Business Chief US+CAN Magazine June 2018 | Page 15

SUPPLY CHAIN
LTL JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER evolved from a mainframe to a more modern technical architecture that has helped drive much of the organization ’ s growth .
Devgun goes as far as saying that Schneider is in fact a technology company masquerading as a trucking company .
“ Technology is in our DNA ,” says Devgun . “ And where we are today , with over 10,000 tractors and over 50,000 trailers and containers – that we see as effectively digital assets – our future depends on leveraging our platform to collect this data , and build on it through analytics , to create insight that we ’ ve never had before .”
This approach to technology and innovation , with a sharp focus on capturing and utilizing data , is part of a transformational journey that Schneider has been on since 2007 . The company worked with Oracle to create a horizontally integrated platform , designed to connect and digitize not only Schneider ’ s value chain , but also its customer ’ s .
It ’ s called the Quest platform ,
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