MGN Logistics Leads in Logistics Technology Solutions

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The internet has become a genie of sorts, with
every consumable item being delivered to our
doorstep. Just one click and your wish will be
granted. While we might be in love with this genie
showering us with choicest products (though not for
free), its true magical powers lie in the hands of the
Logistics Industry. Without the tech-enabled, fast-
growing logistics industry, those wishes would remain
just what they are, wishes!
The Logistics Industry itself has undergone
tremendous changes and is now being led by efficient
manpower and superior technology. Over the years,
the growing demand, expanding trade, and economy,
the growth of the internet have together catapulted the
industry and made it embrace technology. Improved
technology has ensured increased productivity in the
supply chain simultaneously minimizing costs and
errors. Technology has ensured that all the aspects –
trucking and international transportation (ocean and
air), supply chain management, and shipment tracking
– are benefited from it.
Prime technologies that have come forth for
enhancing the mechanisms of the industry are
automation, Shipment tracking systems, IoT, RFID,
Autonomous Vehicles, and cloud computing. Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) in particular, has
become very popular when it comes to tracking
inventory. And going by the way e-commerce is
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booming, maintaining inventory has become a huge
challenge, and RFID is helping tackle the same.
For speedy and accurate delivery of goods, it is essential
that it id moved from one location to another effectively and
efficiently and RFID solutions enable the same to ensure
business success. RFID technology captures digital data,
encodes them in smart labels and RFID tags which can send
information through a reader via radio waves. Many
companies today use RFID tags in their distribution
warehouses to monitor shipment and containers.
While it may sound like barcodes, the biggest advantage
RFID tags provide over them is that it doesn’t need to be
placed or positioned relative to the scanner. The RFID tags
contain an integrated circuit and an antenna that transmit
data to the RFID reader to be converted into radio waves
and finally readable data that can be stored and analyzed.
RFID tagging improves Monitoring, delivery, and safety of
a package is being delivered. The tags are usually placed on
both vessels and containers to ensure accurate tracking and
locating of a container’s journey.
Combined with other suitable technologies, RFID plays a
major role in enhancing the visibility of a package right
from the point of manufacturing, to transit and finally
delivery. To help the logistics industry capitalize on
technology solutions, several companies are engaged in
creating the right solution.
In this issue of Insights Success, we bring you “The 10
Most Recommended Logistic Tech Solution Providers
2020” that ensure the delivery of happiness at your door-
step.
On the Cover we have an early pioneer of web-based
transportation management solutions, MGN Logistics.
Further pages showcase solution providers Aheer Trans-
portation LTD, a name synonymous to reliable, on time
service; Intelligent Audit (IA), a logistics company focused
on reducing transportation costs through automated audit
and freight recovery, business intelligence, and contract
negotiation solutions; Simple Route and Ubimax, the global
market leader for Enterprise Wearable Computing and
Augmented Reality Solutions.
Other key notable players are BoxC, Globaltranz, Premier
Logistics Partners and ODW Logistics.
Do go through the insightsful interview with Bradley
Moore, the Founder and CEO of SAFR Removals, a well-
known logistics company in South Africa.
We also present an in-house article Envisioning the Future
of Logistics Technology.
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options to help them excel in an
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COVER
STORY

