AI Magazine February 2022 | Page 45

thing . Turning that demand into a viable business is another . The two don ’ t always travel together .
“ Not only do we have millions of customers looking to connect to transportation needs daily , but we are also providing the necessary fleet management capabilities that are ultimately required for a vehicle to be able to operate at maximum efficiency in the marketplace .”
“ This is probably one of the most interesting parts of where we ' re headed with autonomy , but of course , it ' s a long road to get there .”
Greenberger brings this narrative back down to earth at this point . He ’ s back to his key skills in supply chains . “ These are natural progressions of technologies [ referring to AI and IoT ] that are going to be incredibly critical to every business ' strategy , but I think more specifically as it relates to supply chain ,” he says .
“ I have a very strong conviction that evolving tech such as IoT and AI will play a key role in upskilling supply chain professionals to be more strategic and less transactional than they ' ve historically been . We ' ve seen a transformation on the impact that supply chain organisations can drive to an enterprise over the past decade .”
“ I believe IoT and AI in the supply chain can give businesses the tools they need to execute against transactional needs without too much intervention . They are critical factors in how we think about long term product offerings - whether that is simply through connectivity , or the role played in autonomous vehicles .”
“ My mentality on these technologies is that , as they develop , they expand the art of the possible . We ’ re cultivating what can be offered both in the supply chain and from a broader business innovation perspective .
That includes embedded systems that are providing better telematics to our owned and operated fleet or IoT devices deep within the heart of our supply chain hardware – our vehicles – making it easier to assess and predict optimal vehicle positioning , asset utilisation , more accurate ETA estimates and so on .”
“ Ultimately , I believe as IoT develops , we are going to see the innovative offerings that we ' ve built , become crisper and easier to consume .” aimagazine . com 45