let employees apply their creativity and communications skills to tasks requiring a human touch. Slync’s intelligent workflows are designed for companies who want to leverage technology and offer white glove customer service. By growing EBIT per employee and capturing market share, companies adopting intelligent workflows will create additional value in the supply chain and widen their advantage over technology laggards.

“Ocean carriers and port terminals have been slow to adapt and late adopters of digitization and automation; however, pressure from customers, the need to reduce costs, and increased competition are all highlighting the need for action. Slync’s integration and automation platform helps bring visibility and predictability around shipments and enables partner synchronization and data insight," said Slync’s VP of Global Business Development, Samuel Israel.

Slync offers a blockchain-based platform for shippers, carriers, freight forwarders and other supply chain participants that creates an immutable audit record of any series of events within a supply chain, specifically focused on domestic and international shipment transactions.

In our view, Slync’s approach to cloud-based supply chain software perfectly positions the company to help its clients unlock the next step changes in digitization, collaboration, and operating efficiencies. Slync’s products sit as a complementary layer on top of internal and legacy software like Excel, SAP, Oracle, and JDA, and serves as a platform for creating multi-partners views into data and insights.

“To me, it comes down to, are they operating a good business or are they not?” said Chris Kirchner, founder of the supply chain connectivity platform Slync. “And that gets lost in this idea of changing the world.” Color Kirchner unimpressed with the VC model. A recent arrival to the belly of the VC beast, the San Francisco area, Kirchner has resisted the advances of nearby Silicon Valley investors that he believes don’t know enough about logistics and are too concerned with top-line growth.