Matthew Telesca
Founder & CEO
MGN Logistics

Technology has changed the
way business is done. Today,
customer and product
location is no longer important.
Product travels across the globe with
the promise of rapid or even same-
day delivery. And to make those
promises come true, logistics
providers are streamlining processes
and creating new Supply Chain
Solutions assisted by enhanced
technology.
The logistics space, like so many
other industries, continues to be
disrupted by new and compelling
technology. Advancements have
increased productivity in the supply
chain and minimized costs, while
reducing errors. The benefits are
being reaped by all areas of the
industry, from over-the-road
transportation, railways,
international shipments (waterways
and airways), as well as supply chain
and logistics management.
In addition to the technology, new
entrants have pushed the envelope of
an already crowded space, creating a
race to develop the fastest delivery
supply chains. Now, more than ever,
logistic companies need to show and
adopt genuine improvement through
better technology. As these changes
occur, many are being spearheaded
by those companies that not only
possess the technological vision, but
also the transportation and supply
chain real-world experience. Highly
adaptive and specialized companies
like MGN Logistics, Inc., have
distinguished themselves as industry
leaders.
An Industry Stalwart
An early pioneer of web-based
transportation management solutions,
MGN Logistics’ innovative and
proprietary Transportation
Management Software (TMS) was
designed by experts in the field.
Their TMS platform has been the
backbone of some of the country’s
largest 3PLs for many years.
Originally launched as a fully
automated freight marketplace online
called logisticsquote in 2000, the
website was sold to a group of
private equity investors in 2004, after
exponential user growth. Building
upon the company’s early success, in
2007 MGN acquired a Boston-based
freight management company and
launched an entirely new TMS.
With a focus on cutting edge
technology, the company continued
to develop unique transportation
modules, which included predictive
pricing, extensive KPI metrics and
intelligent transportation routing,
which outpaced all major players in
the space. By 2009, the company
had opened offices outside of
Philadelphia, Boston and Orlando to
assist with demand. Then in 2013,
the company opened an office in
Santiago, Dominican Republic and
developed an international TMS
platform.
In 2014, the company continued its
expansion and acquired a specialized
truckload brokerage in New Jersey,
and the following year, made another
strategic acquisition of a Chicago-
based digital freight brokerage with a
unique proprietary truckload pricing
app. Then again in 2018, the
company acquired one of the leading
parcel auditing and management
software firms, along with their
exclusive Rating Agreement
Management System (RAMS).
Today, MGN operates with offices
spanning Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Chicago, Orlando,
the Dominican Republic and Puerto
Rico. A five-time recipient of Inc.
magazine’s prestigious recognition as
one of the country’s fastest-growing
private companies, MGN has
continued its explosive growth
through numerous acquisitions and
organic growth with no outside
investors.
What MGN Offers
MGN Logistics’ cloud-based TMS
supports all modes of transportation
including Truckload, LTL, Ocean,
Air, Rail, Intermodal and Parcel,
providing customers with a powerful,
yet easy to use, single platform for
their entire supply chain. MGN’s
state-of-the-art, NextGen platform
offers seamless integration into
existing Enterprise Resource
MGN Logistics
ultimately
provides
excellent
value to
our customers
and fair
reward to
our employees,
partners,
and owners.
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As CEO, Telesca is someone who
inspires those around him to see and
follow the company’s vision. He
acknowledges that often the best
innovation doesn’t come from a
single person, but rather, from a
collaboration of different individuals
with a diverse set of ideas that
ultimately come together to create
something special.
At MGN, Telesca and his executive
team strive to create a corporate
environment where employees are
empowered to think about innovation
and make suggestions. The managing
team not only encourages
participation but incentivizes other
team members to engage in creative
thinking. MGN has crafted a specific
strategy to look ahead and innovate,
and this has helped to align the
direction of their ideas and the
execution of the implementation.
Why Clients Prefer MGN
MGN Logistics offers customers
reliable and high-quality services that
optimize all facets of logistics
operations. Clients often benefit with
immediate cost reduction from
carrier and mode optimization and
full transparency into all shipment
invoices. Clients get real-time
visibility into any shipment metric,
vendor shipment execution and
compliance reporting. MGN’s
features utilize artificial intelligence
for optimization, blockchain for
enhanced data security and also
provide clients access to live market
data.
Since the beginning, MGN Logistics
has been at the forefront of
immersive freight data visualization,
optimization and outright creativity.
MGN has always believed that data
collection and more importantly,
accurate data analysis is a crucial
part of true business intelligence. It
has developed one of the most robust
freight analytics dashboards in the
industry with comprehensive drill-
down capabilities and super-intuitive
user controls. “Our reporting suite is
designed not just to engage the
executives with information, but to
assist in real-time decision making,”
Telesca responds.
Words of Wisdom
As a successful entrepreneur, Telesca
believes that entrepreneurship
requires grit and discipline. “You
have to be able to get back up when
you fail.” He says, “Everyone wants
to be successful and yet, for the
majority, success is very elusive.
However, I always worked while
thinking you never truly fail unless
you stop trying.”
Planning (ERP) and Warehouse
Management Systems (WMS) or can
be implemented as a stand-alone
solution.
Functionalities include mode and
carrier selection, rate optimization,
automated tracking and tracing,
including GPS, freight bill auditing
and payment, along with business
intelligence, blockchain, artificial
intelligence and sophisticated
analytical tools. MGN provides the
highest level of consulting
intelligence coupled with technology
to implement best practice,
compliance, and auditing to
maximize all available opportunities
for improvement.
An Inspiring Leader
Matthew Telesca is the Founder
and CEO of MGN Logistics. Telesca
is a serial entrepreneur, investor and
successful businessman. After early
success of selling his first start-up,
Telesca focused on building MGN to
be one of the logistics and supply
chain industry’s premier technology
companies. His background in
finance and logistics management, as
well as software development,
positioned him perfectly to lead an
industry that was only in its infancy,
with technological developments in
the late 1990s and early 2000s.

