Logistics Archives | TechWire Asia https://techwireasia.com/podcast_categories/logistics/ Where technology and business intersect Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:26:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://techwireasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-TECHWIREASIA_LOGO_CMYK_GREY-scaled1-32x32.png Logistics Archives | TechWire Asia https://techwireasia.com/podcast_categories/logistics/ 32 32 In conversation with Chris Holmes MBE https://techwireasia.com/podcast/uk-lawmaker-in-conversation-chris-homes-mbe-podcast/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:11:39 +0000 https://techwireasia.com/?post_type=podcast&p=236469 Lord Holmes of Richmond is one of the few contemporary politicians who knows their technology. Join us in conversation with this UK member of the House of Lords.

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Show Notes for Series 03 Episode 52
Chris Holmes (Lord Holmes of Richmond) is Britain’s most successful paralympic swimmer, winning a total of nine golds, five silvers and one bronze. He was also Director of Paralympic Integration, responsible for the organization of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Chris is a passionate advocate for the potential of technology and the benefits of diversity and inclusion. He campaigns for more accessible environments for disabled people and has conducted an independent review for the UK Government that made recommendations on opening up public appointments to disabled people.

In 2017 Chris’s report on ‘Distributed Ledger Technology For Public Good’ (DLT) urged the government to consider blockchain for public use cases. The Electronic Trade Documents Act, which Chris steered into law in 2023, is a fine example of that work coming to fruition. It represents the potential to kickstart mainstream adoption of blockchain systems for the wider digitalisation of trade documents.

In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, we talk about Chris’s interests in distributed ledger technology, future legislation that’s due to pass through Parliament in the current sitting, and how the UK can lead the world in data policy, privacy and soverignty.

You can read more about Chris here:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/

And on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lord-chris-holmes/

About the Electronic Trade Documents Act:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/news/electronic-trade-documents-act/

Chris’ 2017 Report on DLT for public good:
https://chrisholmes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Distributed-Ledger-Technologies-for-Public-Good_leadership-collaboration-and-innovation.pdf [pdf] 

Joe Green’s LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

 

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]]> Moving goods from E for Excel to T for technology https://techwireasia.com/podcast/logistics-shipping-technology-solutions-with-shipsta/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:02:16 +0000 https://techwireasia.com/?post_type=podcast&p=232555 International trade is a tough nut to crack from a logistics point of view. In this podcast we learn how companies can move on from scraps of paper and a dozen Excel documents with the latest logistics technology.

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Show Notes for Series 03 Episode 47
It was during the COVID pandemic that many people outside the industry itself became aware of the importance of shipping and logistics. Its complexities and tight margins make the sector highly competitive and fast moving, yet so much of the day-to-day operations in shipping is done manually.

Our guest today, David Waroquier, CEO of SHIPSTA, looks to change that. The company operates a technology platform that allows the open trading of shipping procurement, whether for ‘spot’ (one-off) rates, or for longer contracts.
From his commercial background in venture capital, David joined one of his clients as the company’s CEO: he liked the company so much, he asked to run it!

In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast, Joe Green talks to David about saving costs, moving on from Excel and email as business platforms, and how cost savings can do as much for companies as a huge boost in sales.

You can learn more about SHIPSTA and its work here:
https://shipsta.com

David Waroquier is on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-waroquier-a60990/

And Joe Green’s LinkedIn profile is embargoed here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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