His advice to budding entrepreneurs is, “Be prepared
to work above and beyond everyone else. You should
be the first one in the office, the last one to leave, so
you can inspire those around you. And you should be
willing to do what everyone else only talks about
doing. If you have this quality, then, perhaps you have
one of the necessary building blocks to creating a
successful business.”
Evolving with Time
Along with advances in technology, come challenges.
Today shippers have more choices than ever before,
but the marketplace is full of dated legacy software
that has been rebranded as something new. All too
often shippers have purchased software or services
that are using old technology. MGN Logistics, on the
other hand, has not only been a part of the industry’s
original pioneers but has continued to be one of the
leading innovators at a pace beyond their
competitors.
Today, MGN Logistics is one of the top 3PLs in the
country with an award-winning TMS designed by
logistics professionals using only the latest
technology. MGN continues to innovate and lead,
inspired by founder and industry veteran, Matthew
Telesca, MGN has launched a new technology start-
up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AI Logistics will
explore opportunities and focus on integrating
blockchain technology, machine learning and
artificial intelligence, to efficiently optimize some of
the industry’s antiquated processes.
MGN Logistics
proudly combines
over 100 years
of industry experience
with a working
knowledge of the
top technology tools.
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SAFR REMOVALS
OFFERING EFFICIENT FREIGHT SOLUTIONS
Bradley Moore is the Founder and CEO of SAFR Removals, one of the more well-known logistics company in
South Africa. In an interview with Insights Success, Bradley shared some valuable viewpoints about the Logistics
Industry. He also has also elucidated on how his company is experimenting and innovating diﬀerent ideas that are
transforming the industry.
What is the present scenario of Logistics Tech Solution industry from your point of view?
We still have much to do to enhance eﬃciencies within Logistics Tech Solution space. The logistics technology is there but
Bradley Moore
Founder and CEO
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the knowledge, training and coordinative functions for this
technology aren’t maximizing the solutions that are
available. The logistical playing ground has too many
players that are all preoccupied with their own limited focus
and survivals instead of combining their resources, clients’
needs and truck space management for more efficiency, and
therefore cost savings. A more simplistic business
infrastructure can be initiated with the Logistics Tech
solutions. However, it needs a human element to integrate
and coordinate all viable platforms with the logistics
players. We believe the human element is necessary for
manipulating the Tech functionality into the logistics arena.
Would you like to enlighten us about your mission,
vision, philosophies you follow, and the future goals?
As the Founder & CEO of JHB Removals, I am set about
testing a business philosophy and increasing efficiency by
implementing IoT and improving the coordination with
co-players within the transport industry.
The philosophy was to collect and coordinate with
co-industry players who share a passion to deliver quality
customer service and use our collective market intelligence
to effectively represent local removal and storage service
needs. This market intelligence would not only enhance all
role players to source new business opportunities, but it
would also provide logistical efficiency whereby each team
can concentrate on specific regions within the provinces.
This would eliminate diesel wastage, travelling time and
grappling with unnecessary traffic which contributes so
much inefficiency to logistical service delivery.
The SAFR Group (PTY) Ltd management philosophy is
based on carefully selected staff and teams that are self-
driven and have a natural instinct to provide the best
possible communication and service delivery to our clients.
Each team and person are their own authority without being
policed and motivated. The rewards are reflected in the
results of their own work.
Brief us about your company and its inception story.
Cape Removals (https://www.caperemovals.co.za/)
Cape Removals was incepted in October 2012, Cape Town,
Western Province, South Africa.
The regionally focused furniture removal & storage
business was founded with the objective of providing a
collective brand that would represent 4 to 6 independent
removal teams which all had the same service delivery
commitments but lacked technology integration and
regional brand identity.
The business model was extremely well received by the
localized removal teams in The Western Cape. We
coordinated and provided a platform to launch The 1st leg
of our national strategy in 2012 and launched Cape
Removals business in 2012.
The success of Cape Removals and its formula was
duplicated in other key regions within South Africa which
included Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Durban in the
Gauteng & KwaZulu-Natal regions respectively.
JHB Removals (https://www.jhbremovals.co.za/)
Johannesburg and Pretoria, as regions, are essentially the
financial zones which drive South Africa’s economy and
our localized business JHB Removals was born with the
same business model and formula, hoping to reap the same
results that Cape Removals had. JHB Removals’ localized
formula was extremely well received and the progression to
KwaZulu-Natal followed naturally and easily.
DBN Moving Company
(https://www.dbnmovingcompany.co.za/)
DBN Moving Company was launched in Durban,
KwaZulu-Natal in 2017, to connect the logistical dots for a
starting national infrastructure and to expand our selection
of services which now facilitates a national furniture
removal service.
We are bringing
together localized
teams and services
from all corners
of South Africa.
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SAFR GROUP (PTY) Ltd
(https://www.furnitureremovalssa.co.za/)
SAFR GROUP (PTY) Ltd was born in 2019 with the
purpose of providing a coordinative hub for us and our
partners with the objective of maximizing logistical
efficiency, Increasing our reach and optimizing customer
service at ground level. SAFR Group has found a purpose
in bringing together localized teams and services from all
corners of South Africa.
SAFR Group (PTY) LTD will consolidate its position
before reaching out internationally.
What kind of ‘out-of-the-box’ strategies does your
company follow to differ from your competitors?
SAFR’s out-of-the-box strategy is to coordinate ourselves
and localized role players into an efficient machine. This
starts with leadership managing, communicating and
re-emphasizing our common goals in providing the best
possible service at the best possible price. Working towards
service excellence and professionalism are key aspirations
for us.
How does your organization contribute to the Company
Social Responsibility cause?
We are a young company with our resources being
reinvested into our business to ensure we all have job
security first and foremost. We are now expanding on this
and we are ensuring that our own staff and their children’s
dignity and social status are enhanced and uplifted to
healthy levels. Besides looking after our own, we provide
financial support to community sports initiatives for
children as well as animal rescue and rehabilitation.
How do you diversify your offerings so as to benefit your
customers?
Removal Costing, personal goods security and protection
are the primary focuses for us and our clients. The training
and selection of our staff are obvious attention areas for us
but we still continually search for strategic dedicated
employees, share load transportation, technology options as
well as supporting services like packing, crating, protective
wrapping and packaging material. Personal goods and their
safety are emotionally and sentimentally attached to our
clients and therefore we strive to provide innovative
protective options for our clients.
From the beginning till today, list out the toughest
difficulties you’ve faced and lessons you’ve learned from
them? What is the effect of the current Diesel phase-out
plans proposed by many countries on your company?
Our difficulty is primarily coordinating an efficient share
load space utilization with clients and our own schedules to
minimize the empty spaces being wasted. We are aspiring to
ultimately reduce trucks and time on the road but still
facilitate logistical collecting and delivering of all furniture
to our clients’ depots, offices, and houses.
We are pro diesel phase out and we maintain our objective
of diesel efficiency by using less diesel and ultimately no
diesel at all. We aim to be the leader in Electric adaption
st
and the 1 in South Africa and Australia to do so.
With the massive advancements in technology such as
IoT, Autonomous Vehicles, AI, Electric Vehicles, and
more what are the opportunities and challenges evolving
with it?
Opportunities for AI, IoT, and Electric trucking is massively
exciting for us. The intelligence and analytics derived will
enhance our ability to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce
human error, enable management & clients to be proactive
and be more directly involved.
This is an area that SAFR Group is aspiring to prepare and
incept as quickly as possible.
Our challenges will be to develop the expertise to
implement and manage all AI and the IoT.
What can be expected from your company in the near
future?
To provide and populate an interactive service for our
clients and selected contractors to communicate directly on
an efficient logistical transporting platform per region, per
district, nationally and internationally.
Any advice for the budding entrepreneurs in the
industry?
Opportunity and entry into our industry have never been
easier nor more exciting. The Logistics offers so many areas
of expertise which can and should be independent with a
very little capital cost of entry. The Logistics industry was a
very capital intensive industry with the need to have trucks
and supporting infrastructure to provide a complete service
to their clients.
The playing field has changed drastically and it’s becoming
increasingly easier for an entrepreneur to enter the logistics
market from a large variety of expertise channels.

Logistics has played a significant
role in almost all kinds of
industries. When it comes to
transport and freight management,
logistics is the key aspect of all
processes involved.
To understand the intricacies and risks
involved in the logistics part of the
business, companies hire experts who
know the in and out or every small
detail. These experts or logistics
solutions providers are equipped with
the right tech and talent required to
provide the best of service to clients.
This edition, The 10 Most
Recommended Logistic Tech Solution
Providers, 2020, was curated with the
intent to exhibit such solution
providers that showcase the necessary
potential to deliver what is promised.
One prominent name among such
experts is Intelligent Audit (IA).
Headquartered at Rochelle Park, New
Jersey, Intelligent Audit is a leading
supply chain technology services
company focused on reducing
transportation costs through automated
audit and freight recovery, business
intelligence, and contract negotiation
solutions. The company aspires to
develop innovative analytic
intelligence to drive efficiencies and
optimize its client’s global supply
chain processes.
Intelligent Audit is the technology
leader in parcel and freight audit,
business intelligence, and spend
optimization. IA’s proprietary technol-
ogy, paired with its team of strategic
account managers, provides an
unrivaled ability to uncover opportuni-
ties for cost reduction and process
improvement.
IA leverages technology to help
customers become smarter shippers;
getting shipments delivered faster to
their consumers, with less exceptions
at cheaper costs.
IA’s cloud-based solution addresses
logistics pain points using data-driven
analytics and reporting to analyze,
benchmark, optimize, and help
shippers gain critical insights into their
global transportation networks. With
best-in-class audit and reporting
technology, clients are able to leverage
their data to reduce costs, enhance real-
time visibility, and improve end-
customer experience.
With more than 2,800 clients represent-
ing over $16 billion in annual transpor-
tation spend, Intelligent Audit prides
itself on providing clients with the
tools and insights to help them ship
smarter.
“Intelligent Audit’s best-in-class audit
and reporting technology allows our
clients to leverage their data to reduce
costs, enhance real-time visibility, and
improve the end-customer experience,”
expresses Hannah Testani, the Chief
Operating Officer.
Intelligent Audit was recently named
the Fastest Growing Company in the
Transportation and Logistics Industry
by Inc. Magazine. It was also
recognized by Gartner as a Global
Provider in the 2018 Market Guide for
Freight Audit and Payment Providers.
IA has recently partnered with Triumph
Bank to provide fully integrated, bank-
backed, freight payment processing.
Through this partnership, the company
can help its clients streamline accounts
payable, optimize working capital,
become a shipper of choice, and
enhance the security of their supply
chains.
Exhibiting Business Excellence
Intelligent audit has a wide range of
services and solutions to offer:
Freight Audit and Recovery –
Intelligent Audit helps identify existing
and potential future issues and
maximize refunds from carrier
companies worldwide. One can audit
over 150 points to recover
opportunities regardless of dollar
amount, automate dispute submission
and resolution tasks, and create
systematic processes to drive and
increase cost savings.
Business Intelligence and Analytics –
Intelligent Audit captures and
consolidates business data, then
coordinates and synchronizes it to
provide clients with actionable
intelligence reporting. Using cloud-
based business intelligence and
analytics tools, the company empowers
clients to untangle the complex web of
data surrounding total transportation
spend to make the best decisions for
their organizations.
Carrier Contract Optimization –
Intelligent Audit provides the
knowledge and industry experience to
ensure that clients receive best-in-class
service at the lowest possible price for
all their shipping needs. By optimizing
clients’ entire supply chain, Intelligent
Audit provides a holistic view that
offers suggestions to improve overall
transit time, lowered costs, and
improved customer satisfaction. On
average, clients can save 12-18% of
total shipping costs after a carrier
contract negotiation managed by
Intelligent Audit’s team.
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Finance and Accounting Tools –
Clients can effectively manage
complex GL coding and cost center
allocation entries, automate multi-
currency freight payment and
remittance processes, accurately
categorize costs by business unit, and
model and forecast accruals and landed
costs, through Intelligent Audit’s
Finance and Accounting Tools.
Freight Payment – Intelligent Audit
streamlines clients’ accounts payable
processes, ensures that carriers are paid
correctly, on time, and in line with
current payment terms, accurately
manages and allocates costs across
clients’ organizations and simplify
operations and improve their bottom
line.
Advisory Services – Intelligent Audit’s
team of experienced data analysts will
leverage their in-depth knowledge of
freight, transportation, and logistics to
help clients’ company find
opportunities for cost reduction,
process improvement, and resource
optimization. The company believes
that by helping clients respond to a
rapidly changing business environment
and make fast, strategic decisions, they
become more flexible and competitive.
Surpassing Adversities
When asked for her opinion on the
impact of the current COVID-19 crisis
on the logistics industry, Hannah
states, “We see visibility becoming
even more critical for shippers in the
years ahead. One question we’ve been
asking shippers for years that has
become even more relevant now is:
how could a shipper possibly become
more effective and deliver shipments
faster to their consumers at cheaper
costs if they don’t have a good grasp
on what they are doing today? How
does a shipper even start to define what
‘better’ looks like if they don’t
(quantitatively) understand the current
state of affairs?
We also see network optimization
playing an even more significant role
going forward, especially for those
shippers who are working to shift their
channels to offset the changes in
purchasing habits of consumers.”
“As more and more of our economy
reopens, the shippers that will survive
will be the ones who can quickly adapt
to an ever changing world, which
means they will need to have their
finger on the pulse of their
transportation data at all times. The
days of being more than 30 days
behind in understanding your supply
chain are gone and shippers need to
find partners like Intelligent Audit who
can quickly turn massive amounts of
disparate data into actionable business
intelligence in real-time,” adds
Hannah.
Additionally, in her advice to the
aspiring entrepreneurs and logistics
enthusiasts, Hannah says, “As with
every industry, logistics is constantly
changing and evolving. With the onset
of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
landscape is surely to look very
different in the coming years. Always
make sure to be one step ahead, with a
focus on leveraging technology to
maintain efficiency.”
A Promising Future
Talking about her vision for the
company for the future, Hannah states,
“Intelligent Audit sees the coming
years as an opportunity to help
shippers streamline their operations
even further. Though we don’t know
exactly what will happen as a result of
COVID-19, it’s clear that things are
going to change. What’s important is
that shippers move quickly, before
carriers begin to make significant
changes to the way they structure their
pricing.”
Intelligent Audit’s
best-in-class audit
and reporting
technology allows
our clients to leverage
their data to reduce
costs, enhance real-time
visibility, and improve
the end-customer
experience.
“
“
Hannah Testani
Chief Operating Officer

Ocean freight is a dynamic market. The giant
container ships that transport everything from
garments to Barbie dolls to strawberries around the
globe, is booming day by day. Same is the case with the
companies that own them. And this million- dollar industry
is achieving newer heights every single day with digital
innovations.
About the Company
“Nothing of worth was ever accomplished without
enthusiasm!”, this quote by the great litterateur Samuel
Johnson is the inspiration behind the success of Aheer
Transportation Group. The enthusiastic team at the
organization works towards emerging as a valuable vendor,
ally and partner of any client facing uncertainty with the
Canadian economy. The team is working with Canadian
Importers and Exporters in the Port Vancouver market. This
asset-based company, founded in 1993, is totally Canadian
owned and operated by Shinda Aheer and his family.
A Brief Glimpse of its Services
Aheer owns the 15 acres of Prime Industrial Real Estate on
River Road in Delta. Besides its Real Estate base, the
Group consists of several operating divisions:
Aheer Transportation Ltd. (non-union)
Burton Delivery Service Ltd. (Teamsters Local 31)
Triangle Transportation Ltd (Flatdeck Division, Teamsters
Local 31)
AG Transport Ltd (UNIFOR)
Pacific Transportation Group (PTG)
Dayal Transport Ltd.
Together we total over 80 Tractors and 800+ Chassis, on the
road hauling their clients’ import and export cargoes.
In addition to its considerable throwing weight in the Ocean
Container Drayage Sector of the Port Vancouver market, the
Aheer Group has diversified into Ocean Container Handling
and Storage Operations over the past five years.
Aheer CY Yard Terminal located at 8713 River Road, Delta
is the designated CY Yard for all of Hamburg-Sud Line’s
and Maersk Line’s dry boxes. Aheer’s Lift Capacity is north
of 80,000 lbs and the company has the newest Hyster Top-
Pick units in the Port Vancouver market. While Ocean
Container Drayage remains the Aheer Group’s primary
activity, the Equipment Handling and Storage Division is
gaining ground rapidly. Aheer has a second CY Yard, sub-
leased from Vancouver Fraser Port’s Real Estate Division
which totals over 3 acres at 10008 River Road, Delta,
Aheer’s “Nordel Yard”.
On the Drayage side, qualitatively, it’s worth mentioning
that Aheer Transportation Ltd.is the designated Ocean
Container Drayage provider for Canada Post Corporation.
As such, and in dealing with a quasi-Government agency
like CPC, all of Aheer’s drivers have been vetted by Canada
Post Security in Ottawa, including criminal checks, finger-
printing, etc. The CEO of the company feels proud to have
this Canadian Government Security designation as it
underscores the quality of driver that he has been hired over
the years. Let’s meet the acclaimed navigator…
The word ‘Proficient’ defines him
The President and CEO of Aheer Transportation Group,
Shinda Aheer moved to Canada from Punjab, India, when
he was only ten years old, the youngest of four brothers.
After attending school, Shinda became a very proficient
Tractor Driver, hauling Heavy Steel, Aluminum Products,
as well as Ocean Containers and General LTL Freight. In
1992, when the company he was driving for was on the
verge of drowning, Shinda made a pact with the largest
client, a prolific Aluminum Can manufacturer and re-
enlivened the company.
Gradually, Shinda built an asset-based, multi-faceted
company that most recently has accelerated its growth via
the acquisition of smaller competitors in the Ocean
Container Drayage sector.
His entrepreneurial skills continue to flourish with the
recent purchases of Pacific Transportation Group and Dayal
Transport Ltd. just over the past ten months.
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Loyalty is a two-way virtue. Shinda still counts on many of
his original drivers from the beginnings, as longstanding
employees to this day.
Loyalty also is evident on the commercial side as most of
Shinda’s customers have been with the company, literally
for decades. On the Import side with longtime Freight
Forwarder supportes like db Schenker and on the Export
side with Canadian produces like Catalyst Paper and Interex
Forest Products, the clients tend to stay with Aheer through
thick and thin.
Shinda Aheer is a very proud as well as grateful Canadian
who wants to give back to the nation that accepted him as a
young boy. To wit, Shinda is an active participant in
Charities, philanthropic deeds like the BC Children’s
Hospital, the United Way, and many more. Reflecting on his
cultural ethics, Shinda’s generosity is legendary for
donating funds, equipment, and manpower to help bring
success to many annual Indo-Canadian Festivals, Parades,
and other Sikh Temple events. Shinda believes in giving
back to the Communities he belongs to, both to the
Canadian and the Indo-Indian organizations who reach out
to him for assistance.
Dynamic Management team working towards Client’s
Benefit
The Management Team at Aheer is made up of experienced
freight industry professionals, who have forged relations
with not only valued Aheer customers, but other important
commercial entities like the Canadian Railways and the
Ocean Steamship Lines. Moreover, operating in a
Regulated Environment like Trucking, contacts with the
three levels of Government, Port Metro Vancouver, the new
Office of the BC Container Trucking Commissioner, the BC
Trucking Association and other NGOs have been
established. The entire staff of the company thrives for
excellence by exceeding the customer expectation.
Safety- the Primary Focus
Trucking is rightly designated as a regulated industry in
Canada and the Aheer Group recognizes the need for Safety
Regulations that ensure the safe and secure movement of
their clients’ cargoes on Canada’s Public Roadways that are
also used by the Canadian public. Safety has always been
the Aheer Group’s primary focus throughout the company’s
history.
Aheer’s standings have always been top-drawer vis- a- vis:
National Safety Code;
BC WorkSafe Compliance;
Insurance Compliancy;
Port Vancouver Truck License Compliance;
BC Trucking Association
“Historically, safety has been viewed as a responsibility we
owed to our Customers, to our Employees, and to our
fellow Canadians…..and Safety will continue to be
so…..first and foremost in our dealings and operations
going forward!”, ends Shinda on a bright tone.
‘‘ ‘‘

3D PRICHANGING THE FACETS O
A
s 3D printing continues to take more steps into production,
from product design right up to the production floor,
sciencefictionisbecominganalmostscientificreality.Some
companies recognize 3D printing as an opportunity ‘to do things
differently,’ starting from engineering to cars and healthcare. This
encourages us to deeply rethink how the logistics industry will
develop and manufacture goods and to reassess the nature of
supplychainsingeneral.
For several reasons, the relationship between logistics and the 3D
printing industry is fascinating. The 3D integration of the supply
chainmanagementseemsnormal,almostunavoidable.Itspotential
applications in the production are in line with the revolution that
hasbeenpresentedsofarbythistechnology.
Theindustryleadersinthelogisticstrendradaridentify3Dprinting
as one of the biggest disruptive trends in the near future. The
assumptionisthat3Dprintinghastremendouspotentialforinstant
production and distribution models that allow both businesses and
consumers to print complex objects within the constraints of a
singleprinter.
Before jumping into how 3D printing is shaping the logistics
industry, let’s see what 3D printing is with some basic
functionalities.

INTINGOF LOGISTICS
Insights

UNDERSTANDING 3D PRINTING
The origins of 3D printing were automated
prototype production technology. This method
primarily works with a computer-aided design in
order to create material layers (plastic, ceramic,
metal powders, etc.). This so-called additive
procedure entails that each layer is printed and
overlaps the last layer until a 3D product is created.
3D printing has gained its industrial position for
prototyping purposes. Prior to conventional
“reductive” manufacturing processes, where it has
been roughed to form the item from a mass of
material, resulting in slower and more expensive
operation. For applications in many niche markets,
3D printers have evolved as a viable choice.
This technology is now being used to develop
finished products. Although traditional mass
production is viable due to economies of scale, for
“special” products, it is not cost-effective. 3D
printing has the power to eliminate this difference
when the original (or exact copy) element is
produced, and instruments that only produce one
piece can be as accessible as mass production costs.
There are other benefits to manufacturing the final
product by 3D printing. Things can be lighter but
heavier and thicker. They also cause less pollution.
Furthermore, the choice of independently making an
item means that the process is suitable for mass
production, in which customers will be more
interested in the goods they are buying and
manufactured according to their preferences.
With all such, additive production supports the
democratization of the fabrication process in the
industry through 3D printing. This is valued for the
printing of small-volume products that are customer-
specific and are much more complex than traditional
means possible.
EXERCISING 3D PRINTING
The implications of this modern manufacturing
method would be particularly important for the
logistics industry. Some of these benefits are:
Shipping Volumes and Air Cargo Reduction
Any products made in China or other Asian markets
can theoretically be developed closer to America and
Europe. Thus, the amounts of shipping and air cargo
are reduced.
Reduction in Inventory
Mass customization will mean that inventories will
be high as goods are ordered. This is a general boost
to the retail sector, but a profound positive shift for
small and medium-sized business growth.
Clear Customer Distribution
A near-immediate delivery can be guaranteed in
view of the possibility of manufacturing on demand.
The two consumer needs we are able to meet in this
technology are personalization and immediacy.
New Transportation Needs
The amount of transportation by sea, air, and land in
some goods will be decreased while others will
increase.
Unlimited Parts
There is currently a significant investment in the
maintenance of stocks to supply replacement parts
for different types of industries. One of the
industry’s most vital needs is to satisfy the need for
immediate action and to send the parts as quickly as
possible. By 3D printing, it can be a few hours of
operation to get new pieces. The staff could even
download and print the replacement part file within
the company.
A New Sector
A new important sector in the logistics sector will
emerge in light of the changing needs. The domestic
distribution demand for such products will expand as
3D printers meet the general and industrial public
massively.

Economy Stimulation and a Greener Future
Additive manufacturing will help companies to
improve the productivity of the materials by
eliminating the waste accumulated in traditional
manufacturing; it will, therefore, promote the
development of a beneﬁcial circular economy with a
considerably smaller environmental impact.
The world of logistics and supply chain management
will change radically through 3D printing. It can
reduce delivery and marketing times substantially
and satisfy customer needs with a positive effect on
the world.
In such ﬁelds, this technology will remain important,
as more companies learn the best ways to adapt and
implement it. And, to do this, these reforms will
entail the development of new models and the
transformation of the logistic structures that we
know are crucial for a shift in mindset towards local
communities with a global impact.
- Anmol Preet Singh

Simple Route Plan:
The fleet management system is still at its infancy.
There are only few fleet management companies
who have fully adopted the benefits of Artificial
Intelligence and other digital innovations.
Fleet management is complicated. There are so many things
that impact the fleet. While managing a large fleet, there are
chances the details can get lost. However, it’s the details
that often make all the difference. Without the right tools,
fleets can’t be managed effectively.
Headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, Simple Route Plan
is an easy-to-use fleet management platform specialized for
the courier industry. Founded in2016, this company offers a
solution that considers every element of routes without any
area limitation. The main features of this platform include:
plan optimal routes worldwide, estimate delivery time,
contact customer via text messages or email, GPS fleet
tracking with the live traffic updates, delivery live tracking
and advanced reporting.
Featuring the Passionate Leader
Alin Boncioaga, the CEO of Simple Route Plan is a
graduate from University of Transylvania. He is passionate
about software development and security. He holds vast
experience in software architecture, various programming
languages, AI & Blockchain. Before Simple Route Plan,
Alin used to work with Pentalog as a Software Developer.
“My goal was to automate part of the transportation
industry. The company offers a key fleet management
solution as well as automated communication with
customers throw SMS and Email. Part of the team are
logistic professionals that made it possible to develop a
platform to answer real customer needs”, asserts Alin.
Exclusive Offerings
The advanced tools of Simple Route Plan help the fleet
companies in many ways:
Disrupting the Fleet Management with
Real-Time Software
Automatically Track Vehicles: GPS Fleet Tracking helps to
locate every asset in real time.
One Platform for your Entire Fleet: This software can be
used to manage the entire fleet, regardless of where they are
located in the world.
Find Insights: Reporting options allow its clients to review
the history of routes so they can determine if there are ways
to improve routes and save money.
An Investment in Your Future: Fleet management software
will soon help you realize a return on investment. Simple
Route Plan is affordable, and just by using it you’ll enjoy
better productivity as it automates many manual tasks. As
you learn what routes are the least expensive, you’ll find
your return quickly.
Reduce Risk: An essential facet of fleet management is
minimizing risk. This has many applicability in the industry
from enhancing safety to ensuring vehicles are well
maintained.
Operational Efficiencies: Simple Route Plancan also help
with reducing fuel consumption and vehicle maintenance.
Idling Trucks Cost the industry $20 billion in Fuel Costs
Each Year: The company can help one to find and
implement smart ways to avoid the idle.
Reroute instantly: If there’s a blocker on the preferred
route, Simple Route Plan has an option to circumvent the
hazard, notify drivers immediately and reroute proactively
not reactively.
Track Fleet Metrics: With the report features, it has been
easier to look at metrics like idling, fuel consumption, and
route history. These numbers can shed light on how the
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operation can be improved. The inefficient routes may be
identified, or determined how drivers are performing. It also
gives the option to compare the same route information for
two different drivers to see what the differences are.
The out-of-the-box Strategies
The software platform of Simple Route Plan has been
designed with the user experience in mind trying to create a
layout where settings and options are in the most intuitive
places and many processing stages are integrated so there
are fewer things the user needs to focus on.
Courier companies can update their customers on the
delivery location and status through Simple Route’s control
panel. This is what keeps it apart in the global market. The
company operates worldwide and plans routes across
multiple countries and continents.
Benefits for Clients
Simple Route Plan offers its clients to have better tools to
measure company progress. The reports, history, and
statistics will allow companies to improve the ways to
manage their key performance indicators. It increases end-
customer satisfaction because of excellent communication
and transparent procedures (customers are notified when
delivery has been registered, the hour the courier will arrive
at the destination, etc).
Impact of Diesel phase-out plans
Diesel phase-out plans are moving the transportation
industry forward. Logistics Tech solutions will adapt
accordingly. “When the vehicle manufacturing industry will
be ready to place advanced planning software solutions in
the vehicles themselves we will be there to meet the
demand”, says Alin.
Opportunities Evolving with Digital Advances
The logistics tech solution providers are getting closer
every day to optimizing their internal business processes
and reducing cost. Autonomous Vehicles would be a huge
leap forward automating the entire industry. On the other
hand, IoT is looking to redefine the industry and it is seen
that pioneers like Amazon are also testing it and trying to
make the most out of it.
Envisioning Future
With the rapid business growth, the company is looking
forward to expand to all continents. Simple Route Plan is
continuously enriching the platform by adding newer
software features.
‘‘ ‘‘

Revolutionizing Global Enterprises with Wearable Computing and AR
Founded in 2011, Ubimax is the global market
leader for Enterprise Wearable Computing and
Augmented Reality Solutions. As a one-stop-
shop, Ubimax provides an all-in-one solution--
Augmented Reality software, Wearable Computing
devices, configuration and deployment services, as well
as support. The company has built up a very strong
partner ecosystem with more than 250 enterprises around
the globe and operates from offices in Germany, the US
and Mexico.
We approached the renowned CEO, Dr. Hendrik Witt
for an interview about the glorious and successful
journey of Ubimax throughout:
Brief us about your company, its inception, and
journey.
Our company started out like a fair number of start-ups:
A bunch of people having spent some years in strategy
and management consulting with a joint vision working
on their business idea in a small room almost around the
clock. But we know what we were working on was
worth it: Improving industrial processes with the help of
wearables and augmented reality, enhancing deskless
workers, so they can reach their full potential.
Tell us about the Founder/CEO of your company, his
ambitions, and philosophy.
Before Ubimax, I was working in the field of wearable
computing already. My background of now more than 15
years in wearable technology for enterprises, does not
only consist of PhD from the University of Bremen and
Georgia Tech, where I was working with the wearables
pioneer Thad Starner, but also from being the Co-Head
in the EU-funded research project ‘wear IT at work’.
From then on it was the goal to mature the technology to
be able to meet the market’s needs and make it
profitable. Ubimax’s roots lie in a strong team of the
three founders Percy Stocker, Jan Junker and Dr.
Hendrik Witt. We met during our strategy and
management consulting time and realized they had fun
working together and pursuing the same ideals. Shortly
after the founding, Ubimax became the global market
leader for industrial augmented reality-based wearable
computing solutions creating digital tools for real world
problems. While Percy has taken over as President of
Ubimax Inc. in the US, Jan is leading the commercial
activities as CCO and I have taken over the role of CEO.
What is the present scenario of Logistics Tech
Solution industry from your point of view?
Right now, the fear of automation erasing jobs in
logistics is omnipresent. We are here to shift that fear
into opportunity. Yes, digitized working environments
optimize processes in warehouses but the human factor
cannot be underestimated. Aspects like intuition and
flexibility are bound to people. Globally, 80% of this
human workforce are deskless workers. In digitization
over the last decade, this majority of workers has been
forgotten. They are often still working with paper lists or
cumbersome stationary computers. And if software
solutions are provided, they frequently have complex
requirements or are just not user-friendly. For us, it is all
about empowering these frontline workers with the tools
they need to maximize their abilities. This also means
that companies implementing the innovative
technologies are way more likely to achieve their
efficiency and quality improvement goals in an even
shorter amount of time.
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We help frontline
workers focus on
what they are really
good at: real-world
physical tasks, not
complex and time-
consuming
computer prompts.
Dr. Hendrik Witt
CEO

What kind of ‘out-of-the-box’ strategies your
company is following to differ from the
competitors?
With Ubimax Frontline, we have created the world’s first
fully integrated end-to-end enterprise platform for
wearable computing. Designed around the four award
winning AR solutions xPick for intralogistics, xMake for
manufacturing and quality assurance, xInspect for field
service and xAssist for remote service, we are able to
support deskless workers in their daily tasks alongside
the entire value chain. Our software works intuitively
without complex requirements. So, workers are not
distracted from their actual tasks and can work more
productively while it increases their workplace safety
and ergonomics at the same time. With Ubimax Frontline
we create an innovative and digitized working
environment for hands-on workers. It is like Microsoft
office – only for the blue-collar worker. The goal is that
companies, processes and the workers can benefit from
our solutions likewise.
How does your organization contribute to the
Company Social Responsibility cause?
Social responsibility for us is all about people. After all,
connecting people with and through technology - this is
what Ubimax stands for. That is why we not only support
deskless workers all around the globe but we also put the
human being with all his qualities and experiences in the
foreground in our own company. We see internationality
and cultural diversity as opportunities. Our team consists
of 17 different nations with 15 different languages.
Without our diverse team, it would not have been
possible to become the world market leader in such a
short time. Our clients are large corporations operating
on an international scale. Only with our diverse team, in
which intercultural exchange is a given, we are an
attractive partner for the international market. Diversity
thus provides us with a real competitive advantage and
drives us forward.

How do you diversify your offerings so as to benefit
your customers?
We are a company that listens. We found, the more we
are ready to learn from the productive use of our
platform, the better our solutions become. A lot of the
features found within our software are either based on
concrete customer wishes or derived from challenges
being solved in productive usage. We do not think that
creating new technology only because it is feasible but it
does not have a productive value is advantageous for
anyone. With every new feature we want to meet real
industry challenges. So far, we can rely on 250 customer
projects. The experience gained from these is a valuable
source for new ideas on how to adapt our software even
more precisely to our customers’ needs. This way, we
grow as a company with every new challenge, with
every new project with every new customer.
From the beginning till today, list out toughest
difficulties you faced and lessons you have learned
from them? What is the effect of the current Diesel
phase-out plans proposed by many countries on your
company?
The Diesel phase out plans and other environmental
challenges are actually a big opportunity for us. Our
main goal is optimizing industrial and logistical
processes along the entire value chain. That reduces not
only generally costs but also specifically the need for
resources of any kind. Through optimizing logistics, we
are driving lean processes forward which helps to reduce
transportation and storing efforts. With our remote
assistance solutions traveling for problem solving
becomes obsolete in a lot of cases – again a great chance
in times of environmental challenges. Also, our solutions
support the construct of a paperless factory by providing
all needed information digitally right in front of the
worker’s eye.
With the massive advancements in technology such as
IoT, Autonomous Vehicles, AI, Electric Vehicles, and
more what are the opportunities and challenges
evolving with it?
At Ubimax we have recognized these opportunities long
ago. Features like IoT components are integrated into our
platform as well as AI features like image recognition for
recognizing picked items for example. With the help of
wearables, data collection has become easier than ever
before. The analysis of that accumulated data offers a
precise base for profound decisions. Through the mobile
devices the connectivity is maximized, too. That way, a
powerful collaboration between humans and machines –
the so-called Internet of Humans - is achieved. With our
solutions we are augmenting the workforce’s
intelligence. One challenge that we are facing is the
acceptance of the technology among workers. All
provided advantages can sometimes not trump ethical
concerns like data security or surveillance at the
workplace. We at Ubimax have implemented features
like a recording symbol when the camera is started
remotely. The worker is then informed that his
supervisor is watching. These steps seem small but they
are powerful tools for increasing workers’ autonomy.
What can be expected from your company in the near
future?
For us, the future is an augmented workforce. We want
to achieve this not only through wearable computing and
augmented reality but through this combination
enhanced through artificial intelligence. That is what we
call augmented intelligence. Driving industry and
logistics forward with next-level technologies and
providing real added value with digital processes. While
artificial intelligence offers an array of advantages on the
business side it also empowers frontline workers by
supporting healthy working environments and making
information even more easily accessible. That way we
create a win-win situation for all involved stakeholders.
Any advice for the budding entrepreneurs in the
industry?
We believe that after mobile and smart phone era the
next computing decade belongs to wearable devices. In
the last years, the market has developed rapidly and
continues to grow up to an estimated market value of 35
billion by 2023. Thus, the field is offering plenty of
opportunity for new companies with good ideas. The
most important aspect for us is not to lose the focus on
the workforce. After all, they are the ones to use the
technology on a daily basis. With that in mind, we are
looking forward to new faces entering the market driving
the industry forward together.

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